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4 Comments National and statewide news

5 Columns Hart to heart

14 Mail Bag Letters from our readers

25 Hearth and Home One-dish wonders

26 News Briefs News you can use

30 Marketplace Classified ads

32 Around Missouri Missouri happenings

36 Neighbors The art of wood

38 Just4Kids Fun stuff from Buddy

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10 Harvesting the wind

Windy spot near King City is nowMissouri’s largest wind farm

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April is a fine month for a hike in the Missouri Ozarks, and few destinations are as rewarding to a hiker as Clifty Creek Natural Bridge in Maries County, seen at left and on our cover this month.

Until just a few years ago, however, reaching this geologic wonder was no easy feat. Though it was the first place in the Show-Me State to be designated as a Missouri Natural Area nearly 40 years ago, no hiking trail existed to reach the dolomite arch. In fact, many visitors would wade the creek in hopes of finding the bridge.

That’s all changed today, though. Thanks to a joint effort by the Missouri Department of Conservation, the Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation, the L-A-D Foundation (which owns the natural area), the Department of Natural Resources and volunteers from the Ozark Trail Association, a 2.5-mile loop trail was completed in the fall of 2008.

The route begins at a parking lot on the adjacent Clifty Creek Conservation Area and travels across the forested, rug-ged terrain to the bridge, which spans a distance of 40 feet and is 13 feet high. Along the way, visitors can see stands of shortleaf pine — Missouri’s only native pine tree — and interesting glade plants that are present in the area. If you’re hiking in April, you’re likely to see redbuds and dogwoods in bloom, too. Once you reach the bridge and take your pic-tures, you can retrace your steps or complete the loop back around to the parking lot.

Clifty Creek Natural and Conservation areas are located 6 miles northeast of Dixon at the end of Route W in Maries County. A six-car parking lot for the area is on Maries County Road 511. For more details, go to www.mdc.mo.gov/a7309. Visit www.mochf.org or call 800-227-1488 to learn more about the Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation.

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Horses help therapy clients walk towarda better life

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12 Bounties for ‘energy hogs’

New government rebates make April the month to replace inefficient appliances

Our readers pick their regional favorites from across the Show-Me State

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Cover and photo at left by Jason Jenkins.

36 The art of wood

Michael Bauermeister turns wood into beautiful contemporary works of art

To order prints of these photos, see page 31.

28 Farming fish

Harrison Fisheries puts the fishing back in the pond

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Co-Mo, United, Sho-Me apply for broadband help

E lectricity is no longer a luxury, it is a definite neces-sity.” Those words, spoken by President Franklin Roosevelt, could easily be applied to high-speed Internet service today.

Co-Mo, Sho-Me Power and United electric cooperatives have joined the list of those applying for grants that would bring high-speed Internet service to homes and businesses in their service areas. Another electric co-op, Ralls County Electric, already has been approved for a similar grant. Those efforts are earning widespread member support. Co-Mo and United electric co-ops are still asking for let-ters of support from members to help make them front run-ners for receiving grants through the federal stimulus bill. “The response has been great,” says Ken Johnson, gen-eral manager of Co-Mo Electric.“We’ve heard from people from all walks of life — state senators, health care leaders, public safety officials, realtors, city council members and everyday members of our system who see the need for this type of service. “We still need further support. The more people who can tell us how this project would help their lives, the better the chances are of us getting the grant.” Adds United’s Manager Gene Dorrel, “The potential impact of this open system in the areas of education, health care, economic development and overall quality of life is incredible for northwest Missouri.” The projects would bring fiber-optic connections to homes and businesses in rural areas, creating the backbone for a cutting-edge system that would deliver high-speed Internet and related technologies. Sho-Me Power, a transmission co-op serving systems in the south-central Ozarks, also has applied for a grant to assist with funding as part of a “middle-mile” project that would bring broadband to underserved or unserved areas. “We are unique in the fact that we are not the Internet provider, but we will carry the service to the needed cus-tomer,” says Jerry Hartman, manager of administrative services for Sho-Me. “If approved, the grant will be $26 mil-

Co-ops looking for support from members for grant approval

New manager for Citizens Electric

Van Robinson has been named Citi-zens Electric’s new chief executive officer. Robinson previously was the Ste. Genevieve-based system’s

chief financial officer, a position he held since 2004. In May 2009, he was named interim CEO by the board to fill the post vacated fol-lowing the resignation of Anthony “Tony” Campbell, who moved to a new position as manager of East Kentucky Power Co-op. “I am aware of the challenges that face Citizens Electric and the electric industry as a whole,” says Robinson. “Power sup-ply continues to be our most significant cost and the biggest challenge we face. My knowledge and previous experience in the power supply arena will allow me to continue to bring a lot of values to Citizens.” Prior to joining Citizens Electric, Robinson served in various financial positions at Ameren Corp. in St. Louis. He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University with a

lion, roughly 70 percent of the total project cost.” Need for these projects is high in much of rural Missouri, which includes some of the largest unserved and under-served areas in the state in terms of broadband availability. “We did a survey and found only about 18 percent have access to high-speed Internet. That is roughly 23 percent lower than the nationwide average of rural areas,” Co-Mo’s John Agliata says. These cooperatives are hoping to provide area youth with a chance to expand on their education. With most houses still on dial-up connections, rural students lack access to research materials on the Internet. The cooperatives believe rural students should have the same access to research materials as students in suburbs and cities. Without this, they will not be competitive as they compete for college scholarships and enter the workforce. The broadband upgrade also would be a strong boost to public safety. Police, ambulance teams and firefighters would benefit from high-speed connections to better serve those in need. The cooperatives hope to hear from businesses as well. Many rural businesses have lost money to out-of-state com-petition because they do not have high-speed Internet. As more and more services go online, it is important to stay up with the times. “What we have now is something similar to the fight for electricity in rural areas in the 1930s as it became a neces-sity more than a luxury. Today, broadband is no longer a luxury but a necessity,” Agliata says. Let’s hope those making the decision on what projects get funded see this as vital to the future success of these rural areas. With access to affordable, reliable electricity and high-speed Internet service, many of the jobs now being done only in urban areas could shift to the countryside. Rural students and those entering the workforce for the first time will see immediate benefits. And the playing field between rural and urban citizens of this country will once again be level.

bachelor’s degree in accounting. Robinson is also a certified public accountant. Robinson looks to continue a tradition of reliability at Citizens Electric. “Reliable electric service isn’t just a goal, it’s our pas-sion,” he says. “Our board and employees are determined that electricity will be there when you need it regardless of what Mother Nature throws at us.” Robinson also looks to keep rates afford-able and always keep the customers in mind. “Electric rates need to be affordable while also being fair and appropriate,” Robinson says. “Increased costs have created huge rate challenges in recent years for all electric utilities, but affordability will always be one of my top concerns.”

Skip Lottes, Citizens board president, says selecting a new CEO was “a very tough decision, but I am confident this board made the right one.” Missouri’s electric cooperatives welcome the new man-ager and wish him all the best in his new role.

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“It seems that, rather than following the letter of the law as written by Congress, EPA has decided to interpret the law and regulate greenhouse gas emissions on its own accord.”

U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton

5APRIL 2010

“Left unchecked, EPA’s proposed regulations will certainly increase energy costs for Missouri families, farms and businesses. That is totally unacceptable.”

U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson

by Barry Hart

Last month, we told you about efforts underway to keep EPA off the backs of consumers. That issue came to a head just

as electric cooperative leaders from Missouri were gathered in Jefferson City for the Missouri electric coopera-tives’ State Legislative Conference. U.S. Reps. Ike Skelton and Jo Ann Emerson — two of the best friends rural people have in Congress — attended that meeting and used the podium to announce bipartisan legis-lation they would co-sponsor to help protect your electric rates.

Because this legislation is so impor-tant to electric co-op members in Missouri, I offered additional space on this page to let Skelton and Emerson tell you about this issue. To date, most of Missouri’s Con-gressional delegation is supporting this bill and similar measures making their way through the U.S. Senate. Electric cooperatives across the nation are calling for members to ask their legislators to support these bills. Here in Missouri, electric coopera-tives are reaching out to the grassroots on this issue, either through postcard sign-up campaigns at their annual meetings, at local events, through the

pages of this publication and at www.ourenergy.coop. I encourage you to read the important information below and to learn more about this issue. We need to support the Missouri Congressional delegation as its mem-bers work to prevent monumental increases in the price of electricity that have the potential to return us to the days when only the wealthy could afford electricity. Please do your part and get involved.

Hart is the executive vice president of the Association of Missouri Electric Coop-eratives.

Congress, not EPA, should make America’s energy policy

Hart to Heart

by U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton and U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson

Anyone who needs evidence that Republicans and Demo-crats can still work together should look no further than

our efforts to stop the U.S. Environ-mental Protection Agency (EPA) from imposing costly greenhouse gas regu-lations on American families, farms and businesses. In 1955, the Clean Air Act was enacted to get lead out of the air and reduce smog in American urban areas. This act, amended several times over the years by the U.S. Congress, was specifically designed to reduce emis-sions of six airborne pollutants: sulfur dioxide, particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, ozone and lead. Each of these chemicals can be harmful to humans and pose a proven threat to public health. Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, are not listed anywhere within the legislation or its amendments. In spite of this, a 2007 Supreme Court ruling authorized EPA to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. Since then, EPA has been studying green-house gases and has moved aggressively to implement regulations to curb them — not just from cars and trucks, which is what the original Supreme Court case involved — but also from power plants, farms and busi-nesses. On Dec. 7, 2009, EPA issued a so-called “Endangerment Find-

ing,” a report that declared green-house gas emissions a threat to human health and therefore subject to federal regulation pursuant to the Supreme Court’s ruling. Armed with this “finding,” EPA can legally, as defined by the Supreme Court, regulate greenhouse gas emis-sions. It is clear to us that during the cur-rent administration, EPA has been particularly aggressive. They are essen-tially threatening Congress with an ultimatum: either rush a regulatory bill through the House and Senate or live with the consequences of the agency’s self-imposed regulations. This choice is very troubling. Con-gress never explicitly authorized EPA to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, and neither carbon dioxide nor methane are identified as pollutants in any part of that act. It seems that, rather than follow-ing the letter of the law as written by Congress, EPA has decided to interpret the law and regulate greenhouse gas emissions on its own accord. We have serious concerns with the powers endowed to EPA by the Supreme Court, and many people

in Missouri share the same view. In fact, sev-eral rural business and agriculture organiza-tions also have serious concerns with EPA’s proposals. “EPA’s finding puts the agricultural econo-my at grave risk,” said the Missouri Cattle-man’s and Soybean associations in a letter to us last week. The National Federation of Independent Busi-

ness stated that “an endangerment finding . . . would trigger a regulatory avalanche . . . and impose potentially crushing regulatory burdens” on small businesse There is broad consensus: EPA regu-lations would be terribly destructive for people throughout Missouri. That is why we have joined together to stop the EPA. In February, we introduced two bills in the House of Representatives — one to clarify that EPA does not have authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gases and the other to stop EPA’s greenhouse gas regulations from taking effect. Our bills are supported by more than 175 rural business and agricul-ture groups across the country — including the American and Missouri Farm Bureau Federations, rural electric cooperatives and the National Federa-tion of Independent Business — and by Republicans and Democrats in Congress. Our efforts to harness EPA are not an absolution from the congressional responsibility to work toward energy independence for our country. Rather, our bills are simply designed to eliminate EPA’s ultimatum and to prevent unelected bureaucrats, who are accountable only to an appointed EPA admin-istrator, from determin-ing U.S. energy and environmental law. That is the job of Congress, which is accountable directly to the American people. Left unchecked, EPA’s proposed regula-tions will certainly

increase energy costs for Missouri families, farms and businesses. That is totally unacceptable, and it is why the U.S. Congress must stand up for the legislative process and stand up to EPA. Time is of the essence, and in the days ahead we will continue building bipartisan support for our two bills. Doing so is in the best interest of Mis-souri and our nation. Today, we find our nation facing daunting problems: War in the Middle East, the worst economic recession in 70 years and an increasing national budget deficit are all issues that need immediate attention. Yet Washington, paralyzed by parti-sanship, seems increasingly unable to find practical solutions. Leaders seem to fixate on areas of difference and disagreement instead of common con-cerns and results. Residents of the Show-Me State know that hard work, not political rhetoric, is the answer to today’s chal-lenges. Our bipartisan effort to stop the EPA is an example of how law-makers can work together to generate meaningful, needed results. Cooperation and compromise are

needed in Washington now more than ever, and we will continue working with lawmak-ers from both sides of the aisle to overcome the challenges currently facing our nation. There is no other way to proceed.

Skelton represents Missouri’s 4th Congres-sional District. Emerson represents Missouri’s 8th Congressional District.

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Right: The sun sets on another day at the Lost Creek Wind Project. Its 100 General Electric wind turbines are spread out across 20,000 acres in northwest Missouri. Below: The fl ag fl ying outside Workman Fencing and Construction south of

King City has become torn and tattered due to the strong wind that makes the wind farm possible. These state-of-the-

art turbines and their transformers are American made.

many buses go through there.” According to State Rep. Jim Guest, a King City businessman and resident, the tourism aspect could resonate long after the construction dollars have fl owed through the community. “The thing we are working on now is getting a visitor’s center built,” Guest says. “That could be a real boon to King City. The thing about this new project, when you get off the main highway you can get right up next to them and see them up close.” Guest expects 10 to 12 permanent jobs to be created from the Lost Creek project. “That’s not a lot, but in the long term that will sure help us. The taxes are good for the schools and for the counties. Plus the lease payments, it’s a lot of money for very little inconvenience and it takes little land out of production.” Heading into King City from the south, the Lost Creek project is a stun-ning site. The light gray windmills jut 400 feet into the sky, some standing close to rusting windmills once used by farmers to pump water in the days before rural electrifi cation. Since the July 2009 groundbreak-ing, contractors on the project have made record progress in the all-out effort to get it constructed. They built access roads, dug huge holes for the foundations and poured thousands of yards of concrete. In November the fi rst nacelle, the

by Jim McCarty

In downtown King City, the wind whips down the main street and turns the mud left by passing farm trucks into dust. Brown rem-

nants of last fall’s leaves spiral into the air. The fl ag outside Workman Fencing and Construction is coming apart at the seams from the constant effects of the steady gusts. Once just a nuisance, the constant fl ow of wind through this northwest Mis-souri town is now its biggest asset. Like mushrooms after a spring rain, hundreds of giant wind turbines now surround King City, transforming it into the wind energy capital of Missouri and allowing area landowners to harvest the wind. The state’s fi rst utility scale wind farm, Bluegrass Ridge, came on-line here in 2007. In July 2009, Wind Capital Group broke ground on a second King City project, dubbed the Lost Creek Wind Farm. Located south of town in DeKalb County, the new wind farm is Missouri’s largest, the size of the fi rst three projects built by the St. Louis-based fi rm combined. With 100 American-made General Electric turbines and transformers made in a Jefferson City plant, the Lost Creek Wind Farm is a $340 mil-

lion investment in a region still suffer-ing from the farm crisis of the 1980s. Each turbine is capable of supplying 1.5 megawatts of power. Given the intermittent nature of wind power, it is expected to provide the energy needed to power 55,000 homes.

And like Wind Capital Group’s Bluegrass Ridge, Conception and

Cow Branch wind projects, all of the power from the new wind farm will go to elec-

tric cooperative members. Associated Electric Coop-

erative, which supplies wholesale power to electric co-ops in Mis-

souri and parts of Iowa and Oklahoma, has a 20-year contract to buy the entire output from these wind farms. “The people of northwest Missouri have really embraced wind energy,” says Tom Carnahan, CEO of the Wind Capital Group. “Back in 2005, there were a few people that said, ‘I’m not sure I understand this, what’s it going to mean for our communities?’ Now that they have seen it they are say-ing, ‘This is good stuff. This is creat-ing jobs. This is giving our area some much-needed exposure and we’d like to see more of this.’” He says benefi ts come to the area in many ways. “Obviously, there’s construction, that’s a huge impact. On any given day, we’ve got over 300

people working on that site. So they are eating, moving around, buying locally. Then there’s landowner pay-ments. Lost Creek, for instance, we’ve got 65 landowners. There’s substantial lease payments going to them.” Like any other power generation station, the wind farms pay taxes. Because Lost Creek is located in DeKalb County’s enhanced enterprise zone, some tax payments will be abated. “We don’t know the impact of the second wind farm yet,” says King City School Superintendent Bruce Skoglund. “We do know on the fi rst one (Bluegrass Ridge). It defi nitely had a positive impact fi nancially on the school district. Hopefully the second project will be just as positive.” He says the district gets 40 percent of its revenue from the state, and those dollars have been frozen for many years. “So when that new farm came in, it did give an infl ux of mon-ey. When a little over 40 percent of your money is coming from the state and they freeze what you get, any new growth helps you a lot. I’m a superin-tendent — I’ll take any dime you can get me!” Carnahan cites another benefi t from the wind farms that is just get-ting started. “There is actually some tourism from this,” he says. “People get off the interstate and come over to look at these wind farms. We do tours all the time. You’d be amazed at how

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Windy spot near King City is now Missouri’s largest

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Left: A giant crane places the blade and hub assembly onto the nacelle perched 260 feet above the ground. Below: A worker opens the hatch on one of the three blades before it is affi xed to the hub. Work on the Lost Creek Wind Project con-tinued at a record pace despite the bitter cold weather in northwest Missouri this winter.

The Lost Creek Wind Farm has changed the landscape and the economic prospects of northwest Missouri, giving farmers a new “crop” to harvest.

covering that houses the moving machinery on the top, was placed atop a tower. Despite the bitter cold, crews worked through the winter set-ting more of the nacelles, which are the size of a small school bus and weigh about 60 tons. The fi nal step was installing the three-bladed hubs. Ninety-nine of the 100 turbines are complete and electricity is fl owing. The fi nal turbine will be completed in the fall and will be used to test new software and controls designed by GE to make wind power more effi cient. “We started receiving energy from that project the last day of January,” says Roger Clark, director of engineer-ing and operations at Associated Elec-tric Cooperative. Clark says the original timetable for the project called for a new substation and 7 miles of transmission line to be completed by August 2010. Instead, N.W. Electric Power Cooperative, a Cameron-based transmission co-op that moves power generated by Asso-ciated to distribution co-ops, had the connection ready eight months early. That allowed the power to fl ow as soon as the fi rst turbine was commis-sioned. About half of the turbines are now operational, with the entire proj-ect expected to be ready in June. Carnahan says the electric coopera-tive involvement was the missing link that made Lost Creek and Wind Capi-tal’s other Missouri wind projects pos-

Harvesting the Wind

sible. “To date, 99 percent of the wind energy in Missouri is due to what Associated Electric has done. It is clear the electric co-ops paved the way for this. They are the ones that saw the future and made it happen.” Besides agreeing to purchase the entire output of these projects (except for a small amount of energy going to Columbia), the electric co-ops provid-ed another critical link — transmis-sion. In order to get the power from the sparsely populated areas where it is generated, a wind farm needs access to transmission lines. Clark says any future wind projects will have to address this aspect before they will be built. “In the absence of transmission, wind projects would never be developed,” he says. “The transmission we have in these areas allowed these projects to be built, but there’s not room for a whole lot more. For the next guy to come in and build, we will have to make some transmission upgrades that will allow them to take power.” Wind farms like Lost Creek are an important piece of the nation’s energy puzzle, both Clark and Carna-han agree. “Some people think wind energy is trying to be 100 percent of the energy in America and that simply isn’t true,” says Carnahan. “I think a reasonable target would be for us to try to get to 20 percent wind and other renewables in the next 10

photos above and below by Jason Jenkins

to 15 years or so.” Clark points out that because wind energy can’t be ramped up or down as the demand rises and falls, it can’t meet the commitment to power required by electric co-op members. “We’ve always viewed it as something that can replace (natural) gas. It’s actually a hedge for gas and it’s bring-ing energy on to the system that can displace a higher-cost generation.” He says current decreases in natu-ral gas prices make wind energy from Lost Creek more expensive than gas. But in the life of the 20-year contract,

fl uctuations in gas prices will make wind energy a valuable asset for Asso-ciated and its member systems. As Congress debates putting restric-tions on releases of carbon dioxide, wind power could become even more important, whatever its price. “We are doing this because it’s the right thing to do,” Clark says. “And we are going to continue to make smart decisions, which include renewable resources.”

To learn more about Missouri’s wind farms, log on to www.windcapitalgroup.com or call 314-685-3000.

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by Megan McKoy

Waiting for the right moment to replace your dishwasher? What about your 30-year-old washing machine? If so, the

time has come.By the end of last year, every U.S. state

and territory had designed a federal “Cash for Appliances” program. Some of these offerings launched in late 2009; others begin this spring. The $300 million rebate effort, part of the American Recovery and Reinvest-ment Act (also known as the stimulus bill), aims to make homes more efficient while stimulating the economy.

“Appliances consume a huge amount of electricity, so there’s enormous potential to both save energy and take pressure off con-sumers’ pocketbooks every month,” explains U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu. “These rebates will help families make the transition to more efficient appliances.”

Rebates are available on a wide array of Energy Star-labeled products, ranging from $75 to $500 per appliance. Since each state designed its own program and selected which appliances to include, the value of rebates and the qualifying time period for purchases differ. In some cases, states also limit rebates to consumers with certain income levels.

Beginning April 19, $5.67 million will be available through the Energize Missouri Appliance Rebates program administered by the Department of Natural Resources’ Divi-sion of Energy. Details on Missouri’s program follow, but for details on other states’ pro-grams, visit www.energysavers.gov/rebates.

Rebates will be available until each state’s budget has been spent or February 2012, whichever comes first. Only purchases that replace existing appliances are eligible. A few states, includ-ing Missouri, require proof that your old appliance was taken out of service and properly recycled.

Consumers may qualify for additional rebates offered by state governments. Through Associated Electric Cooperative’s Take Control & Save Program, some Missouri electric co-ops are offering rebates on appliances. Visit www.takecontrolandsave.coop for more details. The Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency provides a list of available rebates at www.dsireusa.org. But make sure to verify eligibility before purchasing.

Energize Missouri

Editor’s Note: The following are some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the Department of Natural Resources Energize Missouri Appliance Rebates program that begins in April. For complete program details, call 800-361-4827 or 573-751-3443 or visit www.dnr.mo.gov/transform/energizemissourirebate.htm.

When will the appliance replacement rebate program begin in Missouri and how long will it last?

Missouri plans to launch the program on April 19, 2010. The rebate program will continue as long as Missouri has money to support it. While the state has until February 2012 to spend the rebate money, it is likely that the funding will go quickly.

Who is eligible for the Energize Missouri Appliance Rebate Program?

Only full-time Missouri residents are eligible for the program. There is no income limit for the program. Homeowners must be 18 years of age and must pur-chase the new appliances in Missouri, not online.

The program is intended primarily for families, with no more than one rebate per appliance cat-egory allowed for each household. If a homeowner owns more than one house, each address is eligible for the appliance rebates provided the second home is a residence and not rental property. The U.S. Department of Energy requires the states to restrictthe program to the replacement of existing appli-ances. Therefore, the department will not be able to provide rebates to homeowners who have built a new home and will need new appliances for the home. The department, can however, issue a rebate to replace an existing clothes washer that was moved to the new home.

What is an Energy Star appliance?

Appliances that are Energy Star-qualified have passed stringent government testing proving they are the top 25 percent most energy-efficient prod-ucts in the market. Energy Star-qualified products are marked with the blue Energy Star logo. To learn more about Energy Star, visit www.energystar.gov.

What appliances will be covered and what are the rebate amounts?

The department will issue rebates for the following items that are Energy Star-qualified. The rebates will not cover the cost of proper installation, only the appliance cost. Purchases of appliances and equip-ment prior to the start of the program will not be eligible for rebates. The department will not issue rebates for semi-used Energy Star appliances. The appliances must be new and not previously used.

Eligible Energy Star appliances include:• Gas furnaces - $125• Air source heat pumps - $250• Central air conditioning - $100• Water heaters-gas condensing- $150

• Water heaters-gas storage - $100• Water heaters-gas tankless- $100• Water heaters-solar (gas backup) - $500• Water heaters-electric heat pump- $150• Water heaters-solar (electric backup) - $500• Clothes washers - $75• Dishwashers (no tabletop models) - $75

Does the appliance we are replacing have to be older than a certain date? Or be a certain size? Or be below a certain efficiency level?

No. The purchased appliance must be full-sized according to industry standard and Energy Star-qualified.

Are there any other sources of rebates or tax credits?

• Federal tax credits — For federal tax credit information, please visit www.energystar.gov/taxcredits.

• Show-Me Green Sales Tax Holiday — The Department of Natural Resources plans to launch the Energize Missouri Appliance Rebate Program to run concurrently with the Show-Me Green Sales Tax Holiday. The sales tax holiday will run April 19-25. Informa-tion on the sales tax holiday is available on the Missouri Department of Revenue’s Web site at www.dor.mo.gov/tax/business/sales/taxholiday/green/faq.htm. The Energize Mis-souri Appliance Rebate Program may run longer than the sales tax holiday, if rebate funding is still available.

• Co-op rebates — Some Missouri co-ops offer rebates through programs such as Associated Electric’s Take Control & Save. Contact your local co-op for details.

• Manufacturer’s rebates — To find out about any available manufacturer’s rebates, please visit www.energystar.gov. A Rebate Finder is located under Products. Enter your zip code for more information.

Is there a recycling or turn-in requirement for old appli-ances?

Only purchases that replace an existing appliance are eligible for a rebate. Customers applying for rebates must provide proof that their old unit was taken out of service and properly recycled.

How do I apply for the rebate?

Missouri plans to launch the program on April 19, 2010. The Department of Natural Resources will pro-vide a paper rebate application that must be mailed in along with the original purchase receipt. Missouri is still in the process of selecting an implementation contractor for the program.

What do I need to prove I purchased the appliance?

You must submit an original purchase receipt. Most stores will provide you with two receipts, one to save for warranty work and the other to use for the rebate.

Am I guaranteed a rebate if I purchase an appliance during the program open period?

No, the department is unable to provide a guarantee of a rebate. The department will provide rebates for Energy Star appliances on a first come, first served basis as long as the money lasts.

McKoy writes on consumer and cooperative affairs for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.

Bounties for ‘Energy Hogs’

Energy Star-rated dishwashers are just one of a number of the home appli-ances that will be eligible for a rebate through the Energize Missouri Appli-ance Rebates program beginning in April.

photo courtesy of GE Consumer Products

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Rural Missouri will publish signed letters relating to the contents of the publication. Letters may be edited for length and clarity. Be sure to write legibly and tell us where you live. Send letters to:

Rural Missouri Mail BagP.O. Box 1645, Jefferson City, MO 65102

You may also FAX us at 573-636-9499 or send e-mail to [email protected].

Fiber funding

Page 4 of the March issue of Rural Missouri (Comments) tells about a northeast Missouri co-op obtaining stimulus mon-ey to build a fiber optics system for their members to get high-speed Inter-net. That is wonderful, but how can we get the same here? Because of the hills and trees, we have so far been unable to get broadband. And the two satellite providers are totally unacceptable. This type of stimulus money use is exactly what rural Missouri needs — just don’t forget us down here.

Eldon ReedGalena

Editor’s Note: Ralls County Electric may be the first of Missouri’s co-ops to receive funding to expand broad-band capabilities in rural areas, but other co-ops are working hard to do the same. See the story on page 4 for an update on other efforts underway.

Family connections

This article was a pleasant surprise when I saw it in this month’s issue (“Great race against time,” March 2010). Alexander Majors was my great-great-grandfather after whom I am named. He was a great man who allowed no swearing or abuse of the animals.

Thanks for the article. Sterling Alexander Goddard

Pittsburg

Microbrew misstep?

I read with interest the article in your March edition about Mis-souri’s “rural” microbreweries (“The brewer’s art”). Sadly, it appears that Mr. Jenkins, the author, has never visited Ste. Genevieve County. If he had, he would surely have been impressed by the excellent offerings of the Charleville Micro-brewery located at the Charleville Winery just off Boyd Road in the southern end of our county. I would stand these brews up against any microbrew in our fine state. (And on occasion, I have.)

Funny, I never considered Columbia, Cape Girardeau, Jeffer-son City, Springfield or St. Charles as rural areas. Texas County, yes, but not the aforementioned cities. Maybe Mr. Jenkins needs to take

another “Tour of Missouri” and this time report to your readers on all of the microbreweries that truly are rural and well worth the scenic drives required to partake of the fine products offered by equally fine folks. Somehow, I think he missed the mark with his article.

Randall C. FrenchSte. Genevieve

Blackhawk history buff

It was with great pleasure to read Neal Fandek’s article on Chief Blackhawk (“Last battle of a forgot-ten war,” February 2010).

While studying at Western Illinois University toward a high school English teaching degree, my favorite course was Early Illi-nois Literature. We actually read Blackhawk’s autobiography while sitting in a classroom on Arsenal Island located on the Mississippi River in Rock Island, Ill. This island is the very land where Blackhawk lived and hunted! Colonel Dav-enport (hence Davenport, Iowa) was instrumental in “convincing” Blackhawk into signing over his land to the white man. This treaty followed a bloody battle when “the big muddy ‘ran red’ with the blood of the escaping squaws and their children” from the white soldiers. I ended up writing the longest paper of my college career involving 100 pages on this intriguing warrior consisting of lesson plans for my future students. My favorite quote from Blackhawk: ”No one truly owns the land...it is just ours to use for a lifetime.”

Jacki BoelensSunrise Beach

Doggone good story

Thank you so much for reprint-ing “Jim the Wonder Dog” (March 2010). My husband’s mother was a Ferguson from Warsaw, and she had seen Jim when she was a kid. Did you know there was a book written about him in 1942 by Clar-

ence Dewey Mitchell? Your article made me want to dig it out and read it again.

Teresa WinchellLamar

Thanks Rural Missouri readers for nudging its edi-tors to reprint the wonder-ful story of Jim the Won-der Dog in its entirety. I loved it!

For those of us who do not have Internet and access to Facebook, etc., the written word is a vital link to knowledge. Don’t ever let it die.

Thanks also to the editors and staff for a great job in putting out a publication worth reading from cover to cover. Thanks again!

Ruth RobinsonMountain Grove

Just had to write to tell you I was fascinated with the story about Jim the Wonder Dog. If the accounts of the dog’s feats are true, how was that possible? Odd and interesting.

Donna AbernathyMurfreesboro, Tenn.

Shining light on LEDs

It appears that the art depart-ment chose to illustrate the article on LED bulbs on page 34 of the February edition of Rural Missouri (“Lighting innovation on the hori-zon”) with the very product the article cautions against purchasing.

Patrick RudolphProtem

Editor’s Note: The article does advise against purchasing poor quality, lower-cost LED products that may not live up to expectations. However, the bulb pictured with the article performs as it claims, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. Learn more at www.lightingfacts.com.

Cowboy poet praise

It’s nice that Ms. McCarthy has participated in the national cow-boy poetry gathering and knows all about meter and such (Mailbag, February 2010).

But, I think art in all its forms is like beauty — in the eye of the beholder. If you relate to it and it pleases you, then it is good. We recently purchased a CD of the Rev. Ratliff’s poems and have enjoyed every single one.

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by Heather Berry

It’s 1984 and college sophomore Lisa Beck wakes up to a busy day at Cape Girardeau’s Southeast Missouri State University. Rushing to class, something goes horribly wrong. She starts trip-

ping over cracks in the sidewalk and notices numb-ness and tingling in her limbs. “I thought it was a stroke,” recalls the 45-year-old. Tests showed Lisa had multiple sclerosis. “When I went to my first physical therapists, they asked me if they were trying to help me learn how to use the wheelchair or how to walk again,” says the mother of two. “It was at that point I realized I had to smile, keep praying and fight the disease that was attacking my body. I wasn’t going to sit in a wheelchair and give up.” After 25 years of various physical therapies, Lisa began coming to Therapeutic Horsemanship in Wentzville last spring. Here, horses help clients walk a path toward a better life. Founder and occupational therapist Sandy Raf-ferty says Lisa is one of thousands who have come through the center’s doors during the past 35 years. “We provide physical, occupational and speech therapy for clients ranging from 2 years in age and up,” says Sandy. “It just so happens that hippother-apy — using horses as part of our treatment — is our primary tool here.” Therapeutic Horsemanship began as a dream of Sandy’s in 1975. As a therapist and avid equestrian, she was sure horses would be a perfect therapy method. Back then, hippotherapy was a fairly new treatment. Sandy knew how to make this work. But she needed someone else to catch the vision, too. “So I approached the director of the St. Louis Eas-ter Seals Society who said, ‘Great idea! You get the horses, I’ll get the riders and when do you want to start?’” recalls Sandy. The center, which serves St. Louis, St. Charles and Lincoln counties, began on Saturdays only, with sev-en riders, three horses and a group of volunteers. As the years passed, the group outgrew several stables, added more days of service and eventually hired paid therapists to work with clients. In 2000, the Therapeutic Horsemanship board purchased 96 acres outside of Wentzville and built what is now the cen-ter’s permanent home. “Last year we had 157 clients,” says Sandy. “We’re up to 25 paid staff, 25 horses, 200 volunteers and we’re open every day.” The not-for-profit riding center provides a variety of therapies for physically and mentally disabled people dealing with conditions such as cerebral palsy, spina bifida, MS, muscular dystrophy as well as more unusual diagnoses. “We have patients with Retts syndrome, Angel-man syndrome, autism, developmental delays, mental retardation as well as behavioral issues and neurosis,” says Sandy. “It really doesn’t matter what someone’s diagnosis is — using horses as part of the therapy seems to benefit anyone with any disease.” As years have gone by, Sandy has seen the medi-cal community gradually come around to horses helping with therapy. She says a horse’s motion helps develop a patient’s strength, flexibility, balance and coordina-tion because a horse’s movement most closely replicates how a human walks. The center’s 14 therapists are all certified by the North American Riding for the Handi-capped Association (NARHA), which includes nearly 800 therapeutic riding centers in the United States and Canada. According to NARHA, Therapeutic Horsemanship, which is served by Cuivre River Electric Coopera-tive, is certified as one of only eight premier therapy centers in Missouri. To Kathy Castellito, parent of 16-year-old client Robert, the center has made all the difference to her son since her family moved to Missouri more than a decade ago. Adopted at 8 weeks old, Robert seemed perfectly healthy. But by 18 months, his par-ents knew something was wrong. “He only had five words he could speak

by the time he was 2 years old,” says Kathy, referring to her son’s disability as being severely language delayed. She says Robert had no interest in learning until he started therapy with the center when he was 5 years old. “It was like watching a flower bloom,” says his mother. “Here, when Robert’s riding, it makes both sides of his brain communicate. He has to take whatever his instructor says and communicate that to the horse. “We’re so proud of him. He goes to public school and is an A/B student,” says Kathy, who now works part time at Therapeutic Horsemanship. “Now that language isn’t meaningless to him, he can focus on something and retain what he learns. It’s marvelous.” Where some therapy can seem boring and mean-ingless to many people, the therapy and healing that comes on horseback not only helps the physical but also the mental state of clients. Insurance doesn’t currently recognize hippo-

therapy as an official treatment for a diagnosis. However, in most cases, it will cover part or all

of the cost of the therapists who work with patients during their hour each week. The center will offer two new programs

beginning this spring. Horses for Heroes is a program where the center’s thera-pists and volunteers will assist wound-ed service personnel and veterans with

their recovery. Another program, Silver Saddles, is aimed at senior citizens who need to regain balance and strength. For Sandy and the rest of her team, their rewards come from the joy they see on clients’ faces when they accomplish something while having fun at the same time. Client Lisa Beck, who used to own and ride hors-es before MS struck, is happy the center uses horses as part of her therapy. It has brought back fond memories as well as a pleasant surprise. Last spring, when Lisa began coming to the

center, she brought a photo to share with Sandy. It was of a teenaged Lisa who was serving as a side walker helping to steady a disabled patient riding a horse at a Girl Scout camp. “See?” Lisa pointed out to Sandy. “I was once a side walker for someone like the vol-unteers here.” Lisa says Sandy quickly pointed to the person sitting behind the patient on the saddle. “And see? That’s me!” While she still finds it hard to believe how their paths have crossed again, Lisa is glad to have Sandy and Therapeutic Horse-manship walking beside her on her journey. “Now I say I’m back in the saddle again,” says Lisa, “Or ‘Beck’ in the saddle as my husband likes to say.”

For more information about Therapeutic Horsemanship, to volunteer or donate a horse, go to www.thstl.org or call 636-332-4940. You may reach Sandy Rafferty at [email protected].

The joy of getting to ride a horse during her weekly therapy session overshad-ows any pain Heather Clancy has from the cerebral palsy she battles daily.

Horses help therapy clients walk toward a better life

Hooved HelpersTherapeutic Horsemanship client Isaiah Thompkins strengthens his balance by riding a horse backwards around the arena.

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cipitous decline in participation in the annual “Best of Rural Missouri” competition, we hinted that 2009 might be the end. While we’ve always enjoyed organizing the contest, we understood that preferences change. No hard feelings, life goes on.

But event the hint of doing away with the contest apparently awak-ened a sleeping giant. Soon after last year’s April issue reached mailboxes, we were buried under a barrage of e-mails, phone calls and letters. You implored us to continue the contest. So, we did. And you responded.

The number of ballots cast for the 2010 Best of Rural Missouri contest essentially doubled from the year before! We did offer online voting for the fi rst time, and it was well received.

While we maintained the regional theme, we did offer a new “Wild Card” category this year. We asked you to use this category to tell us about a place that everyone should know about but that doesn’t fi t anoth-er category. We received hundreds of different entries in this category including “Best Butcher,” “Best Mis-souri Oddity,” even “Best Place for an Oil Change.” No surprise, though, the best of the best came out on top.

We do need to congratulate Neal Kinsey of Charleston, Letha Moore of Bolivar, Orren Snavely of Lake St. Louis, Martha Pope of Marceline and James LaFerney of Fulton. These fi ve Rural Missouri readers’ entries were randomly drawn as winners of a Best of Missouri gift basket.

“You never know what you’ve got until it’s gone.” That may be true sometimes, but this year you proved you know what you’ve got in the Best of Rural Missouri contest. It won’t be going anywhere any time soon. We promise. Enjoy this year’s results!

Best Restaurant

Since we went to the regional format three years ago, only the Northwest

region seems to be in dispute. Other-wise, all winners remain unchanged. This category truly represents “dining worth the drive.”

Central: Charley’s Buffet; 23785 Highway B, Lincoln; 660-668-3806 Typically, “all-you-can-eat” and “made-from-scratch” don’t go togeth-er, but that’s exactly what you get at Charley and Evonne Peaster’s buffet in rural Benton County, along with more than 60 homemade desserts on a 30-foot dessert bar. Open Friday and Saturday nights only.

Northeast: The Pear Tree; 222 N. Macon St., Bevier; 660-773-6666; www.thepeartreerestaurant.com

For nearly 25 years, patrons have raved about The Pear Tree’s onion rings, prime rib and lobster tails. Now, you can purchase the House Vinai-grette and Madam French salad dress-ings, too, available at local retailers.

Northwest: Emmet’s Kitchen & Tap;111 N. Main St., Fayette; 660-248-3363; www.emmetskitchen.com

Named for owner Rob Schlucke-bier’s grandfather, Emmet’s offers agreat array of cajun and creole dishes. But if you don’t like it hot, there arelots of other options. Rob uses “The Spice” (his own concoction) in all his recipes.

Southeast: Sybill’s Saint James; 1100 N. Jefferson, St. James; 573-265-4224

Since 2007, Sybill’s has offered elegant fi ne dining that you’d usually

expect to fi nd in a big city restaurant. Lucki-ly, the prices aren’t big city. Taking that spe-cial someone out for a special meal? This is the place to go.

Southwest: Lam-bert’s Café; 1800 W. State Highway J, Ozark; 417-581-7655; www.throwed-rolls.com A catcher’s mit is optional at the “Home of Throwed Rolls,” but defi -nitely bring your appetite. Known for large portions of comfort food, you have no one to blame but yourself if you go away hungry.

Best Catfi sh

Nothing is more Midwest than a good ol’ fashioned fi sh fry, and catfi sh is the fi sh of choice. These fi ve winners would have no trouble fi tting in at any backyard gathering.

Central: Dowd’s Catfi sh & BBQ; 1760 W. Elm St., Lebanon; 417-532-1777; www.dowdscatfi shandbbq.com

Located off Interstate 44 along his-toric Route 66, Dowd’s is a landmark for southern fried catfi sh — crispy on the outside, moist and tender on the inside. When new owners took over in 2007, they knew there was no rea-son to mess with a good thing.

Northeast: Hatfi eld & McCoy’s; 7337 Mexico Road, St. Peters; 636-397-6334

If you love catfi sh, Hatfi eld & McCoy’s has the plate for you. The nine-piece “Belly Buster” special will have you growing gills.

Northwest: Jumpin’ Catfi sh; 834 SW Blue Pkwy, Lee’s Summit; 816-554-3474; www.jumpincatfi sh.com

With three locations in the Kansas City area, Jumpin’ Catfi sh offers farm-raised, all-you-can-eat fried catfi sh every night. Lemon-pepper or cajun grilled catfi sh also are local favorites.

Southeast: Catfi sh Kettle; 775 Weber Road, Farmington; 573-756-7305; For almost 24 years, the folks at

Catfi sh Kettle have been doing their fried catfi sh just one way with the same type of special breading, and the people just can’t get enough. The Kettle also has great homemade sides like hushpuppies and coleslaw.

Southwest: The Blue Inn; 117 West 4th St., Appleton City; 660-476-2690 Technically, The Blue Inn is in the central region, but our readers called it southwest. We will, too. Here, you can get all-you-can-eat catfi sh coated with a homemade breading. Eat lunch for $6.99 or dinner for $8.99, which also includes boiled shrimp.

Best Barbecue

Apparently, the fi nal word in Mis-souri barbecue has not been spoken. After crowning back-to-back winners in each region the past two years, we have a new player in this category. A word to the others: Keep an eye out; the competition is heating up.

Central: Chuck Wagon BBQ; 13683 Highway 7 West, Warsaw; 660-438-2503 The Chuck Wagon deserves its popularity. Everything we tried was outstanding. The ribs were tender and delicious. Open Thursday through Sunday in the summer; Friday, Satur-day and Sunday in the winter.

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Northeast: Piggy’s BarBQ327 S. Main St., O’Fallon; 636-272-7444; www.piggysbarbq.com Co-owner Gary Hellyer is from Kansas City, so you know what style of barbecue to expect. The rub they created is the secret to their success. Check out Piggy’s Web site for an online coupon.

Northwest: Wabash BBQ 646 S. Kansas City Ave., Excelsior Springs; 816-630-7700;www.wabashbbq.com Whether you’re eating at the origi-nal location in the historic Wabash Train Depot or the second restaurant in Chillicothe (also in an old depot), you’ll fi nd great barbecue. Babyback and spare ribs are always popular, but for a real treat, order the Fireman’s favorite, which is a half-pound of burnt ends, of course.

Southeast: Missouri Hick Bar-B-Q; 913 E. Washington St., Cuba; 573-885-6791 When Rural Missouri Managing Edi-tor Jason Jenkins is out on assignment anywhere near Cuba, you can bet you’ll fi nd him at Missouri Hick for lunch. While some may debate him, he says the pulled pork

sandwich is the best around. The restaurant expanded its dining room this past year, so others must agree.

Southwest: The Rusty Jug; 1209 S. High St., El Dorado Springs; 417-876-4669; www.rustyjug.com At The Rusty Jug, you’ll fi nd some-thing you’re not likely to fi nd any-where else: deep-fried smoked ribs. Once these babyback ribs are smoked, they’re dipped in buttermilk, rolled in fl our and fried. Give them a try; they’re delicious, as is the homemade root beer.

Best Pizza

Whether thin crust or thick crust, piled high with toppings or just plain cheese, there’s a pie for every palate. These winners prove that great pizza is available all across Missouri.

Central: Shakespeare’s Pizza; 225 S. 9th St., Columbia; 573-449-2454; www.shakespeares.com

New Rural Missouri Field Editor Kyle Spradley, a recent Mizzou grad, still has sauce from his last slice of Shakepeare’s on his collar. Not really, but this place is THE spot for a pie in Columbia. Kyle recommends a classic

pepperoni on the whole wheat crust.

Northeast: Ugo’s Pizza-land; 200 N. Macon St., Bevier; 660-773-5334; www.ugospizzaland.com

For anyone who thinks the only place to eat in Bevier is The Pear Tree, think again. Ugo’s serves both handtossed and thin crust, St. Louis-style pizza with a home-made sauce, three kinds of cheese and fresh ingredients, including homegrown garden veggies. For hearty appetites, try Ugo’s Extreme Supreme, a monster pie with double everything. Closed Sundays.

Northwest: The Dish; 846 S. High-way 291, Liberty;

816-781-3474; www.dishpizza.com

While hand-tossed and thin crust pizzas are available, The Dish is famous for its deep-dish stuffed pies. The owner is a Chicago transplant, where this style of pizza is king. Try the specially seasoned meats, garden-fresh vegetables and three cheeses nestled between two layers of golden crust.

Southeast: Alex’s Pizza Palace, 122 W. 8th St., Rolla; 573-364-2669; www.alexspizza.comAlex’s has been a fi xture in downtown Rolla for more than 45 years. Recipes for the pizza dough, sauce and other items have remained unchanged. For those who

went to college in Rolla, it’s a place to bring children and grandchildren and reminisce.

Southwest: Hill Top Pizza; 91 S. Main St., Fair Grove; 417-759-7794 When they say you can get it your way, they really mean it at Hill Top. People rave about the bacon cheese-burger pizza, along with something called the “MO.” This mammoth pie tops the scales at nearly 4.5 pounds and includes whatever toppings you’d like. So, if you like a pizza that includes everything but the kitchen sink, you can fi nd it on the hill.

Best Coffee Shop

In search of a caffeine fi x? From dou-ble-shot espressos to your average cup of Joe, Missouri baristas are brewing up a blend of java and atmosphere.

Central: Lakota Coffee; 24 S. 9th St., Columbia; 573-874-2852; www.lakotacoffee.com Lakota is Sioux for “friendly peo-ple,” and that’s just what you’ll fi nd at this shop just north of the Mizzou campus. Opened in 1992, Lakota is the epitome of a “micro-roastery,” cre-ating blends for local businesses.

Northeast: Cappuccino’s Coffee Cafe; 840 Bryan Rd., O’Fallon; 636-980-2326; www.cappuccinoscoffee.com Along with an expansive bever-age menu offering Zoka’s Coffee from Seattle, this trendy cafe also offers a complete menu and free Wi-Fi.

Northwest: Ray’s Diner; 231 E. Broad-way, Excelsior Springs; 816-637-3432 You have two coffee choices at Ray’s: regular and decaf. Open since 1932, this good ol’ fashioned, ‘50s-style diner is the place to be for breakfast and lunch in Excelsior Springs. While you may not be able to order a latté, you’ll instead fi nd the kind of atmosphere that keeps people coming back.

Southeast: Common Grounds; 300B S. Main St., Salem; 573-453-2173

Tucked in behind the local grocery store, this shop opened almost three years ago to provide a gathering place for local community groups. Today, hours have expanded, as has a bistro menu with an international fl air.

Southwest: The Mudhouse; 323 South Ave., Springfi eld; 417-832-1720; www.mudhousecoffee.com

This downtown coffee shop is a favorite with locals and college stu-dents alike. Mudhouse roasts its own coffees, offering nearly two dozen different varities. Come in for a bot-tomless cup or for a more hands-on approach, order a French press of your favorite blend.

Best Ice Cream Shop

It doesn’t matter if you’re 8 or 88 — we love ice cream. Just thinking about all the choices at these shops is certain to give you an ice cream headache, so enjoy them slowly.

Central: Central Dairy; 610 Madison St., Jefferson City; 573-635-6148; www.centraldairy.biz Central Dairy has been a Jeff City institution since the 1930s, and the old-fashioned ice cream parlor is a reg-ular stop for folks visiting the capital city. Be prepared for heaping scoops of ice cream made on the premises.

Northeast: 4th Street Fountain; 401 Broadway St., Elsberry; 573-898-9793; www.4thstreetfountain.com

Wes and Marcia Fakes restored this 1930s-era soda fountain in 2004, and the jerks (soda, that is) know how to make all the old-time favorites. They serve a classic drink called an egg cream, which oddly enough contains neither eggs nor cream.

Northwest: Dari-B Drive-In; 901 Isley Blvd., Excelsior Springs; 816-637-0454

March 1 is a big day in Excelsior Springs as that’s when the Dari-B opens up for the season after four months. Owner Tom Carroll’s fi rst job was as a soda jerk in his family’s store, and he’s operated the Dari-B for the past 28 years. When you go, try the Dari-B Sangria, a refreshing drink that Tom devised.

Southeast: Sara’s Ice Cream; 124 Merchant St., Ste. Genevieve; 573-883-5890

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Northeast: land; Bevier; 660-773-5334; www.ugospizzaland.com

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Best Museum — Southeast Missouri:

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winter, Sara’s is a must-stop when the days grow longer and warmer. Although you can get an old-fash-ioned ice cream soda, locals know that the hand-dipped Drumstick-style ice cream cone can’t be beat.

Southwest: Ava Drug; 124 W. Wash-ington Ave.; 417-683-4127; www.avadrug.com

Take a step back in time at Ava Drug, where owner David Norman restored the soda fountain that his father and grandfather operated inside the pharmacy in the 1950s. The look isn’t the only thing that remains from the past. Today, you can still get a scoop of ice cream for just 5 cents.

Best Museum

There’s no need to wait for a rainy day to experience these museums.

Central: Missouri State Museum; 201 W. Capitol Ave., Jefferson City; 573-751-2345; www.mostateparks.com Located on the fi rst fl oor of the State Capitol, this museum contains two formal galleries. Whether you take a free guided tour or simply walk around, you’ll be amazed by the beau-tiful architecture and the artwork that decorates the building. The nearby Jefferson Landing State Historic Site also offers more exhibits.

Northeast: St. Louis Art Museum; One Fine Arts Dr.; St. Louis; 314-721-0072; www.slam.org

The St. Louis Art Museum houses one of the most comprehensive col-lections in the nation, with examples from a wide range of cultures and time periods. A collection of photog-raphy by Lee Friedlander, one of the most prolifi c and infl uential photog-raphers of the second half of the 20th century, is currently on display.

Northwest: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak Street, Kansas City; 816-751-1278; www.nelson-atkins.org

Nelson-Atkins is regarded as one of the fi nest general art museums in the country, with more than 34,000 works in its collection. In May, a new Egyptian gallery opens containing the complete funerary assemblage from the tomb of Meretites, a 2,300-year-old noblewoman.

Southeast: Bootheel Youth Museum; 700A N. Douglas, Malden; 573-276-3600; www.bootheelyouthmuseum.org

Housed inside what was once a factory, this museum isn’t really a museum at all. Instead, it’s a place designed to bring out the best in kids of all ages by letting them play to learn. Exhibits are designed to build self-confi dence and let kids discover the artist, sci-entist or musician inside themselves.

Southwest: Ralph Foster Museum, College of the Ozarks; Point Lookout; 417-334-6411; www.rfos-termuseum.com

Touted as the “Smithsonian of the Ozarks,” this museum on the campus of the College of the Ozarks exhibits the jalopy truck from “The Beverly Hillbillies” TV show alongside collec-tions of antique cameo jewelry and mementos from Kewpie doll artist Rose O’Neill. It also houses one of the Midwest’s fi nest fi rearms collections.

Best Scenic Drive/Spot

Fall may be the traditional season for scenic drives, but these stretches of blacktop are prime for a trip in the family roadster any time of year.

Central: Highway 94 to HermannThe Missouri River bluffs provide

the backdrop along this route. Be sure to stretch your legs on the Katy Trail.

Northeast: Highway 79 to HannibalThis drive contains a portion of the

Great River Road and is a great choice for a daytrip of eagle-watching along the Mississippi River in the winter.

Northwest: Highway 59 to St. JosephWhile not directly adjacent to the

river, this route takes you to within a few miles of Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge and Big Lake State Park, another 2010 “Best of” winner.

Southeast: Alley SpringThis is our pick if you have time for

only one trip to view spectacular fall color. We recommend following High-way 19 from Salem to Eminence, then take Highway 106 to the spring.

Southwest: Highway 160 to BransonFollow this southernmost of east-

west corridors through some of the state’s classic Ozark surroundings.

Best Beautiful Town

Missouri isn’t just a state of natural beauty. Here are a few towns voted pretty as a postcard.

Central: Arrow Rock; 660-837-3231; www.arrowrock.org

The entire village of Arrow Rock has been designated a National Historic Landmark. When you go, be sure to visit the Lyceum Theatre, Mis-souri’s oldest professional regional theatre.

Northeast: Hermann; 800-932-8687; www.visithermann.com

Hermann was settled by immigrants determined to create a new city that would be “German in every particular.” More than 150 years later, much of the town still looks like it was transplanted from the Rhine River Valley.

Northwest: Maryville; 660-582-8643; www.maryvillechamber.com

The home of North-west Missouri State Uni-versity, Maryville boasts 10 public parks. Mozingo Lake just outside of town provides thousands of acres and numerous opportunities for family play.

Southeast: Ste. Genevieve; 573-883-3686; www.stegenchamber.org

Ste. Genevieve was the fi rst Europe-an settlement in Missouri, established in the 1740s. The fl avor of its French-

Canadian founders is still strong in the town’s narrow streets, fenced yards and his-toric homes.

Southwest: Carthage;417-359-8181; www.visit-carthage.com

Carthage has a stunningly beautiful courthouse, a bustling square, picture-perfect Victorian houses on tree-lined streets and historic old buildings — many built with stone from the local quarries.

Best Agritourism Destination

More people are reconnecting with where their food comes from, and these businesses are offering a glimpse that’s both fun and educational.

Central: Shryocks Corn Maze; 2927 County Road 253, Columbia; 573-592-0191; www.callawayfarms.com In 2002, the Shryock family bought its fi rst GPS unit for use with the tractors and combines on the farm. It didn’t take long to realize the tech-nology could also be used to cut out intricate corn mazes. Now, the farm with its distinctive red barn just off Interstate 70 is a favorite place for hayrides and campfi res. Mike Shryock says they’re taking ideas for the 2010 corn maze, so submit your design!

Northeast: Heartland Dairy; 14014 255th St. La Belle; 1-877-484-2269; www.visit-heartland.com

In addition to the dairy, this inten-tional community also offers a lodge and steakhouse as well as Ford auto-mobile museum.

Northwest: Shatto Dairy; 9406 N. Hwy 33, Osborn; 816-930-3862; www.shattomilk.com

In 2003, this family-operated dairy decided to begin bottling and sell-ing its own milk in glass bottles. It’s proved successful. Today, visit the Shatto Milk Company Country Store and sample many of the products. Then, walk up the sidewalk to the barn and pet the baby calves, or just stay in the store and view the bottling plant through one of two large view-ing windows.

Southeast: Beggs Family Farm; 2319 State Hwy U, Sikeston; 573-471-3879; www.beggsfamilyfarm.com Offering both school fi eld trips and seasonal festivals, Beggs Family Farm provides an opportunity to observe a real working farm. The Fall Harvest Festival is a popular event for the entire family. Negotiate a corn maze, take a wagon ride, interact with the farm animals, watch the pig races and pick your own pumpkin right from the patch.

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Best Outdoor Adventure — Northeast Missouri: Mark Twain State Park, Stoutsville

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Southwest: Baker Creek Seeds; 2278 Baker Creek Rd., Mansfi eld; 417-924-8917; www.rareseeds.com

Gardening has surged in popular-ity, and heirloom varieties are the dar-ling of the movement. At Baker Creek Seeds, you can shop 1,400 different varieties of heirlooms. In early May, check out the Spring Planting Festival.

Best Outdoor Adventure

We thought state-run facilities might dominate this category, but it was nearly a clean sweep. If we still se-lected an “Editor’s Choice,” Eagle Falls Ranch Zipline Adventures outside Eminence would have been our pick.

Central: Ha Ha Tonka State Park; 1491 State Road D; Camdenton, 573-346-2986; www.mostateparks.com/hahatonka.htm

With its sinkholes, caves, natural bridge and soaring bluffs, this geologi-cal wonderland is the ideal place for the adventurous.

Northeast: Mark Twain State Park; 20057 State Park Offi ce Rd., Stoutsville; 573-565-3440; www.mostateparks.com/twainpark.htm

Camping, boating and fi shing are favorite pastimes at Missouri’s third-oldest state park. With its limestone bluffs, the terrain here is reminiscent of southern parts of the state.

Northwest: Powell Gardens; 1609 N.W. U.S. Hwy 50, Kingsville; 816-697-2600; www.powellgardens.org

Trails allow visitors to commune with nature, and more than 6,000 varieties of plants are on display throughout the gardens.

Southeast: Twin Pines Conservation Education Center; Rt 1 Box 1998, Winona; 573-325-1381; mdc.mo.gov/areas/areas/twinpines

Because of its location, Twin Pines places special emphasis on the his-tory of the Ozarks’ timber industry, offering opportunities for hiking, bird-watching and nature photography.

Southwest: Roaring River State Park; 12716 Farm Road 2239, Cassville; 417-847-2539; www.mostateparks.com/roaringriver.htm

Known for its premier trout fi shing, Roaring River lets you feed and watch the fi sh in the spring pool or take a tour of the trout hatchery.

Wild Card

We weren’t sure what to expect from this fi rst-time category, but we think you’ll enjoy visiting these winners.

Central: Touch of Glass Workshop and Fudgery, 318 W. Main St., War-saw; 660-438-2381; www.glassand-fudge.com

This downtown shop offers a won-derful treat for all your senses. See beautiful custom-made stained glass artwork and taste a sample of smooth, creamy fudge right from the kitchen.

Northeast: Cuivre River State Park, 678 Hwy 147, Troy; 636-528-7247;

www.mostateparks.com/cuivre.htmThis park is truly a nature lover’s

paradise offering camping, fi shing, picnicking, swimming, backpacking and equestrian trails.

Northwest: Big Lake State Park, 204 Lake Shore Dr., Craig; 660-442-3770; www.mostateparks.com/biglake.htm

One of the fi rst public recreation areas in northwest Missouri, this 400-acre park is located on the state’s larg-est oxbow lake.

Southeast: Alley Spring Mill, Emi-nence; 573-226-3945; nps.gov/ozar

The old red mill built in 1894 still stands beside the spring of the same name. Open daily during the summer.

Southwest: Rainbow Trout & Game Ranch; Rockbridge; 417-679-3619; www.rockbridgemo.com

For more than 50 years, guests have fl ocked here to relax from their busy routines and fi sh for spectacular rainbow trout.

Central Region

25. Restaurant: Charley’s Buffet, Lincoln26. Catfi sh: Dowd’s Catfi sh House, Lebanon27. Barbecue: Chuck Wagon BBQ, Warsaw28. Pizza: Shakespeare’s Pizza, Columbia29. Coffee Shop: Lakota Coffee, Columbia30. Ice Cream Shop: Central Dairy, Jefferson City31. Museum: Missouri State Museum, Jefferson City32. Scenic Drive: Hwy 94 to Hermann33. Beautiful Town: Arrow Rock34. Agritourism: Shryocks Corn Maze, Columbia35. Outdoor Adventure: Ha Ha Tonka SP, Camdenton36. Wild Card: Touch of Glass Workshop and Fudgery,

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37. Restaurant: Lambert’s Café, Ozark38. Catfi sh: The Blue Inn, Appleton City39. Barbeque: The Rusty Jug, El Dorado Springs40. Pizza: Hill Top Pizza, Fair Grove41. Coffee Shop: The Mudhouse, Springfi eld42. Ice Cream Shop: Ava Drug, Ava43. Museum: Ralph Foster Museum, Point Lookout44. Scenic Drive: Hwy 160 to Branson45. Beautiful Town: Carthage46. Agritourism: Baker Creek Seeds, Mansfi eld47. Outdoor Adventure: Roaring River SP, Cassville48. Wild Card: Rainbow Trout & Ranch, Rockbridge

Southeast Region

49. Restaurant: Sybill’s Saint James, St. James50. Catfi sh: Catfi sh Kettle, Farmington51. Barbecue: Missouri Hick Bar-B-Q, Cuba52. Pizza: Alex’s Pizza Palace, Rolla53. Coffee Shop: Common Grounds, Salem54. Ice Cream Shop: Sara’s Ice Cream, Ste. Genevieve55. Museum: Bootheel Youth Museum, Malden56. Scenic Drive: Alley Spring, Eminence57. Beautiful Town: Ste. Genevieve58. Agritourism: Beggs Family Farm, Sikeston59. Outdoor Adventure: Twin Pines Conservation

Education Center, Winona60. Wild Card: Alley Spring Mill, Eminence

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1. Restaurant: Emmet’s Kitchen & Tap, Fayette 2. Catfi sh: Jumpin’ Catfi sh, Lee’s Summit 3. Barbecue: Wabash BBQ, Excelsior Springs 4. Pizza: The Dish, Liberty 5. Coffee Shop: Ray’s Diner, Excelsior Springs 6. Ice Cream Shop: Dari-B Drive-In, Excelsior Springs 7. Museum: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City 8. Scenic Drive: Hwy 59 to St. Joseph 9. Beautiful Town: Maryville10. Agritourism: Shatto Dairy, Osborn11. Outdoor Adventure: Powell Gardens, Kingsville 12. Wild Card: Big Lake State Park, Craig

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13. Restaurant: The Pear Tree, Bevier14. Catfi sh: Hatfi eld and McCoy’s, St. Peters15. Barbecue: Piggy’s BarBQ, O’Fallon16. Pizza: Ugo’s Pizzaland, Bevier17. Coffee Shop: Cappuccino’s Coffee Café, O’Fallon18. Ice Cream Shop: 4th Street Fountain, Elsberry19. Museum: St. Louis Art Museum, St.Louis20. Scenic Drive: Hwy 79 to Hannibal21. Beautiful Town: Hermann22. Agritourism: Heartland Dairy, La Belle23. Outdoor Adventure: Mark Twain State Park, Stoutsville24. Wild Card: Cuivre River State Park, Troy

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deli corned beef, cut into 1-inch pieces1/2 cup green onions, chopped1/2 cup milk1 tablespoon Dijon mustard1/4 teaspoon salt1/4 teaspoon black pepper3 slices rye bread, toasted and coarsely

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Potato and Mushroom Gratin

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Most serious anglers know the story of how George Perry, a Georgia farm boy, broke the world record for largemouth bass with a 22-pound, 4-ounce fi sh

taken in a shallow, backwater slough in 1932. That such a large fi sh could be taken from such small waters is something the folks at Harrison Fish-eries know well. In their opinion, small bodies of

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operation. “That’s how we started the business. If it’s native to Missouri, we sell it.” From forage fi sh such as fathead minnows and golden shiners to predators such as large and small-mouth bass, the Hurdland-based operation served by Lewis County Electric Cooperative has everything a pond owner needs to produce trophy fi sh. But that’s not all the operation does. Harrison Fisheries sells food fi sh to markets in St. Louis, Kan-sas City and Chicago. They sell wholesale fi sh to the Missouri Department of Conservation and to municipalities that have fi shing lakes. The story of Harrison Fisheries is a classic rags-to-riches tale that is a long way from reaching its zenith. Today, the farm has become a high-tech operation with 54 ponds, 150 acres of water and a 65,000-gallon indoor production facility. When Curtis returned to the family farm after earning an engineering degree from the University of Missouri, he bought out a fi sh-farming operation from a man who was injured in a car wreck. “I started with a 3-acre lake, 12 fi sh cages and a 1970 beat-up old truck,” Curtis recalls. The business model then was to show up at feed stores with a load of fi sh and sell direct to landown-ers wanting to restock ponds. The business moved into food production when a fi sh farmer suffered a breakdown while shipping a load of fi sh to Chicago. “I went over and got his fi sh and took them up,” Curtis recalls. “Of course most of them were dead. The store owner says, ‘I don’t like these fi sh, would you bring me some of yours?’ Next week, I brought him our fi sh. He says, ‘Your fi sh all lived. Can you do that again?’” Soon, Harrison Fisheries was the preferred supplier. The fi sh farm struggled in its early years as Curtis, his parents and wife, Kim, learned new skills foreign to a farm family. “I’ve got a lot of experience kill-ing fi sh,” he says ruefully. “The fi rst year, I killed 12 cages of fi sh in August when it rained pretty hard.” He installed ground-fault circuit interrupters on his aeration equipment to eliminate any risk from shock. But when fl ood water got into the outlets, the GFCIs tripped, leaving the fi sh with low oxygen. “You reach in your back pocket and pull out your wallet and say, ‘That’s a thousand dollars lost.’ You don’t intend to repeat it. We’ve gone through our growing pains,” Curtis says of his learning curve. Still, Harrison Fisheries managed to sell 120,000 fi sh in three months, up from the 40,000 the former owner achieved. “As a fi sh farmer, you are a small business owner, and then you reach a point where it’s really hard to do it on your own,” says Kim. The business needed to grow, but the Harrisons’ limited resources made that impossible. Enter Doug Keller, an Arkansas man who owned a highly suc-

cessful headwear and apparel business with clients such as Carhartt, Bass Pro Shops, Walmart, Kmart and Dollar General. As a boy, Doug hunted on the Harrison farm with his father, Roger. He literally grew up with the fi sh farm and later recognized its potential. “He saw this before the fi sh farm got started and sat here with amazement watching things progress,” says Roger, who now does marketing for the farm. In 2008, Doug became the principal owner of Harrison Fisheries. Besides an infl ux of much-needed capital, he brought the same system of logistics that made his apparel business functional. “That’s what we were lacking to become a world-class operation,” Curtis says. “Our expansion is unlimited now due to the systems and procedures he set up. We can have two trucks or we can have 20 trucks running depending on how we grow. I’m excited about the potential.” Where once power could go out unnoticed and lead to fi sh kills, today’s operation has monitors on every critical piece of equipment and several backup

systems to supply water for the fi sh should the well fail. Special equipment removes nitrogen and sulfur from the water. And the farm maintains its own bulk liquid oxygen to supply the trucks during shipment. To meet the demands of its many customers, Harrison Fisheries employs 10 people, including Brandon Hanquist, a fi sheries biologist charged with spawning and maintaining the healthy fi sh for which the business is known. Between Brandon’s master’s degree and Curtis’ 20 years of experience, Harrison Fisheries can answer any question a land-owner might have. They never charge for the advice. “We sell so many fi sh, it’s a challenge to stay ahead of the sale,” says Rick Whiles, who is tasked with operation of the farm. “Our lead time is only 72 hours. From the time the customer calls, we have three days to get the fi sh on the truck. We make sure to accomodate our customers and give them high-quality fi sh.” Brandon says as a general rule of thumb, land-owners can expect to pay about $600 to fully stock a new pond. “If you are going to stock it best, do it right in the beginning,” he says. That means starting with a forage base of min-nows, bluegill, sunfi sh and catfi sh, and giving those fi sh a season to get established. Then predator fi sh can be introduced and will quickly grow to keeper size. “You do that to a new pond or lake and let it sit for a year or so, that will be the best fi shing you can get,” Rick says. Judging by the harsh winter’s effect on ponds — many days of ice and snow cover that cut oxygen levels — most Missouri ponds will be in need of Har-rison Fisheries’ service. Whether it’s restocking fi sh or controlling weeds, landowners can turn to the northeast Missouri fi sh farm for all their needs.

For more information on Harrison Fisheries, call 660-423-5482, log on to www.harrisonfi sheries.com or send e-mail to info@harrisonfi sheries.com.

Farming FishHarrison Fisheries puts the fi shing back into ponds

Above: Most of the management team for Harrison Fisheries poses on the back of one of the farm’s trucks. They are (from left) Curtis Harrison, Kim Harrison, Brandon Hanquist, Rick Whiles and Roger Keller. Below: Curtis inspects a hybrid bluegill raised in a 65,000-gallon indoor production facility. Today the farm sells millions of fi sh.

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—————————————————————CHUKAR: RINGNECK PHEASANT, BOBWHITEquail. High quality, full-feathered, flight condi-tioned mature upland game birds for sale. GlennMuenks, Loose Creek, Mo. 573-897-4272;[email protected] — NAGA member.—————————————————————NARAGANZETT HERITAGE TURKEYS, gobblers andhens. $45/pair, or $25/a piece. 573-689-2858.Leave message.—————————————————————POULTRY and SMALL ANIMAL SWAP,2nd saturdayof each month thru October. 6am-10am. Takeexit 105 off I-55. Fruitland Livestock Barn. Hwy61 by/sell. 573-243-3487.—————————————————————BOBWHITE QUAIL GEORGIA giants, eggs, day oldchicks, mature birds, NPIP tested prices.www.lydiasquailcubby.com, Glasgow, Mo. 65254,660-338-2853.—————————————————————MIDWEST BIRD & ANIMAL Swap and Sale, April25, 5:30 - noon. Monroe County Fairgrounds,Waterloo, Ill. 618-939-6809.

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• MISCELLANEOUS—————————————————————REMOVE EXISTING LIME SCALE while condition-ing your water naturally. No salt, electricity ormaintenance. Great for septics, pools, gardens.Guaranteed with lifetime warranty. Business isbooming; distributors needed. 888-357-7792.—————————————————————PLAY GOSPEL SONGS BY EAR, 10 lessons $12.95.“Learn Gospel Music.” Chording, runs, fills,$12.95. Both $24. DAVIDSON’S, 6727-MOMetcalf, Shawnee Mission, KS 66204.—————————————————————2.9 cents per min. for prepaid phone cards. Instate and state to state. Great international rates,no connection fees. LONG DISTANCE CALLINGfor only 4.9¢ per minute. State-to-state andinstate calls. 24 hours a day; 7 days a week. Smallmonthly fee. Call toll-free 866-728-5908.—————————————————————NEW! GROW EXPENSIVE PLANTS, 2,000% profit,earn to $50,000, free information GROWBIZ, Box3738-M04, Cookeville, TN 38502,www.growbiz-abco.com.—————————————————————ROSA STRING WORKS. Instrument repair, 25years experience. Guitars, mandolins, violins, ban-jos, dulcimers and others. Toll free: 866-391-7672or www.rosastringworks.com.—————————————————————OUR DAILY BREAD - FREE. Monthly devotionalsubscription from Radio Bible Class,www.goodnewsvoice.org or 636-239-0400.—————————————————————AVON REPRESENTATIVES. Earn big bonus. $10start fee, 18+. Independent rep. 866-507-8878.—————————————————————ROOFS KILLING YOU? Instant renew roof coat-ings (sm). Saves replacement all metal, flat, roofs.Hotels, factories, schools, offices and farms. Mfg.direct, 573-489-9346.—————————————————————MULE BARN GALLERIES, is creating a list of indi-viduals and small communities in Rural Missouriinterested in advancing the appreciation of worksby Missouri Artists. Contact Mule Barn Galleries:PO Box 677 Reeds Springs, MO 65737.—————————————————————www.douglaswoodfurnace.com, 417-532-3522.—————————————————————DIVORCE MADE EASY, Uncontested, in prison,alien, lost $149.00. Call 10am-10pm 28 years ofexperience. Document Preparation Services! 417-443-6511.—————————————————————WWW.ALPACALOVE.BLOGSPOT.COM. A blog foryour entertainment with over 300 posts with pic-tures and videos about alpacas, great Pyreneesguardian dogs & other wonderful animals to. Hey- enjoy!—————————————————————REVERSE MORTGAGE INFORMATION for home-owners age 62 and over. Government guaranteedand insured. No credit or income qualifications.Free information with no obligation. Missouribased company. Toll free 866-708-4457, local573-346-2863. John Webb, Camdenton, Mo.

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• FARM EQUIPMENT—————————————————————35 D JOHN DEERE EXCAVATOR, low hours, newerrubber tracks. $21,000, excellent condition. 573-629-8656.—————————————————————FREEZE PROOF CONCRETE livestock water tanks.Meloy Construction, 660-458-6688.—————————————————————953 B, crawler loader cab, heat, U.C. 90%,$40,000 • 1995 Ford F-800 with 3 ft. sleeperand dump. 62,000 highway miles. $19,500. Call660-826-7148.

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• PETS—DOGS—RABBITS—————————————————————GREAT PYRENEES PUPPIES, AKC. Excellent fami-ly/guard dogs. Puppies available now. LucilleHeitman & Sharon Keim, Troy, Mo. 636-528-4242.—————————————————————SHIH-TZU PUPPIES, all colors/sizes. Our shih-tzusare raised in our home. www.ggsshihtzus.com,660-547-3991.—————————————————————SUPER SMALL male Yorkie puppy & Papillon pup-pies. More ready soon. All registered, UTD onshots & worming, home raised. 417-652-7510,call for prices or leave message.—————————————————————WONDERFUL HOME FOSTERED puppies & dogs.Stockton Pound, 417-276-4455. Help us helpthem.—————————————————————MINIATURE SCHNAUZERS, www.wtdogs.comb&s & s&p. Payments accepted, 573-875-7819—————————————————————BORDER COLLIE PUPPIES for sale from workingstock. 636-338-4337.—————————————————————BULLMASTIFF PUPPIES now AKC. 417-357-6060or [email protected].—————————————————————REGISTERED GREAT PYRENEES PUPS, raised withgoats and cattle. Lebanon, 417-532-3208.—————————————————————FERRET BREEDERS, breeding season starting. OnlyCoons $75/pair. Ellsinore, Mo area. 573-998-2326.—————————————————————COYOTE OR LARGE PREDATOR PROBLEM? 1/2anatolian shepherd, 1/4 komondor, and 1/4 greatpyrenees pups. Parents presently working.Guarding cattle, llamas, alpacas, horses, goats,sheep, and poultry. Available Easter weekend.Gerald, MO. 573-764-3702.—————————————————————GERMAN SHEPHERDS: 4 big bone female puppiesout of German breeding stock. 573-435-6783.—————————————————————FOR SALE: ENGLISH SHEPHERD puppies born Jan.20. Kirksville, Mo. 660-627-4112.—————————————————————YORKIE, PALM & SILKY puppies. All wanting for-ever home. Registered, current on shots & worm-ing. Sweet & adorable. 417-652-7510, leave mes-sage.—————————————————————QUALITY OLDE ENGLISH bulldogges from x-rayedstock. Bred for farm utility. 816-470-8268.—————————————————————AKC LABRADOR retriever puppies. Chocolate,black, yellow; beautiful, blocky, great tempera-ment. Field and show champion pedigrees.www.langdonlabs.com, 417-589-6330, 417-350-8476.—————————————————————BOXER PUPPIES, AKC. All shots, fancy colors. 417-532-5670.—————————————————————AUSTRALIAN KELPIE PUPS, born Sept. 5, 2009.Already wanting to work. Has all shots andwormed. Out of working parents. Call 573-292-3307.

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• SEEDS—PLANTS—TREES—————————————————————WHITE PINE, full & straight. 4’ tall, dug with soilroot ball, $25. 636-240-8262,www.grpfarms.com—————————————————————WANTED: OAK & WALNUT standing timber. 816-646-2256.—————————————————————LARGE YARD TREES for sale. White Birch, Pin Oak,Cyprus, White, Loblolly and Austria Pines. HoukTree Farms, Tightwad, MO. 660-477-3587.—————————————————————OSAGE GARLIC, A MISSOURI native vigorousplant. Shipped March/April; $16 per bundle (100plants). Send check to Wood Woman, 18300River Rd., Hartsburg, MO 65039. 573-657-1095.

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• WANTED—————————————————————ALWAYS BUYING GOLD, silver coins and U. S.paper money. 573-445-5702, 573-881-6933.—————————————————————I WILL BUY YOUR German swords, daggers, bayo-nets, medals and other items. Call toll-free 888-881-5645, or 417-881-5645 Don Simmons, P.O.Box 4734, Springfield, MO 65808. 417-881-5645, [email protected]—————————————————————BUYING OLD FIREWORKS or packs by collector.573-474-5030. Also will send new fireworks cata-log for this year for free.—————————————————————WANTED TO BUY: Standing walnut trees, 10 ormore, outside city limits. 40 years experience.417-849-8983, 417-268-0452.—————————————————————COLLECTOR BUYING INDIAN artifacts and olderguns. One or a whole collection. 417-881-5500.—————————————————————OLD PINBALL MACHINES and old arcade games.Michael, 573-864-3004.—————————————————————BOY SCOUT MEMORABILIA COLLECTOR will paycash for old patches, neckerchiefs and old uni-forms. You might be sitting on money. Please e-mail me at [email protected] or call 636-240-6827 or 314-602-1359.—————————————————————WANTED: STONEWARE CROCKS 25 to 70 gallon.New perfection 5 burner kerosene stove. 573-684-2825.—————————————————————LADIES HEADVASES. Will pay fair prices. Terry,417-848-0480 or [email protected].—————————————————————OVERLOADED FARM PONDS. The Fish RelocationProject, or do you need fish? 573-219-7147.

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE ADS. Include name, address, area code & phone number. DEAD-LINE: All ads must be received a minimum of 30 days before printing date. Adsreceived after the first will be held for the next issue. ADVANCE PAYMENT must accompanyad by check, money order or credit card. RATES: $1.85 per word, 20 word minimum.Only Missouri electric cooperative members receive special rates of 70¢ per word (10 word mini-mum) on non-commercial ads only by including mail label from Rural Missouri. Send ads to:

Rural Missouri MarketplaceP.O. Box 1645, Jefferson City, MO 65102

To charge ads, call 573-635-6857, ext. 3423

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—————————————————————MID-MISSOURI CONFERENCE, May 1, 2010. Goto www.kingdombelles.com for more informa-tion.—————————————————————OZARKS MODEL RAILROAD AssociationTrain Show. April 17, 2010 from 9 to 3.Springfield Catholic high school, 2540 S.Eastgate, Spring, Mo. Swap tables, new andused models, accessories, memorabilia, col-lectibles, operating layout and tour of model lay-outs. Adults 13 and up, $5; Children 12 & underfree.—————————————————————MAY 13-15th, 25th Annual Swap Meet, Springfield,Mo. Motor scooters, antique/classic bicycles, vin-tage motorcycles. I-44 Swap Meet Grounds. JamesAllen, 47-833-1980 for information.

—————————————————————WANTED: CASH PAID for fishing tackle, old andnew. 479-586-4548, Rogers, Ark.—————————————————————INTERESTED IN BUYING any old British motorcy-cle or parts. BSA, Triumph, Norton, AJS, match-less, etc. 573-440-0023.—————————————————————WANTED: BITTERS BOTTLES, Amber & Cobaltfruit jars and insulators. 417-848-0480, [email protected].—————————————————————WANTED: AIRLINE CHINA, silverware, crew & kid-die wings, playing/post cards, etc. 636-946-3995,Adam.

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• ANTIQUES—————————————————————ALWAYS BUYING ANTIQUES... Post cards, books,magazines, dolls, toys, coins, old bottles, pocketwatches, pocket knives, jewelry, autographs,baseball cards, photographs. In otherwords...ANTIQUE STUFF. Central Missouri. We dohouse calls. Please read Philippians 4:19. Phone573-636-5509.

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• BOOKS—————————————————————AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORIANS: order your copyof “Shawnee Chief Rogers; A study in ethnic mix-ing” by Fred Wells. This well-researched bookletdetails the life and times of Chief Rogers inMissouri and elsewhere. Price $11. 636-629-1272or Fred Wells, 2780 Mill Hill Rd., St. Clair, Mo.63077.

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• FESTIVALS & EVENTS—————————————————————HUGE SEMIANNUAL Children’s ConsignmentSales Events. April 23-24 (Rolla) and April 30-May 1 (Columbia). Buy and sell kids clothing,toys, strollers, cribs, books, craft supplies, DVDsand much more. www.jbfsale.com.

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• VACATIONS—————————————————————HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS -Salem, Mo., free conti-nental breakfast, indoor pool, meeting space,near Ozark National Scenic Riverways andMontauk State Park, toll-free reservations 866-729-9598.—————————————————————TREE HOUSES & honeymoon hideaways in thetree tops. Trout stream in Dora, Mo.www.treehousecabins.com or 417-261-7777.—————————————————————LOG CABIN RENTAL: Big Piney River, National for-est, daily/weekly, kitchen, fireplace, AC, TV, fish-ing, hunting, canoeing, Big Piney horse trail,boarding. 573-674-4044.

—————————————————————GULF SHORES BEACH CONDO. 2 BR/2BA/WD/pool/elevator. On the beach.www.ourgulfbeachcondo.com. 636-477-1099.————————————————————VACATION, Table Rock Lake. Branson West, MO.Enjoy 1 BR, fully furnished apt. Limit: 2 adults, 55plus years. No pets, low rates, 2 night minimum.Lake front. 417-338-0953.—————————————————————CABINS SHAWNEE FOREST,Southern Illinois. Allamenities, pet friendly, near Rim Rock Trail,Garden of Gods, Pounds Hollow Lake, Cave-in-Rock, Amish Country. Very nice. 618-264-6036 orwww.rimrocksdogwoodcabins.com.—————————————————————POMME DE TERRE LAKE 3 BR house for rent. Onthe lake with boat ramp. 636-583-5830.

—————————————————————CABINS FOR RENT ON GASCONADE River nearRolla Missouri. $1,000 to $1,800 per year. 573-465-1006 and speak with Aaron.—————————————————————FOR RENT: FLORIDA (Sanibel Island), 2 BR, 2 BAbeach front condo. Dottie K, 573-581-2030 or e-mail [email protected] for brochure & discountinformation.—————————————————————MURPHY’S PLACE INC. Cabins and more on theMeramec River. Floating, horseback riding, fish-ing, winery. www.murphyscabins.com or callCrystal at 573-259-9309.—————————————————————SKI KEYSTONE, BRECKENRIDGE and Copper Mtn.in Colorado. Centrally located 2 BR, 2 BA condo.573-377-2573.

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_____ “Barns of Missouri: Storehouses of History” $35.00 (plus $6 s/h for 1-5 books) $______

_____ “Faith of Our Fathers: Churches of Missouri” $35.00 (plus $6 s/h for 1-5 books) $______

_____ A Winter’s Wrath $10.00 (plus $2 s/h) $______

_____ “From the Heart of Rural Missouri”cookbook: $16.05 (plus $4.95 s/h for 1-5books) $______

TOTAL: ___________

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April 2-3 • Poplar Bluff2010 Rock, Gem & Jewelry ShowFay’s Place573-778-1122

April 2-3 • ColumbiaAntique Tractor PullBoone County Fairgrounds573-474-9435

April 3 • LamarSpring Citywide Garage Sale417-682-3595

April 3 • WarrensburgYouth Egg HuntJohnson County Fairgrounds660-747-7178

April 3 • WashingtonWashington Farmers Market636-239-7575

April 3 • Van BurenSpring City-Wide Yard SaleMain Street573-323-4335

April 6-25 • Poplar BluffAnnual High School Art Show Margaret Harwell Art Museum573-686-8002

April 8-10 • St. JosephNational Bull Riding FinalsCivic Arena800-821-5052

April 9-10 • La MonteWOW 360 SprintsLA Raceway660-563-9878

April 9-11 • Cape GirardeauCape Storytelling FestivalMississippi River800-777-0068

April 9-11 • Monroe City2010 Midwest Open Geocaching AdventureMark Twain Lake314-632-6642

April 9-11 • St. CharlesMissouri Tartan DayFrontier Parkwww.motartanday.com

April 10 • FruitlandPoultry SwapLivestock Barn573-243-3487

April 10 • SullivanThe Van-DellsSullivan Performing Arts Theatre573-468-3207

April 10 • SikestonRedneck Barbeque ContestSikeston Jaycee Rodeo Ground573-471-2498

April 10 • WarrensburgNew Music FestivalHart Recital Hall660-543-4589

April 10 • Rolla15th Annual BanquetLions Club573-729-5325

April 10 • Pacific CASA Canine WalkPacific City Park636-583-4422

April 11 • MexicoHilltop Park Motocross RaceHilltop Race Park573-581-2015

April 11 • WentzvilleEaster Cantata 636-828-5980

April 15 • Sedalia8th Annual Poem NightFirst Christian Church660-826-5300

April 15-18 • Charleston42nd Annual Dogwood andAzalea Festival573-683-6509

April 15-18 • Camdenton2010 Dogwood Festival573-346-2227

April 16 • Washington2nd Annual Main Street BBQHistoric Main and Cedar Street636-239-2715

April 16-17 • TracyPC Antique ShowPlatte County Fair Grounds816-858-5826

April 17 • WinonaHeritage DayTwin Pines Education Center573-325-1381

April 17 • EminenceJunior Bull RideCedar Stone Arena573-226-5656

April 17 • BrightonAnnual Fly Fishing Expo417-646-5568

April 17 • ColumbiaWholistic Living ExpoBoone County Fairground573-234-4294

April 17 • RichwoodsThe Grape Escape BenefitSt. Stephens Hall573-678-2442

April 17 • Glen Allen6th Annual Plow DayBarks Plantation 573-238-4108

April 17 • LebanonHome & Garden ShowCowan Civic Center417-532-4642

April 17 • Ft. Leonard WoodPTO CarnivalLaquey School573-774-3231

April 17-18 • WarrensburgMid-Missouri Fine Arts ShowABC Building, Grover Park660-429-2446

April 18-30 • Oak RidgeAzalea Gardens ContestPinecrest Azalea Gardens573-979-1112

April 19 • Jefferson City2010 Katy Trail Ride withLegislatorsNorth Jefferson Trailheadwww.mobikefed.org

April 21 • AugustaAugusta Plein Air Art EventChamber of Commerce800-748-7638

April 21 • Fair GroveDulcimer ConcertFair Groves Farmers Market417-459-9734

April 22 • BroseleyTribute QuartetBlack River Baptist Church573-967-3844

April 22-24 • MarshfieldCherry Blossom FestivalDowntown Area417-859-7287

April 23 • GreenwoodGreenwood Garden ShowGreenwood Antique Mall816-537-7172

April 23 • Mountain ViewMO Cowboy Poetry FestivalCommunity Center417-934-2213

April 24 • Cape GirardeauSwap and Sell MeetMaevers Memorial Grounds573-339-7304

April 24 • St. CharlesMorgan Fun Run for AutismFrontier Park636-447-2326

April 24 • DoniphanCivil War DaysHeritage Homestead573-996-5298

April 24 • SlaterSteve McQueen DayCitywide660-529-2249

A R O U N D M I S S O U R I

A glowing array of beautiful blossoms decorates Camdenton during the Dogwood Festival which will be held April 15-18 this year.

photo courtesy of Missouri Division of Tourism

Missouri Happenings

Events are published as space allows and must be submitted at least 60 days in advance. Include a telephone number for publication. Send materials to Rural Missouri Events Calendar, P.O. Box 1645, Jef-ferson City, MO 65102; e-mail [email protected] or fax 573-636-9499. Dates and times are subject to change; please call ahead. For more information, go to www.visitmo.com.

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For safety’s sake, teach kids to avoid these transformer boxes, andif you ever see one open or damaged, be sure to keep everyoneaway and contact your electric cooperative immediately.

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36 RURAL MISSOURI

N E I G H B O R S

by Jim Winnerman

The name Michael Bauer-meister is well known to the curator of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in

Washington, D. C., where two of Michael’s wood sculptures are in the permanent collection. Visitors to the U.S. Embassies in Abu Dhabi and Kiev will see his art in the lobby, and galleries in Santa Fe, N.M., feature his work. But few of the 218 resi-dents in Augusta know what he does for a living in his shop, only three miles outside of town. In the Missouri River fl ood plain and surrounded by thousands of acres of rich cornfi elds, Michael’s studio fi lls the fi rst fl oor of the 1920 Meinershagen general store, the only surviving building in a town that was formerly called Nona. But even the Katy Trail, which passes just a few feet away, fails to lure many passers-by to Michael’s dusty studio windows. Those who do stop to peer through the glass are likely to fi nd him intently studying a piece of wood before continuing to chisel it into a one-of-a-kind work of art. When fi nished, it will likely sell for $200 to $6,000 and be destined for a private collector or exhibit anywhere in the world. But only the brave veer off the trail to investigate. The building is partially hidden by a towering grove of cottonwood trees, and the dark, weatherbeaten exterior conveys an unspoken message that this is prob-ably a place better left unexplored. Just the opposite is true. Inside on the second fl oor there is a white-walled gallery fi lled with stunningly beautiful 6-foot-tall contemporary vessels Michael has sculpted, and he is soft-spoken and friendly. “Only one or two people a week venture up to the door,” he says, “but I enjoy explaining to them what I am doing.” He also admits his studio appears intimidating on purpose. “The truth is, the fewer people, the more work I get done,” says the humble artist. Michael’s journey to prominence as an internationally known wood sculptor began in his sixth grade art class in St. Louis. “I loved making clay fi gures,” he recalls. “I remember thinking even then that sculpting is what I am supposed to do.” Michael later attended the Minneapolis Col-lege of Art and Design, then earned a degree in sculpture at the Kansas City Art Institute. At both schools, he had explored working with steel, plastic and fi berglass, but “I just naturally connected with wood,” says Michael. After graduation Michael moved to rural Augusta and began designing and making custom wood furniture because it was easier to sell than wood sculpture. However, never having given up on his dream to sculpt, he eventually experiment-

ed by sculpting wooden bowls. “One of my sons asked me to make something as big as he was, so I sculpted a large vase. Then I wanted to make one as big as I was. Now that’s what I do,” he says, referring to his art as “human scale” wooden sculpture. Eventually he began selling his vases, and the freedom to create con-temporary art became his obsession. Now, at age 52, he is living his dream. “Every morning I look forward to coming to the studio and know I can support a family creating sculpture,” says the Crawford Electric Cooperative member. Michael has developed his own method of

sculpting that enables him to create large pieces. The technique involves slicing separate layers of wood from a single block, then stacking and glu-ing them back together into a con-temporary shape. “What I do would not be possible to make from a block of wood,” he says, even though the end result does appear as a solid shape. To further shape the object, a variety of wood-turning techniques and machines are used, some of which he has invented. He also uti-lizes custom-made tools to gouge out different surface textures. “Sculpting wooden vessels is a more creative outlet than building furniture, and it allowed me to cre-ate my own niche business,” says Michael. “I have not encountered another wood turner working as large as I do, or using the textures, fi nishes or colors I do. It is important to me to have my own ‘voice.’” Michael prefers using Missouri woods such as cherry, walnut, oak, maple and pine, and he is cognizant not to waste the natural resource. Most of the wood he buys are left-over pieces from trees that have come down for other reasons than just to market the wood. A few years ago, he began adding color to his art when he got bored sculpting wood in only natural hues of brown. Now the colors of nature found in Missouri are incorporated into most of his work. Many of his pieces are elongated, smooth cylindrical shapes that are narrow at the base and fl ared out near the top, with small openings suggesting some type of container. But the shapes he creates are con-tinually evolving. When several potential customers mentioned they admired his tall vessels but had no fl oor space, he began making undu-lating wood sculptures that can be mounted on a wall. “I use the same method, but on a vertical wall plain,” he explains refer-ring to the wall sculpture as a type of “wooden canvas.” Until recently Michael’s work has been more popular on the East and West coasts, and in Arizona and New Mexico, than in Missouri. As a result,

at times he has considered moving to a mar-ket where his art is better known and the natural landscape more dramatic. Still, he

steadfastly prefers Missouri. “I love the beauty of a piece of

wood,” Michael says looking at the rough shape of what he is currently working on as a tractor from the corn-

fi eld chugs by his studio. “I like my work to ‘speak’ on its own.”

You may contact Michael by e-mail at [email protected] or through his Web site at www.michaelbauermeister.com. Winnerman is a freelance writer from St. Louis.

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Wood sculptor Michael Bauermeister’s wooden vessels can be seen at the Smithson-ian Institution in Washington, D.C. as well as U.S. Embassies in Abu Dhabi and Kiev.

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