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August 2014
Vol 1, Issue 3
Celebrating the Coolest Stuff in
Northwest Missouri
Mindi L. Phillips, Editor
As the summer passes by, I have found myself busier and busier.
I keep meaning to visit friends and attend special events. But as the
days go by, I am still too busy to get there and missing yet another
cool event. All but one, that is...
On July 5th, I drove to Albany, the town where I began Kinder-
garten and eventually graduated from high school. The town square
was my destination, and live music was what I sought.
Two years ago I made the trip to soak in the sounds of Asleep at
the Wheel, a band which I came to love back in the day when Hee
Haw was the biggest event of my Saturday evenings growing up on
the farm. I was impressed with the concert that came together in the
middle of the street, right there in the town square.
Last year, I showed up again, more for the 20-year class reunion
than for the band that headlined. I saw a few folks I knew, and as I
had the year before, left a little more glad I returned to Albany, even
if for only one evening under the stars.
This year, I traveled yet again to see what the Chamber of Com-
merce had accomplished, this time a bit more excited, to see my old
favorite. They had somehow rustled up Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and
I was eager to get there for the big show. Now, it was not the exact
same set-up. I believe the stage was angled a bit to keep the sun
from the performers eyes. And the seating had been changed to ac-
commodate this. Despite the ample seating, I found myself dangling
on the edge of the courtyard wall, enjoying every minute of opener
Whiskey Jim. I relished old favorites Mr. Bojangles and Fishin
in the Dark from NGDB. And I even hung around to hear a few
from Samantha Fish as she closed out the evening.
As much as I thought I had gone there to see my beloved Dirt
Band, I realized that the crowd was the real treat. Not
the people I knew, or - well, not completely, anyway. I
mean, I enjoy bumping into old classmates and seeing my
art teacher, and math teacher - and hey, my second and
sixth grade teacher, well she was there, too! And that guy
from...But no, thats not it! It was the children dancing
near the cannon on the courthouse lawn. It was the young
couples mixing it up with the old. It was all generations
grooving to the same music. It was seeing faces from
nearby and a few towns away and even a hundred miles
or more. They all came together to enjoy a hot summer
night in a small town. And it was a beautiful thing.
Mindi
From the Desk of Joe Northwest
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History of Chocolate Program at Andrew County Museum on August 30th
On Saturday, August 30, at 2pm
at the Andrew County Museum, cu-
rator Melissa Swindell will present
a program on Chocolate Before the
Candy Bar. Long before Americans
delighted in enjoying a variety of con-
fections, they consumed chocolate
in other ways. Swindells interest in
foodways in colonial America and the
Early Republic grew out of her work
while on a fellowship at the National
Museum of American History at the
Smithsonian Institution. The Andrew
County Museum is located at 202 East
Duncan Drive in Savannah. For more
information, call (816) 324-4720.
Both the chocolate program and mu-
seum admission are free to the public
on that Saturday.
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BETHANY
8/30 Chris Cagle w/Madd Hoss Jackson 7:30pm (NWMO Fairgrounds) (see pg 12)
CLARKSDALE
Sundays 2pm Clarksdale Opry
KING CITY
Sat 8/16 Rock N Country Variety Show (Tri County Visitors Center)
MARYVILLE
8/23 The Boulevard, 7pm (Palms)
Live Music Across NWMO
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Devyn Porter
As we are growing up, there are things we dont know, things we
thought we knew, and things we didnt even come close to wondering.
We all wanted to grow up, and we wanted it now. But a part of growing
up and getting older that I dont think any of us really thought through,
was the fact that most of us would end up having children. Children not
only change us for the better, they show us a lot of the things we didnt
even come close to wondering.
When I was growing up, I wanted to be an artist. Little did I know,
on the inside, I was a regular Picasso. I wanted to be a nurse, and I
never thought Id be an astronaut. I never expected to also become a
lawyer, a chef, a banker, or even a chauffer. I didnt ever believe that
there would be anyone I could care for more than myself, and I cer-
tainly did not plan on sharing my macaroni and cheese. Kids do weird
things to us as people, and all the while we are telling them to not talk
to strangers when we are becoming strangers ourselves.
Do not get me wrong, this is most defnitely not a bad thing. Most of
the time, it is actually exactly what we need. Before we create our fam-
ily, we usually settle into a routine doing things for ourselves, and pos-
sibly for our family or for a signifcant other, and promise ourselves that
we will make it to yoga next week because whatever that was Grandma
needed from the grocery store is way more important! Next week rolls
around and guess what, youre not there, and something else came up.
Fast forward fve years; you have a toddler! Who would have
thought? Congratulations. By the way, I missed you at yoga fve years
ago, and you havent came back since. This is the part where we need
to remember that while we are running on feld trips and taking last
minute trips to Wal-Mart for that science fair project that is due tomor-
row, relieving some stress from our lives is also important. All too of-
ten, parents overwhelm themselves, letting the stress build up and then
wear themselves out. Unable to fnish that project without you or get
the correct answer to that last math problem, children will begin to feel
second best. This happens to everyone. Simple solutions and schedul-
ing time once a week or so for yourself to make that yoga class or to
take a nice jog are great ways to help loosen the tension.
Children create in us this will to do everything we possibly can to
help them succeed. They show us how caring we actually are, how
great we are at baking (Thanks, Grandma!), how we are able to solve
playground scuffes, and make their boo-boos better with a kiss. But
they are also good at making us forget who we really are.
I like to relax by taking walks with my kids and letting my old-
est pick fowers along the walkway. Sometimes we take bike rides,
and sometimes we just chase each other around and play tag. There
are ways to incorporate them into your relaxing period and make it a
healthy bonding and growth time for the both of you. If youre a fam-
ily person, things to incorporate family time into this are going on trips
together to places such as the zoo, a theme park, or just taking a family
weekend camping trip at Soggy Bottom Camp grounds in Cameron,
MO. Camping seems like a great way to relax and share time with the
family since its outdoors! If there are teens going on the trip, make
them leave the cell phones at home and vow to only use yours in case
of an emergency. Electronics are working their way in between simple
family tasks and deteriorating our communication skills. In just a few
short years, they will look back on this trip with fondness and be thank-
ful that the cell phone was banned.
Scheduling events ahead of time will also reduce the stress and ten-
sion once that date or big event arrives. This weekend set a goal to do
something simple with your family or to do some soul searching on
your own!
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The Strange-rs
Rich Piper
That there is change is the only thing that
does not change. Or so it would seem as we look
about during our daily life, or refect upon the
days past of our life, we often notice a change
or two.
With August, many of us will think ahead
to changes that are coming; Labor Day weekend,
real football to soon appear on a nearby TV,
crops being harvested, the last of the gardens
summer produce to be enjoyed, school starting
for the kids, eventual cooler weather with win-
dows up and AC-based electric bills down, the
colorful array of fall leaves, more political ads
on TV (I didnt say they were all good changes
we would be thinking of), to suggest only a few
changes on the near horizon.
Having just recently gone through a total
knee replacement, I have, in the midst of the
temporary (they keep telling me, over and over
again, that it is just temporary), pain, along with
the moderately useful pain medicine and the
knowingly useful physical therapy and exercise,
just how personally I am experiencing change.
Now, by this I do not simply mean change in
that eventually I will have a far more functional
knee, with less daily pain and greater use than ar-
thritis and other causes had come to cause limita-
tions within my life. Instead, it is a lifetime view
of change that has captured my attention.
When I was a child, and even in my teenage
years, those people who were old you know,
those folks who were over thirty had a lot of
health issues. This included problems, as I re-
call often hearing about, with those bad knees.
And the most ancient, at least from the perspec-
tive of that young, nave mindset when in my
childhood, those folks in their late ffties and ear-
ly sixties, were walking around bent up, stooped
over, and leaning on canes.
Now, I, being hopefully optimistic, presume
that I have gained some wisdom, understand-
ing, compassion, and sensitivity along the years
that I have lived. In short, to put it in honest yet
modernly inappropriate fashion by using the S
word, I truly do hope that I have changed and
that I am not as stupid as I was when I was a kid.
Yet, despite whatever wisdom and thinking
ability I might have developed through the stag-
es of life I have moved through to be now what
I once thought of as one of the really ancient, it
simply did not dawn on me what a big change is
really involved in connection with my total knee
replacement.
This type of surgical procedure, which is
likely to provide me with a right knee better than
I have had for the past twenty years, and which
is likely to last for at least the next thirty years,
simply was not available to folks until about the
time I graduated from high school. Prior to the
early 1970s, this was not an available option for
folks.
Even within that time period, things have
changed dramatically. Being more serious now,
I honestly do remember folks in the 80s that
faced long periods of rehabilitation after knee
replacement. Only, unlike me, it isnt getting
out of the hospital the second day after surgery,
doing three sets of exercises a day at home, and
within two weeks driving (myself) to the physi-
cal therapist three times a week. Back then,
even for folks in very good health, it often meant
a longer period in the hospital followed by an
even longer period in the rehabilitation unit or
a nursing home setting to get enough physical
therapy to be able gain the physical ability to go
home, in which physical thera-
py would continue.
What a signifcant, both
personal and beyond, change.
And just how fortunate am I to
be a benefciary of that change?
Very fortunate, as I have now
come to more robustly realize!
Yes, change happens. But
do we take time to appreciate
that some of that change hap-
pens because of us. Because of
our intentional, creative, often
compassionate, actions we take to utilize our
abilities.
I often remark that humans are the only spe-
cies on Earth that actively, intentionally interfere
with Natural Selection the survival of the ft-
test. There are no other living creatures present
on Earth that make pieces of metal and plastic to
put into a knee to enable it to function better. Or
provide for blood transfusions, CPR, pacemak-
ers, bi-pass surgery, and organ transplants Not
that I am looking forward to being the recipient
of any of those, but, well you get the idea.
Change is not just something that happens.
Sometimes we, individually and collectively,
make the changes happen. And often, it is a
good thing. Something that benefts us individu-
ally; or benefts someone we love or care about.
Perhaps youll join me; but I for one, am go-
ing to try better to notice, and appreciate, those
types of changes. At least it will give me some-
thing to think about as I now go exercise this
wonderful new knee I have.
Rich has spent most of his adult life living
and/or working in small, rural communities in
Wisconsin, Iowa, and Missouri, including sev-
eral long stretches in Northwest Missouri. Rich
chooses to spend most of his weekday, daytime
hours teaching students science, and other
things, in Union Star. He also chooses to spend
his Sundays, and some other occasional time,
with the good folks in Cainsville. You can reach
Rich at RichPiper@LifePraise.org with com-
ments.
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Do You Notice the Change?
The Worth County Fire Auxiliary is hosting its 6th Annual Worth
County Smoke Off on August 8 and 9 in Grant City, MO. The week-
end long BBQ event is the Auxiliarys main fundraiser of the year.
All proceeds that are raised at the Smoke Off go back into Worth
County. The Auxiliary is able to maintain a fre victims fund, in
which funds are released to residents of Worth County who fall vic-
tim to structure or farm related fres. The Worth County Fire Auxil-
iary is able to provide hydration to the Worth County Fire Protection
District during the time of fre response and also donate back to the
fre department for equipment purchases. The Worth County Smoke
Off is celebrating its 6th year, and the Auxiliary is in hopes that this
year will bring its biggest turn out.
Events begin Friday evening on the square in Grant City. The
Fire Auxiliarys hickory smoked pulled pork dinner kicks of the
weekend at 6:00pm. On the main stage at 6:30pm will begin the
baby show and Little Mr. and Miss Smoke Off. The Auxiliarys an-
nual Treasure Auction is scheduled to start after the little ones at
7:00pm. A street dance will wrap up the evening with music and
karaoke provided by Club Dub DJ.
The Auxiliary will be up bright and early Saturday morning pre-
paring breakfast for the community. On the menu are biscuits and
gravy, scrambled eggs, sausage, juice and coffee. Breakfast will start
at 7:00am and when its gone, its gone! The volunteer fremen of
the Worth County Fire Protection District will again be hosting Fire
Department Waterfghts in which any area departments can come to
compete against each other and show off their skills. This live action
gets started at 10:30am on the south side of the square.
New this year and something that the Auxiliary is very excited
about is the KIDS ZONE. This area is made possible by Grant Citys
Great Western Bank. The KIDS ZONE will have two infatables for
jumping, tattoos, face painting, a tug of war tournament, frog jump,
chuck a duck, and more! Photos by Stevie will have a Smokin Hot
photo booth and will have photo packages available for purchase.
Fire Safety goodie bags and free hot dogs will be given out for the
kiddos at noon.
If infatables and tattoos dont interest you, a Shine & Show Car
Display will be starting up on the north side of the square at noon.
The Auxiliary has sent an open invitation to any motorcycle, car, or
truck enthusiast to get their new or classic rigs shined up and show
them off. While making your way around the courtyard, check out
the booths at the vendor fair. There will be everything from bait and
tackle to crafts, chocolates, Thirty-one, Scentsy, and more.
While everyone is having fun throughout the day, the BBQ teams
are working hard getting their meat ready for judging (see cover pho-
to). The Auxiliary invites everyone to Grant City to come make their
way through the team sites, taste the BBQ, and vote for their favor-
ite. The Peoples Choice tasting begins at 4pm. Tickets for adults
are $10, and for kids 10 and under are $5. Trophies, ribbons, prizes,
and bragging rights will be awarded at 5pm.
The Worth County Smoke Off has something for everyone to en-
joy, while at the same time giving back to a very important cause.
The Auxiliary invites everyone to come out and enjoy the weekend.
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6th Annual Worth County Smoke Off
ALBANY
Sat 8/2 Hundley-Whaley Sweet Corn Tasting 6pm
Sat 8/9 Northwest Medical Center Golf Tourney
Fri 8/15 Albany Tractor Pull 6:30pm (Tractor Pull Arena)
BETHANY
8/28-9/1 98th Annual Northwest Missouri State Fair
Fri 8/29 Bethany Tractor Pull 6:30pm (Fairgrounds)
CLYDE/CONCEPTION/CONCEPTION JCT
8/8-8/9 Community Garage Sales 5-8pm, 8-noon
FAIRFAX
8/15-8/17 Fairfax Fair
GRANT CITY
Fri 8/1 Grant City Tractor Pull 6:30pm (Fairgrounds)
Sun 8/3 American Legion Fundraiser 11-2 (The Eatery)
8/8-8/9 Worth County Smoke Off (see pg 7)
KING CITY
8/1-8/2 Coed Softball Tourney
Sat 8/9 Back to KC Night - vendors, bounce house 5-10pm
Sat 8/9 Community Betterment 2k/5k Walk/Run
MARYVILLE
Sat 8/2 MAC 8th Annual Mini Triathlon (Aquatic Center)
ROCK PORT
8/1-8/2 Atchison County Fair (Fairgrounds)
Sat 8/9 NWMO Sportsman Club Triathlon (Country Club)
Fri 8/15 Night Golf (Country Club)
Sat 8/23 FFA Fish Fry (Rock Port School)
SAVANNAH
8/1-8/2 UMC Annual Garage Sale & Bake Sale
Sat 8/30 History of Chocolate 2pm (Andrew Co Museum)
STANBERRY
Sun 8/3 St Peters Church Carnival 5-10pm
Sat 8/9 Northwest Medical Center Beneft Golf Tourney
TARKIO
Sat 8/16 Dave Palmeiro Beneft (Golf Course)
8/22-8/23 CH-F Beneft (Golf Course)
UNION STAR
Fri 8/15 FFA BBQ 4:30pm (Union Star School)
ONGOING EVENTS
King City Farmers Market - Wed 3-7pm, Sat 8-12noon
King City Senior Center: Potluck Dinner 3rd Wednesday
Pitch Tournament Last Monday
Cards Daily
Events & Festivals across NWMO
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Danny R. Phillips
Regular Joe Music Guy
Bethany, Missouri is not what you would
call a traditional hotbed for musical activity.
The rock band Generation of the Forgotten is
out to change that.
Formed in the summer of 2013, Genera-
tion of the Forgotten (Patrick McGuire, Au-
gust Pittsenbarger, Wade Oliver, and Richard
Cosky) had all been in other bands before,
but as singer McGuire told the Regular Joe
Northwest Edition, Nothing really gelled
before now. Its tough around here to fnd
people that are on the same page musical-
ly, to form a band with and that you can be
friends with. We have that with our band,
it just works. Drawing from infuences
that include a love of 1990s Alternative
(Nirvana, Tool, Stone Temple Pilots), post
grunge (Seether, Shinedown, Staind), metal
(Mastodon, Slipknot, Shadows Fall), and the
late Randy Macho Man Savage, G.O.T.F.
have built a sound that is heavy yet melodic,
rough around the edges, in-your-face rock n
roll. You will have your chance to see it frst
hand on August 16th when the band takes the
stage at St. Josephs Caf Acoustic with area
band Until the World Ends.
Regular Joe Northwest Edition spoke
with lead vocalist Patrick McGuire about the
band, his frst concert (Stone Temple Pilots
with cowpunk legends The Meat Puppets),
and how Shawn Morgan of Seether has let
him down. Seether used to be one of my
favorite bands. I really like Shawn Morgan
,but the new record is horrible. Everythings
gotta be Hollywooded up; everythings
gotta have that sparkle. It becomes this big,
fake spectacle. You cant even tell whats
going on half the time. Is that a piano? Is it a
guitar? Whats going on? What happened to
bands just playing their songs? With Gen-
eration of the Forgottens ep SkinN Needles,
its clear whats going on: a band that isnt
afraid to give it all they have, a band unafraid
to show their infuences yet be their own ani-
mal, a band who knows 100% who they are
and are proud of it.
With McGuires affnity for bands like
Seether, Shinedown, and Five Finger Death
Punch, each considered bro metal or worse
yet butt rock, how does he keep his band
from falling into the same category, the same
trap? Were defnitely not a butt rock band
in any way, shape, or form. I think bands
that get popular are accused of selling out
or cashing in. Its just people hating. Nir-
vana was and is a big part of McGuires life
as well, though he never experienced the full
impact of the bands original explosion onto
the scene. I swear I only got to listen to the
guy (Kurt Cobain) for a year before he died.
Its weird what some
people consider great.
Really, if Bleach came
out today would peo-
ple like it? Would it
be considered great?
Some people think
Miley Cyrus is good,
some think Nickel-
back are great. Good
or great is subjective.
Who determines what
is good or great?
Well, the listener
decides what is good or great. The critic,
whose job it is to literally tell you if a work is
good or not, to cast their opinion upon some-
thing, decides if it is good or not. Ultimately,
you decide what is good, you decide to press
play on a cd or not, you decide by making
an effort to leave your house, driving to the
venue, and seeing the band.
Go to the Caf Acoustic in St. Joseph,
Missouri, on August 16th and decide if Gen-
eration of the Forgotten is good or not, go
experience them, and form an opinion for
yourself. Go to their ReverbNation page and
give them a listen. Show bands of the re-
gion that there is a place for the ones playing
original music. That St. Joseph, Maryville,
and all the little towns in between love and
support music. Show Generation of the For-
gotten and all other bands brave enough to
walk out onstage to bare their souls that they
will not be forgotten.
Generation of the Forgotten w/ Until the
World Ends, August 16th, 9pm, Caf Acous-
tic, 2605 Fredrick Avenue, St. Joseph, MO
Listen to Danny Phillips free form pod-
cast Dont Have a Clue the second Satur-
day of every month at 4pm on www.stjoseph-
musicfoundation.org radio.
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Generation of the Forgotten
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From page 13: Pete
Townsend
A mysterious animal
reported to appear in
Missouri is Momo,
short for Missouri
monster. Also known
as swamp ape, it has a
large, pumpkin-shaped
head, furry body, &
hair covering the eyes
& is alleged to eat
dead dogs (maybe
chupacabras, too?)
and emit a foul odor.
Jay Kerner
Regular Joe Founder
You have to pity poor John Crapper. Here
he goes and gives the world the frst fush toi-
let and both his frst and last names become
forever linked with scatological humor.
As unfair as this seems, Id like to suggest
a similar fate for Robert Noyce, the inventor
of the micro-chip. You know, those tiny wa-
fer-thin electronic components that operate
everything around us. Complex functions
that used to require transformers, transis-
tors, resistors and who knows what-all, are
now carried out by a little deal smaller than a
postage stamp.
Technology, originally created to enable
space exploration, has now so de-valued it-
self, that disposable versions are embedded
in greeting cards. A cute picture and a heart-
felt message are no longer enough. Now
youre not sending the very best unless your
card opens to eight seconds of Bad to the
Bone, You Are the Sunshine of My Life,
or some other rock ditty.
But if you really want an example of
the proliferation of these insidious devices,
spend some time with small children and
their toys.
Take stuffed animals. From teddy bears
to gingham dogs and calico cats, a little cloth,
some stuffng, and a couple of button-eyes
used to be the standard. Not any more, boy!
Today, everything talks!
The stick horse whinnies. The rub-
ber duck quacks. Even a simple rattle isnt
simple anymore. Instead of a hollow handle
flled with beads, were now talking about a
fully integrated shaking system, with multi-
colored LED lights, 16 different voice op-
tions, and 99 assorted rhythms programmed
in.
Child care providers from earlier genera-
tions were forced to read story books. Now
the books read themselves to you. A coloring
book and a box of crayons provided hours
of activity and promoted artistic expression.
Todays digital versions color themselves
when you pass the light wand over them.
No mess, and heck, you cant go outside the
lines, even if you want to. Hit send and au-
tomatically distribute the fnished product
to the refrigerator art app on grandma and
grandpas smart phones.
The toybox speaks several languages.
There has to be a switch somewhere, but ap-
parently only the baby knows where it is.
Hola, it says when you turn on the light.
Or sometimes, Bonjour!
The baby laptop senses my presence and
starts its loop of classical (no royalties to
pay) tunes. Frere Jacques seems to be a
popular choice. Are you sleeping? Are you
sleeping, brother John, brother John?
Heck no! Nobodys sleeping with
all this racket!
The sensor in the plastic snail picks up
the light and sound from the activity and
learning desk. Which sets off the Little Prin-
cess keyboard. Pretty soon theyre all going
at once, egging each other on.
Camptown Races overlaid with Jim-
my Crack Corn and a generous helping of
Shell be Comin Round the Mountin!
Its an aural onslaught.
And its not just the toys. Kids tooth-
brushes talk and play music. So do their
potty chairs.
Im sorry, but I guess Im just an old fo-
gey. I worry about this trend. Why do you
need a musical potty? I fear for future gener-
ations who wont be able to perform without
it. I picture a row of dudes at the urinal, all
humming variations of Polly Wolly Doodle
before they can do their business.
Noyce Pollution
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Bethany, Missouri
August 28th- September 1st
It is fair time again! For nearly a cen-
tury, the Northwest Missouri State Fair has
been a summer rite of passage for adults and
kids alike. Families load up the car and head
to Bethany, Missouri, to ride rides, eat too
much cotton candy, and win prizes at the
fairs midway. Kids run with their friends,
burn off energy, and best one another in ev-
erything from horseshoes to hot dog eating.
However, the Northwest Missouri State
Fair is not only for the kids. It is also a time
for adults to decompress from the work-
week, for parents to talk with their friends,
compare notes on the hijinks of their kids,
eat great food, and be part of their commu-
nity.
The Northwest Missouri State Fair or-
ganizers are known for bringing quality en-
tertainment to Bethany for all to enjoy. In
the past, such names as Ozark Mountain
Daredevils, Gary Allan, Night Ranger, Hank
Williams Jr., Dustin Lynch, and many others
have graced the grandstand.
This years entertainment will be Madd
Hoss Jackson and country star Chris Cagle.
Cagle is best known for the hits Laredo, I
Breathe In, I Breathe Out, Country by the
Grace of God, My Love Goes On and On,
What Kinda Gone, and What a Beautiful
Day.
Now, if music is not your thing, there is
plenty to do at the Fair. Aside from rides
and games, there are great food, a tractor
pull, the FMX Dirtbike Daredevils motor-
cycle stunt show, a demolition derby, live-
stock shows, car races, magician Keith Leff,
a gospel music concert, a Little Miss and Mr.
Contest, boys and girls baby shows, a Super
Farmer show, youth rodeo, and much more
to fll your days and nights with enjoyment.
So, starting on Thursday August 28th,
bring your family and friends to Bethany
for the Northwest Missouri State Fair, have
great fun, and keep the tradition alive.
For more information on events and tick-
ets visit www.nwmostatefair.com.
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98th Annual NW Missouri State Fair
Danny R. Phillips
Regular Joe Music Guy
It is truly the end of an era. The last surviving original member
of punk rock archetypes The Ramones has died. Tommy Ramone
(born Tommy Erdelyi) died on July 11 at the age of 65 after battling
bile duct cancer.
I frst heard The Ramones the same way I would hear many of the
bands that would, in one way or another, shape my life and view of the
world: a friend in history class gave me a dubbed TDK cassette of the
Ramones debut. Many say greatness lies within that record but for
me it took a couple more. Rocket to Rus-
sia, in the frst few notes of Cretin Hop,
is the one that hooked me for life. Driven
like a stolen hot rod, The Ramones were
a modern wonder: primal sound, lack of
technical musicianship, geeky atypical
singer, speed of light guitar. As a band,
they contradicted everything that 1970s
rock embodied. No synthesizer solos, no
overly long drum parts, no bloated, self-
indulgent, cocaine-fueled records (see
Fleetwood Macs Tusk or anything from
Yes or The Alan Parsons Project for a tor-
turous example). In my opinion, the 70s
are mostly a boring musical wasteland
until the bruddahs from Queens came
along to slap the world back to reality.
Taking their love of 1960s girl group
pop like that of The Shangri-Las, The
Crystals and The Ronettes (most notably
on I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend), comic books, horror movies, and
all things schlock, Rocket to Russia, on the surface, is an album for
glue sniffng teenage burnouts. However, therein lies the genius.
They are all catchy tunes, furious and contagious, deeper than what
is on the surface, and refusing to leave your head for days. The Ra-
mones were kings of taking the everyday, normal person on the street
and giving him or her voice in a time and society that far too often
overlooked or blatantly ignored the common man.
Blowing out of the gate with Cretin Hop and going into my
personal favorite Rockaway Beach, Rocket to Russia is nothing
less than The Beach Boys brand pop on industrial grade metham-
phetamines; fast yet melodic, ferce with a hidden beauty. Sheena
is a Punk Rocker is the story of a girl going to do her own thing,
Were a Happy Family documents the collapse of the nuclear
family, and covers of Bobby Freemans Do You Wanna Dance?
and The Trashmens garage classic Surfn Bird further show the
bands love of 50s and 60s pop music.
The enduring greatness and legacy of The Ramones was their
ability to create a music that sounded like anyone could play it, but
no one could play as well as they did.
They created the game, were the grand
masters, and anyone that stepped up to
the challenge of taking them on was only
ever playing for second.
Im not old enough to have seen the
original lineup in all their nerd king glory
,but I did catch them on an oppressively
hot Midwestern summer day in 1996 at
Lollapalooza. It is something I will never
forget. Standing on a hill away from the
crowd, I saw 50,000-plus people bounc-
ing in unison, the crowd inhaling and ex-
haling as one, all in awe of the four guys
on stage wearing black leather jackets,
heat be damned.
Rest in Peace, Tommy, Joey, Dee Dee,
and Johnny. Go have a beer at Heavens
Gate Canteen and catch up at the reunion.
Now, I do believe it is time to play a re-
cord. 1,2,3,4!
Danny Phillips music and pop culture musings regularly appear
in online and print publications including Missouri Life Magazine,
Blurt Magazine, Deli Magazine, Popshifter, and The Regular Joe.
Listen to his free form podcast Dont Have a Clue the second Sat-
urday of every month at 4pm on www.stjosephmusicfoundation.org
radio.
From The Shelf: The Ramones Rocket to Russia
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TRIVIA: Which rock legend sings with the Ramones on Acid Eaters?
See page 10 for the answer!
Upward Bound Celebrates 10 Graduates, Achievements

MARYVILLE, Mo. The Upward Bound pro-
gram at Northwest Missouri State University has
helped hundreds of students realize their goals of
attending college and achieving success during the
last 28 years. Last week, 10 more students celebrated
their graduation from the program.
The resources students gain through their par-
ticipation in Upward Bound allows them to be ahead
of their peers in planning for their postsecondary
futures. They also work ahead on their high school
academics and further their leadership abilities.
Jackie Cochenour, assistant director and learn-
ing services coordinator for Upward Bound, looks
at the graduation as a proud moment to refect on
how the high school seniors developed as students
and individuals throughout their participation in the
program.
They have worked hard to get to where they are
today, and I look forward to hearing about even more
successes in the coming years as they transition into
their higher education careers, Cochenour said.
Additionally, Upward Bound graduate Madison
Driskell received the TRiO Achievement Scholar-
ship. Financial support of the scholarship is given by
the Owens Family Scholarship through the North-
wests Offce of Financial Assistance.
Upward Bound, a federally funded education
program created by the Higher Education Act of
1965, got its start at Northwest in 1987. The pro-
gram annually serves 70 high school students from
eight high schools in northwest Missouri: King City,
Maryville, Nodaway-Holt, Northeast Nodaway,
Rock Port, Stanberry, Tarkio and West Nodaway.
Upward Bound is open to students who have com-
pleted their freshman year of high school up to re-
cent high school graduates.
This years Upward Bound graduates have made
plans to begin their higher education in the fall at
four different colleges. Six of the 10 graduates will
continue their college education at Northwest.
For more information about the Upward Bound
program at Northwest, click here. The graduating
members of Upward Bound and their college plans
are as listed below.
Nicole Blea, from Tarkio High School, plans to
major in Liberal Arts and Sciences at Northwest.
Ethan Calfee, from Maryville High School, plans
to major in pre-engineering at Northwest.
Madison Driskell, from Maryville High School,
plans to major in elementary education at Northwest.
Shelby Gilliland, from Tarkio High School, plans
to major in pre-nursing at Northwest.
Kabrina McClellan, from West Nodaway High
School, plans to major in precision agriculture at
North Central Missouri College.
Maggie Schmidt, from Maryville High School,
plans to major in broadcasting at North Central Mis-
souri College.
Lydia Rauch, from Maryville High School, plans
to major in cinema at Missouri Western State Uni-
versity.
Kimberly Sternberg, from the Missouri Academy
of Science, Mathematics, and Computing, plans to
double major in American sign language with an
emphasis on English interpretation and international
and global studies with a feld specialization in Eu-
ropean studies at Rochester Institute of Technology.
Devin Vinzant, from Maryville High School, plans
to major in computer science at Northwest.
Shea Zion, from Maryville High School, plans to
major in computer science at Northwest.
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Wesley Center sponsoring annual Shot in
the Dark Golf Tournament
MARYVILLE, Mo. The Wesley Student Cen-
ter at Northwest Missouri State University will host
its 12th Annual Shot in the Dark Golf Tournament to
beneft the Wesley Foundation Friday, Aug. 15.
The tournament at Mozingo Lake Golf Course
tees off with a shotgun start at 6 p.m. The frst nine
holes are a two-person scramble; the second nine
holes are a two-person alternate shot in the dark.
The tournament also will feature a $10,000 hole-in-
one prize and a 50/50 putting challenge.
Registration and a light dinner are 5 to 5:45 p.m.
A dessert buffet is available after the frst nine holes
of golf.
Entry fee is $75 per player, which includes green
fees, a cart, food, prizes and a glow-in-the-dark golf
ball for each team.
The deadline to register is Sunday, Aug. 10.
Registration is limited to 36 teams.
To register or become a sponsor, contact Don
Ehlers, Wesley Foundation co-director, at wesley@
nwmissouri.edu or 816.341.2248, or Dr. Jenni Wall,
Wesley Foundation board member, at 660.853.9659.
The Wesley Student Center serves the campus
community through its midweek worship, small
group studies and support opportunities for any stu-
dent who seeks involvement. Proceeds from the golf
tournament are used to fund programming, including
an internship that is designed to help students de-
velop leadership qualities in collaboration with rural
churches.
14-Joe Northwest
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We caught these folks out and
about in Northwest Missouri.
If you recognize any of these
people, let em know you saw
their mugs in The Regular Joe.
Heres to the healthiest county in Missouri! St. Francis Hospital & Health Services
would like to congratulate our own Nodaway County for being named the healthiest county
of all 115 Missouri counties in the recent annual County Health Rankings.The rankings were
released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin
Population Health Institute. These rankings measure the overall health of a county, as well
as how well they are doing on 29 factors that influence health, including
smoking, diet, and access to care.
This achievement powerfully demonstrates our communitys
commitment to healthcare excellence and St. Francis Hospital & Health
Services is proud to play a strategic role in the delivery of quality
healthcare to the people of Nodaway County.
IF YOUR TEAM FINISHED IN 1ST PLACE,
YOUD BE PROUD, TOO.
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