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Jay Kerner
Publisher/Button Buyer
Abuddy of mine is a real belly-acher.
You know the type. His alert system fne-tuned for any and all transgres-
sions, real or imagined.
From politicians of every stripe, to the guy at the convenience store , every-
bodys trying to get over on him. Everybodys got an angle.
Each year when summer rolls around, I know Ill get to hear his rants on the
Trails West Festival.
Most folks around here, at least those whose feet touch the foor when they
sit, remember the controversy.
Organizers got some funding to put on the frst one, as part of St. Josephs
sesquicentennial. The free festival had food, art, and three nights of fairly big
name entertainers. It was a huge hit. In fact it did so well they did it again the
next year. Before long it was a tradition, and a highlight of a lot of St. Joe fam-
ily summers.
But along in there somewhere, organizers fgured out that the numbers
worked pretty well when you start with grant money. Not nearly as well, with-
out. Change was needed.
They started selling buttons to get in. That riled up a lot of folks, but the
main issue was the fence.
Ringing the whole park. And were talking about a fence where you cant
even see in. I think the feeling of many in the community can be summed up
in the classic words from the 5 Man Electrical Band, So you put up a fence to
keep me out, and to keep Mother Nature in. If God was here, hed tell you to
your face, man, youre some kind of sinner!
But most people I run with just bought the button. I mean really! A few
measly bucks for multiple headliners?
Ill admit, I probably grumbled a bit at frst. But my razor sharp noggin did
some quick fggerin. I looked at the roster that year and picked the one act Id
most regret missing. Then I looked up their tour schedule online. I could pay $5
(back then) to see them at Trails West, or I could pay like 10 x that, to see them a
few nights earlier or later, in Omaha, Des Moines, or wherever the next stop is.
Its just that simple.
Or at least it should be.
Unfortunately there will always be knuckleheads like my buddy. Hasnt
been to Trails West since they put up the fence. Hes teaching them a lesson.
Hes missed Taylor Swift, Joe Bonnamassa, and Martina McBride. He stayed
home for Loverboy, ELO and the Band Perry. I could name the dozens of other
names hes snubbed but I imagine you get the point.
While yours truly as well as most everybody else in town has enjoyed the
biggest and best event this city has to offer, hes sat on his porch sulking in self-
righteousness.
Well I wonder what his beefll be this year. Because Trails West has made
a couple of major changes.
Number one, Sunday is now free. Yep, they still have the buttons, and I still
encourage everyone who can to buy one. At $8 in advance and $10 at the door,
its still the best entertainment value in town. But if your personal economics
doesnt allow, or if youre like my buddy, and your persnickety personality
wont allow it, come on Sunday before 1pm and you dont need one. Stay as
long as you like, but if you leave, you have to have one to get back in.
I love it!
I bet they sell more buttons than ever, and I bet their overall numbers are
higher yet. Abetter festival for the organizers and the vendors, means they can
keep doing it at a high level.
The TWbrain trust also decided to do away with the hated food tickets this
year. No more standing in line for tickets, then standing in another for grub.
Everybodys taking cash.
So I raise my Regular Joe mug to the Allied Arts Association for listening to
the community and making some wonderful changes to the festival. And fnal-
ly, thanks for making my buddy shut up once and for all. At least on this subject.
Well see you at Trails West Aug. 15-17th at City Center Park. Get more
details at www.stjoearts.org.
My Buddy Should Shut Up and Buy a Button
(Or at Least, Shut Up) Violinist and per-
cussionist needed to complete trio with guitar.
If interested call or text (816) 262-5963. (Seri-
ous inquiries only.
Dear Joe,
The St. Joseph Public Library is offering
classes for the beginning computer user during the
month of August at the Downtown Library, 927
Felix Street. Classes include basic computers and
basic internet.
Reference Librarian, Crystal Stuck, is teach-
ing Basic Computers on Monday, August 4th at
3:00 p.m. and Basic Internet on Monday, August
11th at 3:00 p.m. The classes are free, but space is
limited and sign-up is required. For more informa-
tion or to register call the Reference Department at
232-8151.
For information on other programs offered at
the library visit the website http://sjpl.lib.mo.us .
Dear Joe,
The Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art has a
fun evening planned with quilt and fabric design
artist, Tula Pink! The event will be held
next Wednesday, August 6th from 4:30-
7:00 pm.
About The Cover
We caught this group at Parties on the Park-
way. The dogs are huge fans of Maria the Mexican.
The crowd loved them too.
Dear Joe,
Contact The Regular Joe
816-617-5850
email@theregularjoepaper.com
P.O. Box 1304 St. Joseph, Mo. 64502
Read us online
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Kyriana Foster
Author Stephenie Meyer became nationally recognized for her super-
natural vampire series Twilight. After four books and fve movies, the Twilight
series became a global pop trend for quite a few years. In the shadow of the
Twilight franchises success, Meyer also published a novel of its own weight.
The Host is a stand-alone novel. At 619 pages, the story is pretty con-
tained in itself. In a slightly futuristic Earth, an alien race known as Souls has
the ability to take over the human mind and control the human body. Despite
the Animorph-esque theme, these Souls actually have good intentions for
Earth. They see how humans are destroying the planet and each other,
and by taking over the planet they create a peaceful, harmonious planet.
There are humans are resisting the alien invasion, however, and they are
hiding out in various parts of the United States.
The story focuses on a Soul named Wanderer. She was born on
the Souls home planet, and she has lived a single life on every single
planet the Souls have colonized. Eight different existences in eight very
different worlds, but she is dissatisfed by and not attached to any of
those planets. She travels to Earth and takes on the body of Melanie
Stryder, one of the resistant humans. Instead of disappearing under Wan-
derers control, as is the norm, Melanie retains her consciousness, and
Wanderer and Melanie share the space inside the bodys head.
Though at frst distrustful, Melanie slowly lets Wanderer know
the details of her past: she has a younger brother, Jamie, and a man she
loves, Jared, who were on the run with her when she was caught. They
were all three headed to a safe place for humans owned by Jamie and
Melanies uncle out in the New Mexico desert. After having so many
emotion-driven memories forced on her, Wanderer begins to have her
own kind of love for both of the boys, and the two decide to work to-
gether to fnd Jared and Jamie.
After almost dying of dehydration on the four-day trek to Uncle
Jebs land, the crew of human survivors fnds Wanderer/Melanie and
decides to save her. The rest of the novel circulates around Wanderers
fght to ft in with this ragtag band of humans and fnd her place in their
small society.
The whole novel circulates around this idea of needing to ft in
somewhere. Eight different planets Wanderer had lived on, and she was
beginning to think shed never fnd a planet that would pull it to her
fully. In addition to trying to fnd her place in Jebs secret home, Wanderer is
just trying to discover her place and purpose in the universe.
And that is what makes the story: even an alien, someone who has seen
more of the universe than most humans ever will, still has a hard time settling
down and deciding what to do with herself. It can take lifetimes and millions of
miles to fnd the right place for yourself, but it will be worth it in the end.
Dr. Robert Corder
For most of the Civil War, N.W. Missouri had
been spared the large-scale destruction and carnage
that occurred almost exclusively east of the Missis-
sippi River. Some might argue, however, that gue-
rilla depredations and the effects of General Order
11 in August 1863 left the Missouri border counties
of Bates, Cass, Jackson and Vernon worse off than
if there had been large-scale engagements of North
and South combatants. Be that as it may, large scale
warfare was to remind Missourians what had been
happening in the rest of the nation beyond St. Louis
for the previous 3 years.
In the fall of 1864, General Sterling Prce, from
the safety of Arkansas, assembled and planned to
take his army of 12,000 back into Missouri in order
to obtain much needed supplies, recruit additional
soldiers, and generally disrupt the Union hold on the
border state. In doing so, his ultimate goals would be
to get Missouri to join the south and open a second
front in the West. He also hoped that a confederate
victory would prevent Lincoln from being re-elected
and accelerate an end to the war with conditions fa-
vorable to the South.
Price intended a counter clock-wise movement
through the state with his frst objective, taking the
Union arsenal at Ptosi. Then attack, and perhaps take
St. Louis. If unable to complete those objectives, he
planned to head upstream along the Missouri River
toward Jeff City and then Westport.
Advance scouts of the Southern Army in Ar-
kansas came to our area in early May 1864. Their
intent was to recruit additional troops to help dis-
rupt the Northern response to the impending inva-
sion of Sterling Prices army in the fall. Finally a
force of about 200 bushwackers and Paw Paws were
organized by Col. John Caldwell Calhoun Thorton,
a former lawyer from St. Joseph. Paw Paws were
previously captured rebels who wore the Union blue
in order to avoid prison. Many Paw Paws gladly
changed back into butternut and joined the invasion
force. These forces captured Parkville on the 7th of
July. The Paw Paw force there gave no resistance.
Thorton then sent a demand for surrender to Platte
City which capitulated again with no resistance on
the 8th. These forces set fre to several businesses in
Platte City marked as being Northern sympathizers.
Most of the garrison of Paw Paws changed their al-
legiance back to the South, hence the term Paw Paw
rebellion.
Meanwhile, General Curtis commanding the
Northern forces in Northwest Missouri was moving
troops north from Ft. Leavenworth and Westport.
The second Colorado regiment under Gen. Rose-
crans (after whom our airport is named) directed
those troops to occupy Weston. This
newly minted force of Thortons
evacuated Platte City and moved to
Camden Point on the 12th. Later, in
Camden Point, these forces were cel-
ebrating the sack of Platte City with a
picnic, when they were surprised by
a pro-North cavalry from Ft. Leaven-
worth and soldiers from the Colorado
15th. The attack routed Thortons force
which was encamped north of Camden
Point. Only a handful of casualties
were sustained by both sides. All-in-
all, about 24 confederates were killed
and fve Paw Paws were executed for
their participation in the event.
The commanding colonel from
Ft. Leavenworth ordered that Camden
Point be leveled for aiding in the insurrection. The
only building that wasnt destroyed was the church
of the same denomination that his wife attended in
Leavenworth. One assumes that the soldiers who
changed sides were executed because of treason.
The bushwhackers dispersed back into the country-
side to fght another time.
Footnote: This author attempted to locate the
battle of Camden Point in December of last year.
It is not marked by any signage, however, I suspect
that it occurred just north of the city as the rebel dead
are buried in a Southern cemetery on a low hill
west of the main artery as you travel north about a
half mile out of town.
Battle of Camden Point July 13, 1864
(aka The Paw Paw Rebellion)
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You have to pity poor Thomas Crapper. Here he goes and invents improve-
ments for the modern fush toilet and the public forever links his name with
scatological humor.
As unfair as this seems, Id like to suggest a similar fate for the inventor
of the micro-chip. You know, those tiny wafer-thin electronic components that
operate everything around us. Complex functions that used to require transform-
ers, transistors, resistors and who knows what-all, are now carried out by a little
deal smaller than a postage stamp.
Technology, created to make devices smaller and smaller, has so de-valued
itself, that disposable versions are now embedded in greeting cards. Acute pic-
ture and a heartfelt message are no longer enough. Now youre not sending the
very best, unless your card opens to 8 seconds of Bad to the Bone, or You are the
Sunshine of my Life.
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 stan-
dard. Not any more, boy! Today, everything talks, plays music or both!
The stick horse whinnies. The rubber 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 multicolored LED lights, 16
different voice options and 99 assorted rhythms programmed in.
Child care providers from earlier generations 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 automatically distribute the fnished product to the refrigerator art app on
grandma and grandpas smart phones.
The toy box speaks several languages. There has to be a switch some-
where, but apparently only the baby knows where it is. Hola!, it says, when
you lift the lid. But 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 Activ-
ity and Learning Desk. Which sets off the Little Princess keyboard. Pretty soon
theyre all going at once, egging each other on.
Camptown Races, in a mashup with Jimmy Crack Corn and a generous
helping of Shell be Comin Round the Mountin! Its an aural onslaught.
And its not just the toys. Kids toothbrushes talk and play music. So do
their potty chairs.
Im sorry, but I guess Im just an old fogey. I worry about this trend. Why
do you need a musical potty? I fear for future generations 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.
So I blame you Robert Noyce. I know you were merely advancing the sci-
ence. Its what we do.
But science has responsibilities too. Remember Jurassic Park?
I sit here in the nursery, as the toys
perform independently, and realize Im
essentially superfuous to the whole op-
eration. Except for replacing batteries.
Noyce Pollution
Isobel McGowan
The local and national historic district of Hall Street boasts some exceptional
examples of Victorian Gilded Age architecture, and the area is currently enjoy-
ing a renaissance of interest and restoration activity. On Saturday July 12 from
8:00am to 10:00am a coalition of neighbors, business owners, and community
leaders came together to uncover a section of historic herringbone-brick side-
walk along Hall Street that had become buried by years of soil accumulation and
overgrown with weeds.
The herringbone sidewalks,
when cleaned and maintained, will be-
come a point of pride on our historic
streetscape, says resident Isobel Mc-
Gowan, who owns and operates the
Shakespeare Chateau Inn & Gardens
bed-and-breakfast and wedding/event
venue. Im very excited to see the re-
stored sidewalks! At the corner of Ninth
and Hall Streets, these walkways repre-
sent the front door to the historic dis-
trict, she adds.
The dig on Saturday was spon-
sored by the Shakespeare Chateau Inn
& Gardens, the Hall Street Historic
District, Museum Hill Neighborhood
Association, and a group of volunteers
who call themselves HerringBONE
DIGGERS. Weve restored a number
of historic sidewalks in other neighbor-
hoods, but this is the frst time weve
been on Hall Street, says
Brenda Reilly, the found-
er of the group. It sure
makes a difference to the
appearance of the whole
street when the sidewalks
are cleaned and kept up.
Participants in the dig
said that although the work
was hot and dirty, clearing
the weeds and soil went
faster than expected. In
about two hours, a section
of brick walkway about 100
feet long and 8 feet wide
was cleared. Two pickup
trucks hauled away the soil
and vegetation, and depos-
ited it in an area offered by a neighbor who needed clean fll dirt. All the way
around, a win-win-win situation!
After the outside work was done, the doors of the Shakespeare Chateau were
opened to offer refreshments to the volunteer crew. More sections of sidewalk
will be targeted for cleanup soon!
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Buffalo Bar 5th& Felix
Sat Aug. 9th Matt Stillwell 7pm.
Cafe Acoustic 2605 Frederick
ALL SHOWS @9:30pm unless listed otherwise.
Aug 1st Fires of EDEN.
Aug 2nd Cartographer, Respond in Blood,
Apothcary
Aug 6 OPEN MIC hosted by Russell T
Aug 8 Dr Cotton & Whisket 4 the Lady
Aug 9 DREK & Fires of Eden
Aug 13 OPEN MIC hosted by Russell T
Aug 16 Until the Worlds End !
Aug 20 OPEN MIC hosted by Russell T
Aug 21 Tom Mayfeld sings the Beatles
Aug 22 9 Penny
Aug 23 Automatic Snatch
Aug 27 OPEN MIC hosted by Russell T
Aug 29 For the Broken & Devil & the Southern
Fellowship
Aug 30 opener-Marty Serroque, The Empty Pockets

Eagles Lodge North Belt
Saturday, Aug 2, Ranger.
Saturday, Aug 9th Revd Up
Saturday, Aug 23rd Dixie Cadillac
Saturday, Aug 30th Friends
First Ward House
St. Joe Ave & Grand
Fri 8/1 Money For Nothin
Sat 8/2 the Souveneers
Sat 8/9 The Styles
Sat 8/16 Scruffy & The Janitors, Dsoedean,
Westerners 9:30pm
Fri 8/22 Casey Brett
Magoons Deli 8th & Locust
Fri 8/1 Bugsy Maugh
Sat 8/2 Huffman & Forney
Thurs 8/7 Jason Riley
Fri 8/8 The Iris Project
Sat 8/9 Big Harry & the Back Alley Blues Band
Thurs 8/14 Rockin Jake
Fri 8/15 Hector Anchondo
Sat 8/16 Danny Rice
Wed 8/20 Andy Frasco
Thurs 8/21 Jeff Lux
Fri 8/22 the Motors
Sat 8/23 Brody Buster & Dsodean
Thurs 8/28 Ben Green & son
Fri 8/29 Souveneers
Sat 8/30 Levee Town
Lucky Tiger 8th & Francis
First Saturday August 2nd
Live music all afternoon w/ Gastown
Lamps and 3rd Wounded Man
Shoppes at North Village
2 - The Brody Buster Band - Blues
9 - Candace Evans - Jazz
16 - Flyzone - Blues
23 - Rob Lumbard - Blues & Folk
30 - Blue Moon Trio - Oldies
Coleman Hawkins Park
8th & Felix
Imagine Eleven Concert Series
Sun Aug 3rd The Elders Sun Aug 10th E7
JoeStock Music Festival Aug 29-31st
33 bands over 3 days. Its St. Josephs biggest mu-
sic event! See the whole schedule at www.stjoseph-
musicfoundation.org.
Jay Kerner
Publisher/Concert Goer
Ive been lucky enough to have seen a lot of my
musical icons in person over the years. I missed the
Beatles but caught Paul a couple times. Ive seen
multiple shows from the Stones, Pink Floyd, and
both Whos, (The Guess and The).
Ive seen Tony Bennett and Frank Zappa. (Not
together, but I bet it would have rocked!)
I could fll a column with all the famous names,
but for the sake of argument, lets say that Ive seen
the vast majority of the contemporary artists of my
time.
At this point, I pretty much only go if its an
artist on my icon list that I havent caught for what-
ever reason. Opportunity hasnt always aligned with
economics.
Anyway, we heard Willie Nelson was coming.
Love Willie! (Who doesnt love Willie?) But Id
never seen him in person.
Bought his 8-tracks, cassettes, albums and cds.
Played bad versions of his hits on my guitar for cap-
tive audiences in times of bad weather. (Imagine
eyes of every color, crying in the rain.)
I was looking forward to the show before I
talked to my nephew over the Fourth holiday. Hed
caught the tour at Radio City Music Hall and came
away less than impressed.
I didnt believe it. I fgured a kid his age, (40)
just couldnt appreciate the older artist. Willies 81
for gosh sake. You cant go in expecting the Red
Headed Stranger. He existed in an earlier time,
pressed into wax and preserved in analog for our au-
ral and (for some) spiritual enjoyment.
The Willie that took the stage the other night
was somebodys grey headed uncle. The one youre
always worried will trip over something in your liv-
ing room and break a hip.
I immediately thought back to meeting Levon
Helm of The Band after a KC show a couple of sum-
mers back. Hed surrounded himself with a killer
band and only had to sing the frst couple of words
to the bigger hits. He saved his wind while the audi-
ence screamed out the lyrics in mass. He was a tired,
sick old man, driving down the rock and roll highway
till the very last mile. I wasnt surprised at all when I
heard hed passed only a few months later.
The similarity hit home with Willies opening
number, Whiskey River, maybe the quintessential
Nelson tune. Except tonight hes doing it an octave
lower than youre used to hearing it, and he talks
most of the lines instead of singing them.
Lots of artists with extensive catalogues semi-
satisfy their loyal fan bases with a medley like the
one Willie offered up. No crime in that. The prob-
lem was hearing all your old favorites done at so
much less than the way they live in your head and in
your heart.
The crowd cut him a bunch of slack. They
helped him out by singing along to almost every-
thing. On the ever popular, Mamas Dont Let Your
Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys, all he really had to
sing was Mamas. The crowd did the
rest..
His guitar playing always had a
unique improvisational style. The fn-
gers still seem pretty nimble, but often he
seemed to drift away in the moment, leav-
ing his bandmates scrambling to anticipate
his fuctuating timing.
It made me sad.
It was like the ancient skeletal ball-
players in uniform for Old Timers Day.
Its nice to cheer for them again, but put-
ting them in the batters box just seems
cruel.
Maybe he needs the cash. I thought
he got straight with the IRS but who
knows? If this show is any indication, hes
still raking it in. The place was packed and
the line for the T-shirts was crazy. The most popular
choice, the one with the logo for the Willie Nelson
strain of high-end medical (and now recreational)
marijuana. The slogan on the front encourages his
followers to Roll Me Up and Smoke Me!
Like Willie himself, the crowd was grayer too.
It has been a while since I was this close to the mid-
point on age at a show.
Bottom line is that Willie deserves to do what-
ever Willie wants. But I for one choose to remember
the vintage version instead of the cardboard cutout
on the road, yet again. To paraphrase the man him-
self, It aint the least bit funny, when time slips away.
Live Music Hi-Lites The Grey Headed Stranger
Pity the poor male turtles in Missouri rivers! They require a cooler temper-
ature of water to develop their sex organs than females turtles do. Apilot study
conducted at the University of Missouri and recently reported in the St. Louis
Post Dispatch indicates that a common chemical used in many plastic contain-
ers and the lining of canned foods can override the cooler temperatures required
to produce male turtles developing in the egg.
The chemical, bisphenol Aor BPA, is a known hormone disrupter that
mimics estrogen. It contaminates more than 40 percent of all U.S. rivers. Ac-
cording to the article, waste water treatment plants cannot fully remove BPA
or other environmental estrogens, returning them to the public water supply.
Moreover, urine samples have revealed that an estimated 93 percent of Ameri-
cans have detectable levels of BPA, due to exposure to plastics or industrial
fumes.
Almost all canned foods, in fact, are lined with BPAto extend shelf life.
The chemical leeches into the food and is ingested when consumed. Although
this fact is well known, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration so far has
rejected attempts to ban the use of BPAin food containers. To their credit, a few
food manufacturers have voluntarily stopped using BPAin their packaging.
Concerns about BPAinclude possible birth defects, the feminization of
men and the chemicals effect on estrogen-dependent cancers such as breast.
In fact, earlier this year, University of Missouri researchers demonstrated birth
defects in monkey offsrping born to mothers exposed to low levels of BPA,
prompting the researchers to speculate that the same thing could be happening
in humans.
So what can we do to protect ourselves from BPA? First, you might want
to minimize drinking from the public water system, opting for highly purifed
waters in BPA-free bottles. Also minimize or even eliminate using most canned
foods, save those few companies who produce their food in BPA-free cans.
Fresh local produce is much healthier than any food found in a can, anyway.
Whenever using plastic bottles, make sure they are recyling numbers 1 and 2.
You cant trust any other numbers.
It would also be a good idea to lobby lawmakers to put pressure on the
FDAto take the BPAissue seriously and consider a permanent ban on the chem-
ical in the production of all foods sold for human consumption. We can only
make changes when were aware of what a problem is.
Now you are.
Healthfully Yours,
James Fly
Certifed Health Coach
12- Joe Health
The Turtle is the New Canary (or why most cans should be banned)
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 Ra-
mones 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: pri-
mal 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 torturous example).
In my opinion, the 70s are mostly a boring musi-
cal 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 Boy-
friend), comic books, horror movies and all things
schlock, Rocket to Russia, on the surface, is an album
for glue sniffng teenage burnouts.
However, therein lays the genius.
They are all catchy tunes, furi-
ous and contagious, deeper than
what is on the surface and refuse
to leave your head for days. The
Ramones were kings of taking the
everyday, the 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 noth-
ing less than The Beach Boys brand pop on industri-
al grade methamphetamines; 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 Ra-
mones was their ability to create a music that sound-
ed 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+ people bouncing in unison, the crowd
inhaling and exhaling 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 record. 1,2,3,4!
From the Shelf: The Ramones Rocket to Russia
THANKS
FOR READING
THE REGULAR JOE!
Community Challenged to Begin Local
Campaign with Strength and Energy
August 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, & 14Purchase United Way Raffe tickets during
Kansas City Chiefs Training Camp
at Missouri Western State University near the Community
Tent. Prize drawing on Aug. 14 at noon: two tickets for Aug. 23
Kansas City Chiefs vs. Minnesota Vikings home game,
pre-game tailgate with Chiefs Radio Network, personal
tour of broadcasting booth and football signed by legendary
Len Dawson. Raffe proceeds go to the United Way Campaign.
August 20Last day to RSVP for Sept. 4 United Way Campaign
Kickoff Breakfast
at East Hills Mall. Public is invited to the 7:15-8:15 a.m. event to
help start the 2014 United Way Campaign off with community
energy. $10 per person. 364-2381.
AugustRegister for Sept. 6 United WayWalk. Run. LIVE UNITED.
Hero Fun Run for kids and 5K/10K Walk/Run for all ages
atMissouriWesternStateUniversitybygoingtowalkrunliveunited.org.
Event proceeds go to the United Way Campaign.
Sept. 3Help Missouri Western State University athletes and
volunteers Paint It Gold by donating to the United Way Campaign
at various locations around town. Check stjosephunitedway.org
for more details as event approaches.
Sept. 4United Way Night at Spratt Stadium
at 7 p.m. Help raise excitement for the 2014 United Way
Campaign by attending the first Missouri Western State University
home football game and receiving a free United Way
Success By 6

growth chart for a young child you know.

Opportunities to Remember
FamilyWizePrescription Assistance
Financial Stability
Leadership St. Joseph
Prot In Education
Success By 6
Unmet Needs Committee
Volunteer Center
7 United Way
Initiatives
American Red Cross,
Midland Empire Chapter
Bartlett Center
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Catholic Charities
of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Inc.
The CENTER, a Samaritan Center
Childrens Mercy Hospitals
and Clinics
Community Missions Corporation
Family Guidance Center
Girl Scouts of Northeast Kansas
and Northwest Missouri
19 Partner Agencies
InterServ
Legal Aid of Western Missouri
Northwest Missouri
Community Services
Pony Express Council,
Boy Scouts of America
St. JosephSafety&HealthCouncil
The Salvation Army
Specialty Industries
of St. Joseph, Inc.
United Cerebral Palsy
of Northwest Missouri
YMCA
YWCA
United Way
of Greater St. Joseph
stjosephunitedway.org
You are invited to give
to the United Way Campaign
that supports 19 Partner Agencies
and 7 United Way Initiatives
that improve lives
in Northwest Missouri
and Northeast Kansas.
stjosephunitedway.org
(816) 364-2381
Aug. 1&2Donate school supplies for area students
at either St. Joseph Walmart Store and STUFF
THE BUS! with United Way on tax-free weekend.
Aug. 11 &12Soles for Christ free shoe distribution
for Andrew, Buchanan and Doniphan county
students, kindergarten through 12
th
grade. Call
Northwest Missouri Community Services for
times, location, and requirements: 364-1131.
Aug. 1-9Register at komenkansascity.org to
participate in Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in
Kansas City on Aug. 10 as a member of the St. Joseph
Pink Warrior Team or make an online donation for
breast cancer research in the team's name. For more
information, call Kendal at YWCA: 232-4481.
AugustDonate food to InterServ's Calvin
Center food pantry. 232-7779, ext. 225.
AugustEnroll children, birth through age 5 in
InterServ's Mitchell Woods Early Care Center.
Redesigned space with more room for babies!
279-6784.
AugustEnroll school-aged students in YMCA
Student Enrichment before and after school care.
233-9622.
AugustEnroll school-aged students and children,
ages 2 through age 5 in InterServ's Wesley
Center program. 238-4511, ext. 236.
AugustNeed heat relief? InterServ's Calvin Center
acts as heat relief center. 232-7779, ext. 235.
"We have a chance to work together to do important and caring work
for all of us who call this place home. It's the right thing to do, to meet
the challenge with enthusiasm!"
-Adam Stein, volunteer
2014 United Way of Greater St. Joseph Campaign Chair
The Annual United Way of Greater St. Joseph Campaign kicks off on Sept. 4 and runs through
Nov. 7. Businesses, organizations and indiviuals are invited to give through workplace campaigns, at
stjosephunitedway.org, or by mailing contributions to United Way at PO Box 188, St. Joseph, MO 64502.
United Way is a non-proft agency that aims to improve lives through the caring power of community by
focusing on education, health and fnancial stability. Questions are welcomed at 364-2381.
YOU
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
DOZENS OF AGENCIES
ONE UNITED WAY
Submitted by the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce
Advertising vs. PR vs. Marketing
-- Whats the Diference
When you appraise your
marketing plan, what do you see?
Do you have a clear plan in place
that enables you to fully reach your
target audience? Are you giving
your consumers information that is
relevant?
All of these questions can be
addressed when brands have a clear
plan for advertising, public relations
and marketing. Therein lies the million
dollar question though: Whats the
diference between the three?
Public relations are a good
place to start. As a business owner,
you should be able to use networking
opportunities to create successful
public relations with your consumers
before they even knowanything about
your product. Public relations stand
apart from all other elements of your
brand strategy because it is the most
direct way you can communicate with
your target audience.
This is where the face of your
company takes advantage of the local
Chamber of Commerce events and
community engagements in order to
spread news the old fashion way. Your
public relations plan encompasses
all of the ways you plan to have
personal communication with your
consumers and direct conversations
through which you are able to give out
information about your brand.
Marketing is when you take your
public relations plan a step further. In
order to have a successful marketing
plan, you must do research. Find out
who your target audience is and where
they are most likely to receive and
interact with information. It is also
important to learn howthey want
to give you feedback and howyou
are going to give them reasons why
they should continue being a loyal
customer.
Marketing is promotion for
your brand that is made efective by
researching demographics, habits
and customer preferences, which all
help to create a tailor-made plan that
will reach your desired consumers.
Your marketing plan is going to be
worth the work you put into it when
you take advantage of all the avenues
available to you. Take your powerful
brand message and then fush it out
through ways that are proven to work,
including social media, a content-rich
website and creative blog.
Finally, howdo you diferentiate
the fnal tool in your marketing arsenal?
After you have introduced yourself
to your target audience and learned
about your consumers and howto best
communicate with them using public
relations and marketing, you get to
fex your creative muscles to give your
consumers something to remember.
Think of advertising as the vehicle
through which your marketing plan
and public relations eforts are driven
to your customers. Whether through
television ads, newspapers or online,
advertising is the age old way to get
noticed.
These tools are in fact all
diferent, but they are all universal
ways that you can communicate your
brand message to the people who
need to hear it. Understand howthey
are diferent but use them all to create
a cohesive plan to market your brand
efectively.
Article provided by Susan J. Campbell
Copywriting Solutions
Interested in reading more articles like this one that can help build
your business? The St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce has launched
a new website to help small business owners.The Small Business
Resource Center provides a wealth of information about a variety of
subjects that affect your small business.This can range fromfinancing
and planning to sales, marketing and insurance. Whether youre just
starting a business or youve been in business for a while, there are
lots of decisions to make. With this website, you have combined years
of experience, proven strategies, and knowledge for success at your
fingertips. The site is presented by American Family Insurance.
stjosephsmallbusiness.com
Chamber CEO Named One of 50
Missourians You Should Know
R. Patt Lilly,
President and
CEO of the St.
Joseph Chamber
of Commerce,
was named as one
of Ingrams 50
Missourians You
Should Know in the
Kansas City business
magazines June
edition.
Ingrams Managing Editor
Dennis Boone said his staf tries to
identify leaders in Missouri from as
many business sectors as possible,
including a mix of for-proft and
non-proft organizations. They also
try to get a mix from urban and
rural communities. But one thing is
consistent among all 50 people
recognized: they are leaders
in their feld.
What we really liked about
Patt was what he brought to
the economic development
feld, Mr. Boone said. His
background in private industry,
the public sector and with the
Chamber provides for a pretty
unique set of skills that has led
to the growth of the St. Joseph
business economy.
To see Mr. Lillys profle, please visit
ingramsonline.com and click on the
50 Missourians You Should
Know feature or see the
magazines printed edition on page
10.
3003 Frederick Ave.
St. Joseph, MO
For information on joining &
more news, see
saintjoseph.com
MUG
SHOTS
We caught these folks
at Amnesia II, Fosters and
the always crazy streets of
the Joe. See anybody you know? Tell em
you saw their mugs in The Regular Joe!
Jenna Whittington
Located at 2638 Lafayette,
The Grace House is a bright light
in St. Joseph that helps our com-
munity by providing household
supplies, clothing, and books
to families, seniors, veterans,
women seeking shelter with the
YWCAabuse center, homeless individuals and families, and families in imme-
diate crisis; ALL FREE OF CHARGE. Its uncomfortable to think about living
in these types of situations, but the frightening reality is that it could happen to
any of us at any time without any notice. This is why supporting a great organi-
zation, like Grace House, through prayer, donations of items, volunteering, and
fnancial support now is so important.
Ruth Costello, who is an amazing woman, created Grace House along with
her husband when they noticed the need in our com-
munity. Being a not-for-proft organization, they rely
largely on the generosity of others. And lucky for
you, they provide a variety of opportunities for you to
help! The frst of these opportunities being stocking
Grace House with back to school necessities such as
school clothes, socks and underwear (new of course)
backpacks, school supplies, and new shoes. They will
be holding a BACK 2 SCHOOL giveaway Tuesday,
July 29th from 7am to 4:00 pm. First come, frst serve.
Children must be present and parents must have iden-
tifcation.
Grace House also takes donations of clean and
working household supplies such appliances, dishes,
pots/pans, cooking utensils, dressers, tables and chairs,
living room sets, radios, TVs, alarm clocks, lamps, etc.
These items are used to help women starting over from
abuse situations, homeless, veterans, and seniors create
comfortable living environments. They also accept
towels, sheets, blankets, pillows, canned goods, and
toiletries of all kinds.
To help new moms just starting out, Grace House
collects baby items such as strollers, car seats, toys,
cribs, high chairs, swings and baby clothing. All of
which must be clean and not recalled. Books and
games of all ages are always welcome.
And as much as we dont want to think about
winter right now, there are many in our community
who are already dreading it due to lack of accommoda-
tions. Grace House takes seasonal adult and childrens
clothing donations, but they take blankets, jackets and
winter coats with working zippers, hats, scarves, and
gloves (of all sizes) all year round. Last year alone, Grace House gave away
over 1200 jackets and 1100 blankets in St. Joseph.
Grace Houses hours of operation are Tuesdays 7am to 4:00pm, Thursdays
and Saturdays 7am to 11:30 am, or by appointment. To contribute to bettering
our community or to seek services from Grace House, you may contact Ruth
at 816-262-9401, send an email to ruth.gracehouse@gmail.com or visit their
website www.gracehouseforasmile.com. And of course, like Grace House of
facebook.
Since opening, Grace House has so graciously helped nearly 600 people
in our community per month. Volunteers and donations are always welcome.
Donations are tax deductible. In the words of Ruth, one of the most inspiring
women I know, poverty is not just a word, its an experience. Share of your
abundance with others in need in our community. Our families are the work-
ing poor and families in crisis. Help them fnd something you shared and Grace
House gave for just a smile. The reward is immeasurable!
Grace House: Helping our Community with Kindness and Grace
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Little Class Records recording artist
and Saint Joseph, MO-based Americana
band The Souveneers release their
frst album in the Midland Empire on
August 2, 2014. Dance American will
debut with a live, in-house performance
at the studios of St. Joseph Music Foun-
dation and SJMF radio (KFOH LP 99.3
FM), 2601 Frederick Ave, from 1-5pm.
Hard copies of Dance American
will be available for purchase while sup-
plies last.
Formed in 2013, The Souveneers
have won critical praise and a loyal fan base with
their original works and live perfromances. Their
wholly unique sound echoes the infuences of John
Prine, Otis Redding, and The Cramps.
Souveneers CD Release
August 2nd