Iconic hotel developer John Q. Hammons dies at age 94

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MAY 29 - JUNE 11, 2013
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Scene & Heard
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Local group allows businesses to get name out.
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Outdoor Kitchens
Summer is perfect for
grilling especially with
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Iconic hotel developer John
Q. Hammons dies at age 94
By Daniel Snyder
John Q. Hammons died peacefully
May 26 at Elfindale Manor in
Springfield. He is survived by his wife
of 64 years Juanita K. Hammons.
Hammons’ impact
on
the
Springfield economy was a testament
to the drive that James Quentin
Hammons—John Q. to those who
knew him—had in life.
Born in Fairview, Mo., near Joplin,
during the Great Depression,
Hammons said in a 1971 interview
with the Springfield News-Leader
that his desire to make money came
from seeing his father cry in the
fields during hard economic times.
Hammons then went on to build an
empire of sorts, developing 210
hotels in 40 states over his 51-year
career in the lodging industry and
becoming one of the nation’s leading
hotel developers.
A longtime resident of Springfield,
Hammons’name adorns many buildings
throughout the city, not to mention the
street—John Q. Hammons Expressway.
Hammons worked hard to bring
the Double-A minor league affiliate,
the Springfield Cardinals, to town
and built the tallest building in
Springfield—The Hammons Tower.
But besides developing much of
Springfield—and increasing the city’s
allure—Hammons made many philanthropic contributions including:
donating millions to Missouri State
University, Drury University and
Mercy Clinics, funding the building of
Hammons Field and developing the
Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.
Details about a planned celebration
of Mr. Hammons’ life have yet to be
announced. In lieu of gifts, contributions can be made to The Cleveland
Clinic Foundation.
Photo coutesy John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts
John Q. Hammons, known for his work ethic, was instrutmental in
developing much of Springfield. Hammons died May 26 at the age of 94.
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Disciplinary action requested for cases
involving repeated policy violations
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By Regina Wang
Events ........................9
An internal audit
report of the Springfield
school district revealed
no inappropriate expenditures, but did raise
questions
in
areas
regarding unclear language in the superintendent’s contract as well as
other violations.
Wayland Mueller, the
district’s internal auditor, presented his findings at the May 21
school board meeting.
Mueller said he examined expenditures made
by the superintendent,
the school board and
cabinet members during
the period of July 1
through Dec. 31, 2012.
“When I was looking
at the expenditures, I
found no instances
where there were inap-
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Supporters of a marijuana decriminalization bill met a tough defeat at a May 20 council meeting.
Walmart rezoning heads to
voters, marijuana bill dismissed
By Daniel Snyder
Look for our
next issue:
Wed. June 12
City council will let voters decide the
fate of a zoning ordinance that would
allow for a Walmart Neighborhood Market
to be built at Campbell Avenue and Grand
Street,but it again dismissed an ordinance
that would decriminalize marijuana.
LET
THE VOTERS DECIDE
Before the May 20 council meeting,
Mayor Bob Stephens and Councilman
Jerry Compton held an 11th hour meeting with residents of the Heritage
Towers, located near the proposed
Walmart site.
Approximately 30 residents attended,
many opposed to council’s previous
rezoning approval.
“[The meeting] was not meant to rally
anyone… I just wanted the constituents
in my zone to have the opportunity to
speak the concerns that were on their
mind,” Compton said.
The referendum petition before council
was the result of the efforts of advocacy
groups against the zoning change.Council
had the choice of repealing its previous
decision or sending it to voters in August.
“With respect to the bill, personally I
think we voted correctly the last time,”
Compton said. “I think retail zoning is
appropriate for that area.”
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propriate expenditures,”
Mueller said. “So, I think
that’s important to know
upfront before I jump to
my findings.”
The
first
finding
Mueller uncovered was
unclear wording in
Superintendent Norm
Ridder’s employment
contract in regards to
how his base salary is
established and the
amount of his annuity
payments.
“Although the superintendent’s compensation
terms were reasonably
interpreted by the district’s management, the
confusing
contracts
expose the district to
the risk that the superintendent could inadvertently be underpaid or
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LOCAL NEWS
City holding public meetings
to discuss City Charter
While City Council considers proposed changes to
the City Charter,
Councilman Doug Burlison—
as a member of the Plans
and Policies Committee—is
holding public meetings to
hear input on proposed
amendments that were
rejected by voters last year.
The meetings are 6 p.m.
May 30 at the Library
Station Frisco Room, 2535
N. Kansas Expressway and
June 4 at the City Utilities
Training Center Earl L.
Barkley Auditorium on the
main floor, 301 E. Central St.
not given reason for the
impeachment and will not
know until the June 11
meeting of the board of
aldermen.
Local protesters march
against Monsanto
As part of a nationwide
protest May 25, more than
250 people gathered in
Springfield for the March
Against Monsanto. The effort
to draw attention to the use
of genetically modified
organisms began at Meador
Park and ended at the
Greater Springfield Farmers’
Market. Monsanto is headquartered in St. Louis.
Affordable housing center to
open in Springfield
Would-be robbers of Kum &
Go disarmed by customer
The Community Partnership
of the Ozarks and the City of
Springfield has announced the
opening of the Springfield
Affordable Housing Center.
The center is located at 300
E. Central St. in the City
Government Plaza and will
offer access to housing service providers in the area for
those in need of finding
affordable housing solutions.
The opening will take place at
the center 4 p.m. June 5.
Two men attempting to rob
a Kum & Go ended up leaving
empty-handed when a customer disarmed one of the
suspects. The incident
occurred in the early hours of
May 23 at the Kum & Go
located at 2506 W. College St.
According to the Springfield
Police Department, the
unnamed customer fired two
shots at the suspects as they
fled the scene.
Fair Grove Mayor Tim Smith
impeached
According to a KSPR
news report May 28, Fair
Grove Mayor Tim Smith
announced that he has
been impeached by a 4-1
vote initiated by Alderman
Ray Cook. The report further states that Smith was
Men charged in federal court
for synthetic pot distribution
Tammy Dickinson, United
States Attorney for the
Western District of Missouri,
announced federal charges
against Travis E. Butchee of
Springfield and Michael
Saguto of Kirbyville for conspiracy to manufacture and
distribute synthetic marijuana.
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Saguto is currently in custody
and there is a warrant for the
arrest of Butchee, who is considered a fugitive from justice.
The men are co-owners of
Southern Spice, LLC, which
manufactured synthetic
cannabinoids. Butchee
opened the business in
February. According to the
Springfield Police Department,
since October 2011 it has executed search warrants at several area businesses suspected of selling synthetic drugs.
The Businesses include: Head
Kase, 2709 W. Kearney Ave.;
Incense and Peppermints,
1303 S. Glenstone Ave.; The
Goat, 1803 W. Grand St.;
Doobies, 1439 E. Kearney St.;
A Head of Our Times, 1400 W.
Sunshine St.;Doobies South,
940 S. National Ave.; Head
Kase, 2709 W. Kearney St.;
Trendz, 734 W. Kearney St.;
Draggin’ Fire, 3165 S.
Campbell Ave.;
Neighborhood Novelties, 1001
W. College St. and Gypsies
Novelties, 1445 E. St. Louis St.
SPD also assisted the Drug
Enforcement Administration in
executing search warrants for
Kopasetic, 2109C N. Glenstone
Ave. and the Kopasetic warehouse, 1015 W. Atlantic Ave.
Case closed in death of
woman found last July
After reviewing investigative reports on the death of
Kelly Frech—whose body
was discovered in a trashcan last summer—the
Greene County
Prosecutor’s Office has
agreed that the late Adam
Bergseth was responsible
for her death. Frech’s body
was discovered July 5, 2012
at 1231 W. Edgewood St. in
Springfield during a followup investigation of an officer involved shooting in
Marionville, Mo. on June 30,
2012. Bergseth was killed
during the altercation.
According to a city news
release, detectives in the
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On the governor’s desk
Highlights of
legislation approved
and passed on to Nixon
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Compiled by April LabineKatko
Another legislative session is over and a number
of bills have been approved
and passed by the Missouri
Senate and the House of
Representatives. It is now
up to Gov.Jay Nixon to sign
or VETO the bills. The following list highlights some
of the more important legislation for Missouri.
Abortion—HB400
establishes requirements
for the administration of
RU-486 or any other abortion-inducing drug or
chemical in that the initial
dose must be dispensed
in the presence of the prescribing physician.
Child Abuse—HB 505
changes laws regarding
child abuse and neglect,
requiring and clarifying
mandatory reporting of
suspected child abuse or
neglect in a school facility.
It also requires the adoption of written policies
and training guidelines
addressing such matters.
Chloe’s Law—SB 230
establishes a law requiring the screening of all
newborns for critical congenital heart disease effective Jan. 1, 2014.
Civil Liberties—SB 267
creates the Civil Liberties
Defense Act, mandating
that any court, arbitration,
tribunal or administrative
agency ruling is unenforceable if it is based on a foreign law, which is repugnant or inconsistent with
the Missouri and United
States constitutions.
Firearms—HB
436
establishes the Second
Amendment Preservation
Act, which rejects all federal acts that infringe on a
Missouri citizen’s rights
under
the
Second
Amendment. It also establishes that in jurisdictions
prohibiting open carry, the
prohibition is lifted if the
person has a valid concealed carry endorsement
in Missouri or a permit
from another state that is
recognized in Missouri and
the firearm is 16 inches or
less in length. It also allows
school districts to designate
school protection officers
who will carry concealed
firearms on school property.The bill also prevents the
publication of identifying
information about any individual who owns a firearm
and health care professionals cannot be required by
law to inquire about the
firearm ownership of a
patient. The minimum age
at which an individual may
be endorsed for concealed
carry would change to 19
instead of 21.
Private Property—SB
265 prohibits the state and
any political subdivision
from implementing any policy recommendations that
infringe on private property
rights without due process
and are traceable to Agenda
21, which was adopted in
1992 by the United Nations,
or any other international
law or ancillary plan of
action that contravenes the
federal or state constitutions. It also prohibits any
political division from
spending or receiving funds
from contracting services or
giving financial aid to any
organization accredited or
enlisted by the U.N. to assist
in implementing Agenda 21.
Sexual Offenders—HB
301 changes laws regarding certain sexual offenses
and establishes a prisoner
re-entry program for cer-
Some legislation
that didn’t pass:
■
Allowing casinos to
grant short-term loans
to patrons
■ Capping donations
to candidates for state
elected offices
■ Medicaid eligibility
expansion through the
Affordable Health
Care Act
■ Prohibiting the use of
drones and other
unmanned aircraft to
gather evidence without
warrant or permission
■ Prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and
gender identity
■ Requiring evaluations of public school
educators
■ Requiring voters to
show state-issued
photo IDs to vote
tain offenders. Additionally,
beginning Aug. 28, 2013,
sexual offenders whose
offense was committed
before age 18 will no
longer be listed under the
State Highway Patrol’s
Sexual Offender Registry.
Welfare Benefits—SB
251 prohibits public assistance recipients from
electronic benefit transactions in liquor stores, casinos, gambling, gaming or
adult-oriented establishments. Violations would
require full reimbursement of the Department
of
Social
Services.
Proprietors who knowingly accept EBT cards for
payment would be fined.
Appropriations—HB
1-13, 17-19 would appropriate funds for the expenses,grants,refunds and distributions of various government agencies in addition
to capital improvement
projects involving the maintenance, repair, replacement and improvement of
state buildings and facilities.
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Mike Webb in
brief
15 MINUTES
WITH…
■ Name: Mike Webb
Hometown:
Springfield
Family: Wife Sherry,
daughters Kia and Kasey
Website: www.webbsguideservice.com
Pro angler
shares
secrets
ing time for me. I’ll probably never catch a fish this
big again.I’ve fished at
Table Rock Lake for 40
years and never seen one
that was even that big.
By Regina Wang
Professional fisherman
Mike Webb credits his
father as the source of his
love for angling. Since
Webb was 3, his father
would take him to camp
on the Gasconade River,
where he developed a
passion for fishing.
Webb likes fishing so
much that he married his
wife on a bass boat on
Table Rock Lake. Webb
continued the family tradition by taking his children fishing at an early
age. When his daughter
Kia was 7, they competed
against 200 people at a
national father-and-child
fishing championship.The
two won first place in
2002
and
2003.
Nowadays, his younger
daughter, Kasey, joins him
in competitions.
In 1996, Webb started
KAST (Kids Are Special
Too) to show students
that fishing is a great alternative to drugs. He has visited 600 schools in the
last 18 years. In 2012,
Central Pro Am, a fishing
circuit, chose him as
angler of the year. In
September, the Webbs
purchased and became
the owners of the circuit.
These days, he divides his
time between working as
a professional fisherman
and as a fishing guide for
Big Cedar Lodge.
Why did you decide
Photo courtesy of Mike Webb
Professional fisherman, Mike Webb, holds up his biggest
catch, an 11 lbs. 7 oz. largemouth bass.
to become a pro?
It was a commitment I
made. I was working in
marketing and sales for
Philip Morris. I quit the job
because I had enough in
my 401(k) to last me for a
year—the same year I married my wife. I just decided
to take a chance to do it. It
was a huge risk. I’ve been
guiding for Big Cedar
Lodge and myself for 18
years—same amount of
time as I went pro fishing.
So how does a competitive angler catch
the biggest fish?
Well, we’re all in search
of that answer. It’s just time
on the water that gives you
more advantages to it
because you learn the
traits of the fish. Once you
learn about the fish, that’s
half the battle. You learn
where they are and their
habits throughout the year.
After time, you learn those
tricks and their habits, and
that makes you a better
fisherman.
But does luck have
something to do with
finding the biggest fish?
It’s luck. Once you reach
a certain level, catching
the big fish is probably the
luck of the day. There are
so many people with the
same angling skills that
whoever gets that big
bite—whoever has that
big fish that comes up to
eat at that particular
time—they probably have
learned that they need to
be there at the correct
time. It’s harder to catch
one big fish than it is to
catch five keeper fish.
What is the weight of
the biggest fish you’ve
caught?
It was 11 lbs. and 7
ounces. I caught it April 1
this year. I was on a guide
tour with a regular customer that I guide a couple of times a year. I saw
the fish on my graph in 30
feet of water on the bottom.You don’t know what
size they are; you just see a
fish. I dropped my bait
down as soon as I stopped
my bait, the fish ate it. It
was my first guide trip on
my new boat this year. My
net was a new net and it
was still in a plastic bag in
the rod locker. So my
client had to get in the rod
locker and get my net out
of the plastic covering
while I was fighting with
the fish.It was a very excit-
I’ve been told that
I’m not supposed to
ask fishermen where
their secret spots are.
Is that true?
Depends on what time of
year it is because fish don’t
stay in one spot all the time.
They tend to move with the
seasons. In summer they’re
in the same spots where
they were last summer. So
you have different spots
depending on the time of
the year. We’re beginning
that summer pattern now
where the fish are coming
off the beds and moving to
deep water. Right now my
favorite area to fish would
be the Kimberling City
area. My favorite bait would
be a top-water lure.
What makes a person
a good fisherman?
Being able to adjust.
Probably the hardest thing
we fight within ourselves
is knowing when to leave a
spot if you’re not catching
anything or knowing
when to change your bait.
It’s hard to stop using a
bait that has been working
or change your location if
you caught fish there a day
or two before. Being able
to adjust makes you a good
and better fisherman.
I’m sure you have to
be patient, too.
Yes. That’s why when I
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guide a husband and wife,
the wife usually does one
or two things: She either
catches the biggest fish or
the most fish, or both,
because
she’s
very
patient. The husband is
like me, very competitive.
More than one time, the
wife would win if they are
having a competition.
What is one of your
favorite fishing memories?
One of my favorite fishing
memories is when my
daughter and I won the
back-to-back
championships—especially the second one—because no one
else has done it. Having my
daughter—who was 7 years
old then—sit in the boat
that we won for winning
the championship would
be my favorite memory.
Why is it good for
kids to fish?
Unlike most sports like
football or baseball, your
size and strength don’t
really matter when it
comes to fishing. That’s
why it’s the most particiLOCAL NEWS, from 2
Springfield Police
Department had concluded
that Bergseth was responsible for Frech’s death.
Since the suspect is
deceased, no further action
will be taken.
Regional agencies join forces
for youth fire intervention
Fire departments in
Springfield, Nixa, Ozark,
Battlefield, LoganRogersville and Branson
have joined forces with
Mercy to form the
Southwest Missouri Youth
Fire Intervention Coalition.
According to a city news
release, the United States
Fire Administration has
determined that 75 percent
of children, between the
ages of 3 and 17, experiment
with fire and 53 percent of
all arson arrests are children.
pated sport in the United
States—anybody can do it.
Is that why you started KAST?
I started the nonprofit
mainly to teach kids something that I got hooked on.
I wanted to give back by
doing things: One, to keep
kids off drugs and two,fishing is one of the ways to do
that. We also just started a
fishing club for kids at Bass
Pro on the last Tuesday of
every month. We have
guest speakers, no membership. It’s free. You just
come and show up.
What tips do you
have for people who
like to fish?
The big thing is to
know what you’re up
against—and that’s the
fish. So, know their habits
and locations. Do your
homework. Remember
fish don’t have eyelids so
they like shade. Limit
what you have in your
boat to one rod and one
bait. People need to take a
bait and a rod until they
have confidence in them.
City gives local nonprofit OK
to operate downtown
Local nonprofit organization The Gathering Tree
has been given a certificate
of occupancy, allowing it to
operate as a church for up
to 48 people at 213 S.
Campbell Ave. After downtown businesses owners
raised concerns about
whether the organization
was following zoning regulations, the city inspected
the building. The organization had been serving
meals to the homeless,
which city officials said
made it a soup kitchen—
which is not permitted
downtown unless it has
been in existence since
1997. The nonprofit is permitted to serve meals during services.
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News
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IRS targeted conservative groups for additional screening
The Internal Revenue Service recently admitted to singling out conservative political groups and making them
submit to extensive questionnaires during their application
process for tax-exempt status. Groups using words like “tea
party” or “patriot” were flagged and in cases, asked to
reveal their donors—a violation of IRS policy. According to
senior IRS official Lois Lerner, the actions were not motivated by political bias and were initiated by low-level employees in Cincinnati, Ohio. Approximately 75 groups were singled out, but were still given tax-exempt status. In a May 13
statement, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo, commented on the
matter, saying, “People should be fired for this serious
breach of public trust. We don’t do this in America.”
Subcommittee subpoenas medical equipment companies
As part of an investigation into aggressive sales tactics in
the medical equipment industry, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo,
and her Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting
Oversight, issued subpoenas to get industry executives to
discuss their marketing and business practices. The recent
meeting was a follow-up to last month’s request to MedCare Diabetic & Medical Supplies and U.S. Healthcare Supply
to testify before her Senate hearing, but executives from
both companies refused to attend. According to a news
release from McCaskill’s office, U.S. Healthcare Supply representative, John Letko invoked his Fifth Amendment right
against self-incrimination and was excused from the panel—
though the company has repeatedly communicated through
the press. McCaskill responded by saying, “Hopefully someday you’ll feel as comfortable speaking to this committee as
you do speaking to the press.” Med-Care executive, Dr. Steve
Silverman responded to a series of questions about the
company’s sales tactics and improper payments made to his
company by the government. The news release states that
information provided by the Centers of Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS) indicated that from a sample of
more than 1,200 claims paid to Med-Care, approximately 99
percent of the claims should be denied. The Department of
Health and Human Services Inspector General recently
reported that CMS failed to recover nearly $70 million in
overpayments to durable medical equipment companies.
Silverman told the committee that he had not been formally
told by CMS to return overpayments.
According to Humane Society Mo. worst in nation for dog
breeders
According to the Humane Society of the United States, 24
Missouri business have made its ‘A Horrible Hundred’ list. It
beats the next highest state, Ohio by nine. As part of the
society’s Puppy Mill Awareness Week, the list reveals what
the organization considers the worst breeders in the nation.
Other high-ranking states are: Kansas-11, Iowa-8, Indiana-6
and New York-6. For the full report, visit humanesociety.org.
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COUNCIL, from 1
Only councilmen Doug Burlison
and Craig Hosmer voted to repeal
the previous decision. All eight
members
present—
Councilwoman Cindy Rushefsky
was absent—then voted to send it
to the ballot.
Although Councilman Mike
Carroll previously voted against
the zoning change, he supported sending it to voters.
“At the time, it had to do with
scope and size of the project and
it had nothing to do with who
the project was [involved with],”
he said during a later interview,
adding that planning and zoning
should be blind when it comes
to reviewing ordinance changes
and that it was not an effective
way to legislate zoning.
“We had our discussions,”Carroll
said.“It went through the planning
and zoning board, city staff and
then to the council and I think it is
just costly and inefficient.”
Advocacy groups against the
rezoning said they would rally
throughout the summer to eduAUDIT, from 1
overpaid,” the report
states.
In response, the district
has agreed to work with
legal counsel to clarify the
contract terms as well as
all future contracts and
extensions.
The second finding has
to do with purchase order
violations. According to
both the administration
and school board’s policies, employees should
request purchase orders
before an item is purchased. However, about
24 percent of the purchase
orders
were
requested and issued after
the items had been purchased, Mueller wrote in
the report.
This is not the first time
the district has violated
this policy, Mueller wrote.
The same finding was
cate citizens about the issue.
“We are getting together about
strategy and brainstorming about
what we want to do,” Scott
Youngkin of Stand Up to Walmart
later said.“We want to educate citizens about all the issues we can …
safety is the number one priority.
The safety of our neighborhoods is
important to everybody … Council
violated their own City charter by
not being accountable [for] the
safety issues surrounding the area.”
SPRINGFIELD DOESN’T GO GREEN
The bills related to marijuana—which would change possessing 35 grams or less to a
civil offense—were ultimately
dismissed.
Signatures gathered last summer initially brought the issue
before council—which adopted
the ordinance in the fall only to
immediately repeal it, citing
legal issues with the language.
The petitioners—Springfield
Cannabis Regulation—backed
by national advocacy group
American Victory Coalition,
responded by hiring attorney
unearthed in the March
2012 state audit report,
which noted that 31 percent of the purchase
orders were issued after
the purchase.
The disregard for the
purchasing policies makes
one question the need for
the purchasing department, which is supposed
to provide expertise in
procurement, Mueller said.
“Employees who request
a PO from the purchasing
department after (emphasis Mueller’s) a purchase
has been made are not utilizing the purchasing
department’s expertise,”
the report states.
“Without disciplinary
action taken against
employees who violate
the purchasing policies,
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Chip Sheppard—with intentions of suing the city.
Instead, Sheppard and the city
worked for a compromise, which
resulted in the current bills—
defeated 2-6, with Burlison and
Carroll the only supporters.
“The charter does not mention pass and repeal as an
option when it comes to initiatives, yet that’s what we did and
that’s the legal dilemma that we
find ourselves in,” Burlison said.
Before the vote, Burlison commented that he feels that the
petitioners were treated unfairly.
“I think that we want to question the folks that are behind
this petition because of our discomfort with the subject matter,” he said.“I think we learned
a lesson nationally that prohibition of things that people ingest
is not a good policy and it creates organized crime.”
Carroll said he doesn’t think that
council should“pump the ball”and
send it to the August ballot.
“This is not a legalization of
marijuana issue,” Carroll said.
“Possession of marijuana is ille-
pliance,” the report states.
The board agreed that
the finding is a “concern”
and that it will take disciplinary actions against
repeat offenders.
The third finding highlights the inconsistencies
between board policies
and district practices. The
cause of the violation has
to do with outdated board
policies, which fail to meet
the district’s needs. While
the district has modified its
purchasing procedures
over the years, board policies have stayed the same.
The report shows that,
for example, while board
policies require all purchase orders to be
approved before the purchase is made, the district’s practices are more
lenient, permitting no
purchase orders for items
under $1,000. As a result,
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gal at the city, state, federal and
county levels and will continue
to be illegal even if this ordinance passes …The issue at
hand is how we as the city of
Springfield penalize that illegal
activity. It removes the long-lasting impact that a marijuana
charge has in its current form.”
Many council members thought
that it should be a state issue,not a
local one. Councilmen Craig
Hosmer and Craig Fishel argued
that marijuana charges should not
be on your criminal record for life.
“I think that we all agree that
someone—that is convicted of a
marijuana possession charge—
shouldn’t have that on their
record for the rest of their lives,”
Hosmer said.“I think the problem
with this ordinance is that you are
going to have inconsistent results
… that sends the wrong message.”
Stephens said when he has
spoken to individuals charged
with marijuana possession, they
all knew that what they had
done was illegal.
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to lessen the penalties on this.”
After dismissing the bill,
council members agreed not to
send it to the ballot.
Maranda Reynolds, president of
Springfield Cannabis Regulation,
said that the group would continue
to work toward a policy change.
“The important thing to note is
that they treated us unfairly,” she
said.“Almost every ordinance that
has come through has had some
problems according to the city
attorney, but they weren’t shut
down the same way we were.”
Burlison believes that the
arguments against the bills
were unfounded and that any
kind of policy change will be
met by institutional resistance.
“I think when it comes to being
honest about how effective policies are, they have to look into the
mirror and say to themselves ‘is
this actually working?’” Burlison
later said.“I’m trying not to use the
term ‘lame excuse’ but it seems to
be an excuse to not entertain the
rule change.”
this inconsistency violates
another board policy,
which states that when it
comes to paying vendors,
original invoices or purchase orders are required.
Since the district’s practices require no purchase
orders for items under
$1,000, some employees
have violated board policies
by paying vendors without
an approved purchase order.
One board policy,according to the audit report, is
“unrealistic,” as it requires
the superintendent’s office
to oversee all purchases.
“The superintendent’s
office cannot realistically
perform this duty,” the
report states.
In response, the district
has agreed to review
board policies and make
sure they are consistent
with district practices.
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Volunteers sought to assist with adult literacy
Ozarks Technical Community College is
looking for volunteers to help adult students prepare to take high school equivalency tests, learn English as a second
language or learn to read. Volunteers are
sought in nine counties: Christian, Dallas,
Greene, Lawrence, Polk, Stone, Taney,
Webster and Wright. Students who participate in OTC’s Adult Education and
Literacy programs receive skills necessary success in the workplace and are
more likely to find better jobs or to pursue further education in their career field.
For those wishing to volunteer, training
will be provided at no cost. To receive an
application or to learn more about the
opportunity, contact the OTC Adult
Education and Literacy office at 417-4478865.
Summer meals provided by area schools
The Springfield school district is providing free meals for students during the
months of May and June. Any child up to
18 years old is eligible to receive a free
breakfast and lunch regardless of
whether they are attending summer
school. However, an adult must accompany all participants. Eligible disabled
adults under 21 years of age may also
qualify to participate. The Summer Meals
Program ends at the conclusion of summer classes. For a list of schools, information about meal times or a meal
menu, call 417-523-1101.
MSU awards scholarships to students
Missouri State University has awarded
scholarships to students for the 2013-14
academic year. Students were selected
based on a host of criteria, including
demonstrating outstanding leadership in
their communities and schools, receiving
a high score on the American College
Test (ACT), graduating with a high rank
in their high school class or excelling in a
combination of these areas. A list of
scholarship recipients is available at the
university’s website.
OTC invites children to “Kids’ College”
Enrollment for Ozarks Technical
Community College’s “Kids’ College”
Summer Program is under way. This
year’s program is designed to teach kids
important life skills, to help students
develop new interests and to get kids
excited about education. Some of the
options for students include, “Mad
Science Mondays and Fridays,” a class
teaching kids how to design their own
video games, a sign language class for
the whole family, an ACT prep course for
teens and many other opportunities for
young children and teens. All classes are
intentionally small and tend to fill up very
quickly, so be sure to enroll soon.
Registration is required. For more information, call 417-447-8888.
CHS junior earns perfect score on ACT
Central High School junior Hari Anand
managed to receive a perfect score on
the American College Test (ACT). In
2012, of the 1.66 million students who
took the ACT, only 781 earned a perfect
score of 36. That’s just one-tenth of 1
percent. The ACT tests a student’s ability
in areas of math, science, English and
reading. Each segment of the test is
scored on a scale of 1-36, with scores in
each section averaged to create a composite score. Hari is the son of Dr. Raj
and Krish Anand.
May 29 - June 11, 2013
Letters
What you think is important
E-mail: [email protected].
Traffic concerns should
matter to everyone
Why should you care?
If you have a child who walks to school, you
should care. If you know a child who goes to
Jarrett Middle School or Parkview High School,
then they know someone who crosses Grand
near Campbell every school day. If land by that
intersection becomes retail, traffic increases.
Consider this. In the Planning & Zoning meeting on January 24th, the traffic study cited
told residents of the West Central neighborhood that Grand averaged 40,000 cars per
day and that Campbell averaged 35,000 cars
per day. If land by that intersection becomes
retail, those numbers increase.
In October 2006, Sarah Overstreet wrote a
piece for the News-Leader called “Stunning
information lurks in walking-to-school issue.”
In this piece, Overstreet was stunned that
many busy intersections that kids must
cross don’t have crossing guards at all. She
said in 2006 that “I’d assumed that if they
had to walk in or cross heavy traffic, someone much wiser than me had already
checked out the danger and pronounced it
OK. Not anymore.”
That was 2006. We learned from this, right?
No, we didn’t. Two years later, Overstreet
wrote a more frightening piece on the same
issue, called “Nightmare crossing”, that told
us of the dangers faced and fears realized
for a Hillcrest student who had to cross
Kearney to get to school every day. The teen
survived but suffered brutal injuries. The article Overstreet had to write in 2008 showed
we had learned little to nothing from 2006
about kids crossing busy streets.
The same problems Overstreet sighted in
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2006, and again in 2008, still exist today for
Grand, especially at Grand and Campbell. And
if land by that intersection becomes retail,
then these same problems become worse.
When people want to know why citizens of
the city of Springfield should care about public safety and traffic in one of its neighborhoods, this is why. You may not have a child,
who has to cross a street like Kearney or
Grand but you or a child you know, likely
know a child who does. We as members of a
community should care whether a decision is
going to increase the dangers posed to others and especially to our children.
We can’t let a property by Grand and Campbell
change from residential to retail. 40,000 cars
on Grand will increase and 35,000 cars on
Campbell will increase with cars cutting through
neighborhood streets. There are more than
enough complaints about the public safety of
Grand and Campbell traffic without increasing
that danger for kids at Jarrett and Parkview. We
have to pay attention this time. We have to pay
attention on August 6th.
Michael Scriven, Springfield
Motorcycle helmet law under fire
It is apparent that the mandatory motorcycle helmet law for the bike riders of
Missouri is favored by a lot of the citizens.
Most of these people probably have never
ridden a motorcycle. It is a lot easier to
vote for something that applies to other
people but not yourself. Could that be the
reason there is no movement to require
helmets for automobiles? After all, racecar
drivers wear helmets. I suspect the ratio of
head injuries to accidents in cars is as high
or higher than motorcycles. Repeal of the
present helmet law would not forbid the
wearing of helmets and a certain number
of bikers would continue to wear them.
Bill Penland, Springfield
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Dead Ringer
I like to go swimming and fishing.
Curtis Myers,
Springfield
E-mail Bob Mace: [email protected].
R
ecently, a diminutive dearth of
participate in the tax base is without
events chronicling woes for the
merit. To compete with private sececonomy spins up the local “gotta
tor lending institutions is arrogant.
government spend,” types in droves.
Banking kahunas would be well
The Edge recently made comment
advised to find social companionship
concerning the firing the women’s
less covetous of their lending-probasketball coach at MSU. Perchance
ceeds income stream.
in search of affordable tickets, the
Come now, the county Republican
daily newspaper has twice suggested
Party’s personification of a horsethe university should lower season
shoe pitch, a guy who oft is close but
ticket prices to attract more fans.
never manages a ringer, Circuit Clerk
Bob Mace
In an attempt to appear savvy, the
Steve Helms. Winning re-election,
THE EDGE
New-Leader editorial board suggests
Helms now becomes the self-imagthe university would attract more students if it ined Greene County version of Warren Buffet.
would: bring down those ticket prices, encour- Call Helms the Oracle of Omagod!
age school spirit events, market its public
More than 15 years ago the county passed
affairs mission more effectively and add more the first law enforcement tax. The measure
pizzazz to “Bearwear.”Most serious high school split revenues between the county and all the
students could come up with a more mature municipal police forces therein. Helms thinks
list of suggestions.
the county isn’t getting as much as it should
Given a few more years of education, those and the city doesn’t need all it gets. He’s opinsame high school students would realize that ing that the taxes, collected by the county,
the university’s mission isn’t to grow or attract should, ex cathedra be redirected to the counmore students; neither is it to provide a minor ty jail operation.
league sports environment. The purpose of
The inconvenient detail is that the revenue
MSU, regardless of the rubber-stamp legisla- sharing scheme is part of what the voters
ture and childish pouts of media and alumni approved. Simpatico with Helms, at least to a
types is to provide education.
point, is presiding commissioner Viebrock.
One evening downtown,The Edge spotted a
A second earmark law enforcement tax
local bank CEO ironically in the social compa- passed last year isn’t making up the difference
ny of the city manager. Strange bedfellows con- so the county now needs more money again.
sidering: Springfield fancies itself, among all its Earmarking revenue, too many brick and morwide-ranging renaissance-man talents, as a tar projects and an assumption that future votcommercial lending institution. The city now ers would approve tax increases leaves the
dives into another tax subsidized Heer’s build- county functionally insolvent.
ing scheme while it advertises a staff position
If one stipulates that Helms is correct (a
opening. Having failed to learn the lessons of stretch) concerning the city’s lack of need, then
its past, our fair city wants to hire a communi- what short-circuited logic leads to the assumpty development loan officer.
tion that the county should keep the funds? It
One might assume that the countless seems to The Edge that if there’s an oversupply
branches of some two-dozen banks doing busi- of tax revenue,the benefactor should be the peoness in the city limits would find plenty of ple of Greene County who are paying the tax.
business capital to lend businesses in
Greene County should learn the downside
Springfield. Learning from the past has never of earmark and shared taxes as well as assumbeen a strong suit for this city. Spending more ing future tax increases. As for Steve Helms,
money to lure those businesses that will not sorry, still no ringer!
Having water
fights, especially at
Jordan Valley Park
with the fountain
that shoots up.
Missy Lindsey,
Springfield
Going to
Taneycomo lake
and fish.
Jimmy Ruedlinger,
Springfield
Going to Tablerock
Lake. I also like the
Mother’s Brewing
outdoor festival
they do, that’s
always good as
well.
Brittany Wise,
Springfield
We have season
tickets to Silver
Dollar City.
John Canella,
Springfield
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Springfield’s Guide to Summer Activities & events
Summer fun just around the river bend
By Daniel Snyder
O
h, the dog days of summer… the kids are out of school, the days last
longer and the nights are filled with bonfires and good company, but
sometimes the list of fun stuff to do runs out.
If that’s the case, then pick up CFP’s Scene & Heard guide, your treasure map of
fun stuff to take advantage of around the Ozarks.
If the kiddos are getting bored playing in the sprinkler, we have a whole slew of
things for them to do. Everything from catching a movie to strolling through a park
with the kids is available throughout Springfield.
We here at CFP know it can be hectic—especially if both parents work—to keep the kids
occupied and involved in stimulating activities
during the summer.That’s why we included a
list of summer camps with fun activities like
learning to garden and playing sports.
Check out the list of pools in the area for a
quick way to cool off and once you’re done
swimming, don’t miss the compiled list of area
wineries and breweries for a tasty beverage.
Say you want to get away—or better yet,
float away—for a weekend, well we got you
covered with our list of Missouri state parks
and area rivers and lakes. Enjoy the natural
beauty of the Ozarks and relax because you’ve
earned it.
So, regardless of what you decide to do this
summer, don’t let the heat keep you from
being ‘Scene and Heard’ this summer!
Photo courtesy Springfield-Greene County Park Board
Events
calendar
May 31: Through the Roof
Ministries presents a worship
gathering 6 p.m. at Library Center
auditorium, 4653 S. Campbell Ave.
www.ttrspringfield.org.
June 1: Wilson’s Creek National
Battlefield presents Ray House
Jamboree all day at 6424 W.
Farm Road 182, Republic. Free
with paid admission to battlefield,
417-732-6596 ext. 224.
June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, July 6,
13, 20, 27, Aug. 3, 10, 17,
24, 31: The Railroad
Historical Museum every
Saturday from May to October 2-4
p.m., 1300 N. Grant St. Free.
www.rrhistoricalmuseum.zoomshar
e.com.
June 1: Soul Survivors
Workshop for dealing with grief
from pet loss 1 p.m., 4653 S.
Campbell Ave. $25 per person,
www.projectpuppy.org.
June 1: Single Momz Rock DIY
Workshop 11 a.m. to noon,
Cowan’s Ace Hardware,
3310 W College St. Free, 417-4833479, www.singlemomzrock.com.
June 1: 8th Annual Battle of the
Badges benefiting Big Brothers
Big Sisters 4-8 p.m., Kickapoo
High School, 3710 S. Jefferson
Ave. $5 entry, www.bigbros.com.
June 1: River Rescue Clean
up on the James River 8 a.m.
to 1 p.m. on the James River. Free,
attendees are encouraged to bring a
sack lunch. Sponsored by James
River Basin Partnership, 417-8364847, www.jamesriverbasin.com.
June 1: C-Street Market opens
every Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
at Jefferson Avenue Footbridge
Pavilion, 321 E. Commercial St.
Free, 417-831-6200, www.itsalldowntown.com.
June 1: 7th Annual Birdies in
Paradise Golf Tournament 7
a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Island Green
Golf Club, 169 Country Club Dr.,
Republic, $75 per person or $300
per 4-person team, 417-838-8220,
www.omphclub.com.
June 1: Macadoodles Bark &
Brew Fest noon to 3 p.m. at
Macadoodles, 1455 E.
Independence, $10 per person,
proceeds go toward the Greyhound
Pets of America, www.gpamo.org.
June 1: Federated Garden Clubs
60th Annual Flower Show 8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m., Library Center auditorium, 4653 S. Campbell Ave.
Free, 417-736-9131.
June 2: ArtJam at SquidFoo, 407
N. Boonville Ave., 4-6 p.m. Free,
417-812-5366, squidfoo.com.
June 3: Disaster Preparedness
informational meeting 6-7:30
p.m. at Habitat For Humanity, 2410
S. Scenic Ave. Free, RSVP
required, 417-829-4001,
www.habitatspringfieldmo.org.
June 4: Our Shared Story: An
Effort to Frame Child Abuse photography exhibit 5:30-7 p.m. at
National Avenue Christian Church,
1515 S. National Ave.
June 4, July 3: Whiskey Jam
sponsored by Gig Salad at
Lindberg’s, 318 W. Commercial St.,
9 p.m. to midnight, $5 entry fee,
417-889-9909, gigsalad.com.
June 6, July 11, Aug. 8:
Journey, an ongoing support
group for anyone grieving a loss
6-8 p.m., Library Station, 2535 N.
Kansas Expressway. No fee or registration required, 417-368-2699.
June 6-July 6: Stain Glass
Theatre presents The Heart of
Stone 7:30 p.m., 1996 W. Evangel,
Ozark, $6-10, 417-581-9192.
June 7-23: Springfield Little
Theatre presents Legally Blonde
the Musical. Various times at
Landers Theatre, 311 E. Walnut St.,
$15-28, 417-869-1334,
www.springfieldlittletheatre.org.
see EVENTS, 16
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lies throughout the summer.
For Kids
By Regina Wang
Summertime means that the
kids are out of school with time
on their hands. Springfield offers
a variety of activities to keep the
kids entertained while school is
out.
Movie Fun—For the budding
film buff in the family, many local
theaters offer free films for fami-
Palace Theater, 2220 West
Chesterfield Blvd.,417-875-6200
Bring in a receipt from
McDonald’s to receive free
admission for the whole family.
Kid-friendly films are shown 12:30
p.m. and 3 p.m. TuesdayThursday throughout the summer.
Wehrenberg Theatre, 4005
South Ave., 417-890-8457
Wehrenberg’s Family Summer
Series is June 5 to Aug. 15, with
free kid-friendly films showing 10
a.m. Wednesday and Thursday.
Regal College Station Cinema
14, 415 W. College St.,417-7993456
The Regal Summer Movie
Express begins June 4 and continues for nine weeks showing
family films 10 a.m. Tuesday and
Wednesday. Admission is only $1.
A portion of the proceeds will be
donated to the Will Rogers
Institute.
Library Fun—SpringfieldGreene County Library hosts
many events for kids over the
summer. For more information
about summer reading programs,
call 417-883-5341
Photo courtesy of Dickerson Park Zoo staff
By Regina Wang
This summer, Springfield-Greene County Park Board is
again hosting a series of farm, sports and outdoor camps.
Space is limited. Availability is based on a first-come, firstserve basis.
Munch, Crunch, Grow Your Lunch Summer Camp
Teach kids ages 6 and 7 how to plant a garden.
When: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 3-7
Cost: $80
Contact: Rutledge-Wilson Farm Park, 837-5949
Camp Ritter Family group camping weekend
Bring your RV, trailer or tent to camp out at Ritter
Springs Park. Activities include canoeing or kayaking,
catch and release fishing, Dutch oven cooking, geocaching and hiking. Tents are provided.
When: June 7-9 (Friday between 5 and 6 p.m. to Sunday
morning; registration required a week before the event)
Cost: $10 per person, free for kids 6 and younger
Contact: Ritter Springs Park, 417-833-8647
Fast Pitch Softball Showcase Team Camp
Tiny Tots began May 18 and will
continue until Aug. 3. It is a summer program for children up to
3-years-old, providing opportunities for little ones to hear stories,
participate in constructive play
times and to learn fun and educational songs. The Tiny Tots program also allows for prizes to be
won when reading goals are met.
Check with your local library
branch for more information and
a complete list of activities.
Outdoor Fun—The Springfield
Parks Board offers families a host
of fun outdoor activities throughout the summer. For more information about these or other outdoor activities, call 417- 8641049.
Rutledge-Wilson Farm Park,
Photo courtesy of Springfield/Greene County Park Board
3825 W. Farm Road 146, 417-8375949
The park offers fun and educational activities for children with
an emphasis on agriculture and
fishing. The first Friday of each
month through August,6-9 p.m. is
Fun Family Fishing. The cost is
$5 and kids can win prizes in the
fishing contest. The farm park
also offers opportunities for kids
to interact with livestock, learn
about raising chickens and even
offers activities for preschool students.
Dickerson Park Zoo, 1401 W
Norton Road, 417-833-1570
On Aug. 10 the zoo presents
McDonald’s Free Day @ The Zoo.
The event is free for all ages and
there will be special activities for
kids under 12, including the
opportunity to meet Ronald
McDonald. Fun activities will be
held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The
zoo will be open from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m.
The Springfield-Greene County
Botanical Center, 2400 S. Scenic
Ave., 417-891-1515
The center will celebrate its 5th
Annual Butterfly Festival 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. July 20. There will be
workshops, hands-on activities
and much more. The free event
takes place at Dr. Roston Native
Butterfly House and is open to all
ages.
Activities include interacting with animals, playing
games and making crafts, for kids 4-5 years old.
When: 9 a.m. to noon June 10-14
Cost: $40
4:30–6: p.m.; program hours 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
Cost: $80 a week for full-day participants. $60 for halfday participants (Half day participants must be enrolled
in summer school.)
Contact: 837-5737
Earth Keepers
Summer Camp
Discovery Barn Summer Camp
Learn how farmers affect the world
through hands-on
activities and investigations, for kids 89 years old.
When: 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. June 17-21
About: Cost: $80
For kids 6-7 years old who want to learn all about animals.
When: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 22-26
Cost: $80
Best in Show Summer Camp
FILE Photo
Wild, Wild West Summer Camp
Kids from 4-5 years old will play with horses their size
and participate in western-themed activities.
When: 9 a.m. to noon June 24-28
Cost: $40
Once Upon a Farm Summer Camp
Activities include competitive team drills and game-play
situations. Ages: 16 and under, 18 and under, JV & Varsity
When: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 10-11 (register by May 31)
Cost: $300 per team
Contact: Meador Softball Complex, 837-5817
Activities include learning about animals that live inside
a barn, for kids 6-7 years old.
Cost: $80
Rutledge-Wilson Had a Farm Summer Camp
Feathered Friends Summer Camp
Activities include interacting with birds, games, crafts
and much more, for kids 4-5 years old.
Cost: $40
Camp Challenge Trip Camps
Youths will spend three days and two nights on supervised tent camping trips, including six meals, snacks,
tents and equipment. Shower facilities are available.
Camp is for kids 9-15 years old.
When: July 9-11 and July 23-25 (Tuesday 7:30 a.m. to
Thursday 5:30 p.m.)
Cost: $75
Contact: Outdoor Initiatives, 417-833-8647
SPARC Summer Day Camps
is for kids from 3 years old to
fifth grade. Participants who
complete reading goals can win
prizes provided by local sponsors. Events and activities are
scheduled throughout the summer, with the fun wrapping up
Aug. 3. Kids can join the program
and begin earning reading
rewards at any time. Some program highlights include: Magic
shows, storytelling, science
experiments and much more.
Check with your local library
branch for more information and
a complete list of activities.
Dig Into Reading began May
18. The summer reading program
Camping is the way of life
www.cfpmidweek.com
Activities include science, hiking, swimming, computers,
arts and crafts and much more, for kids 5-12 years old.
When: July 15-26 (open door hours 7-8:30 a.m. and
Activities include learning how to train, prepare and
show an animal.
When: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 5-9
Cost: $80
Scene & Heard
Take a dip
Local pools open all
summer long to beat
the heat
By Regina Wang
With temperatures rising,
Springfield residents will
soon be heading to area
pools to keep cool.
Springfield offers many
great options for taking a
dip. Outdoor pools opened
on May 20 and will remain
open until mid-August.
Westport Pool, 3100 W.
Mount Vernon St. is open 16:30 p.m. six days a week
(closed Tuesday). The pool
was remodeled in 2012,
with a splash area for the
kids, a zero depth entry
point, a water slide, a
springboard and even an
in-water rock-climbing wall.
Silver Springs Pool, 1100
N. Hampton Ave. is open 16:30 p.m. six days a week
(closed Wednesday). The
pool is great for small children and includes many
shaded areas, water bench-
Fassnight
Pool, 1300
South Campbell
Ave. is open 1-6
p.m. six days a
week (closed
Mondays).
Located inside
historic
Fassnight Park,
it is one of
Springfield’s
largest pools,
offering a
leisure pool, a
kiddie play area
(for children
under age 6)
and many other
fun activities for
kiddos. There
are also diving
es, a springboard and lots of
boards, shade structures
fun splash and play areas.
and concessions available.
Meador Pool, 2500 S.
Doling Indoor Aquatic,
Fremont Ave. is open 1-6:30
310 Talmage St. is open 5
p.m. six days a week (closed
a.m. to 10 p.m. MondayMondays). It is a great pool
Friday, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
to visit if you don’t feel like
Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6
fighting the crowds. The
p.m. Sunday. It offers activvibe is relaxed, with two divities and events for the
ing boards, a kiddie pool
whole family, with several
and concessions.
pools, slides and shallow
areas for children.
McGee-McGregor Wading
Pool, Phelps Grove Park,
Chesterfield Indoor
1200 E. Bennett St. is open
Aquatic Center, 2511 W.
10 a.m. to noon and 1-4 p.m.
Republic Road is open 5
Tuesday-Saturday and 1-4
a.m. to 10 p.m. Mondayp.m. Sunday. (Closed
Friday, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Mondays). It is a shallow
Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6
wading pool designed for
p.m. Sunday. It offers lots
children 6 and younger,
of indoor water activities,
along with their parents. It’s
along with great educaa great place for beginners
tional opportunities
to become more comfortthroughout the summer.
able in the water.
Grant Beach Pool, 1300
N. Grant St. is open 1-6 :30
p.m. six days a week
(closed Tuesdays). It is
newly remodeled and a fun
place to spend an afternoon. There are slides, a
diving board, concessions
and lots of fun splash and
play areas for kids, including a tree house.
Fees:
Children (ages 2 and
under)—Free with paid adult
Youth (ages 3-17)—$2.25
Adults (ages 18-59)—$2.75
Seniors (ages 60 and
over)—$2.25
After 5:30 p.m. the fee is
$1.00 or a canned food
item at all outdoor pools.
An American Celebration
By Daniel Snyder
Fireworks at the Field!
For the third year, Fireworks at the
Field returns to downtown Springfield
for a July 4 celebration. The communitywide party will be going on at several
venues in downtown Springfield including Mediacom Ice Park, The Discovery
Center, The Creamery Arts Center and
ending with fireworks at Hammons Field.
From 3-9 p.m., revelers can ice skate at
Mediacom Ice Park, have fun creating
arts and crafts at The Creamery Arts
Center and discover new and interesting
science activities at The Discovery
Center. At night, the Springfield
Cardinals will be playing the Corpus
Christi Hooks at 5:09 p.m., followed by
the MDock Band cranking out tunes
before the region’s largest fireworks
show begins at 9:45 p.m. Hammons
Field, 955 E. Trafficway St. Admission is
$8 per person and more information is
available at itsalldowntown.com or by
calling 831-6200.
Fourth of July festivities are happening all
around this summer.
Have-A-Blast!
The City of Republic will host the 17th Annual Have-A-Blast Patriotic Celebration
Friday, June 28 at J.R. Martin Park, 300 E. Hines. ‘Have-A-Blast’ starts at 6 p.m. and
will include fun family activities, food and music, followed by a fireworks show at
dusk. For details, visit republicmo.com or call 732-3500.
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ADULTS ONLY
Bottoms up!
Area wineries and breweries offer
refreshing break from the heat
By Daniel Snyder
After a hot and humid day in the Ozarks,
few things are more refreshing than a cold
beer or a relaxing glass of wine.
The region has its fair share of venues
serving both. Six different locally owned
wineries and breweries host numerous
events and offer great tasting beverages
to boot. So if you have a hankering for
some fresh wine, a glass of moonshine or
a cold beer, be sure to stop by these
great places.
7C’s Winery & Vineyard, 502 E. 560th
Road in Walnut Grove, is open 10 a.m. to
6 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday. Visit
7cswinery.com or call 788-2263.
Copper Run Distillery, 1901 Day Road
in Walnut Shade, is open 10 a.m. to 6
Photo courtesy of OOVVDA Winery
Pop into a local winery for a nice glass of wine.
p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday.
Visit copperundistillery.com or call 5873456.
Mother’s Brewing Company, 215 S.
Grant Ave. in Springfield opens its tasting
room 4-7 p.m. Wednesday-Friday and 1-6
p.m. Saturday. Tours are available
Saturday at 2, 3 and 4 p.m. Visit mothersbrewing.com or call 862-0423.
OOVVDA Winery, 5448 N. Berry Lane
in Springfield, is open daily from noon to
sundown and has free daily wine tastings.
Visit oovvda.com or call 833-4896.
Springfield Brewing Company, 305 S.
Market Ave. in Springfield is open 11 a.m.
to 1:30 a.m. Monday-Saturday and noon
to midnight Sunday. Visit springfieldbrewingco.com or call 832-8277.
Stone Hill Winery, 601 State Hwy. 165
in Branson, is open May 25 to Oct. 31,
8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday-Friday,
8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Sunday. Visit
stonehillwinery.com or call 334-1897.
Cool down with a good brew at a local brewery.
White River Brewery, 505 W.
Commercial St., opened in 2012. Visit
whiteriverbrewingco.com or call 417.8691366.
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QR-Coded signs offer more features for walkers on smart
walking trails.
Walking paths in Springfield
just got a lot smarter
By Daniel Snyder
Next time you’re out taking a nice
stroll along your favorite walking
path, you may notice a Quick
Response code on the path.
The 30 QR-coded walking paths
are a part of the new
WalkSpringfield initiative, developed through a partnership formed
by the city, the American Heart
Association, Drury University,
Springfield-Greene County Park
Board, Anthem Blue Cross Blue
Shield, United Healthcare,
Childhood Obesity Action Group
and Healthy Living Alliance.
The initiative allows individuals to
use their smartphones to identify
details about QR-coded paths.
“It’s been a huge initiative with
the WalkSpringfield project to really get the citizens walking and to
make it easier and more accessible
to them,” said Lori Hall, media representative for the American Heart
Association. “They will be able to
look at a map of it and see more
information about the trail via their
smartphones.”
The goal is to encourage the public to embrace a healthier lifestyle
through walking, which has the
lowest dropout rate of any exercise.
“Exercise is one of the best things
anyone can do to help with [health]
and we really think walking is the
perfect exercise because pretty
much anyone can do it,” Hall said.
“It is something that they can stick
with.”
Some of the QR-coded paths are
located in Chesterfield Village,
Southern Hills, the Drury University
campus and Doling Park. A full list
can be found at heart.org/walkspringfieldpaths.
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Lake Springfield Park
By Regina Wang
Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park,
2400 S. Scenic Ave.
Arguably the most beautiful park in Springfield,
Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park offers plenty
of activities for all ages: Playgrounds for the kids,
paved trails for runners and cyclists and peaceful
gardens for those wanting to escape the daily hustle
and bustle. Some notable gardens include the
Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden, the Dr. Bill Roston
Native Butterfly House and the Master Gardener
Demonstration Gardens.The park is also home to
the Botanical Center, which provides many sched-
Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park
uled classes and events.
Springfield Conservation Nature Center,
4601 S. Nature Center Way
The whole family can visit the center to learn
about the creatures that make their home in the
wooded areas around Springfield and choose from
six hiking trails to venture through.The park covers
80 acres of forest creeks and open space neighboring Lake Springfield.
Rutledge-Wilson Farm Community Park,
3825 W. Farm Road 146
The 207-acre park offers lots of events and activities throughout the summer, most of which revolve
around hands-on agricultural learning and fun.The
park has livestock, a barn, a gift shop, a playground
and much, much more. Go fishing in the pond, take
a stroll on the Wilson’s Creek trail or learn in the
demonstration gardens.You might wish you never
had to leave.
Phelps Grove Park
Doling Park/Family Center/Aquatic Center,
301 E.Talmage St.
Before the park board purchased Doling Park in
1929, it used to be an amusement park.These days, it
boasts indoor pools, a family center, a cave and a
museum. Conveniently located in the city, it is a
great getaway for people in town.A walking path
around Doling Lake allows dog walkers and strollers
to enjoy the great view.
Lake Springfield Park, 2312 E. Lake Springfield
Park Road
With more than 1 mile of shoreline and 153-acres
of property, Lake Springfield Park offers a wide spectrum of activities, including fishing, nature walks, bird
watching and canoes and kayak rentals.The rentals
are available from June through September. For those
interested in fishing, they might be able to find largemouth bass, channel catfish and sunfish in the lake.
Phelps Grove Park, 950 E. Bennett St.
The most centrally located park in Springfield,
Phelps Grove Park is close to Missouri State
University and the Springfield Art Museum.The 99year-old park carries great historical significance and
serves as an ideal picnic spot.At one point it had a
bathhouse, a lake and a zoo.
Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, 6424 W.
Farm Rd 182, Republic
Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield is the perfect
destination for those interested in understanding the
history of the Civil War and enjoying a summer stroll.
Visitors will have the opportunity to venture into a
4.9-mile, self-guided auto tour.They can learn about
the soldier’s life during the Civil War and witness
musket and artillery firing demonstrations. Make sure
to visit the battlefield Aug. 10 for its anniversary to
participate in a special program and ceremony.
Jordan ValleyPark, 635 E.Trafficway St.
Considered the crown jewel of downtown, Jordan
Valley Park has the largest green space in downtown
Springfield. It has a fountain show that emulates an
Ozark stream and operates every hour on the hour
during the summer season.The park’s indoor features include Mediacom Ice Park—for hockey and
ice skating all year-round—and Creamery Arts
Center—home to Springfield Symphony, Springfield
Regional Opera Lyric Theatre, Springfield Ballet and
Springfield Regional Arts Council.
Lost Hill Park, 4705 N. Farm Road 151
Located north of Springfield, Lost Hill Park is largely a wildlife area with unique geological formations.
With about 132 acres of property, the park has a 1.5mile linear park trail to Truman Elementary, as well
as geological formations such as caves, rocks and
bluffs.
Cutline Here
Around the state
Great parks for
you and your family
What is summer without a trip to the park? Jenny
Fillmer Edwards, public information administrator
for Springfield-Greene County Park Board offered
some tips about 10 parks that will make a difference
in your summer.
www.cfpmidweek.com
Ritter Springs Park, 3683 W. Farm Road 92
With 246 acres of property, Ritter Springs Park is
considered one of the largest parks in Springfield. It
features lots of natural terrains, grills, picnic areas,
and hiking and cycling trails. It also has an archery
range and horseshoes.
5324 S. Kissick Ave.,
Springfield
Park office: 417-891-1550
Park hours: Grounds:
Sunrise to sunset daily,
year-round; Boathouse: 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. through May,
9 a.m. to 8 p.m. June-July,
9 a.m. to 7 p.m. AugustSeptember.
Activities: Fishing, canoe
and kayak rental, nature
walks, bird watching, picnic
area and pavilion rental
Table Rock State
Park
5272 State Hwy. 165,
Branson
Marina/Store: 417-3342628
Dive shop: 417-334-3069
Park hours: Grounds and
day use areas: 6 a.m. to 10
p.m. daily; Office: 8 a.m. to
8 p.m. daily, Memorial Day
through Labor Day (hours
vary during rest of year)
Activities: Boating (public
ramps, boat rental at marina), fishing, camping
(basic, electric, sewerwater-electric), hiking, biking, swimming, dining, picnicking, interpretive programs and playground
Stockton State Park
19100 S. Hwy. 215, Dadeville
Lodging: 417-276-5329
Marina/Store: 417-2765329
Sunrise to sunset daily
year-round; Office: 8 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. MondayFriday year-round
Activities: Camping (basic
and electric), lodging, sailing, boating (public ramps
and boat rental at marina),
fishing, swimming, hiking,
dining, picnicking, interpretive programs and playground
Ozark National
Scenic Riverways
404 Watercress Drive, Van
Buren
Park hours: Office: 8 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. MondayFriday year-round (closed
holidays)
Activities: Canoeing, float-
ing, camping (basic), hiking
and biking, bird-watching,
horseback riding, interpretive programs and historic
sites
Prairie State Park
128 NW 150th Lane,
Mindenmines
Sunrise to sunset daily
year-round; Office: 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. WednesdaySaturday April-October.
Activities: Hiking, backpacking, limited camping
(basic), picnicking, interpretive programs and guided hikes
George Washington
Carver National
Monument
5646 Carver Road,
Diamond
Park hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
daily year-round.
Activities: Hiking, museum,
educational events, guided
tours and interactive programs
Nathan Boone
Homestead
7850 N. State Hwy. V, Ash
Grove
Park hours: 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. Wednesday-Saturday,
1-4 p.m. Sunday AprilOctober; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Friday-Saturday, 1-4 p.m.
Sunday November-March
Activities: Guided tours,
interpretive programs, hiking and picnicking
Wilson’s Creek
National Battlefield
6424 W. Farm Road 182,
Republic
Visitor information: 417732-2662
Park hours: Visitor Center:
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily;
Museum: 9 a.m. to noon
and 1-4 p.m. daily; Tour
Road: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
Activities: Self-guided auto
tour, history museum, walking trails, interpretative
programs, historical reenactments and special
events
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Float away on the region’s waters
By Daniel Snyder
With all the lakes, rivers and
creeks in the Ozarks, it’s no secret
why tourism is a major industry in
the region.Whether you are looking
for a day float or a weekend getaway, the Ozarks has something for
everyone.
Camp Tilden
TABLEROCK LAKE
A premier spot for all types of
outdoor fun, from fishing and boating to camping, Tablerock Lake is
located south of Springfield by
Branson. The lake covers 43,100
acres and the Missouri Department
of Conservation operates a fish
hatchery that is used to stock trout
in Taneycomo.
on Big Sugar LLC
“We specialize in Groups & Family Camping”
Cabins • Hook-ups • Camping • Canoes • Kayaks
Call 877-646-1418
Photo courtesy of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Tablerock Lake
STOCKTON LAKE
Boasting one of the largest dams
in the area, Bull Shoals dams the
White River and covers 45,000
acres. Perfect for water activities,
fishing, boating and more.
Stockton Lake, located near
Stockton, is a great sailing destination because of the winds coming
from Oklahoma and Kansas. The
lake was created by damming the
Sac River. Stockton Lake also features a 15-mile-long equestrian trail.
TANEYCOMO LAKE
LAKE SPRINGFIELD
One of the premier trout fishing
lakes in the country, this cold lake is
part of the White River dam project,
which includes Tablerock, Bull
Shoals and Beaver lakes.
Under management of the
Springfield-Greene County Park
Board, Lake Springfield is a great
place to take the kids for an afternoon of fishing or to rent a canoe
from the boathouse for a relaxing
float on nearby James River.
BULL SHOALS LAKE
POMME
DE
TERRE
Named after the Pomme de Terre
River, the lake is 50 miles south of
Springfield and is part of the Osage
River Basin. It is a destination for
campers and Muskie fisherman, as
over 650 campsites dot the shoreline
and the lake is known nationally for its
well-stocked Muskie fish population.
WHITE RIVER
A 722-mile river that flows
through Missouri and Arkansas, the
White River is one of the top trout
fisheries in the country. The river
starts in northwest Arkansas and
flows southeast into the Mississippi
River.
NIANGUA RIVER
A tributary of the Osage River, the
Niangua is a popular float-trip destination. Many river outfitters, like
the Niangua River Oasis, have great
day floats and overnight trips available. The Niangua is located a little
over 50 miles northeast of
Springfield.
CURRENT RIVER
Stockton Lake.
Beginning in Montauk State Park,
Current River is 184 miles long. A
gentle river perfect for floating, it
allows visitors the chance to stop
and visit some of the great state
parks along the way. Two Rivers,
Harvey’s Alley Spring and Acres
Ferry are a few canoe rental locations along the Current River.
JAMES RIVER
8739 Big Sugar Creek Rd. Pineville, Mo. 64856
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Niangua River
Oasis, Inc.
417-532-6333
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Camping
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Burns, Owners
Johnnie Burns, Manager
Originating near the town of
Diggins, the 130 mile-long James
River flows past Springfield and
into Tablerock Lake. The James
River is a popular destination for
floating and three-day trips are possible when the river is high enough.
The green appearance of the water
is due to a copper-fixing bacterium
found in the water.
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FINLEY RIVER
The Finley River is part of the
James River tributary and flows
through Christian and Stone counties. Largemouth bass, small mouth
bass, goggle-eye and perch are the
main fish to catch on the Finley and
canoe trips are possible when the
water is high enough.
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ELK RIVER
Located in McDonald County, the
Elk River is a scenic and beautiful
waterway that provides great fishing and floating opportunities.
Flowing into The Lake of the
Cherokee in Oklahoma, the Elk
River has numerous spots to camp
along the river and crystal-clear
waters for fishing.
Harvey’s Alley Spring
Canoe Rental
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of Route 66 Festival & Car
Show 10 a.m. to 5p.m. at Park
Central Square, free,
www.facebook.com/birthplaceofroute66festival.
June 28: Through the Roof
Ministries presents a worship
gathering 6 p.m., Library Center
auditorium, 4653 S. Campbell Ave.,
www.ttrspringfield.org.
EVENTS, from 9
June 8: Grizzly Industrial presents
the Annual Tool Tent Sale 8 a.m.
to 2 p.m., 1815 W. Battlefield Road.
Free, www.grizzly.com.
June 8: Book signing by author
Ada Brownell of her book, Swallowed
by Life: Mysteries of Death,
Resurrection and the Eternal. 1-3
p.m., Christian Publishers Oulet, 4145
S. National Ave. 417-881-1659.
June 8: Bark in the Park at
Nathanael Greene Park, 2400 S.
Scenic Ave., 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free.
June 8: Downtown DamJam
and Crawdad Boil on Park Central
Square 5-11 p.m. benefiting the
James River Basin Partnership. Free,
417-836-4847 www.jamesriverbasin.com
June 8-9: 7C’s Winery presents
Vine Art Festival 10 a.m. to 6
p.m., 502 E. 560th Road, Walnut
Grove. Free, 417-788-2263,
www.7cswinery.com.
June 8-11: Springfield Art Museum
presents Watercolor U.S.A. 9
a.m. to 5p.m., 1111 E. Brookside Dr.
Donations accepted, 417-837-5700,
www.springfieldmo.gov/art.
June 14-15: Old-Time Music,
Oazark Heritage Festival 10 a.m.
to 10 p.m. at West Plains Civic
Center, 110 St. Louis St., West
Plains. Free, 888-256-8835,
www.oldtimemusic.org.
June 15: Family Scramble at
Ritter Springs Park, 3683 W. Farm
Road 92, an ‘Amazing Race’ style
family race 8-11 a.m., $30 per twoperson team and $10 for each additional member, www.parkboard.org.
June 16: The Springfield Regional
Opera presents Operazzi Night at
The Creamery Arts Center, 411 N.
Sherman Parkway, 5-7 p.m. Free,
417-863-1960.
June 29: Twilight Delight at
OOVVDA Winery, 5448 N. Berry
Lane, 5-9 p.m., free, 417-833-4896,
www.oovvda.com.
June 29: Duck Waddle 5K
Run/Walk presented by Sertoma at
Finley River Park in Ozark 7-9 a.m.,
$25, proceeds benefit Care to Learn
funds for Ozark and Nixa, 417-7140091, www.sertomaduckrace.com.
June 20: Crazy Ladies’ Night at
Firehouse Pottery, 4150 S. Lonepine
Ave., 5-8 p.m. Free, registration
required 18+ only. Must pay for pottery created, 417-881-8381.
July 2-July 23: Aquathon
Series, a series of four swim-run
races at the Doling Family Center,
301 E. Talmage St., every Tuesday in
July, $10 per race, 417-837-5900,
www.parkboard.org
June 20-23: District Convention of
Jehovah’s Witnesses presents educational and spiritual meetings
at JQH Arena, 685 John Q.
Hammons Parkway. For Spanishspeaking members, 417-881-5300,
www.SelectSpringfield.com.
July 4: Fire & Thunder
Fireworks and Boat Parade on
Tablerock Rock Lake at the Shell
Knob Bridge, Shell Knob, 9:30 p.m.,
free, 417-858-3300, www.shellknob.com.
June 21: Bust a Move
Zumbathon at McCulloch
Elementary, 234 E. Anderson St.,
Republic, 7-9 p.m., $15 entry fee,
417-489-1534.
June 21: Relay for Life trivia
night and silent auction at St.
Elizabeth Ann Seton Reception Hall,
2200 W. Republic Road, 6-9 p.m.,
$10 per person, 417-612-1942.
June 22: Run for REDiness and
March for Military at Cox North
Fitness, 1423 N. Jefferson Ave., 811:30 a.m., $25 for 5K or march,
$30 after June 20, free to military,
417-832-9500, www.redcross.org.
July 4-7: District Convention of
Jehovah’s Witnesses presents educational and spiritual meetings
at JQH Arena, 685 John Q.
Hammons Parkway. For Englishspeaking members, 417-881-5300,
www.SelectSpringfield.com.
July 11: Cardinals vs. Cubs
Rivalry Night at Big Whiskeys, all
locations 7-10 p.m., free, donations
welcome, proceeds benefit the
Killuminati Foundation, www.projectpuppy.org.
July 20, Aug. 17: 2013 Cruisin’
USA Concert and Car Show 6-10
p.m. at Cruisin’ USA Frozen Custard,
105 Ridgecrest Ave., Nixa, free, 417725-5550, www.cruisinusa.org.
July 20: Friends of the Garden
present Butterfly Festival 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. at Dr. Roston Native
Butterfly House, 2400 S. Scenic
Ave., free, 417-891-1515, www.parkboard.org.
July 25-Aug. 24: Stain Glass
Theatre presents The Riverboat
Revival 7:30 p.m., 1996 W. Evangel,
Ozark, $6-10, 417-581-9192.
Aug. 1-31: Staples presents the
back to school promotion.
Staples provides school supplies
and money for back-to-school
clothes for boys at the Good
Samaritan Boys Ranch. Collection
barrels located at each Staples.
Aug. 3: 10th Annual Kid’athlon at
Meador Park, 2500 S. Fremont Ave., 8
a.m. A mini-triathlon for children age
5-12. Register by July 19: $25/$15
second kid. After July 19: $35/$25
second kid, 417-837-5900,
www.parkboard.org.
Aug. 8-11: Price Cutter presents
the Charity Championship all day
at Highland Springs Golf Course,
5400 S. Highland Springs Blvd., $10
per day Saturday and Sunday, 417887-3400, www.PriceCutterCC.org.
Aug. 9: The 19th annual Not-So
Newlywed Game supporting the
Ozarks’ Counseling Center at The
Ramada Oasis Convention Center,
2546 N. Glenstone Ave., 6:30 p.m.,
$50 per ticket, VIP seating and sponsorships available, 417-869-9011,
www.ozarkscounselingcenter.org.
Aug. 10: PacMan for Pups benefiting the Killuminati Foundation at 1984
Arcade, 400 S. Jefferson Ave., 1:303:30 p.m., $5, www.projectpuppy.com.
Aug. 10: Wilson’s Creek National
Battlefield presents Anniversary
Commemoration of the Battle of
Wilson’s Creek all day at 6424 W.
Farm Road 182, Republic, free, 417732-6596 ext. 224, www.nps.gov/wicr.
Aug. 10: Third Annual Birthplace
Aug. 15: Shave to Save at the
Ramada Oasis Convention Center 6
p.m., 2546 N. Glenstone Ave., benefiting the American Cancer Society.
Donations welcome, 417-447-1483,
www.shavetosaveswmo.org.
Aug. 17: Missouri State University
presents 2013 Cattle Baron’s
Ball 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. at William H.
Darr Agricultural Center, 2401 S.
Kansas Expressway, donation
required, 417-447-1483.
Aug. 25: 7C’s Winery presents
Meadfest noon-6 p.m., 502 E.
560th Road, Walnut Grove, free,
417-788-2263, www.7cswinery.com.
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Free UM disaster
publication available
The University of Missouri
Extension has announced
that their popular publication “The Use of Social
Media for Disaster
Recovery,” is now available
online for free—just in time
for tornado season. The
publication was originally
posted online in March 2012
and has been downloaded
and printed over 15,000
times. FEMA regularly uses
the publication during training. The informative guide
demonstrates how people
can use social media after a
natural disaster. The guide
is written by Rebecca
Williams and Genevieve
Williams—creators of the
Joplin Tornado Info page
on Facebook—and David
Burton, civil communications specialist for the UM
Extension and creator of
the Branson Tornado Info
page on Facebook.
Pub closes after a decade of
serving Springfield
Fox and Hound English
Pub & Grille at 2035 E.
Independence St. has closed
its doors after more than a
decade in south Springfield.
The last day for the restaurant—opened in 1998—was
May 21. According to a news
release, the restaurant
closed because they were
unable to renegotiate the
lease for the location and
have planned no new locations in Springfield.
Helping local business thrive
Organization promotes
keeping local dollars in the
local economy
■
By Daniel Snyder
S
ince 1994, Springfield’s
Best has been providing a
networking and advertising
outlet for many local businesses.
Stressing the importance of
keeping local dollars local, members of Springfield’s Best hold
meetings, group get-togethers
and other networking opportunities that provide businesses
opportunities for growth.
“We try to impress upon the
Springfield metro area to keep
the dollars local and shop with
their local companies,” said
Theresa Gilmore, executive director of Springfield’s Best since
2006.“It is important to keep your
dollars in the local economy.”
Kathy and Tom Ross, owners
of Half-Priced Books, joined
Springfield’s Best because of the
opportunities associated with
being a part of a larger group.
“We joined because we are
such a small company and it is
hard for us to get much for our
advertising dollars,” Kathy said.
“It’s gotten our name out there.
We have been in business since
1985, but it’s still kind of hard for
a small business to reach a large
group of people and that’s one
thing the Springfield’s Best has
done.”
Businesses of all shapes and
sizes can join, but they
must meet criteria including, being in business for
at least two years, having a sound financial
background,
being
licensed, insured and
bonded and meeting
approval of the group’s
board of directors.
Other businesses, like
Harter House and Sunbelt
Environmental joined because
of the organization’s passion for
the local community.
“I feel like the relationships
that we’ve formed along the way
have been very solid and the
local representation in the community is a positive show of
excellence; it has meaning,” said
Michele Kauffman, marketing
director for Harter House, a
member since 1995. “You get
what you put into it. The more
you participate the more you are
introduced to a lot of business
owners in the community”
“Our name is out there associated with a good cause,” she said.
Lee Schaefer, chief operating
officer of Sunbelt Environmental
said that Springfield’s Best has
helped his business grow and
the cooperation inside the
organization helps promote
referrals from other local businesses.
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“I feel like the co-op
gives me an opportunity to get
my name and my company out
in the forefront at a reasonable
price and a lot of coverage and
that’s primarily why I use it,”
Schaefer said.
In addition to the camaraderie
between its members,Springfield’s
Best puts an emphasis on keeping
things local and helping the local
economy stay as steady as it has in
recent years.
“I think it has a great economic impact because all of our
companies together have at least
10,000 employees and all those
employers give all those people
jobs,” Gilmore said. “Small business is a real big thing in any
community.”
Keeping the money in the area
allows the local economy to
continue thriving despite a
downturn in the
national economy and local business owners like Schaefer’s
know that’s good.
“I think it is important
because if you take a company
with 20 employees and they
have each 10 friends that do
business with local companies,
more of those dollars are going
to stay in the system whether it
is food, entertainment [or] services,” he said. “The more dollars
we keep locally the better off
the community is.”
With over 100 members,
Springfield’s Best takes a tremendous amount of pride in the local
business community and hopes
to maintain economic stability.
“I have a lot of passion and
pride in Springfield’s Best and in
the small businesses within the
SGF metro area,” Gilmore said.
To inquire about a membership or for more information,
visit springfieldsbest.com
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The mysterious
plunge in gold and
silver prices
By Daniel Snyder
T
Besides being a full-service dive shop, Steve’s Scuba Store also offers classes for beginners.
Swim with the fishes
Steve’s
Scuba Store
With 76 years of scuba diving experience between the
four of them, Jimmi and Danny Yarbrough and Jay and
■ Address: 2975 E.
Jacquie Williams dove at the chance to purchase Steve’s
Chestnut Expwy
Scuba Store.
Phone: 882-7327
After owning the store for 27 years, Steve Walls decided
Hours: 9 a.m. to 7
to retire and sold the rest of the inventory to the new
p.m. Mondayowners.
Friday, 9 a.m. to 2
“It’s all of our passions and we all enjoy it,” said Jimmi,
p.m. Saturday
who also manages the store. “It’s one of those things that
Website: stevesswe wanted to teach people how to scuba dive.”
cuba.com
The store carries everything a diver could possibly need,
offering scuba products from Cressi-Oceanic, Akona,
H2O-Odyssey and more.
“We fill tanks, service tanks and have an in-house hydro machine and regulator
service,” Jimmi said. “We are a full-service dive shop.”
Steve’s Scuba also teaches beginning and advanced open-water diving classes, rescue diver classes and even spear fishing for the underwater enthusiast.
With the waters of Tablerock Lake the clearest they have been in years, Jimmi said
it has become a popular spot for divers and the store has been drawing in more
clientele.
“As the word is getting out we are getting more and more busy,” he said. “Right now
everybody is gearing up to go spear fishing and the opening day for that is June 15.”
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your valuables is invaluable.
Phone: 869-3333
Storage Climate Controlled is the first all indoor, cliWebsite: storageclimate-controlled storage facility in Springfield and with
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147 units of various sizes, it can accommodate any
amount of home furnishings.
Offering specials for students and a 10 percent off introductory rate, the storage
facility has competitive prices comparable to other facilities in town.
“We are really proud of our facility because it is extremely clean; it’s brand new and
everyone that has walked in here says ‘wow its so nice in here,’” said Krista Peryer,
facilities manager at Storage Climate Controlled. “We have a really good security system and it’s very high-tech and very modern.”
he price of gold is
down more than 20
percent this year and silver is down about 28 percent. Most of this decline
happened on Friday, April
12 and Monday, April 15.
During that two-day
bloodbath gold got hammered 13 percent and silver 18 percent – the
biggest drop in 30 years.
Both metals then rallied
for more than three
weeks but fell back again
in mid-May.
The cause of the massive drop in April remains
a mystery. However, there
is no lack of speculation
about why it happened.
It’s clear that the cause
can’t be the lack of
demand or the oversupply
of the physical metals. This
is especially true of silver.
The lower prices have triggered an unprecedented
demand for silver. Dealers
report that five times as
many of their customers
want to buy silver than
want to sell it.The demand
has quickly exhausted dealer’s inventories and overwhelmed the capacity of
refiners and mints to pro-
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plunge like the
one we saw in
April.
Others
believe the selling of gold by
duce
enough
the Bank of
products.
In
Cyprus in order
most cases delivto raise money
ery is delayed 4-8
to prevent the
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The demand
ruptcy is a forefor silver has
runner of what
more than doubled the other European banks
premium dealers have to may be forced to do in the
pay and pass on to their future.That would be bad
customers. For example, news for gold.That hasn’t
the normal premium on happened yet. In the
silver eagle coins is about meantime,Asian banks are
$2. It’s now about $5.
aggressively buying gold
The drop in metals to take advantage of curprices was driven by paper rent prices.
and digital gold and silver
Of course, no one can
rather than by the physical predict where gold and silmetals. I’m talking about ver prices will go in the
futures, ETFs, options and future, but it only makes
other derivatives which sense that higher prices
can be manipulated by are called for in the future,
traders and big banks.
especially
for
silver.
Former U.S. Treasury Growing industrial uses
Assistant Secretary Paul for silver is increasing the
Craig Roberts believes demand while supplies are
that the massive decline decreasing. It’s hard to
was orchestrated by the explain how booming
Federal Reserve in order demand and shrinking
to support the dollar. He supplies have resulted in a
said that high metals 28 percent drop in prices
prices indicated a lack of since the beginning of this
confidence in the dollar, year. It’s hard to conclude
so the Fed sold gold short that no market intervento push down its price tion or price manipulation
and strengthen the dollar. is going on.
I don’t know if the
People who own predecline in metals prices is cious metals are taking
due to the Fed’s manipula- advantage of lower prices
tion to boost the dollar or to add to their holdings. If
not, but it is true that you own silver or gold,
since April 15, the dollar hold on to it. Buy more if
has reached its highest you can, but buy only the
level in nearly three years. physical metals and take
Many believe that possession of them.
investors in paper gold
History may record the
and silver have given up current low prices as the
on the metals, which have investment opportunity
performed poorly over of a lifetime. Only time
the last two years, and will tell.
moved their money into
Kelsey Garman is
the booming stock mara
former
financial
ket. That could account
consultant.
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for a slow decline in
at
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By Daniel Snyder
It all started with apples
back in 1989, when Jan
and Michael Wooten
bought the 100-acre
Sunshine Valley Farm.
Jan said they had initially planned to open a nursery, something she calls
“sheer insanity.” Instead,
because the big box
stores had begun selling
nursery
plants,
the
Wootens decided to grow
peaches, apples, berries
and all types of delicious
edibles.
“One of my professors
at the time, Gayle Ashley,
kept saying that it’s nuts
to be bringing everything
from California, when we
could grow a lot of this
food right here in
Missouri,” Jan said. “We
said, ‘well yeah,’ so we
Jan Wooten and her husband,
Mike, have owned Sunshine
Valley Farm since 1989,
Sunshine Valley Farm offers fresh, local seasonal produce and pick-your-own berries.
started looking for land
and we looked on-and-off
for about 10 years until
we found this one.”
From 18 varieties of
apples to blueberries,
blackberries and raspberries—Sunshine
Valley
Farm has over 30 acres
dedicated to fruit production.
“At one point we had
2,000 apple trees, 350
peach trees, a few plum
[trees] and a few pear
[trees],” Jan said.“We have
three-and-a-half acres of
blueberries. We have a lot
of diversity and we have
something going all the
time.”
In addition to the wonderful array of fruits and
vegetables available for
purchase at their store,
Sunshine Valley Farm’s
café has been in operation since 1995 and continues to satisfy customers
with
meals
derived from what is
grown on the farm.
“We feature whatever is
in season,” Jan said.“Right
now, if you look at the
menu you would see a lot
of asparagus.We also recycle everything in the café,
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which is pretty unusual
for a restaurant. Some of
them are catching up to
us now, but it didn’t used
to happen.”
The Wootens don’t
believe in wasting leftover food and water that
can be used to feed the
soil.
The café is mainly open
for lunch, but does offer
occasional dinners and
special
events.
Understandably, pies and
quiche are among their
specialties.
“When we first started
the café we focused on
pies and lunch,” Jan said.
“We started out with
quiche because it goes
well with pies and we
already have the pie
dough to make the
quiche.”
The café menu offers
numerous other choices
for diners including a
BBQ beef sandwich on a
homemade
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Café lunch hours: 11
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Farm hours: 11 a.m. to
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Phone: 753-2698
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The farm has seen
steady customer growth
in the café and people
love dropping by to pick
their own berries. Many
customers are regulars,
but it wasn’t always like
that in the beginning.
“Things change over
time on how people purchase their fruit,” Jan said.
“We plunged on in. We
still made a lot of mistakes; you have to make
your own mistakes.”
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Fast
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Home & Garden
Taking the kitchen out of doors
Fire pits/fireplace – 97 percent
Grills – 96 percent
Seating/dining areas – 96 percent
Lighting – 95 percent
Installed seating (benches, seat walls,
ledges, steps, boulders) – 90 percent
Weatherized outdoor furniture – 82
percent
Counter space – 74 percent
Utility storage – 64 percent
Outdoor entertaining
is becoming an integral
part of American living
■
By Regina Wang
A
ccording to a 2013
survey conducted
by the American
Society of Landscape
Architects, creative use of
outdoor living spaces—
such as turning them into
kitchens and entertainment areas—has become
the most popular choice
among homeowners.
As outdoor kitchens
have gained popularity
over the years, the national trend is evident in
Springfield. Increasingly
more local stores now sell
outdoor kitchen appliances, such as weatherproof refrigerators, brick
pizza ovens and Big Green
Photo by Regina Wang
Creating outdoor living spaces is becoming a popular choice
among homeowners.
Egg outdoor cookers.
Responding to customer
demand—Craig
Fishel, owner of Fishel
Pools—said his company
transitioned from just
building pools to designing backyard spaces several years ago.
“People want to do
HOME & GARDEN BRIEFS
MU Extension celebrates, hosts dinner event
The Missouri University Extension will present
“Dinner at the Orchard,” 7-10 p.m. June 14, hosted by the Sunshine Valley Farm Café, 8125 E
State Highway AD, Rogersville. The cost is $50.
Proceeds will benefit the Greene County
Extension and specialists from the Extension
will be serving attendees throughout the
evening. The dinner will consist of and highlight
locally produced foods. There is no agenda or
speakers for the evening, but there will be live
music, appetizers, great food and special beverages. The dinner will be a relaxed occasion and
participants are encouraged to come and enjoy
the evening. Registration is required. For more
information, call 417-881-8909.
MU Extension offers food preservation class
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a.m. to 5 p.m. June 15 at the Springfield
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more than swimming,” he
said. “They want to have
their pool, kitchen and
backyard recreation.”
Another reason people
want to find their entertainment at home might
have to do with the phenomenon of ‘staycations’—vacations spent in
Ave. Participants can learn a variety of scientifically tested techniques for preserving
foods, including canning, pickling, freezing, drying, as well as making salsa,
sauces, jams and jellies. The class is handson and students will leave with information handouts and lots of recipes to try at
home. A ‘Pack a Pickled Product’ portion
of the camp will inform attendees on how
to quick pack green beans and teach the
basics of water bath canning. During the
‘Salsa Made Easy’ part of the camp, participants will learn water bath canning basics
used with tomato and fruit based salsa.
Participants will also enjoy a ‘Jams and
Jellies’ segment when instructors will
teach about both cooked and freezer
jams. The ‘Freezing and Dehydration’ segment will cover freezing for best results
and dehydration basics. Lunch will be provided. Class size is limited and registration
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Greg Nutting, general
manager of outdoor furniture store Maschino’s, said
he has seen a growing number of people choose to
invest in their homes rather
than on a vacation. With
newer houses, outdoor
kitchens are often included
as a component of the construction, he said.
Nutting said there are
more advantages to cooking outdoors than just
keeping the mess and
heat outside.
“If you’re outside, you
can do more of an activity
instead of running in and
out,” he said. “There’s
more entertaining done
with family and friends.”
Typically when people
go to a gathering, they
tend to crowd the
kitchen as they try to
catch up with the chef.
Nutting recommends having a bar area for seating,
so people will be free to
start a conversation while
you’re cooking outdoors.
The bar area can also be
used to heat up a CrockPot and blend juice, feeding and entertaining
guests all at once, he said.
Fishel
agreed.
“Entertaining is much
The most popular holidays
for barbecuing are: July 4
(71 percent), Memorial Day
(57 percent), and Labor
Day (55 percent).
Source: hpba.org.
Stereo systems – 58 percent
Outdoor heaters – 51 percent
Sinks – 49 percent
Refrigerators – 49 percent
Wireless/Internet connectivity – 48 percent
Televisions/projection screens – 45 percent
Showers/baths – 43 percent
Outdoor cooling systems (including fans)
– 31 percent
Hammocks – 24 percent
Bedrooms/sleeping spaces – 8 percent
Source: The American Society of Landscape Architects
nicer with your guests on
the patio,” he said.
The cost of getting an
outdoor kitchen can vary,
ranging from $6,00060,000. And for some, the
sky is the limit, Fishel said.
For those interested in
having an outdoor kitchen,
it’s important to do the
homework first. They
should figure out what they
want based on what they
have to work with, Nutting
said, adding that without a
checklist in hand, people
can be overwhelmed by
the abundance and variety
of products.
“I’d ask them what they
have for their basic structure. Do they have a deck
or a patio? Then we do try
to figure out what they
want, just a grill or a side
burner?
How
much
space?” he said.
For example, it is good
to know if you prefer using
a gas line or a propane
tank. Nutting suggests a
gas line if a customer’s
backyard permits for it.
“It’s more convenient
to have a gas line than a
tank,” he said. “So you
wouldn’t have to worry
about: Oh I ran out of gas,
I can’t finish your steak.”
After determining what
you are looking for, the
next step is to find an
experienced full-service
company through referrals, Fishel said, adding
that the drawback for
buying appliances separately is that if an icemaker suddenly stops working, there is nothing much
a customer can do.
While it might cost
more to have a full-service company design an
outdoor kitchen instead
of buying each component separately, Nutting
said, it will save customers money in the long
run. It will also be more
aesthetically pleasing, he
said.
“If you do it together,
there’s a flow and continuity,” Nutting said, adding
that this way the infrastructure can go together.
One
misconception
about outdoor appliances
is that they do not need
any maintenance, Nutting
said. It is just as important
to make sure they are
well maintained as your
indoor appliances. For
example, if you spill KoolAid on a granite countertop that has not been
sealed for years, it does
not matter if it’s indoors
or outdoors—it will still
stain, he said.
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The season for growing
annuals has arrived. Unlike
perennials, annuals have a
relatively short life span; they
blossom and die within one
season. Nevertheless, annuals
remain desirable in the eyes
of gardeners because of their
vibrant colors and inexpensive prices.They are also easy
Photo by Regina Wang
to take care of.
Annuals
only
last
for
one
season,
but
gardners
plant them
At Wheeler Gardens &
for their vibrant colors and easy maintenence.
Florist, annuals like impatients, pangolins, petunias and vicas are blooms, you need to feed them,”
popular choices among customers, said Bumgarner said.
manager Jessie Clark.
Clark agrees. Annuals require a lot of
“Annuals have more colors than fertilizer, she said, as they use nutrients
perennials,” Clark said. “Annuals bloom from dirt quickly. Her choice of fertilizer
all season long you and
is Miracle-Gro.
get more bang for the
Be careful when you
You can't
buck.”
water annuals, Clark said.
bring them
Calling annuals “a one“You can't bring them
back when you
year solution,” Ronda
back when you overwaBumgarner, greenhouse
ter,” she said.“They will get
overwater. They
manager at Schaffitzel’s,
root rot and diseases from
will get root rot
said that another reason
overwatering.”
and diseases from
some people favor annuA good test is to feel
overwatering.
als is due to convenience.
your plants, she said. If the
“There are more people
plants feel wet, they probJessie Clark, manager
interested in gardening,
ably have enough water.
at Wheeler Gardens
but not everyone has the
Bumgarner said she
room for gardening. So they’re reaching would water annuals every two or three
out and using container gardening, days. But during hot days, she would
which is a great way to do annuals.”
water them more frequently. Some annuTo grow annuals, people should first als, she said, are more forgiving as they
have an idea how much sun exposure tend to hold more water than others.
and shade their gardens can provide,
If bugs — such as Japanese Beetles —
Clark said. Some annuals have a prefer- ever become a problem, Clark said she
ence for sun, whereas others for shade. would use Bayer Advanced’s Vegetable
For example, geraniums, lantanas and and Garden Spray. If you use spray, stay
zinnia are considered sun annuals. on top of it by spraying often, she said,
Impatients, balsams, torenias and especially after the rain.
madainhair ferns are shade annuals.
To help annuals bloom more, Clark
When it comes to picking the right soil said deadheading — pinching the old
for annuals, Bumgarner said she recom- blooms off — generates growth.
mends using a mix of pearlite, vermiculite
Annuals are not hard to take care of,
and soil to grow annuals. She tries to stay and that’s why they are ideal plants for
away from soil that already has fertilizer in children to learn how to garden,
it because it is hard to know what kind Bumgarner said. She has taught her
and how much fertilizer is in the soil.
grandkids how to grow marigolds. She
Her choice of fertilizer is Garden-tone. encourages people to grow annuals this
Fertilizing annuals every couple of summer.
weeks can ensure strong, healthy plants,
“Plant them and enjoy them — they
she said.
are so easy and they make your balcony
“If you want to maintain those beautiful.”
”
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Wednesday lunches in
Founders Park
Lunchtime on
Wednesdays has gotten
a good deal more entertaining, thanks to Urban
District’s Alliance and its
free mini-concerts
throughout the summer
in Founders Park. So
bring your brown
bagged lunch and a
lawn chair and enjoy the
show 12:15-12:45 p.m.
Check out Joni Lemons,
June 5; Little Hoover Big
Band, June 12; Sarah M.
Smith, June 19 and
Roots & Fifths, June 26.
Founders Park is located
at 300 E. Water St. For
more information, visit
itsalldowntown.com.
Tickets on sale for Tent
Theatre’s 51st season
Tickets are now available for the 51st season
of Missouri State
University’s Tent
Theatre productions.
The season kicks off
with the musical “110 in
the Shade”—June 12-15,
17-22, followed by comedy-drama “Steel
Magnolias”—June 2729, July 1-6 and musical
“Damn Yankees”—July
11-13, 15-21.
Performances begin at
8 p.m. on the tent pad
behind Craig Hall on
the MSU campus.
Admission is $12-22.
Show-themed picnic
suppers are available
for $10 each, served
from 7-7:45 p.m. on the
south patio of Craig
Hall. Suppers must be
ordered 24 hours in
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Memoirs of a
public square
I
By April Labine-Katko
t’s easy to take for
granted the vast number of memories that
have been made over the
generations on a spot like
Park Central Square.
But, for local writer and
personal historian Wayne
Groner, it is natural to
wonder
about
such
things—and that curiosity
has led him to his current
project, tentatively called,
“Meet Me On the Square.”
“I think that it’s going
to be a really fun project,”
Groner said. “I’m inviting
anybody, everybody to
send me memories they
have of the square. Could
be from last week, last
year or 50 years ago.”
Groner had attended a
presentation made by local
architect Allen Casey, outlining a multi-year renovation plan for the northeast
quadrant of the square.
“I got really excited
about that,” Groner said.“I
thought that [his plans
were] really a neat thing,
not only for the town but
certainly for the square,
for businesses on the
square, for visitors to
come to Springfield.”
The presentation served
as the spark for Groner to
start talking to local
authorities on the subject
of Springfield history.
“I was more convinced
than ever that the square deserved a book of its own,” he
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Memories
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To share memories
with Wayne Groner,
visit the Meet Me on
the Square Facebook
page.
To learn more about
Groner, his work and
his classes, visit
waynegroner.com.
said. There is
nothing exclusive in book
form on the
public square
and
that’s
what I’m writWayne Groner
ing. It’s going
to take a couple of years.I’m
just getting underway.”
To begin his project,
Groner is collecting memories little by little. But he
is also researching the history of Springfield as far
back as 1803. Groner has
developed a timeline as a
guide with which he will
weave Springfield’s memories with historical facts.
“The biggest challenge
is finding the truth and the
facts,” Groner said. “There
are a lot of conflicting stories and dates about
events and people … so
trying to pull those together and finding the accurate
references or confirming
their accuracy, I think is
the biggest challenge.”
People have offered up
some great stories so far—
some of them sweet mem-
Illustration by Chris Katko
ories of a less complicated
time—Groner’s
wife,
Eryleene went there on
her very first date before
going to the movies and
later having ice cream sundaes at Newberry’s.
“It’s just wonderful little tidbits of things that
make the square real and
alive and useful for people,” he said.
Other stories are more
complicated and require
historical verification.
“There was a time, I
think in the 1950s—I don’t
remember the date—when
some snakes got loose on
the square and the police
were there and others trying to round them up.”
Groner said.“I don’t know
what that was all about,but
surely that’s got to be an
interesting story. I hope
somebody remembers it.”
If anyone is equipped to
unearth the unspoken stories of Park Central Square
and—for all intents and
purposes—write its memoirs, it’s Groner. He
spends a good deal of
time teaching others how
to do the same about their
own life stories.
In addition to collaborating, authoring and editing
nonfiction books, including
one about the history of the
Council of Churches of the
Ozarks called, “Dumb Luck
or Divine Guidance,” Groner
conducts a monthly workshop at the Library Center
called, ‘Writing Your Life:
Your Memories,Your Book.’
“I think everybody has
a story to tell,” Groner
said.“The most important
thing about writing a personal history is that you
begin, that you start. Don’t
think of yourself as a
writer. Just start writing.”
Though his students are
from all walks of life,
Groner said they all struggle with the intimidation of
writing and—worse still—
the fear of facing an empty
page,a blinking cursor on a
blank screen. He teaches
them to work in pieces and
flesh out the story later.
“Write random thoughts
… I like to call them memory joggers,” Groner said.
“You don’t have to write a
story about it.Just write little snippets to jog your
memory and then later
you can go back to that
and fill in the blanks and
start telling the story.”
Groner has been writing—in one way or another—most of his life. He
was a radio and TV
reporter for years. He was
the news anchor for
Channel 10 when he first
moved to Springfield
from Marshall, Mo. in
1964. Later, he was a college fundraising executive
for three decades before
retiring and focusing on
his current work.
“I enjoy exploring
things and learning things
from people,” Groner said.
“I enjoy talking with people and learning about
their passions and interests.Writing is fun for me.
It’s like ice cream and
cake every day.”
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Anticipating the unexpected
By Daniel Snyder
Parked outside of the Josh Mitchell Gallery is a 1959
salmon-colored Pontiac Star Chief, an ode to the building
that was once a Sinclair gas station way back when.
But as Josh Mitchell, a professional photographer for
over 25 years says, it’s a full-service art station now.
Everything
from great
American landscapes to what
he describes as
wacko-contemporary photographs line the
walls of the old
filling station,
forever capturing one moment
in time.
“We have
unique and original, so if a person
wants the great
American landscape, the nature,
we do specialize
in that too,”
Mitchell said. “We
have one-of-akind moments;
why else would a
person want to
collect an artist?
You want something one-of-akind, not generic.”
After 25 years
in the advertising field,
Mitchell walked
Josh Mitchell has been producing oneaway to start an
of-a-kind photographs for over 25 years.
adventure—capturing the world
around him one frame at a time.
“I trusted that I could find a new way to express myself,”
he said. “I decided that there had to be a time in my life
where I had to be the antithesis of what I felt like doing,”
But there was a method to his madness, a simple solution
to the complex and, at times, confusing world around us.
“When you set out with the intention of making, things
start happening to you called serendipity,” Mitchell said
before he stopped to frame an interaction between two
women outside. “Right place, right time, right gear, right
mind. It’s much, much more mental than people wish to
realize. Anticipation brings an unexpected moment.”
And when a caregiver and the woman he cared for stopped
to take a look at that boat of a car, it was also an unexpected
moment but Mitchell didn’t mind, it was welcome company …
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“If we’re doing our job, you don’t need any sauce,”
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The secret of his dry rub mix is that it doesn’t have
as much salt and sugar, but still has a depth of flavor.
Using the right combination of spices and wood creates a delicate and distinct flavor, Morris said. Many
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mustard-tinted coleslaw and mouth-watering green
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In addition to BBQ ribs and brisket, the restaurant
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