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ON THE COVER Adventurer Paul Tuckley cruises downtown on one of his favorite motorcycles. Read more about his desire to step outside of his comfort zone and embrace new adventures on page 52.

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f you’ve had the pleasure of spending time with any of the men we’ve included in this issue, you’ve been in the company of an interesting and unique individual. When you finish reading this issue, I think you’ll agree we’ve included an impressive array of men — some adventurous, some creative, and even one of historic importance to our community.

Perhaps you’ll agree that George Bernard Shaw’s quote, “A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out,” summarizes Darwin Hindman’s life. While I was only around this inspiring individual a few times, I do recall how I felt in his presence. And that was pretty special. I knew very quickly that this was a man to pay close attention to, a man to respect and admire. You’ll hear more about Darwin from his lovely wife, Axie, in our “End of an Era” feature beginning on page 93.

Growing up in a family with four older brothers perhaps made me more “guy-like” than most of my women friends. These brothers of mine were “all boy” — athletic, BB gun toting, M-80 lobbing, energetic, ornery, and not terribly tolerant of a girly little sister. But I do have to give them credit for being such strong, admirable role models in my life. My father essentially checked out of parenthood when I probably needed it most, so I’m a lucky tomboy to

have had four men of great character who were (and continue to be) highly invested in me. They hold me accountable and care deeply about me — and not just because I was their bratty little sister they liked to pick on.

I hope you have the good fortune to have quality men in your life, and I also hope you enjoy learning more about some of those kind of men in this issue.

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hen we fi rst decided to publish the Man Issue, I was nervous. Could we, a predominately female team, accurately reflect the men in our community and the issues they care about? It was a tall order.

Did we deliver? I’ll let you decide, but I am excited to bring you the stories of men from all walks of life who are making a difference in their families, their businesses, and in our community.

I was also nervous about writing this letter. What could I say that would motivate and encourage the men who read COMO and the women who care about them?

Here’s my best shot.

I love the quote (to the right) from a speech Teddy Roosevelt gave in 1910. I was introduced to the powerful words through sociologist Brené Brown in her book “Daring Greatly.” The concept has stuck with me.

I often wonder: Why do we, as human beings, spend so much time and energy focusing on the critic, the naysayer, the real life person or voice in our head that shoots us down, tells us we should do better, or labels us a failure?

Worse yet, why are we that kind of person to others?

How often do we make a disgusted face, a sarcastic comment, or hurl insults from across the room?

Life is hard enough. There are so many external pressures facing us today that we shouldn’t feel beat up by the people we love.

What if, instead, we recognized the dust and sweat, the striving, of those we care about? What if we joined them in the arena? What if we became their biggest cheerleaders, loved them, and helped them dare greatly?

Th is idea has motivated me to name the men and women in my life who I want in my arena.

It has also motivated me to be intentional about being in their arena. To check in on them. To love them not only in words, but in action. To send a thoughtful text, buy them a drink, deliver their favorite milkshake, listen to their stress, or just be present. To encourage them to dream, to risk, and to dare greatly.

Everyone has critics shouting from the bleachers. I’d rather be cheering for the people I love from the field.

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“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great dwevotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.”

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Making an Impression After 32 years of working for the city, Tony St. Romaine follows his passion to become a painter.

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ou probably wouldn’t expect a local impressionist painter to have a long history working in city government, but that’s exactly what you find with Tony St. Romaine.

Sitting in Tony’s small home studio surrounded by his paintings and listening to the faint hum of running fish tanks (a sound he enjoys whilst painting), he discusses his former career, his art, and his inspirations.

In 2016, Tony retired from his role as Columbia’s deputy city manager where he was in charge of many departments, including parks and recreation, human resources, and IT. He has also served as the assistant city manager and worked within the city’s purchasing division.

Tony says his job as deputy city manager required him to be creative in the sense that he had to think outside the box, but “there wasn’t much opportunity there to really explore creative opportunities like art.” Tony has always been fond of the arts, however, often visiting art museums and becoming quite the collector throughout his life.

About a year before his retirement, Tony realized he could pursue his passion for art in a new way. “I thought, ‘Once I retire, this will give me something to do to fill some of that spare time,’” he says.

With the help of videos online, he was able to delve into the world of impressionism and teach himself how to paint. “My style has kind of evolved and I think I’ve now developed a style that, hopefully, people will recognize.”

This is the first year Tony has been working to turn his newfound hobby into a business. He attended Artfest in Springfield and Art in the Park in Columbia, where he felt confirmation that people were interested in his work. “It kind of gives you some confidence that you’re actually doing something that people like,” Tony shares.

Being an avid art collector himself, Tony knows how much it can cost to own original paintings. He wants everyone to be able to enjoy original artwork instead of buying only print versions. So one of his goals is to give

more people access to real, affordable paintings by offering his work at affordable prices.

When scrolling through Tony’s gallery on his website, browsing his paintings at an art

festival, or looking at the work hanging in his studio, you will likely come across a familiar scene. Some of Tony’s impressionist paintings are of notable places in Columbia, like the MU columns or a view of fireworks over buildings downtown.

“My hope when people look at my artwork is to see something that’s familiar to them,” Tony says.

He explains that impressionist art “takes on an image of something that you imagine.” So, he paints with bright colors and uses a palette knife for texture in an attempt to bring back a memory of these places for the viewer. “My goal is not to be realistic in nature, but just to have an impression of what that place looked like.”

Tony praises the diverse and eclectic nature of Columbia, a city he has called home since he was 17. Things like film and art festivals “keep the community engaged and help the community get to know each other and appreciate the different things that we have to offer,” he says. “That’s really been my inspiration.”

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First Class Friends How pampering Herbie helps John Ruppert and Ryan Gavin grow together.

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featuring two-way audio, video, barking alerts, and a treat dispenser. And Herbie rarely misses his six-week grooming appointments, where he receives far more than a basic wash and trim.

“He gets a nicer spa treatment than I do,” Ryan says. “He gets a blueberry facial scrub for his eye goobers.”

John admits that spoiling Herbie can get out of hand at times. “He could probably jump on the couch on his own,” he says.

“He can,” Ryan interjects. “He does it when you’re not around.”

“He gets a nicer spa treatment than I do,” Ryan says. “He gets a blueberry facial scrub for his eye goobers.”

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he old saying is true: dogs are man’s best friend. Canines provide love, loyalty, and entertainment for men everywhere. What sets John Ruppert and Ryan Gavin apart from other men with a dog is their willingness to repay the favor. When it comes to their three-year-old Maltese Shih Tzu mix, the couple makes sure that they are their dog’s best friend as well.

Ryan puts it more bluntly. “We probably spoil our dog too much,” he says.

The pup’s name is Herbert officially, but in conversation and Facebook updates, John and Ryan call him Herbie. The couple rescued Herbie from the jaws of a shelter in December 2016.

Ryan explains how Herbie’s distinct facial markings inspired his old-fashioned name.

“He has an old man face,” he says. “With this Fu Manchu-looking mustache.”

John says the couple picked up Herbie just a few months after their marriage in October 2016 because they sought the “unconditional love and companionship” provided by a dog.

Additionally, Herbie’s Maltese and Shih Tzu heritage made him the hypoallergenic furry friend Ryan required.

While Herbie may have come from humble origins, John and Ryan have ensured that their best friend has spent the past two and a half years in the lap of luxury.

Herbie enjoys kiddie pool photo shoots and constant cuddles. John and Ryan keep tabs on the dog through their Furbo, a pet camera

Ryan recalls one instance where the dog’s shenanigans came to a head. On a morning walk with John, Herbie stepped on a prickly thistle. Herbie yelped, and in response, John “picked him up and babied him and gave him extra treats,” Ryan says. For the rest of the morning, Herbie limped around the house.

But when Ryan came home for lunch, he found the pup seemingly healed.

“He came running out,” Ryan says.

“And then realized ‘oh wait, I’m not acting anymore.’ So he picked his paw up and started limping again. He tried to act again with John later that day, too. It was absurd.”

Yet all in all, the couple agrees that bringing Herbie into their lives has had a net benefit. Taking careful care of another living thing brings new depth to John and Ryan’s partnership and personal growth.

“It’s helped us in terms of imagining what parental responsibilities might be like, talking about when he pooped last or how much he ate,” Ryan explains. “It’s interesting to see how we interact in that mind frame.”

“I think he’s also helped me a lot with patience and discipline,” John says. “He’s defi nitely increased the amount of joy in my life.”

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Relieving the Tension My personal experience with the health benef its of massage therapy for men.

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Shawn is one of the few male therapists working in the massage field. He caters to male clients, taking into account specific massage therapies geared toward improving men’s health and preventing sport’s injuries.

“Men don’t usually get massages, but they’re necessary,” Shawn emphasizes.

“Regular massages help your body to function better so that you can have a full range of motion in your muscles and joints.

Th is is especially important for the athletes who I regularly treat.”

“Men don’t usually get massages, but they’re necessary. Regular massages help your body to function better so that you can have a full range of motion in your muscles and joints.”

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ike many males, I’ve been involved in physically-demanding activities, but dismissed any discomfort that resulted from them. I became accustomed to carrying my body with excessive muscle tension, unaware of its accumulating harm.

But I recently received my fi rst deep tissue massage at Riversong Spa and Salon, and my experience in the massage room transformed how my body functioned and felt afterward. It was as if my frame morphed into a new, more liberated form.

The massage room was calming, dimly lit by candles, each one strategically placed to create a balance between light and darkness. The clean white walls displayed reflexology posters outlining pressure points in the body. On the counter, a collection of hot stones, essential oils, and other massage equipment lay intricately organized. The gear resembled a puzzle, each tool serving as an essential piece to mapping the healing of my body.

As I took in my surroundings, I began to notice the radio in the background that echoed the sound of flutes and harps, allowing for a nebula of tranquility to hang over the space.

A massage bed draped with fresh white sheets occupied the center of the room. As I lay my body on the bed, the warmth from the heating pad diff used into my pores, and I entered a state of halcyon. Advanced Massage Therapist Shawn Wolking knocked and then entered the room and began working on my body tissue, digging in from head to toe.

Shawn began with my arms. He applied an oil to his hands and rubbed each arm in elongated circular motions, slowly releasing the tension within them. As he did so, I felt blood surge through my veins and warm up my skin. He shifted this treatment to my fingers and gently pulled each one separately. My hand softened, the prior stress in it fading away.

As Shawn worked on my back, he checked to see if I was feeling any pain. Instead of pain, however, I felt a tickling sensation. He explained that I had so much built up tension that my body’s reaction to the relief, like a lot of men, was a ticklish feeling. The deep tissue therapy would help remedy the sensation.

He then moved on to my legs.

Shawn used the same rubbing motions as before, making sure to release all the tension locked in my leg muscles. He then introduced me to reflexology – the study of how the feet map out the condition of your body’s organs. From an analysis of my feet, he shared insight into the state of my liver, bladder, and sinuses. As he talked, he allowed eucalyptus-scented essential oil to seep deep into my pores. He continuously rubbed my feet, allowing more blood to flow to my toes.

When the massage ended, I felt refreshed.

My muscles were relaxed and had taken on a new energy. I left with the gratification of knowing my body could now function to better serve my health.

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HOMES

ARCHITECT BRIAN MORGAN GLEANS FROM THE PAST TO DESIGN HOMES FOR THE FUTURE.

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ometimes we find our calling where we least expect it — like at a friend’s lawn care and landscaping company in Springfield.

After working for two years in psychology, Brian Morgan started working in landscaping with his friend. That’s where he discovered his true passion: architecture. Before he became an architect, he didn’t even see himself as artistically inclined. Now he can’t imagine himself doing anything else.

“We were trying to design landscape projects for people, and I realized I needed more education to design something,” Brian Morgan, principal at Brian Morgan Architects LLC, says.

He already had a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Westminster College, but he decided to enroll in the architecture program at Drury University. He worked on his degree there for three years before relocating to Seattle when his wife received a promotion that required them to move across the country. There, he received his master’s in architecture at the University of Washington-Seattle.

After six years, the couple ended up in Columbia, where they’ve been since 2010.

Brian received his architecture license and has been working at his own firm for eight years fulfilling client’s dreams along with his own. He and his team work on single-family residential homes.

“All of them have their own individual challenges that we’re trying to solve,” Brian says. “So each project is unique, and I think just coming up with a workable solution is a lot of fun.”

The Gilman Residence

The Gilman residence was a 2015 project in Moberly. The home has a rich history attached to it and it offered its own unique challenges throughout the process of revamping the classic space.

Brian worked with the clients eight months in advance before construction began. “They wanted clean, they wanted sleek, and they wanted something that was much more modern living than what the old house was,” Brian says.

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original home, which was only visible from the back of the house, was much older.

Unfortunately, the small original home wasn’t very efficient. It had deteriorated and suffered from foundation issues, so Brian and his team decided it needed to be completely removed. Luckily, they were able to save and repurpose the more than 200-year-old wood rafters from the original home to keep a piece of the rich history. They used the rafters to create sills, shelves, and a floating shelf vanity for the master bathroom.

While Brian worked to create something that looked fresher, he planned to keep some of the older characteristics of the home, too.

“We knew that we could never match the exact character of the original house. It’s from 1863 — you can’t do something new that looks

old,” Brian says. “There was always going to be this relationship between what we did today and what was original, or at least from the 1863 addition, so we decided to go completely in the opposite direction.”

When construction began with Aarow Building, a brand new — and efficient — addition was added on to the back of the two-story 1863 home. “We decided with the addition that we really wanted to change the perception of the space inside,” Brian says.

The sleek and modern add-on completely juxtaposed the classic traditional look that the house originally had. “We had clients that were very open-minded about this,” Brian says.

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in Moberly. The new addition has brand new features while the old addition still has characteristics from the past. The dark trim in the house was kept the same, along with the exterior of the 1863 addition and brick features inside of the home.

“We also took a lot of steps with the exterior shell of the new space to make it as efficient as possible,” Brian says. They went to a flat membrane roof and corrugated metal barn siding for the new addition. They also used plywood, a cheaper but still beautiful option, for the wood flooring in the master bedroom.

“We chose a lot of materials that contrasted the original, but were also very affordable,” Brian says.

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An array of new windows was added to let natural light into the two-story open living room space that features a fireplace. A wooden Japanese soaking tub is now in the backyard, and a large master suite that overlooks the living area below was created on the upper level of the home. “They wanted some of the more modern conveniences,” Brian says.

In the end, they added about 950 square feet of finished space.

“They loved everything about the design, which is our goal,” Brian says. “That’s what our number one goal of every project is.”

An Architect’s Role

When you think about what an architect does on a day-to-day basis, what comes to mind?

“We have to be generalists,” Brian says. “We need to know a little bit about a lot. We need to know generally about every trade — what they’re doing, who’s doing it, and how they’re doing it.”

The process of working on a home starts early. Sometimes it begins with looking at an empty lot where a house will be in the future, while other times — like with the Gilman residence — it starts with looking at an already built house and deciding what changes to make.

Brian works one-on-one with clients to find out exactly what they want in their home and helps them work through the process of figuring out what will fit their budget. He focuses on finding out where a family wants to spend most of their time in the home so they can make that space as comfortable as possible, and they tweak each project based on the client’s routine.

“That’s the joy of what we do. Trying to learn a lot about our clients — who they are, how they live, and what they want in a home,” Brian says.

Each project is different for Brian and his team. “Spouses will come in here and a lot of times they have very different ideas,” Brian says. “We get in there to find that middle ground so they both love what it comes out to.”

His career now isn’t in psychology, but it’s easy to see how his background in the subject helps him navigate through his projects. Architecture isn’t where Brian started out, but now he doesn’t see himself in any other profession.

“That’s the important thing about a career.

What are you going to wake up every day and love doing? This is it for me,” he says.

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It seems that nearly anytime there’s an attempt to blend the visions of two or more distinctly different individuals, there’s sure to be less than perfect harmony. And while it’s to be expected, it’s not always easy to navigate … especially in the area of home design and décor. Accommodating various personalities and styles requires a little give and take but doesn’t necessarily mean everyone won’t be extremely satisfied with the end result.

La-Z-Boy’s Urban Attitudes line has solved many a dispute for us, or I should say for our customers. Their “mixing is matching” theory helps creatively blend a variety of styles into a look that is uniquely pulled together and extremely pleasing. The trick to artfully blending is knowing your “must haves.” Does he really want texture and saturation of color? Does she want embellishments and movement of shape?

Then, of course, comes function and level of use.

Once some of these crucial elements are determined, the real fun can start. We take your “must-haves” and preferences, determine scale, placement, pattern mixing, and flow with your surrounding spaces and create a plan that not only makes sense, but makes you really happy.

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We’ll help you select materials that have a well-defined look and distinctly represent your style. Urban Attitudes even offers iClean fabrics, which are foolproof in repelling spills before they turn into stains– even red wine, which is genius. Most spills are successfully cleaned up with a paper towel. Yet, this fabric is still incredibly soft and very comfortable.

It’s not uncommon to hit an internal snag when working on a redecorating project or furnishing a new space. Each of us has definitive likes and dislikes – right or wrong – and we can be stubborn creatures at times.

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And today’s open-concept home designs translate to more shared spaces requiring a cohesive sense of flow. With the right advice and good options, we can help you avoid

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A home should be a mutual space filled with love, laughter, and memories being made. As a designer, I have heard the cliché jokes about the husband only being allowed to decorate the man cave and the garage with the underlying slight being that his choice in decor will not live up to the wife’s standards. In reality, this stereotype simply isn’t true, and worse, this practice can be detrimental. I encourage all couples, regardless of the purpose of the room, to share in the experience of creating the room together. Personal space is critical for successful relationships. I am not arguing that. What I am saying is that even if ultimately a room is intended primarily to be utilized by one spouse, sharing in the creation process together helps to make each and every room feel like a part of the home; thereby, reducing the mine vs. his mentality that can silently wreak havoc.

A few years ago, I entered my husband’s home office in a makeover challenge (yes, I asked permission). This, naturally, is a room that is primarily utilized by Paul. Paul is a hardworking, talented, and adventurous man, and his office was, well, office-like. It was a relatively traditional and conservative space, which was not reflective of my motorcycle-racing,

adventurous Brit. Although I did the majority of the execution, Paul and I worked together to create a space that was reflective of his interests and personality. It was a wonderful way for us to bond and continue to learn about one another.

“DON’T SMOTHER EACH OTHER. NO ONE CAN GROW IN THE SHADE.” – LEO BUSCAGLIA

A few years have passed since the whirlwind, 6-week renovation and each time I look into his office, it is with fondness. While the space may not be primarily utilized by me, it is ours, and it is an important part of our home. Even our son, Will, now makes use of the room to write lyrics and illustrate his album covers.

So, join forces on your next room makeover.

You’ll learn a bit about one another and equally share in the enjoyment when it’s completed.

Although I can’t promise there won’t be a few potential differences of vision. That’s to be expected.

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Anne has been in the interior design industry for over 20 years and has resided in many metropolitan cities from NYC to Houston while honing in on her skills.

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1. PUNCTUALITY A quality contractor you can trust will always show up on time or even early for any appointment. Contractors can be very busy, but when things come up that interfere with their scheduled appointments, your contractor should always give you a call to reschedule.

This is not an unreasonable practice. Any professional contractor who is willing to break an appointment may also break other guarantees and appointments later on.

2. TRUSTWORTHINESS When a homeowner gives access to their home, a contractor should respect that. Honesty and trust are of the utmost importance. Trust your instincts. If your first meeting doesn’t make you feel secure and comfortable, do not move forward with that contractor. Remember, not only are you trusting them in your home and around your family, but you are also trusting them with a large amount of your money.

addition to successfully completing numerous courses on various topics related to the industry.

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In order to become a member, the contractor’s background and references are investigated, and only if they have displayed top professionalism and quality service do they become a member. So, it’s always a good idea to hire a NARI or NAHB contractor.

4. CERTIFICATIONS Both the NARI and NAHB offer industry certification and designations such as Certified Graduate Remodeler™ (CGR) and Certified Remodeler™ (CR). If a contractor has earned either one of these designations, there’s a high likelihood that you’re dealing with a very reputable professional. Earning specialized designations such as Certified Aging-In-Place (CAPS) reflects a commitment to the career of a professional remodeling contractor. A contractor must demonstrate certain levels of skill and knowledge to earn these certifications, in

When a significant amount of a contractor’s business is derived from repeat or referred business, it is an indication that his clients are pleased and he has an outstanding reputation.

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It’s no secret that hiring a real estate professional is key to navigating the purchase or sale of real estate. Our licensed experts are trained and educated to smoothly get all parties through the process with a delightful outcome.

What is often misunderstood is your agent is only as strong as the personal team of experts working alongside them. Every transaction is different, and with each, a unique set of skills is needed. Perhaps it’s legal, negotiations, marketing, or sales. It’s crucial you hire an agent whose brokerage has experts in all facets of real estate.

UNDERSTANDING THE LIABILITY

The number one reason people avoid “For Sale by Owner” is the legal aspect of selling real estate. There are so many ways that a homeowner can be liable, both legally and financially. Local and state laws, equal housing, and EPA are just a few of the entities involved in a standard transaction. It’s crucial that the experts you hire have an intimate knowledge of the pertaining regulations.

ALL THE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE

No transaction is the same. Simple as that.

Unfortunately, there is no one-size-fits-all packet of paperwork that works for every sale. Both the buyers and the sellers present unique opportunities and obstacles that often require specific paperwork. Amendments, riders, addendums, disclosures, releases, continuations, and then some. It’s not as easy as simply writing up a contract. A professional Realtor and their in-house compliance auditor should review the transaction every step of the way to ensure proper paperwork is completed and filed.

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE TIMING

Even the simplest of transactions can go sideways if deadlines aren’t meticulously met. Often, missing a deadline can benefit

one party and hurt the other. An experienced agent is trained to look for the fine print, spot the critical dates, and coordinate with all parties to ensure the timeline is adhered to. At IGRE, our compliance department reviews files before, during, and on closing day to ensure our clients and our agents are protected every step of the way.

HOW TO KNOW YOU’RE GETTING THE BEST Ask! When interviewing your agents, ask about their brokerage compliance department. How do they audit their files and paperwork? How much combined experience is working on your transaction? A professional agent and professional brokerage are always happy to answer these questions in depth.

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Not Just Any

George Liggett keeps tobacconist traditions alive at The Nostalgia Shop.

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George Liggett was just a boy when he rolled his first cigarette.

By the time he was a teen, he was beyond proficient. “I hand-rolled my grandfather’s 100 cigarettes every Sunday,” George says. “Back in the day, there were no chemicals in cigarettes, so that was my job, and that’s why I’ve always been around tobacco and always enjoyed it.”

It wasn’t just for pleasure, though; his grandfather was in the business of supplying tobacco to drug stores along the stretch of Highway 40, now Interstate 70, from St. Louis to Wichita.

Today, George is not much for cigarettes, which now harbor too many harmful chemicals. But he is quite fond of tobacco. He prefers cigars, and fine ones. The boyhood tobacconist has aged into a tall man who wears a suit and walks with a brass skull-capped cane. You’d be hard pressed to find him without a cigar in his hand, but it’s not always lit.

He caps his intake at one a day, if that. “It’s like an orchestra conductor — I’ve gotta have my baton,” he says. George conducts the operations at

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The Nostalgia Shop, where, following in his grandfather’s footsteps, he dabbles in the business of tobacco. “Th is is my 51st year in the business,” he says. “I grew up with it.”

The Golden Trio But George is not only a tobacconist; he's a collector. The inventory in his shop reflects his deep appreciation for life’s finer things, especially a particular golden trio: cigars, antiques, and really good hooch.

For more than half a century, he’s traveled from coast to coast seeking out fine selections to share with his fellow collectors and connoisseurs in his shop, the last cigar lounge in Columbia. “The thing about antiques and antiquities: the people that collect antiques and invest in them, they also drink good wine, drink good spirits, eat good food, and visit us,” he says. “It all kind of dovetails together.”

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Every so often, George dips a stunted, slender slat of wood into the flame of a candle, and brings it up to the foot of his cigar. “These are Spanish Cedar strips,” he says. He explains that cigars are packed in layers within boxes, and thin sheets of Spanish Cedar are used to separate them.

“Most tobacconists throw it away, but I break it into pieces. It’s cheaper than matches, and I don’t want to waste it either.” George will keep you captivated with these tidbits of information, and before you know it, minutes have turned into hours. He has an extensive catalog of memories; he smoothly rattles off stories about meeting and working with big names at antique and cigar shows: Freddy Mercury, Hugh Hefner, Bob Kane, and Jay Silverheels are just a few.

He’ll tell you that it’s his work with antiques, specifically for a Smithsonian project, that got him involved in selling cigars and liquor.

“As we were buying all the antiques at the shows, I met all these politicians who were sponsors,” he says. “They would fi nd their antiques and then would say, ‘You know, if you go out to California, can you fi nd some wine for me?’’’

He’d found a niche. “Back then, California could only do intrastate not interstate shipping, so I’d go out there and bring it back to D.C. Then it went from fine wines to Kentucky with bourbons; then one day a guy comes up to me, and he said, ‘Can you get this cigar for me?’ and it just all went together. So here I was, delivering the whole gambit, which goes right along with the antique resale.”

But it all goes back to those long-ago Sundays spent rolling cigarettes. “Th is is the heartbeat of the whole business, the tobacco,” George says. “Th is is the destination point.”

“The thing about antiques and antiquities: the people that collect antiques and invest in them, they also drink good wine, drink good spirits, eat good food, and visit us. It all kind of dovetails together."

The Finer Things

He shows me inside the humidor where all his cigars are stored. It’s a temperature-controlled room set at 70 degrees and designed specifically for this purpose. A soft brick floor, laid with bricks from an old Stephens College building, holds just the right amount of moisture, at least 70%. Moisture is a key component; if a cigar dries out, it’s no good. “I water it every night before I leave,” George says.

As the night goes on it absorbs the humidity: It percolates to the ceiling and the fans knock it back down and it keeps the cigars perfectly fresh. A particular set of wood shelves lines the walls inside the humidor. “The only thing a cigar won’t take the flavor of is Spanish cedar,”

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George says. “It doesn’t affect the taste of a cigar. But if you put a cigar next to a Hershey bar for 24 hours… this $40 cigar will taste like a $1 Hershey bar. You have to be very selective in what goes in here and how you store it.”

In here, you won’t find gas station tobacco or liquor. “We only deal in hard to find, really rare cellared spirits and older wines,” he says. “I can’t compete against grocery stores.” And he’s not trying to.

Like George, his clients appreciate the finer things, and finer things take time. “Th is is just like a good bottle of wine or good bottle of bourbon — gets better as they age,” he says. He tells me cigars take five years to construct, so at a minimum, any cigar is his shop is at least five years old. The best ones have celebrated even more birthdays.

“Th is cigar right here is 20 years old,” he says, holding up a Maduro, a dark, stout cigar. “Or the wrapper is. It takes five years to construct a cigar, so in essence it’s 25 years old.”

At 40 years old, The Nostalgia Shop is older than many fine cigars, and throughout its storied history, the address and offerings of this destination point have changed. George and his business partner, Tim Flynn, whom he worked with until 2010, originally opened an antique boutique in Rocheport under the moniker Stone Swan, and after five years, they moved to downtown Columbia, reopening as The Nostalgia Shop. There they stayed for nearly 30 years before George and his wife, Mariel, decided on a more favorable location in the south end of the city.

The Liggetts opened the joint venture of The Nostalgia Shop and a restaurant, Grand Cru, on New Year’s Eve, 1999. “We opened it up as a cigar society that served really good food — but the main interest was cigars,” George says.

For eight years, the restaurant and shop ran harmoniously, but in 2008, the city’s new nonsmoking ordinance changed things. “That really destroyed the whole thesis of this restaurant,” George says. “Our restaurant did take a hit after that law was put into place. . . . that’s why we were there — we were a cigar society.”

The new law meant changes had to be made.

The Liggetts completely closed off the smoking section of the restaurant, creating two separate spaces, the restaurant and the cigar lounge.

Today, that’s how it still operates. Two couches and a few tables welcome guests. Art, in the form of framed vintage cigar wrappers, signed posters, and stacks of cigar boxes, furnish the room. It’s a place designed for patrons to “relax

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The Anatomy of a Cigar George Liggett is an expert tobacconist. Here, breaks down each step of the cigar-making process.

THREE PARTS TO TOBACCO: Filler: a big bundle of tobacco.

Binder: holds it together.

Wrapper: One little tiny piece of tobacco—that’s 80% of flavor, he says.

“But first, you’ve got to get a seed and put that in the ground. Then they harvest the leaves, then age them. They put it in big bales, and it has to be in that bale for approximately five years, and rotated every six weeks. Most cigars are five years old — if they do rush them, they’re no good.

"All cigars are blended; they’ve always got three different kinds of tobacco. The essence is when all three come together in one flavor. That’s the mark of a great cigar. If they don’t, the taste of the filler overwhelms everything. You don’t want that. You want to get it down to where it marries together, tasting more wrapper than anything. That’s why it has to sit.

"It’s an old-fashioned method of preparation. Just takes time. A good bottle of bourbon would be 10 to 15 years old. Wine’s the same way. Time is everything, especially in tobacco.

When you realize how good a cigar is, this is all part of the process. So when I see somebody get a very good cigar, take a couple puffs, and put it out, that’s 10 to 12 years gone.

"You can relight a cigar as many times as you want, you can leave it overnight, it’s still going to be there until it dries out. That’s the humidity factor—without the humidity, you’re out of business, it tastes like straw.”

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Thursday afternoon cigar club (left to right): Lane Clarke, Andrew Burruk, Marc Weichelt, and Tom Quinn

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and smoke a good cigar,” Mariel says. High-end fi ltration systems run on a loop, purifying the air. “I‘ve had 30 to 40 people in here, and four or five hours after they leave, the room’s clean again as long as those things are on,” George says.

A Hobby, Not a Habit

Owner, George, and his parrot, Jeremy

As George leans in to relight his cigar, the flame exposes a faint black eye and pink cheek. “I didn’t really beat him up,” Mariel assures me. “He had dental surgery.” One of the stipulations of his recovery was a tobacco-free week. He did it with ease, which, surprisingly, is not uncommon for the man who spends every evening entertaining guests in his smoke shop.

The Liggetts both enjoy an intermittent puff of fine tobacco, but as they’ll tell you, they don’t have to have it. “It’s a hobby, not a habit,” Mariel says. “Every week we’re closed on Sundays. He goes home Saturday night and at home he doesn’t smoke on Sundays.” The habit-forming cigarettes differ in many ways from cigars, including in their proper form of smoking. “Cigarette smokers make the worst cigar smokers,” Mariel says.

“You don’t inhale cigar smoke. You want to leave it in your taste buds.”

Most of the hobby smokers who frequent the shop are male. “Th is just seeps masculinity,” he says, gesturing at the shelves lined with bourbon, scotch, and cigars. Though the shop does have a masculine air, he doesn’t ever forget about his female clientele. “Not only do they smoke themselves, but they’re always buying for somebody,” he says. “A lot of ladies are really into it.”

Groups dining in the restaurant often mosey over to the cigar lounge following dinner for a smoke and their favorite spirit. Cigar groups meet weekly, and the most dedicated patrons have rented cigar boxes in George’s walk-in humidor, where they’re kept locked up tight and as fresh as possible. “That’s for the very serious smoker,” George says. “All of the spaces are rented, and they always are. When one comes up, there’s a waiting list.”

Passersby, like one recent traveler from the East Coast, sometimes stop in for a single high-end stogie to-go. “He was from New Jersey; fi rst time he’d ever been to the Midwest,” George says of a walk-in customer. “He’s only here for a meeting. He’s leaving tomorrow morning. Just looking for a place to buy a cigar.” Whichever group you fall into, even if it’s the never-smoked-anything club, George will treat you like an old friend.

He’s made many friends over the course of the half century he’s been in business, including the Rombauers, of “The Joy of Cooking” fame and of Rombauer Vineyards in Napa Valley. The Liggetts and Rombauers built a friendship over wine, and when matriarch Joan Rombauer was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the two families teamed up to host fundraisers in support of cancer research.

“We partnered with the Gurucharri Foundation and hosted dinners,” Mariel says. “KR [Koerner Rombauer Jr.] would come from California and he would walk people through dinner and the wines. He said, ‘Anything I can do for pancreatic cancer research.’” As Mariel tells it, Joan and KR were on opposite ends of the cigar spectrum. “Joan would say ,‘No cigars!’ and KR whispered, ‘I’ll take a cigar.’” After Joan’s passing in 2002, the Liggetts named their meeting room The Rombauer Room in her honor.

George has more stories to tell about his time in the business — too many for these pages, but plenty to share over a smoke. Stop in and meet the shop mascot, Layla, light up a cigar on the antique lighter, and then ask George about the death on the dance floor, his fowl friend Jeremy, or how he learned to make his way through a late-night Chicago road block.

Chances are, you’ll leave his shop with a grand feeling of nostalgia.

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Capturing the JOY For the father–daughter duo behind Jazzy Kat Productions, taking photos is a celebration of life.

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hoto booths have become a popular feature at any event, providing a memento for each attender to remember the fun and joy experienced in that precise moment.

That is where Joe Pallikkathayil, owner of Jazzy Kat Productions, and his 11-yearold daughter, Jazmine, come in. The two of them are a powerful team that works together with intentionality and care to operate their photo booth with a single mission: to help people remember the joyful moments.

Jazzy Kat Productions developed from a random thought that Joe’s late wife, Kat, had six years ago after examining their surroundings. “We have enough stuff to start a photo booth,” she said. At the time, Joe laughed with his wife, but after looking around himself, he concluded she wasn’t wrong. From that point on, they began to volunteer their services mainly to nonprofit organizations, the fi rst one being MU's Relay for Life.

“My whole life I have professionally worked with nonprofits as a fund raiser,” Joe explains, “so I reached out to Mizzou’s Relay for Life and mentioned that I had a photo booth set up and would love to donate our services, and they were super stoked about it!”

About midway through that evening, after multiple people asked for a business card, Joe concluded that maybe running a photo booth wasn’t such a silly idea.

That was the genesis of Jazzy Kat Productions, which has now grown into a way of remembering and celebrating Kat, who died in December of 2017.

“Late in life, Kat developed significant medical complications that were untreatable,” Joe says. “She had Crohn’s disease, and as a complication of that, there was probably a myriad of other things that went undiagnosed. Ultimately, she was working against organ failure.”

Working the photo booth was one of Kat’s favorite things to do with her family, so it seemed natural that Joe and Jazmine would keep it going. The night Kat died, Joe sat Jazmine down to tell her.

“There were a lot of tears; we cried a lot,” Joe reflects. “But then something happened that made us chuckle, and from that moment on, we were able to put sadness aside and focus on what sort of things

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we wanted to do to make sure mom was always in our hearts.”

It was Jazmine’s idea to keep the photo booth going, though.

“She believed this was something that meant a lot to her mom and would mean a lot to her to keep it going.” Joe laughs with tears in his eyes, “And, well, there’s really no arguing with that!”

Joe describes running the company after his wife’s death as “partly cathartic at times, but there is always a moment at each event when it all just takes your breath away . . . . I’ve learned that’s just the nature of grief.”

Jazmine really jumps into helping her dad operate the photo booth when she accompanies him to events. She helps in making sure everything is organized, and she knows how to pull people in and explain the whole process to them.

“My favorite part of helping my dad at events is seeing people’s reactions after they see their picture,” Jazmine says. “They always look so happy.”

Joe adds, “Yeah, there is a lot of fun and joy in seeing their expressions.”

That is their main mission in events, and they love to see it come to fruition.

Normally, photo booths are set up with a self-timer and you have a certain amount of time to pose before the picture is taken. Joe and Jazmine set up their booth in such a way that each person has an unlimited amount of time to pose themselves, but the two operators actually take the picture. They’ve learned that this process guarantees that the prints that come out are ones that people actually like and want to keep.

Throughout the entire process, Joe likes to celebrate his late wife through the ways that he interacts with people.

“She was always the more charismatic one,” Joe explains, “So I always try to engage with everyone and build the connections she always made so organically.”

Th is process is also crucial to providing an experience that helps people remember the joy in the event.

“Knowing how to make people have a better experience — not just with the photo booth, but at the entire event — is just in the questions you ask. It allows time for people to really think about and savor what brought them joy,” Joe says.

“EVEN IF YOU AREN’T HAVING FUN AT FIRST, YOU DON’T EVER LEAVE A PHOTO BOOTH GRUMPY.”

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“Even if you aren’t having fun at fi rst, you don’t ever leave a photo booth grumpy.”

Jazzy Kat Productions stands out among other companies because of the level of care Joe and Jazmine put in for events. Each event has customized backdrops, props, and prints.

“That’s what I pour into this that is probably different than any other photo booth — I don’t do this to make a profit, and I donate a lot to the organizations we serve routinely. I do this for two reasons: to remember my wife and to know that the memories being made at our booth are things that people take back and cherish.”

Jazzy Kat Productions is a company that started as a joke, then turned into a fun way to spend time together as a family, and now is a beautiful way to remember a loved one. Th is photo booth has been a celebration for the Pallikkathayils, as well as many other people that come through to take a picture.

The Relay for Life remains an important event to Jazzy Kat Productions, even after six years. There are a lot of people Joe has gotten to meet and hear stories from in past events.

“There’s a woman who comes every year,” Joe says, “and she came up to me this year and told me she has all of the photos she’s taken in my booth up on her fridge. For her, she treats them like trophies — they’re a sign to her that she made it another year with cancer.”

Joe manages to tell this story with dry eyes, but noted that on that day there was “definitely ugly crying in that moment. It was the sweetest thing to hear!”

Jazzy Kat Productions started with working four to five events in 2014; they worked around 20 this past year. Joe is excited to grow his company even more by opening up more availability to work weddings in 2020.

“The company has been a learning process, but we’ve grown so gradually,” Joe explains. “Because Jazzy Kat Productions was never designed to be a profit-based company, I think it gave me the mindset to experiment with it and not feel the sense of urgency that this is make or break. Part of what we raise goes into Jazmine’s college fund and the other part goes back to the charities we are working for.”

In addition to running Jazzy Kat Productions and being a dad to Jazmine, Joe just accepted a position with the Alzheimer’s Association to be a walk director. He is also a full-time student in the master’s in public affairs program at MU. “It’s harrowing to lose someone in inches . . . there is sometimes mercy in a quick death,” Joe shares, “but there is always an opportunity for joy and hope. It’s hard not to look at my life and not still feel overwhelmingly blessed.”

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How do you define adventure?

Meet two Columbia men who have their own unique definitions of what it means to be adventurous. For Bernie McDonald, dedicated to walking in all 50 states, adventure is a mindset of being open to whatever experiences come up. For Paul Tuckley, adventure is achieved when you put yourself in a position where things can go wrong — and are prepared to accept that.

For both men, adventure means focusing on what they can control and doing it well.

BERNIE MCDONALD

The Great American Walking Trip Bernie McDonald is on a journey. He had toyed with the idea of the Great American Road Trip for some time — except he didn’t own a car. After a stint living in England and the breakup of his marriage, the Columbia native found himself back

stateside in 2012, this time in Portland, Maine. In Portland, he rediscovered yoga and was so invigorated and challenged by the practice that he decided to train to become a yoga teacher himself.

Then he heard an episode of This American Life called “Hit the Road” about a man walking across the country. It changed everything for Bernie: He would walk.

Bernie’s own goal was to explore and see the country while learning more about yoga along the way. “I liked that I had a theme to keep me going,” he says. “I could explore different yoga places as I go to learn and continue my education.”

With the support from friends who gave him the courage to go for it, Bernie left Portland in August 2013 and began walking down the Eastern seaboard. His average walk was 15 miles a day; he avoided interstates and highways and would instead go out of his way to find a better, safer side route.

He typically stayed in each place about a night, visiting yoga studios and staying with people he met at classes or knew through connections with friends.

“Walking 100 miles in every state is a lifetime goal, but I’d like to do it sooner rather than later.”

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By Thanksgiving, though, his body told him he needed to take a break. After walking 800 miles, his shin began to swell, and he realized the backpack he was carrying was too heavy for his journey. He returned to Portland at first, but came back to Columbia, where his family still lives, in 2014. He began teaching yoga locally and started to feel whole again.

Bernie advises anyone else looking to begin their own adventure not to box themselves in. “For me, hearing that podcast made me realize that anything is possible,” he says.

“Whatever your interest is, you can find something. Find your tribe of people who believe in it.”

100 Miles in Each State

Paul Tuckley has adventure in his DNA. He grew up playing rugby in his native England until, after a few injuries, he decided to find something new that was adventurous and exciting.

After giving his body time to rest, Bernie came up with a new plan: to walk 100 miles in every state. “It’s a lifetime goal, but I’d like to do it sooner rather than later,” he says.

He began walking again, this time with a new goal of using mass transit, taking Amtrak trains and Greyhound buses to get him to different states. He plans trips based on the route and is mindful of the time of year, weather, and seasons — avoiding the East Coast, for example, during hurricane season.

By 2016, he had made it from coast to coast.

In 2017, he took another trip, and he has currently visited 28 states.

Bernie writes more about his travels on his website, berndogyoga.org, with the ultimate goal of writing a book about his experiences.

On one memorable trip, he caught the Amtrak train through northern Montana, where it stopped half a mile from the entrance to Glacier National Park. He also walked along a river gorge in an abandoned railroad town in West Virginia to catch a train that only stops there every other day. Besides the interesting moments, he’s experienced lows along the way — in addition to the shin injury, he talks of the challenges with bus transportation and the isolation of traveling alone.

“Loneliness is the biggest thing you deal with doing adventurous stuff on your own,” Bernie says. “It’s exciting because you have the end goal and the experience, but doing it alone takes much more mental energy. Some days, it’s a big ask.”

And what do his friends and family think about his plan? “People are generally scared or frightened for me, or don’t want me to be away that much. They’re excited, but miss me,” he says. “But my mom has gotten much better about not worrying.”

Bernie continues his yoga education at each stop and enjoys learning about our country, its cities, and its natural beauty at each destination. “I’ve learned that I can be happy anywhere,” he says.

PAUL TUCKLEY

Creating New Adventures

He started mountain biking, and after discovering the thrill of big mountains, started downhill mountain biking. He became heavily involved in downhill, riding primarily in Colorado and through some of the world championship courses.

After getting “sort of banged up,” he says, he started looking for something new again. This time, adventure came in the form of motorcycles.

“It escalates,” Paul says. “You get good at something in your own mind, and then you associate with people who are better than you and you get better.”

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“In motorcycle racing, you’re constantly stretching yourself. I really want a first place at Daytona. I need to win one, so that drives me even harder.”

P h oto cou r te sy of Pau l Tu ck l ey

Need for Speed Paul had already been an avid motorcyclist for years. This time, he became involved with an organization called TrackAddix School of Speed. The group’s coaches invited him to go along and ride on track days, when anyone with equipment and a motorcycle could go along and ride on the circuit.

“It was a casual, recreational way of riding my bike fast. I started enjoying it tremendously, and one thing led to another,” Paul says. He started racing about five years ago and soon became deeply involved.

Most of his time is now spent racing on major circuits around the U.S., often with a group of friends who race in organizations like the American Sportbike Racing Association and the Championship Cup Series. He recently returned from racing at Daytona.

“My goal is to constantly get better at what I choose to do,” Paul says. “It’s difficult to do that because it’s very demanding.”

Finding the Flow But it’s that demanding part of racing that keeps him motivated. He describes trying to reach the “flow state,” a psychological concept where your task at hand completely absorbs your concentration and focus.

“If the challenge outweighs your expertise, you become nervous and anxious. If your expertise outweighs the challenge, you become bored,”

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Paul says. “And there’s a space in between, the flow state, which is where you get to a point where you go, ‘This is who I am.’ I like that feeling of pushing the envelope till the point where I’m at the limits of my expertise, but then you have to keep on finding greater challenges.”

It’s an addictive feeling that keeps him challenged. “The mind does very clever things with you when it’s being pushed, when you’re pushing your mind and body to do things that are outside the normal bounds,” he says.

Paul realizes that friends and family, from their perspective, might be concerned because there are consequences to great speed. At the same time, they know how important racing is to him. “I think they know it’s definitive for me. If I didn’t do it, I’d be unhappy,” he says.

He also describes a racing environment that is highly regulated, one where you constantly have to prove your abilities and where it takes an enormous amount of preparation and skill to get from level A to level B. Equipment is also regulated, with approved helmets and air bag suits, and bikes go through technical inspections prior to each event.

During a race, Paul describes the moment of launch as “silent and serene and extremely personal.” Then, during the actual race, the action is also very personal. “When you put your helmet on, you have thoughts you don’t ordinarily have, but you’re always thinking about the next moment,” he says.

—Paul Tuckley Preparation is key. “You can’t take a selfie doing this,” he says. “You have to think about what’s next because there are consequences to not thinking about what’s next.”

While racing may be thought of as a maledominated sport, Paul is quick to point out that it’s a tough sport that includes women racers as well. “Women are seen as equal participants, and there are female worldclass racers who have won championships in racing,” he says.

After all, you don’t really know who is racing until the helmets are off. “I can race against a 16-year-old kid or a woman and I don’t know,” he says. “One of the wonderful things about racing is the participation is equal on every level. The esteem we hold people in is based on their talent, ability, and attitude.”

As for his next adventure, Paul hopes to return to Daytona, this time with the goal of a first-place win. “In motorcycle racing, you’re constantly stretching yourself,” he says. “I really want a first place at Daytona. I need to win one, so that drives me even harder.”

How does he advise anyone who wants to get started on their own adventure? “The most important thing is to get proper instruction and keep your mouth shut,” he says. “The next phase would be to surround yourself with people who can teach you. If you always surround yourself with people who are better than you, you will constantly improve.”

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D L I U B TO T O N R O D L I U B TO Local experts provide insight on financing your home construction.

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his month, we continue our homebuilding series with a focus on financing. Once a prospective homeowner decides to build, how do they obtain financing for construction? To answer the many questions that come up when deciding on financing, we talked with several lenders in the Columbia area who specialize in construction loans.

Jill Cox, senior vice president of commercial lending with Central Bank of Boone County, believes that a good relationship can help alleviate a lot of stress in the home-building process.

“I think it’s important for people new to the process to go in and talk with a lender and also interview builders,” says Jill. “It’s a good idea to get recommendations on builders who construct homes in the price point you’re looking in, and lenders can help with that. The relationships between the borrower and the lender and the borrower and the builder are key to a successful and smooth construction process.”

Eric Morrison, president of the Columbia market for Providence Bank, believes it’s also important to understand the costs associated with building by putting together a realistic budget. Once that budget is assembled, it’s time to meet with a lender about what’s feasible.

“Really put pen to paper on what it all means in terms of a payment — it’s good to look at it this way before putting a shovel to the ground,” Eric adds.

From a banking perspective, Eric says building a home requires a little bit of savings in your bank account and room for error because there will likely be unexpected expenses along the way.

“Sometimes people have thoughts of building a home, but they might not be ready to manage the build financially at this point,” says Eric. “A fair amount of risk management is involved when we build a primary residence.”

“If someone is contemplating building a house, or even buying a home, it’s important to go through the process of getting pre-qualified,” Jill says. “It’s better for potential buyers to know how much home they’re qualified for on the front end before they begin looking. Th is may help them avoid potential disappointment while also providing direction to them.”

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How to Find a Lender There are several determining factors when it comes to choosing a lender. Knowing the lender or being a current client with the bank can be good reasons for choosing them for your home, but other factors, like rates offered by the lending institution, influence the decision, too.

“People often pick lenders based on who others recommend, or if they already have experience with a particular bank,” Jill says. “At Central Bank of Boone County, we have a lot of experience making construction loans. We feel that our system is very efficient for both the borrower and the builder.”

“Whether it’s utilizing your chamber of commerce or personal and professional references to find a lender, that’s a big, proactive step in making sure it’s a successful project,” says Eric. He also advises prospective homeowners to seek advice from their banker early in the process.

Once a client has had the conversation with the lender and seems ready to move forward, they should complete the application process online for their construction loan just as they would a home purchase loan. Once completed, the application will be underwritten based on several metrics, such as account balances, credit history, etc. The lender and borrower then come to an understanding of the terms and how the construction process is going to work.

“Here at USA Mortgage, we have a dedicated team handling construction and renovation loans,” says Reza Abadi, regional manager at USA Mortgage in Columbia. “We will walk our clients through the entire process step-by-step to make sure they’re not overwhelmed while communicating with builders and contractors involved in the transaction.

It’s one big assembly line, and it takes a team to accomplish the finished project smoothly.”

How Does a Construction Loan Work?

“Construction and renovation loans have a lot of moving parts, which require an efficient and clear roadmap,” Reza says. “We recommend that our clients be very detailed and decisive when it comes to planning their construction loans. It’s more difficult to do modifications as the project moves through the milestones. The

The best tip I can give is to make sure to work with people you’re comfortable with and can trust.

It makes for a much smoother and more enjoyable process.”

– Jill Cox, senior vice president of commercial lending, Central Bank of Boone County

PART 2: To Build or Not to Build

The experts agree that staying flexible is key when building a home. The best laid plans often don’t come to fruition. Such is the case with Bennett Arey and his home in The Gates. Stay tuned, however, as we follow the framing progress in our next issue.

Plan design by Todd Hague.

goal is to over-communicate in the beginning to prevent any future issues and delays.”

Eric points out the main difference between a traditional home loan and a construction loan is that a construction loan requires a piece of land you have to build on, whereas a traditional home loan has an existing freestanding home that you’re purchasing.

When going through the process, it’s also important to start with and understand the history of ownership with the property. “For example, make sure there aren’t any easements on the property,” Eric says. “Before anyone would buy a piece of land, they ought to make sure they are doing a title and survey search to be sure there aren’t any unexpected consequences or title discrepancies.”

Jill adds: “In our bank, the commercial lending department provides new construction financing. With a construction loan, the money is drawn as the project progresses.

The borrower doesn’t receive it all at once like with a traditional home loan.

“We qualify you for the construction loan using your debt to income ratio and credit history, just as we would for a permanent home loan,” Jill continues. “Once you’re qualified based on your income and credit, an appraisal is ordered using your home plans and cost estimate. Th is helps the bank (and the borrower) to know that the home will have an adequate market value to support the debt.”

Jill explains that, typically, draws are made on a construction loan on a monthly basis.

The fi rst draw may cover the cost of the land.

After that, draws are made based on invoices presented. For example, the builder might present invoices for the permit, excavation, concrete, etc. Money is drawn from the construction loan as the project is built. These draws can be handled in person or online.

“With a construction loan, the borrower pays monthly interest on the money that has been drawn on the note to date, rather than on the entire loan commitment,” says Jill. “In addition, it’s easy for the borrower to transition into a permanent home loan.”

Moving from Construction Loan to Permanent Home Loan Traditionally, the homebuyer would obtain a construction loan to build their home. Jill says construction loans are made separately from the permanent loan; construction loans are considered short-term and are generally provided on a nine or 12 month note. Once the home is built, the borrower refinances into a long-term, fi xed-rate mortgage.

At Central Bank of Boone County, this is an easy conversion, as the borrower is approved for both the construction and permanent loan at the beginning of the construction process.

“When the home is about 45 days from completion, the borrower works with the mortgage lender to get ready to move from the construction loan to permanent long-term financing and lock in the rate,” says Jill.

Borrowers can also close just one time, an option that’s offered at USA Mortgage and oth-

er lending institutions. At the end of 12 months or when the build is complete, the construction loan automatically becomes a permanent mortgage. This traditional mortgage can come in several different varieties, such as a VA loan, FHA loan, USDA loan, or a conventional loan.

“The important thing is to talk to your lender about your unique situation and what options are available,” says Eric. “There are lots of bankers are out there with expertise, but they can’t help you if they don’t know what your needs are.”

Final Tips on Financing “The best tip I can give is to make sure to work with people you’re comfortable with and can trust,” says Jill. “It makes for a much smoother and more enjoyable process.”

Eric adds, “As a banker, I think the important tip or trend is that the more savings you can do prior to building or in preparation, the better off you’ll be. If you think that someday you want to build, start saving now.”

During the process, Eric says, “don’t be afraid to ask questions. It’s your project — you’re the one potentially purchasing the project, so ask all you want to ask. Building a house is a big deal. If you’re not comfortable and you don’t ask questions, you’re the one who ends up with the end product.”

Eric also cautions against deals that seem too good to be true. “There are very few deals that are really too good to be true,” he says.

“When people are building homes, do your due diligence.”

“Building a home should be a fun process,” says Jill. “People tell a lot of horror stories about building a house, but it shouldn’t be that way. It should be enjoyable. It’s pretty exciting to build a house!”

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Jennings Premium Meats celebrates 65 years of business.

Joe Miller and Matt Moore find friendship and fun while giving back.

83 MEET YOU AT THE GATE Mark and Katie Burton expand their game store to grow Columbia’s board game and role-playing community.

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“It’s something different, to get people active and doing something other than sitting down to go to the movies,” she says. “We provide another social environment for people.”

In addition to parties and team building events, COMO Axe Attack also hosts competitive leagues four times a year. Cassie says league participants come away with new friends from around town.

“You want to branch out and meet new people?” she says. “Join our leagues. It’s just another family we have. It brings the community together.”

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Martha Machir enjoys coffee and chocolate, while Sophie Mendelson prefers rose and pistachio. Despite varying flavor preferences, the fiancées share one lifelong hobby – crafting ice cream sandwiches. The couple turned their hobby into a business this past June when they opened Sugarwitch Ice Cream Sandwiches.

“We make everything we can from scratch, sourcing from local farmers and food businesses whenever possible,” Sophie explains. Good Food Company serves as a home base for Sugarwitch, where the sandwiches are prepared before being sold at pop-ups around the community.

“Getting to be involved in the vibrant food and farming scene here is a really special thing,” Martha says. Sugarwitch sets up shop at the farmers market every week in the summer. Sophie and Martha try to collaborate with other local food producers to showcase unfamiliar ingredients, like lavender.

“We can put it in an ice cream and make it accessible,” Sophie says. “We can show how these things can be really fun and delicious in unexpected ways.”

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COMO Axe Attack is the newest addition to Cassie and Ryan Wiemholt’s high-energy catalogue of businesses. After operating Epoch Escape Room for over a year, Cassie and Ryan decided to branch out into axe throwing. They teamed up with four other family members — Ben and Mary Jo Wiemholt and Trevor and Tabitha Hodges — to open COMO Axe Attack in August 2018.

Cassie explains the value in a night spent throwing axes with their certified instructors.

When it comes to tools, Paul Scheiter cares about quality. He made his fi rst knife sheath in an attempt to chase high quality, after his new survival knife came with a disappointing cover. A decade after that fi rst purchase, Paul’s company, Hedgehog Leatherworks, now produces a tailored array of thoughtfully designed, high-end knife sheaths.

“Poor craftsmanship makes me want to cry,” Paul says. He explains that, traditionally, sheaths are clumsy, cheap, and difficult to use, which is problematic given a knife’s importance to outdoor activities. “There are ways to use a knife to manipulate your environment. It’s a core tool.”

Paul recently moved his workshop to Columbia, where he appreciates the community’s love for local goods. Hedgehog sheaths are crafted in town, with leather sourced from Missouri suppliers. He plans on expanding his business to include more lifestyle products, such as dog collars.

“There’s a palpable appreciation for local here,” he says. “It’s really a breath of fresh air.”

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U.S. Cellular Partners with Boys & Girls Clubs of Columbia In order to help drive interest and increase the understanding of science, technology, engineering, and math careers (STEM), U.S. Cellular representatives visited Boys & Girls Clubs of Columbia to discuss the important role STEM plays in mobile technology. U.S. Cellular engineering associates led “Ask an Engineer� sessions where they showed youth how STEM applies to real-world situations, specifically in careers centered on engineering.

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Assistance League Awards Scholarships

New Real Estate and Lifestyle Planning Guide

The Assistance League of Mid-Missouri announced the establishment of the annual Carter-MacLellan Make-ADifference Scholarship. The $500 scholarship will be awarded annually to one graduating senior at each of Columbia’s four public high schools. The awarded students will have demonstrated a heart for volunteering and a commitment to serve others.

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices introduced a new tool to help clients and consumers think more strategically about real estate and their real estate decisions in preparation for lifestyle changes.

It’s called the Real Estate and Lifestyle Planning Guide. The guide helps people assess their present and future lifestyles and the considerations for life stages, such as renting vs. buying, considering move-up opportunities, moving with children and pets, downsizing by design, transitioning with multigenerational and special needs family members, and staging/merchandising your home.

NextGen Precision Health Institute Launches

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United Way Awards $829,596 Heart of Missouri United Way awarded their Financial Stability Impact Awards in the amount of $829,596 to several organizations – City of Refuge, Independent Living Center, Job Point, Love, INC, Mid-Missouri Legal Services, Rock the Community, and United Community Builders. The money will be distributed over the next three years.

Volunteers dedicated an estimated 462 hours to determine how to make equitable community investments that will result in the following outcomes: Gains in skills and/or credentials needed for employment and/or increased wages; gain and sustain employment and/or increase income; increase disposable income by increasing financial literacy and/or reducing costs and/or accessing benefits.

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Boone Hospital Center Expands Wound Clinic An expansion to Boone Hospital Center’s Wound Healing Center adds five new clinic rooms, staff support areas including nursing stations and physician offices, as well as direct access to the hyperbaric chambers. The additions take the clinic from 4,083 square feet to 5,936 square feet. The expansion was prompted by a desire to help more people in the community.

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UM System leaders and state and national elected officials broke ground on the NextGen Precision Health Institute, a facility supporting the system-wide precision health initiative. The initiative is expected to accelerate medical breakthroughs for patients in Missouri and beyond, increase collaboration among UM scientists and industry partners, attract research funding, generate jobs, and train a new generation of health care scientists and practitioners who will help Missouri address the health care needs of the future.

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“It’s our belief that real estate decisions are primarily made in response to life events that trigger significant changes in living requirements.”

- J.D. CALVIN, CO-OWNER OF BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESERVICES

Habitat for Humanity Reveals New Home In late June, employees from Veterans United Home Loans gathered in the front yard of the fi rst of five homes they have committed to build in partnership with Veterans United Foundation and Show Me Central Habitat for Humanity. A monetary donation of $50,000 was made

by Veterans United Foundation, which is fully funded by Veterans United Home Loans and its employees. In total, 507 people (Veterans United employees and family members) contributed 2,236 hours of construction on the home.

“Everyone deserves a place that they are able to call home. We are so glad that we were able to assist Patrick, Aline, and their children and welcome them to the community that so many of our employees live in,” says Erik Morse, president of Veterans United Foundation.

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A project architect for PWArchitects, Inc., Heidi Hyland has earned the LEED Green Associate credential, placing her among a group of leading professionals in the green building industry. As a credentialed professional, Heidi continues to increase her knowledge of green building practices and how to support others working on LEED projects and projects using LEED standards of practice.

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PHIL SHERIDAN

CenterPointe Hospital of Columbia is pleased to welcome Phil Sheridan, MSW, as chief executive officer. Phil comes to CenterPointe with 25 years of corporate and senior executive positions in several prestigious behavioral health companies. He has contributed executive leadership in treatment facilities providing a wide range of inpatient and outpatient treatment programs. Phil is highly regarded as an innovative and effective leader and change agent with extensive experience in working with leadership teams to develop efficient and successful businesses.

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Adam Taylor has been recommended to the Columbia Board of Education to become the associate principal at Battle High School for the 2019-2020 school year and the principal in the 2020-2021 school year.

Adam will work alongside current principal Kim Presko this academic year and will become the new principal after her retirement.

SOCKET

Socket is pleased to announce a promotion and the addition of new members to its team. Dave Sill was promoted to director of information technology after 20 years with the company.

Christina Dablemont joins the Socket team as a human resources specialist. Ed Kalk joins Socket’s information technology group as a server specialist. Christi Wolverton joins Socket as a fiber development specialist.

CENTRAL TRUST CO M PA N Y

Central Trust Company, an affi liate of Central Bank of Boone County, is pleased to announce that Sarah Hanneken, CTFA, and Amber Myers, CISP, were recently promoted to assistant vice president and relationship

manager. Sarah has been with Central Trust Company since 2013 and is responsible for administering personal trusts, estates, investment management relationships, and individual retirement accounts.

Amber has been with Central Trust Company for more than a decade and is responsible for administering personal trusts. She also provides wealth advisory and administrative services for IRAs and investment management accounts.

COLUMBIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

At the annual membership dinner and awards banquet for the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, four business professionals were acknowledged for their hard work and dedication throughout their careers to the Columbia community and past year with the Chamber.

Outstanding Citizen of the Year went to Steve Smith, president and CEO of Job Point. George and Nadine Trial Ambassador of the Year went to Robert Aulgur, retired City of Columbia municipal court judge.

Emerging Professional of the Year went to Keegan Thompson, intern architect at Simon Oswald Architecture. The Women’s Network Debin Benish Outstanding Businesswoman award went to Michele Batye, president of Dave Griggs Flooring America.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT

The Summer of Suffrage

BY KRCG 13’S KERMIT MILLER

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his year, 2019, is not a state election year, but for the demographic that now constitutes the largest voting bloc in Missouri, it holds particular significance.

That demographic is women, and 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of Missouri’s ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guaranteed women in the United States the right to vote.

It happened July 3, 1919, barely a month after Congress approved the amendment and submitted it to the states for ratification. Just a week earlier, Missouri Governor Frederick Gardner, a Democrat, had called a special legislative session for the sole purpose of considering women’s suffrage. At the time, Republicans controlled the state house and Democrats controlled the senate. Men filled every seat. Within 24 hours of convening, the house voted 125-4 to ratify the amendment. The following day, the

Senate did the same on a vote of 29-3, and Gardner signed the ratification resolution.

Missouri became the 11th state to approve the vote for women.

It would take until mid-August of 1920 for the measure to garner the approval of the 36 state legislatures (three-fourths of the then 48 states) needed to become part of the constitution. Tennessee was number 36. Over the following decades, additional states would be added to the list until all had signed on. Remarkably, it was not until 1984 when the last state, Mississippi, formally said yes to women marking ballots. (The Magnolia State had said “no” in 1920.)

By the time the 19th Amendment came around, Missouri had been a focal point of the suffrage movement, first launched in the mid-1800s, for a long time. Just four years after the end of the Civil War, St. Louis hosted a national convention on the subject. Local

resident Virginia Minor advanced the idea that the 14th Amendment, the post-slavery measure that guarantees equal protection under the law, already protected a woman’s right to vote.

In 1872, Minor tried to register to vote, and when she was rejected, she sued. The case made it to the U.S. Supreme Court, where the justices said the 14th Amendment did not offer the protection Minor had claimed. In fact, the chief justice at the time, an Ohio attorney named Morrison Waite, said the Constitution did not protect the vote for anyone.

The participation of women in the political process in Missouri has been a slow but steady march. Last November, women constituted 53% of the 2.4 million voters who cast ballots. They also accounted for 135 of the candidates for state and federal administrative, legislative, and judicial offices, a Missouri record.

Forty-six of the 95 women who sought seats in the Missouri General Assembly won them.

That gave women just over 25% of the total seats, an increase of 2%, but still slightly below the national average in state legislatures of 28.6%. Missouri ranks 33rd among states for women in office.

“Securing voting rights for women was the first major victory in the long struggle for gender equality that continues to this day, with many battles still to be fought and won,” House Minority Leader Crystal Quade, a Springfield Democrat, said in a statement.

“At the time Missouri lawmakers ratified the 19th Amendment, the General Assembly was all-male. Today, one-fourth of the legislative seats are held by women. While certainly an improvement from a century ago, it’s far from where we should be.”

Currently, only one woman, State Auditor Nicole Galloway, holds a statewide office. In the past, Missouri voters statewide have elected women to serve as lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, and U.S. Senator. Before winning a seat in the U.S. Senate, Claire McCaskill served as state auditor and, in 2004, become the first candidate in state history, male or

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Last November, women constituted 53% of the 2.4 million voters who cast ballots. They also accounted for 135 of the candidates for state and federal administrative, legislative, and judicial offices, a Missouri record. female, to defeat an incumbent governor in a primary election. But after besting fellow democrat Bob Holden, McCaskill failed to win the office in the general election. Galloway, another Democrat, announced her intention to run for governor next year and will likely be her party’s nominee in that race.

In 1984, Democrat Geraldine Ferraro, of Massachusetts, became the first woman on a national ticket, running for vice president with presidential candidate Walter Mondale. In 2008, Sarah Palin, then governor of Alaska, repeated the effort on the ticket with GOP presidential candidate John McCain. Neither was successful. In 2016, Hillary Clinton, the first woman to win a major party primary in a presidential election, outpolled Donald Trump in the race for president by nearly three million votes, but lost the race in the electoral college.

The nation now waits to see if Democrats will run a woman for president for the second election in a row. At this writing, six of the 25 declared candidates for the Democratic nomination are women, including U.S. senators Amy Klobuchar, Kamala Harris, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Elizabeth Warren, as well as Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard and author Marianne Williamson. Within that group, Warren has polled the best, but she has yet to overtake former Vice President Joe Biden as the front-runner in most polls.

Win or lose, all these candidates probably should tip their hats to the woman who was the very first to go after the job. In 1872, Victoria Woodhull of Ohio was, according to most historical footnotes, the first woman to run for president.

Woodhull was a suffragette as well as a stockbroker and a newspaper publisher who, at one point, advocated free love in response to society’s ostracism of divorced women. Her candidacy was dismissed as inconsequential and illegal, as she was under the Kermit Miller constitutionally-required minimum anchors the 6 and age of 35. Still, without her, maybe 10 p.m. news for Missouri wouldn’t have gotten the KRCG 13. You can chance to ratify the 19th Amendment reach Kermit at in another 47 years. kmiller@krcg.com

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Part Two

Discovering Your Strengths Through the Enneagram

BY JEREMY LINNEMA N

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here are many good personality tests out there to help you discover your strengths.

From the popular Myers-Briggs and StrengthsFinder tests to the lighthearted ones — based on colors, kittens, or Harry Potter characters — questions and visual cues offer us insight into what comes more naturally to us than others. But I want to suggest a more comprehensive way to discover your strengths and limit your weaknesses.

In my fi rst piece for COMO, I introduced the Enneagram and its nine styles. With the wisdom of the Enneagram, we can all develop more effective leadership through an increased self-awareness. In fact, through the Enneagram, growing into a more aware leader can happen in three steps: discovering your strengths, recognizing your weaknesses, and becoming more (than) productive.

DISCOVERING YOUR STRENGTHS The Enneagram’s focus is deeper than our strengths. It clarifies what gets us out of bed in the morning, what makes us feel alive, and what keeps us going under stress. The best way to discover your strengths, the Enneagram suggests, is by discovering your underlying motivations and then noticing what comes most naturally.

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For example, the One, also known as the Reformer, is often motivated by a sense of right and wrong. They can be a perfectionist. Getting things done isn’t all that matters; it’s about getting them done the right way.

The Three, on the other hand, the Achiever, is motivated by a sense of accomplishment, so they might prefer to get the same task done as efficiently as possible, then move on to the next one.

The One’s strengths flow from their motivations. They’re honest, patient, ethical, reliable, purposeful, and persevering. They’ll lead from ideas, morals, and convictions.

The Three’s strengths also flow from motivations. They’re dynamic, energetic, self-assured, organized, intuitive, and motivating. They will lead by connecting others and keeping things moving forward.

Like each of the nine styles, the One and the Three have strengths rooted in their sources of motivations. It follows, then, that if our source of motivation leads us to our strengths, it will also lead us to our weaknesses.

RECOGNIZING YOUR WEAKNESSES We often talk about our strengths and weaknesses as if they’re two sets of items at opposite ends of a spectrum. But that’s not exactly true, and the Enneagram makes sense of that. Our greatest strengths are also our greatest weaknesses. Or, more appropriately, our weaknesses are the dark side — the shadow — of our strengths.

The One, mentioned above, is motivated by making things better by doing the right thing, but their perfectionism may lead them to be rigid, moralistic, uptight, demanding, and angry.

The Three, motivated by accomplishing things by working with others, may become vain, scheming, self-promoting. The Three is prone to think the rules don’t apply to them and the end justifies the means in the pursuit of success.

The Enneagram helps uncover our deep sources of motivation, which enables us to lean more into our strengths while also being honest with our weaknesses and proclivities — tendencies to misuse or weaponize our strengths.

It can be difficult to consider the weaknesses and proclivities that follow our strengths. But no one has become healthier or easier to work with by ignoring, minimizing, or rejecting their weaknesses.

I’ve found that our weaknesses are often more helpful than our strengths in revealing our deepest desires and motivations. If I become angry and impatient with someone, I stop and ask, “What am I trying to defend right now?” If I recognize a desire for attention or acclaim, I can ask, “Why do I feel insignificant?”

In the workplace, discovering your strengths and recognizing your weaknesses enables you to become more productive — in fact, we can become more than productive.

The best way to discover your strengths, the Enneagram suggests, is by discovering your underlying motivations and then noticing what comes naturally.

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CONSIDER THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES AMONG THE NINE STYLES...

Dominant Style

Strengths

Weaknesses (Shadows)

ONE: The Reformer

Honest, ethical, reliable

Moralistic, demanding, perfectionistic

TWO: The Giver

Unselfish, gentle, supportive

Co-dependent, jealous, possessive

THREE: The Achiever

Motivating, competent, energetic

Superficial, self-promoting, workaholic

FOUR: The Creative

Attentive, expressive, cultured

Dramatic, complicated, melancholic

FIVE: The Sage

Thoughtful, scholarly, objective

Detached, unaware, non-committal

SIX: The Loyalist

Dependable, determined, steady

Rigid, dogmatic, anxious

SEVEN: The Enthusiast

Optimistic, visionary, life-of-the-party

Indulgent, pain-avoidant, narcissistic

EIGHT: The Competitor

Forceful, productive, strong-willed

Overpowering, shameless, threatening

NINE: The Peacemaker

Patient, diplomatic, reassuring

Avoidant, procrastinating, appeasing

BECOMING MORE (THAN) PRODUCTIVE In a culture where busyness is praised and hustle is hashtagged, productivity has become a trending topic.

We all want to be productive, and rightly so. But the conventional wisdom says if you want to get more done, you need better time management. Analyze your hours.

Cut out non-essential tasks and meetings. Identify and quit energy drainers. Focus on what only you can do and do it as much as possible.

Becoming more productive is good. Becoming more than productive is great.

Adam Grant, Wharton professor and author of “Originals,” has suggested that defining productivity only in terms of time management is off target. Grant writes, “After two decades of studying productivity, I’ve become convinced that time management is not a solution — it’s actually part of the problem.” So, what is his solution?

“A better option is attention management: Prioritize the people and the projects that matter and it won’t matter how long anything takes,” Grant says. “Attention management is the art of focusing on getting things

done for the right reasons in the right places at the right moments.”

Most of our struggles to get things done, Grant suggests, isn’t a result of inefficiency, but a lack of motivation. When we are highly motivated, operating in our area of strengths with a clear sense of how our work will help others, we typically become most productive.

Th is is what it means to be more than productive: When you know who you are, when you’re doing work that matters, work you can do well, you will remain focused, get the right things done, and your efforts will be multiplied.

The Enneagram points us to motivations. Are you motivated by the allure of success or the process of working with others? Are you happier reflecting on the past or planning for the future? Would you rather face a problem head on or take a more patient, nonconfrontational approach?

When you know your motivations, strengths, and weaknesses, you can get the right things done in the right way for the right reasons at the right time.

Jeremy Linneman is teaching pastor of Trinity Community Church in Columbia, Missouri. He is the author of a few short books and has been an instructor in the Enneagram since 2014 (before it was cool). He and his wife, Jessie, have three sons and spend most of their free time outdoors.

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PERSON YOU SHOULD KNOW

Nollie Moore Assistant Professor of Music and Director of the Music Program, Columbia College PH OTO BY ANTHON Y JI N S O N JOB DESCRIPTION

I teach music coursework in the Department of Visual Arts and Music.

I direct the primary choral ensemble, The Jane Froman Singers. I produce and direct all the campus theater activities.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Curriculum and Instruction from MU. HOMETOWN

Jackson, Missouri YEARS LIVED IN COLUMBIA

33 years PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

I began my teaching career with Columbia Public Schools, where I earned the Teacher of the Year award my first year at Rock Bridge Elementary School.

I was a part of the first group of faculty at Gentry Middle School. I served as the encore team leader there. I served as the first full-time director of music at Missouri United Methodist Church, where I started the concert series. I’ve just completed my 20th year at Columbia College, where I led the return of the Bachelor of Arts in music degree. I also currently serve as the director of traditional music at Broadway Christian Church. »

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I’ve collaborated professionally with most all of the local arts organizations, including the Columbia Civic Orchestra, Columbia Entertainment Company, the Missouri Symphony Society, the Odyssey Chamber Music Series, Maplewood Barn Theater, the Arrow Rock Lyceum Theater, Columbia Chorale, and TRYPS. I sing as a tenor in the professional chamber choir Vox Nova and with the internationally active choral ensemble Kentucky Harmony.

I have performed as a soloist or have led ensembles in many of the world’s most famous performance venues, including New York City’s Carnegie Hall, Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, and the Beijing National Grand Theater on Tiananmen Square.

FAVORITE COMMUNITY ACTIVITY

The many concerts and festivals! At the top of the list is True/False Film Fest, Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival, Hot Summer Nights, Odyssey Chamber Music, and the MU New Music Festival.

FAVORITE RECENT PROJECT

I recently returned to the Rhynsberger stage at MU as part of the cast of “Ragtime the Musical,” produced as part of the Larry Clark Summer Repertory Theater. I am so proud to have been a part of the team to stage this timely and important work. This past spring at Columbia College we produced a performance of “Considering Matthew Shepard.” Both of these works give voice to the marginalized.

A COLUMBIA EDUCATOR YOU ADMIRE

Th is isn’t a fair question. There are so many teachers in this community that inspire me.

However, if I am forced to choose one, it is the amazing Audra Sergel. Audra is the director of the local LGBTQ+ chorus called Quorus.

She is an impeccable, diverse musician who understands the responsibility of an artist’s and teacher’s platform as she works tirelessly to give voice to the marginalized and oppressed.

THE NEXT CHALLENGE FACING MUSIC PROGRAMS

Keeping pace with the changing landscape of the working musician. Music programs have historically trained musicians in preparation for a career in classical music. Today’s graduates need to be flexible musicians that have skill in all styles of music. They need to

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"My musical abilities gave me a chance to experience a different reality.

It's in music and the arts that I found the person I wanted to be."

of singing are easy, but the work of finding artistry is some of the hardest and most personal work someone can undertake.

IF YOU WEREN’T DOING THIS FOR A LIVING, YOU WOULD . . .

Currently, I’d love to be a park ranger at one of the nation’s amazing national parks.

FAVORITE PLACE IN COLUMBIA

My current favorite place is sitting outside Tellers on Broadway with an espresso martini and a good friend. The many trails in Rock Bridge State Park are a very close second!

HOW DO YOU WANT TO IMPACT THE COLUMBIA COMMUNITY

I want to be an active participant in the movement to make Columbia safe and inclusive for all.

QUOTE YOU LIVE BY

“Do or do not. There is no try.” — Yoda.

WHAT WOULD YOU TELL YOUR YOUNGER SELF

have the spirit and drive of an entrepreneur, and they should be able to teach and perform proficiently using the newest technologies of the trade. It’s a tall order.

I think you should ask my students this question. I often wonder if I’m speaking to them or to my younger self when we visit! But a few of the things I might say would be to say “yes” more than “no,” to spend more than you think is responsible, to travel, to not wait until it’s easy, to give away everything that you have learned and most of what you have earned, and to give more than you take.

WHY ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT MUSIC

WHAT DO YOU DO FOR FUN

It’s quite simple — music saved me. I grew up very poor in a family of eight. Neither of my parents graduated high school. My musical abilities gave me a chance to experience a different reality. It’s in music and the arts that I found the person I wanted to be. The regular opportunity to experience beauty and the chance to create meaningful emotional experiences with diverse communities has literally formed who I am. How could I not want everyone to experience that kind of transformation?

l love to explore the mountains of Colorado as much as possible.

I’ve been married to Julia for 29 years, and I have two sons, Logan, who is 24, and Carter, who is 21.

YOUR NEXT PROFESSIONAL GOAL

GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT

I’ll be honest: I’ve done more than I ever dreamed I would be able to do. The rest is just icing on the cake!

I have successfully surrounded myself with generous people who know more about everything than me!

WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT BEING A VOICE INSTRUCTOR

WHAT DON’T MOST PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT YOU

Helping someone find their voice is an extremely meaningful experience. The skills

I am the worst karaoke singer to have ever lived!

HOW DO YOU STAY HEALTHY

I run and lift at the gym four to five times a week and I’m obsessed with the low-carb lifestyle. Ask me for recipes!

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A Strong Family History Jennings Premium Meats, a third generation familyrun company, celebrates 65 years in business.

BY QUINCY SINEK PHOTO BY SADIE THIBODEAUX

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elebrating 65 years of running a family-owned business is no small feat. Jennings Premium Meats, located in New Franklin, outside of Boonville, began as a butcher shop for local farmers. Th rough the years, the company has expanded in both size and significance. Customers now travel from all across the state to buy meat from Jennings, while others from around the country order their famous Pop’s Snack Sticks online.

In the summer of 1954, brothers-in-law Oscar Jennings and Orville Struchtemeyer

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1954 Oscar “Pop” Jennings opens a butcher shop in New Franklin.

1968 Keith, Oscar’s son, joins and expands the butcher shop into the retail market.

1988 Jason, Oscar’s grandson and Keith’s son, becomes involved in the business.

1992 A fire destroys the original building in December.

1993 The business reopens in the summer after months of rebuilding.

2007 Famous Pop’s Snack Sticks are introduced and become a hit.

bought a storefront in New Franklin where they would butcher for farmers in the area. Oscar’s son, Keith Jennings, got involved with the business and started the retail portion in 1968. Now, anyone could come to the store to purchase a cut of something.

Twenty years later, Keith’s son, Jason Jennings, got involved and expanded the business with the addition of smoked meats that have received numerous state and national awards.

Today, Jason and his wife, Stephanie, are co-owners of the business, which is like a family heirloom, passed down through each generation. “For a small, family-run business, 65 years is pretty good, pretty successful,” Stephanie says. “So, we feel like we’re doing something right if we’ve been here this long.”

The family history of Jennings Premium Meats is a big deal to the owners, and they’ve worked hard to maintain that history, even when it seemed it was lost.

Rebuilding Together “In December of 1992, we had a fi re and it completely destroyed the business. There was nothing left,” Stephanie explains. “We had help when the fi re happened. We had farmers that came to town with their water trucks, and there were seven different fi re trucks that responded, so there were a lot of people that helped us.”

The fi re burned down the entire structure, and while no one was seriously hurt, they had to figure out their next steps.

Stephanie explains that they decided to stay in the same location instead of moving, which meant they had to start rebuilding. “We also had an insurance program that covered our employees, and as long as we could keep our employees working, the insurance would come in and help us cover the wages,” she says. “So when we rebuilt, a lot of the interior work was done by us and our employees.”

They did cabinets and plumbing, hung drywall, painted, and installed cabinets. Stephanie says many of the employees have been with the company for a long time, and those who helped rebuild after the fi re joke that, along with being meat cutters, they also learned to be plumbers and painters.

Stephanie adds that they got a lot of help and support from the community as well. “That’s part of being in such a good community,” she says. “When something does happen, you see that the people are there for you.”

Due to the hard work and resilience of the employees at Jennings Premium Meats and the aid from the community, they were able to rebuild in the same location and reopened in 1993, the summer after the fi re.

From One Era to the Next Kevin Beaman is the company’s retail manager and has been a part of Jennings for 35 years. Kevin was hired when he was a teenager trying to make some money with an after-school job; now he’s worked with all three generations of the family.

“When I started, our customer base was fairly small, mainly just a slaughter operation, and now we’re a full-service retailer.

We ship products all over the United States,” Kevin says. “Just to be able to see it grow from such a young, small company to where it is today is pretty amazing.”

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He explains that each owner had their own knack that they would contribute to the company. “Oscar was more of the butchering, Keith was more the processing, really growing that part of it with new products and things, and Jason has just hit it out of the park with smoked meats and snack sticks and things like that.”

Stephanie and Jason have a 15-year-old son, Tyler, who is fairly involved with the business too. “We don’t know what he’ll do, but it’s the possibility of maybe even a fourth generation, which is obviously exciting,” Stephanie says.

Tyler does mostly grunt work for now, but Stephanie says it’s a way to get him involved and teach him about every aspect of running a company. “There are a lot of things making the business go every day, and you’ve got to take care of it.”

" Just to be able to see it grow from such a young, small company to where it is today is pretty amazing."

Stephanie says they’re planning to do a week-long anniversary celebration this fall.

“We were going to do it this summer, but with the flooding, most of our customers couldn’t get to us.” They hope to do some giveaways, have samples, and run discounts to celebrate with their community and customers that have been coming to them for so long.

“It makes you very appreciative,” Stephanie says. “For 65 years, customers have been coming to us and continue to come to us.”

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BUSINESS UPDATE

Meet You at the Gate Mark and Katie Burton, co-owners of Valhalla’s Gate, expand their store to grow Columbia’s board game and role-playing community.

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Co-owner Katie Burton

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alhalla’s Gate, one of Columbia’s thematic game stores, celebrated 19 years of business in August.

Co-owned by husband and wife Mark and Katie Burton, the store sells a variety of board games, card games, and role-playing games.

These games are “more thematic” than ones found at common retail stores, Katie says, explaining that customers will find Game of Thrones-themed board games and “Dungeons & Dragons” accessory pieces.

One thing the store doesn’t sell? Electronic games.

In this digital age, it may be hard to imagine a game store not selling electronic games, but Valhalla’s Gate makes it work in large part due to the events they host. Almost every night of the week, they host a family board game night or tournaments for card game players. These events help the store stay successful.

PLAYING WITH A PASSION By opening the store in 2000, longtime gamers Katie and Mark took their passion for gaming and turned it into a career.

Katie grew up playing board games with her father and participated in role-playing games in high school. Going into college, she continued to play board games and started going to local gaming stores.

She and Mark, along with a few other gamer friends, would stop at different game stores when they traveled. Then, when they met up for game nights, they would discuss what they liked and disliked about the stores.

“It was always, ‘If we owned a game store, we would do this,’ and ‘If we owned a game store, we would never do that,’” says Katie.

“One of our friends asked, ‘Why don’t you open a game store?’ So we did.”

Mark and Katie opened Valhalla’s Gate with their friends-turned-business-partners along with investors from Virginia.

Deciding on a name for the store was a quick decision, Katie says. She and Mark once played a “Changeling” game in which Mark’s character designed and owned a game store called Valhalla’s Gate. “When we opened our store, there was only one name we could use,” she says.

EXPANDING THE EXPERIENCE Valhalla’s Gate currently sells a wide variety of games and accessories, including family games, single-player games, two-player games, miniature tabletop games, futuristic games,

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“One of our friends asked, ‘Why don’t you open a game store?’ So, we did.” historic games, and role-playing games. When browsing the shelves, traditional board games like “Monopoly” and “Scrabble” won’t be found unless they’re special editions. The store focuses on a different style of board game.

“We sell games that are more thematic — I call them more interesting,” Katie says. “For kids, they always want to play ‘Chutes and Ladders’ or ‘Candy Land.’ Those have their purpose. They teach taking turns and how to play a game, but they aren’t very fun for adults,” says Katie. “The games we sell expand upon that. They still teach the turn taking or color matching or numbers, but it’s more

interesting for adults to play, especially more than once. We hope you can play these five or 10 or 15 times with your kids and have it be interesting every time.”

Assistant Manager Heather Richardson says that aside from board games, “Magic: The Gathering,” a card trading game, is the most popular game the store sells.

The store recently added an expansion, and they now have a larger selection of merchandise and can host larger events.

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The new space has the option of being closed off by doors to provide privacy for events and a nondisruptive experience for shoppers. The area is furnished with new gaming tables of varying sizes that are specially made to hold gaming pieces, like dice, on the tabletop.

Smaller tables were added to allow kids to reach across the table. One larger table allows for multiplayer gaming and even has builtin outlets to charge phones. The room also

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includes a noise-canceling soundboard to let role-playing games be played as loud as the players want without disturbing others.

CREATING A COMMUNIT Y As technology has rapidly changed the gaming scene, Valhalla’s Gate has found a way of maintaining customers by creating a community.

“When we started in 2000, there was hardly any electronic gaming. Then, in the late 2000s, there was a shift to electronic video gaming, but I think our niche is that we don’t sell any electronic games. People want to get back into socializing and meet new people, and this provides a way to see people and be part of a community,” Katie says.

Hosting events almost every night of the week, the store offers something fun for people of all ages. Heather says that though these events do cost an admissions fee, the money either goes to upkeep, staffing for the night, or is added to a pool for a prize.

Each night may bring a different type of event — on Friday nights, for example, they host Friday Night Magic, where players come to battle for life points in "Magic: The Gathering." Out of all the events, Heather says her favorite is kid demo days or family board game nights.

“I absolutely love giving demos to families and kids, seeing their face light up when they realize how it works and all the little components involved,” she says.

At family board game nights, the store demos three to four games for families to test out. The staff encourages families to try new games in hopes of finding one that each family member will enjoy.

“You can tell when there’s a good game store in the community. There’s something for families to do, which is a lot harder than it seems in this day and age. Everyone wants to stay home and play video games or do this or do that. Playing board games is a way to keep families together,” Heather says.

With the new expansion, Valhalla’s Gate will have even more space to continue welcoming families and other gamers into their community.

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Matt Moore and Joe Miller f ind f riendship and fun while giving back.

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att Moore, president and chief operating officer of Shelter Insurance, and Joe Miller, central Missouri president of First State Community Bank, didn’t meet until they volunteered together on the board of Boys & Girls Clubs of Columbia. Now these two have forged a friendship so strong that it even has them rappelling down the side of a building together — all in the name of helping others.

Their friendship is built on their commitment to making our community a better place to live and work for all.

From Board Meetings to Fishing Trips Matt was a Boys Club kid himself growing up in Little Rock, Arkansas. He considers it an important part of his heritage. “Back in that day, it was just a boys club and then they had a separate girls club,” he says. “I played baseball through the boys club and ended up playing baseball in college.”

Following graduation from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, he continued his connection with the club, working at a chapter in Little Rock as the athletic director. Matt’s career with Shelter Insurance brought him to Columbia, and when the Boys & Girls Clubs of Columbia sent him a donation request, he responded with a note that he used to be a club kid.

That note spurred a call from Boys & Girls Clubs of Columbia Executive Director Valorie Livingston. “Anyone who has gone to a Boys & Girls Club is already passionate about the impact it had on their life,” Valorie says. “Not only did Matt attend there, but he also worked there and mentored kids.” Their conversation led to an invitation to join the club’s board.

It was then that he met Joe Miller.

Their service together quickly evolved into a friendship based on their dedication to community, family, and faith. Of the two, Joe is more outgoing and Matt is more reserved. “He is humble, unbelievably kind, and giving,” Joe says of Matt. “I have a few people that are on my Mount Rushmore of people that I look up to, and Matt’s on my Mount Rushmore.”

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“Find your passion and something that you truly believe in, and then it’s not work — it’s a love that you have for giving back.”

- Joe

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Matt describes Joe as someone with a “huge heart for kids and the community in general.” Matt admires his friend’s passion for the organizations he is involved with, including Joe’s longtime service as a member of the Southern Boone School Board.

The two are dedicated to their families and enjoy getaways to Matt’s farm in northern Missouri or fishing trips with friend Ed Scott. Humor is also an important part of their friendship. “Th is year Joe got out-fished,” Matt says.

“He wasn’t too happy about it — something I need to remind him of every now and then.” Joe retorts that Matt is “finally learning how to catch some crappie now that I’ve taught him.”

In addition to his career with Shelter, a company known for its corporate responsibility, Matt spent 16 years as an SEC football official. “I would turn on the game on TV and there he was,” Joe says of watching his friend officiate. “He has great stories about his time as an SEC official, the electricity in the stadium and how, regardless of what people think, the officials try to do the very best job they can.”

Matt considers his tenure as an SEC official a special time in life, albeit one that caused stress and time away from family. “It is a great avocation that few people understand,” he says. “I worked in great stadiums with some of the best coaches and players in the nation.”

Trust and integrity — characteristics that also describe Matt himself — were crucial to officiating. “As officials, you develop a bond with your fellow officials that involves a tremendous amount of trust. You have to trust that they will be prepared, do their job, and that they always have the interest of the crew in mind at all times,” he says. “I miss those relationships the most, along with working the games.”

Teaming up to Help Kids During Matt and Joe’s tenure on the board, the club began two capital campaigns, including one for a 14,000-squarefoot expansion that more than doubled its size. Joe praises his friend’s vision and leadership for the expansion, but Matt is quick to point out that it was a community-wide effort on behalf of the kids. “We raised $2.5 million in less than a year,” Matt says. “The community and city got behind it to serve a small portion of the kids who need to be served in our community.”

The board worked with contractor Coil Construction to ensure there was a diverse group of subcontractors for the project. With a club made up of a demographically diverse group of kids, the board wanted to ensure they used as many minority- and women-owned contractors as possible. “That’s how much Matt cares,” Joe says. “He really wanted those kids to look out the windows and say, ‘Hey, I could be building this Boys & Girls Club. I could own my own business and do this.’”

The club’s new addition includes a culinary kitchen, a recording studio, a gym, and a theater. Matt counts his involvement in the campaign as one of his favorite community projects. “To see the club come to fruition, to see

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it built, and to see the joy in kids’ eyes when they’re in the recording studio or gym or kitchen or just playing — that's pretty special,” he says.

When talking about the new building, Valorie cites the community’s need for affordable summer and after-school programs and how the new facility enables them to serve more kids and offer expanded programs. “Both Joe and Matt were instrumental and passionate as board members in understanding that we were not in a large enough facility to run enough programs to serve our kids,” says Valorie. “They love kids and really took on a leadership role.”

The two currently serve as co-presidents of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Columbia board. It seemed natural for the duo, who had each previously served individual terms as president, to team up together. “We feed off each other,” says Joe. “Matt and I work extremely well together, but we couldn’t do it without Valorie and the staff and the strong and engaged board.”

As a result of the Boys & Girls Clubs project with contractors, Matt created a job fair at Shelter that brings in employers to talk about job creation with minority- and women-owned businesses. “It’s kind of a big deal,” Joe says of his friend’s efforts.

Matt considers it a community effort to help businesses in Columbia. He credits Jim Whitt, director of Columbia’s supplier diversity program, for starting the conversation. “We try to help those smaller companies understand the pitfalls that small businesses face, from regulation to advertising,” Matt says. He plans to continue these efforts as incoming president of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce. “I’d like to continue to infuse and help our businesses.”

Over the Edge Together It’s First State Community Bank’s history with faith-based nonprofit Love INC that brought Matt and Joe together to rappel down the side of the Tiger Hotel. A bank employee who also served as a volunteer coach for Love INC’s money management program brought to Joe’s attention a client who

couldn’t get ahead fi nancially due to high-interest payday loans. Five community banks then came together to work with Love INC to start a fund. The fund allows those who complete the money management program to apply for zero-interest loans.

“We help take care of people in the community to get out of this vicious cycle,” Joe says. “These are people who have jobs and are employed but can’t get out of that cycle, so we’re helping them do that.”

Joe also realizes the importance of businesses supporting the community.

“My commitment to the community really began when I worked with Bo Fraser at then Boone County Bank in the 1980s,” he says. “Bo always talked about the three-legged stool of work, family, and community involvement. Our success as a bank is directly tied to the success of the community.”

That’s why he was happy to support Over the Edge last year. The “Edgers,” as they are described, rappel down the Tiger Hotel in exchange for donations to Love INC. Despite his own fear of heights, Joe challenged Matt to go over the edge, and he agreed to do so. “There are not too many presidents of companies who are willing to do this and take that risk,” Joe says.

The two friends trusted each other enough to rappel down the building together — even holding hands on the way down — with their families there to support and cheer them on. It was a bucket list item, a thrill, and a donation for an important cause. “It was a blast,” Matt says.

At the end of the day, it’s their passion for helping the community that drives them to rappel down a building, start a job fair, or create a fund to help those in need. “Find your passion and something that you truly believe in, and then it’s not work. It’s a love that you have for giving back,” Joe says.

Rappelling down the side of a building may seem risky to do once, but Matt and Joe will be back at it again this year. They will be dangling down the side of one of Columbia’s tallest buildings, coming together to help those in need however they can — and having a blast while doing so.

“To see the Boys & Girls Clubs come to fruition, to see it built, and to see the joy in kids’ eyes when they’re in the recording studio or gym or kitchen or just playing — that's pretty special.”

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End of an Era

Columbia’s longestserving mayor, Darwin Hindman, has left a lasting legacy in our community that won’t soon be forgotten.

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xie Hindman has a series of scrapbooks that she compiled during her husband, Darwin’s, 15 years as mayor of Columbia from 1995 to 2010.

They’re mostly full of newspaper clippings, a running historical record of the longestserving mayor in the city’s history, but there are also more personal items, such as snapshots and notes from constituents.

One of Axie’s favorite memories is from the opening of the Activity and Recreation Center in 2002. Darwin, decked out in his bathing suit, is traveling down the giant, curlicue slide into the ARC pool, beaming.

“He was the first one down this big slide,” Axie says. “It’s a great image because he’s going down the slide, his arms are up, and he has this big smile of, ‘We did it. Isn’t this great?’”

The memory tidily illustrates two defining themes from the life of Darwin Hindman, who passed away June 17 at the age of 86.

One was his ability to get the job done for the people of Columbia and the tenacity he displayed in bringing projects to fruition. He had worked for more than a decade, even before his time as mayor, on campaigns to secure funding for a public recreation center in the city, mounting two failed attempts before voters approved a funding proposition in November 1999.

It passed by a 191-vote margin with more than 13,000 ballots cast.

“The ARC was a huge capstone,” says Ian Thomas, Darwin’s son-in-law and a Columbia city councilman. “The funding had to be approved by voters, and he worked extremely hard on that. Nearly half the voters voted against it then, but you’d be hard-pressed to find somebody who’d say they’re not glad we have the ARC right now.”

The other theme present in this memory of him going down the slide? His pure, unbridled love of life. That memorable smile.

“The guy was just filled with life, curiosity, adventurousness,” certified economic development finance professional and longtime friend Chip Cooper says. “He just didn’t waste a minute of his life. He’s the finest person I’ve ever known.”

Columbia, Through and Through Darwin moved to Columbia with his parents in 1936 when he was 3 years old. Aside from a three-year stint in the U.S. Air Force and six years

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practicing law in Mexico, Missouri, at the start of his career in the 1960s, he stayed in Columbia.

He and Axie met while both were students at MU, and they were married almost 59 years.

He had a front-row seat as the city more than sextupled in size, from less than 20,000 residents in the 1930s to more than 123,000 estimated in 2018.

“He grew up seeing all the changes that happened locally, the changes that were happening in the country,” says Ellen Thomas, Darwin’s daughter and Thomas’ wife. “Not that that means he’s responsible for the kind of town Columbia is, but there really is this parallel growth. He grew as a person and politician while Columbia was really growing.”

Darwin certainly played his part, as both a private citizen and a public figure, to build the Columbia that we see today.

Consider the list of 25 accomplishments from his time as mayor that adorn a sign outside the Darwin and Axie Hindman Discovery Garden at Stephens Lake Park. It covers everything from the establishment of the Columbia Police Review Board to the acquisition and development of, well, Stephens Lake Park.

Consider, also, the fact that Darwin was named Citizen of the Year by the Columbia Chamber of Commerce in 1989, a full six years before he became mayor.

“That’s usually kind of a lifetime achievement award,” says Chris Janku, who was a city councilman from 1991 to 2008. “His mission that he had was of a quality city that has great public education, amenities like parks and trails, and other cultural affairs and activities that would make it attractive for people with great skills and abilities to want to live in the community.”

Darwin was able to build connections, advocate for causes, and get things done through his innate likability and the fact that he truly valued the input of others, even if it didn’t always match up with his way of thinking. He had a disarming sense of humor and was never afraid to be the butt of the joke, like the time he failed miserably at movie trivia in front of a room of hundreds of people.

Chip says that made Darwin a joy to be around, personally and professionally. It’s why Chip describes himself politically as not a Democrat or a Republican, but a “Hindmanist.”

“He set the bar very high and lived an exemplary life in public service,” Chip says.

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The Stuff of Legacy Some of the accomplishments

by Hindman and the Columbia City Council during Hindman's 15 years as mayor: • Acquired and developed Stephens Lake Park, by popular vote.

• Established the Mayor's Task Force on Race Relations.

• Expanded non-smoking ordinance.

• Constructed the city drinking water plant and the state-of-theart waste water treatment plant.

• Acquired A. Perry Philips Park.

• Adopted a complete streets program, which ensures safe space for pedestrians, bicyclists, wheelchairs, and motorized vehicles on new and major streets.

• Oversaw the acquisition (and sometimes development) of many neighborhood parks.

• Established the Mayor's Challenge: Bike, Walk & Wheel Week.

“His value system, his approach to things, his respect for propriety was just unparalleled. I’ve been around a lot of people in politics in my life. I’ve just never seen anyone quite like him.”

Blazing New Trails On June 22, the day of Darwin’s funeral, more than 60 bicyclists gathered for a nearly two-mile ride from the Hindman Discovery Garden to the Calvary Episcopal Church on Ninth Street.

They rang their bells as they rode by the church, a fitting tribute to the man who could be seen routinely riding his own bike around Columbia as he fulfilled his mayoral duties, tie and coat flapping in the wind, big smile on his face.

“His leadership changed the values of the community. People always rode bikes but, nowadays, it’s much more part of the community,” Chris says. “If the mayor’s riding his bike to meetings, other people can see that they can do it and feel like they’re accepted.”

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Darwin’s zeal for walking and biking also helped build the trail infrastructure that has made it much easier for residents to get around the city without using a car.

Even before his time in office, he was instrumental in the beginnings of the MKT Trail in Columbia, and he served as the founder and chairperson of the Katy Trail Coalition. That involved lobbying state and national legislators to secure funding and support, and his success in that role is why the Boone County Historical Society dubbed him “The Father of the Katy Trail.”

During his time as mayor, Hindman worked with the PedNet Coalition — of which Ian was the executive director — to adopt a “complete streets” policy that improved the safety conditions for pedestrians and cyclists in the city. Darwin also played a key role in securing more than $20 million in federal funding for a pilot program to form new opportunities for non-motorized transportation in the city.

• Acquired and developed Flat Branch Park.

• Installed numerous cross walks, pedestrian crossing lights, and bike lanes and adopted advanced sidewalk standards and policies and other changes improving pedestrian and bicycling facilities for recreation and alternative transportation.

• Improved affordable housing programs.

• Constructed the City County Health Building and the City Hall addition.

• Improved stormwater and development regulations, including landscaping, land disturbance, tree preservation, and sign control.

• Established the Columbia Police Review Board.

Axie Hindman reminisces about her husband’s career in the home they shared.

“Darwin was a staunch believer in the role of walking and biking for transportation in addition to recreation,” says Annette Triplett, the current CEO of PedNet, which organized Darwin’s memorial ride. “He recognized that you have to build safe places for those forms of transportation to be safe and reliable.”

While it was a personal passion of Darwin’s, Axie says her husband’s push for expanded trail access and green spaces reflected a wider sense that he was doing right by the citizens of Columbia.

“He wanted them because they contributed in such a huge manner to what

he believed was important for our citizens: to have good health and recreation and what he would term ‘a satisfactory life,’” Axie says.

“It was part of the duty of our government to try to see that our citizens had these things. Not that it was the only thing that was important in a city, but I think he felt that he could play a special role in making these things happen because he had such great enthusiasm for them and had his skill in working with people.”

More than anything, Hindman hoped that his efforts would ensure a high quality of life in Columbia for generations to come.

At Darwin’s funeral, his son, Skip, spoke about the best way he could think for the city’s citizens to honor his father: Use the things he helped create.

“Perhaps his legacy will be the things that endure and enable people in the next generation and the next generation to have healthy and active lives,” Axie says. “They will remember him with a big smile on his face, as a very optimistic person. A tremendous amount of perseverance. He realized things wouldn’t happen overnight. They happen because you keep working at them.”

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how much my dad loves me, is right before volleyball tryouts in the seventh grade. I freaked out in the parking lot, too scared to go in, and locked my mom outside of the car. In about thirty-ish minutes my dad dropped work, driving from Columbia to Jefferson City, just to encourage me to get out of the car and try. Marc redefined failure for me that day. True failure is when you give up on something you want 100

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LIVINGLEGACIES Nearly five years later, I left my job at JC Penney where I learned so much to come work for my mom.

What is her most successful habit?

Her key to success is to be as present as possible. Absentee ownership is something that she does not believe in. She absolutely loves coming to the store, seeing customers who’ve become like family, and meeting new friends.

To be a successful local retailer and in the same spot for 44 years is truly remarkable so clearly what’s she’s done works!

What are her strong values?

Honesty, integrity, being an active participant in our community and helping those in need.

What is her greatest strength?

Her ability to make sure everyone feels important. When you are with my mom, you are the center of her attention. You know your secrets are safe with her and she would literally offer you the shirt off her back.

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What is the most valuable thing I have learned from her?

To love everyone. Everyone has their own story and I know to never judge. Help as many as you can because you never know how they got there or what they are going through.

How does she encourage you?

My mom has encouraged me each day by allowing me to do what I love. I do the majority of the buying for the store while she does all of the display work. She’s always pushing me to set boundaries and encourages me through challenges – at work and personally.

When did you realize she would be so important to you?

What three words most accurately describe Celeste?

Compassionate, giving, fashionista What is her most admirable characteristic?

People of all ages feel comfortable going to her for a listening ear and the best advice. She will go completely out of her way to help anyone in any way that she possibly can.

We have one of the closest mother-daughter bonds I know of. We do nearly everything together and she makes work so fun that it usually doesn’t even feel like work.

What’s something humorous about her?

She is constantly on the search for the perfect jam! She actually eats it straight out of the jar and is always on the hunt for more. Animal crackers are another favorite and a bag is always in her purse. People are often surprised by her quirky eating style.

What is the best advice she has ever given you?

I wanted to come work for her right out of school. She firmly said no and insisted I learn under another authority. So I got a job thinking I would last for six months or less and then she’d be begging me to come to the store. Boy, was I wrong! It ended up being the best decision.

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LIVINGLEGACIES learned how to build businesses. He often speaks about life lessons he has learned in business, relationships, and his faith.

What do you think he really loves about his job? He really loves to close a deal — whether it be a mortgage loan, a sale, or a business merger. But it’s more than just the deal itself — it’s also how the deal influences and benefits others through talent and resources that weren’t available or offered before.

What quotes or sayings does he tend to use most often?

“Business principals are universal.”

“People will find another way to solve a problem when you stop being the solution.”

“It’s easy to speak when you’re speaking from the heart.”

“I want to leave the world a better place than what I found it.”

“Never miss an opportunity.”

“If you win the prize, what have you really won?”

What skills does he have that make him unique/successful? He’s very smart — always analyzing. He could write a book about how to create efficiencies and be resourceful. He is highly driven, motivated, resilient, and not afraid of a challenge. He sees opportunities where others do not.

What’s the most valuable thing you’ve learned from him? To find a

Greg DeLine President, DeLine Holdings, Inc. As told by Greg’s first students and daughters, AIMEE R. BRIGGS DeLine Holdings, Inc., Executive Vice President JESSICA M. CHRISTIANSEN Mary J. Browning, LLC, Attorney

way and never give up. Be resourceful and trust God. What do you believe he values? His faith, his family, his businesses.

What do you most admire about him? His heart, his resilience, and

determination.

How do you hope to emulate him professionally or personally? We hope to be the best we can be every day and leave the rest up to God. We want to be the kind of leader he is — helping others find a way — whether it’s in philanthropy or business.

What’s something humorous about him? He is a giant kid at heart.

His grandchildren call him ‘Papa Lion.’

What three words most accurately describe him? Resourceful,

What else do you want to share about this individual?

religious, successful.

Aside from his life’s work building and creating his businesses and legacy, he has also overcome many obstacles. He has the selfawareness to know that we are all a work in progress with room for improvement. He has improved the lives of so many through his board of directors leadership for the Phoenix House and Love INC. and his support of countless United Way initiatives. He has also dedicated his life to bettering himself as a human being, as a business owner and as a devout Christian.

What is his most admirable characteristic? His faith.

What is a “success habit” of his? Getting up before the crack of dawn.

Reading the Wall Street Journal.

When and how did you realize how important he was going to be in your life? At a very young age. He’s always been in our corner, and he’s

played a significant role in shaping us to be the women we are today.

He is an inspiration and a leader with humility to God. How does he encourage/teach you? He teaches by example but also

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LIVINGLEGACIES What skills do they have that make them unique/successful? Their ability to accept

each other and their differences helps them to be successful. They use their differences as strengths in different areas of the business, whether that is behind the scenes or interacting with customers.

What’s the best advice they ever gave you?

“Don’t sweat the small stuff.”

What’s the most valuable thing you’ve learned from them? They’ve taught me

Kevin & Tony Neville Neville & Sons Carpet, Inc.

patience. It takes years to build relationships with customers and they have spent hours upon hours getting to know people.

What do you believe they value? They value people the most. Whether that be our family, employees, customers, or friends.

Who do they admire & why? They would both say their dad. My grand-

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What three words most accurately describe them? Loyalty, integrity,

teamwork

What do you believe to be their greatest strength? Unity. They have managed to be great business partners and great brothers for many years.

What do you most admire about them? I most admire their ability to

What is their most admirable characteristic? Loyalty. They care very

much about their families, employees and business.

What is a “success habit” of theirs? Kevin is our networker and action

taker. He will figure out a way to make something happen! Tony is a reader. He reads everything!

When and how did you realize how important they were going to be in your life? Literally since I was born! They have been a constant

influence in my life personally and professionally.

How do they encourage/teach you?

pa was a highly motivated person and everything he did was to support his family. You can still see Grandpa’s fingerprints all through our business. His work ethic is visible in both dad and uncle Tony.

Through example. They both still

work as hard or harder than anyone in the company.

put family first. A lot of times family businesses can create fractured relationships, but they have been able to put family first through it all. It is very admirable. My dad did not miss any major event in my life growing up, which means my uncle Tony was taking care of the business. I’d like to be that way, too.

How do you hope to emulate them professionally or personally? I

hope to be respected in the community the same way they are.

What’s something humorous about them? They both tell everyone when they are told they look alike, “No, I’m the good looking one!”

What else do you want to share about these individuals? They really

have a unique approach to customer service, in that it is less about business and more about helping people solve problems.

What do you think they really love about their job? Each of them has

their own talents and they respect that about each other. My dad, Kevin, loves the relational/sales side of things, while my uncle Tony enjoys tackling new and different problems everyday.

What quotes or sayings do they tend to use most often? “If you have a

complaint, talk to my brother!”

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LIVINGLEGACIES What is a “success habit” of JoAnn’s?

JoAnn is a constant learner. She is always reading, listening, and expanding her knowledge in a variety of topics.

How does she encourage you? By always

looking at things in a positive manner.

JoAnn will find something to inspire those around her and stay upbeat and motivational to everyone she works with.

What do you think she really loves about her job? Probably the long-term

relationships she has built over the years and the many more that have yet to come!

JoAnn is a people person, and not just in the extroverted friendly sense. She truly thrives on seeing and helping others find success.

What quotes or sayings does she tend to use most often? “I’ve learned that people will

forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou What skills does she have that make her successful? JoAnn has a remarkable way of

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What five words most accurately describe JoAnn? Loyal, passionate,

supportive, inspiring, driven

making every person she interacts with feel like they are the most important thing in her life. That personal investment in each person is very motivating. You really feel like you have an advocate in your corner who cares about your success.

What’s the best advice she ever gave you? Always say what you mean

and then do what you say!

What’s the most valuable thing you’ve learned from her? In every aspect of life, it’s always best to under promise and over deliver.

Amazing customer service will get you everywhere in life. No matter where you are - sales, admin, support, or even in your personal life treat others with respect and do what you say you are going to do.

What do you believe she values? Family, relationships, and honesty.

What do you believe to be her greatest strength? Her ability to relate to others and the empathy she has towards all. You can feel how passionate she is about life and happiness and you can’t help but soak up that passion. In the work environment, that passion turns into drive; a drive to grow, continue growing and succeed.

What is her most admirable characteristic? Her connection to

people the first time she meets them. She is always able to find some common ground that makes her personable and memorable to everyone she meets - from the restaurant waiter to the CEO of a worldwide insurance company and everyone in between.

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LIVINGLEGACIES oven that stopped working in time for their Thanksgiving meal, or on Christmas Eve, when a customer’s refrigerator quit and they need something immediately. He’s always there to help.

How does John encourage you? He will

just not answer my questions but encourages me to answer them myself. I have a habit of asking questions, that I already know the answer to, yet I still ask to get confirmation my answer is correct. I’m now learning to be more confident in myself.

What’s the best advice Don ever gave you?

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To always be optimistic. My dad has taught me to let the negative roll off my shoulders and look for the positive in every situation.

This has helped me to live a much happier life.

What sayings does John tend to use often? “It’s ALL our job.” We are

a team and we work together to make things run smoothly.

What skills does John have that make him successful? John is knowledgeable in every area of the business. He’s got tons of experience, knows many of our customers on a personal level and has a great memory. We can go to him with any question and more than likely he will have the answer.

How do you hope to emulate Don professionally? I hope to have his

work ethic. He’s been working here for over 40 years and he still enjoys it.

What’s the most valuable thing you’ve learned from John?

What three words most accurately describe John? Hardworking,

reliable, giving What is Don’s most admirable characteristic? Bravery. As a child,

you look at your father as someone who isn’t afraid of anything and I’ve always seen that from my dad. That characteristic is also shown in our business. My dad isn’t afraid to try new things and he isn’t afraid to let me try new things in the business.

When did you realize how important John was going to be in your life? Growing up, I always did odd jobs around Downtown

Appliance, but it wasn’t until I was working here full time that I realized how important John would be to my career. He helped teach me all about the business and continues to help me with every aspect of my job.

What do you think Don really loves about his job? Interacting with

our customers. He enjoys helping people when they need it the most.

We have stories of helping customers on Thanksgiving Day replace an

Communication is key. Without communicating with one another, things will not get done in an efficient manner.

What do you most admire about Don? How optimistic, outgoing,

loving, caring and strong he is. He’s always been there for me, personally and professionally. We’ve dealt with some hard things the last 10 years and my dad has been right there by my side. He comes to work every day with a positive attitude and ready to get the day started.

What else do you want to share about them? Both are avid Mizzou

and Cardinals fans. If either John or Don are not in the office, you can bet to find them on the golf course!

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LIVINGLEGACIES When and how did you realize how important he was going to be in your life? My father showed me levels of affection from a very young age.

We both love football and from the time I can remember playing, I can’t ever remember him missing a game. For being a very busy man, this meant the world to me. He never told me I had to be in the car business with him, but there always was an expectation and I never wanted to let my father down. I may not have known what I was doing from day one, but I always knew, because of the values he taught me, I needed to work hard and earn my place and nothing would be handed to me.

What do you think he really loves about his work? Ultimately it all

comes down to being the best, number one.

What quotes or sayings does he tend to use most often? Three E’s

(energy, excitement, enthusiasm), PMA (positive mental attitude), good or bad by comparison, come to work to work, the one thing everyone has the same of is “time,” two heads are better than one.

What skills does he have that make him successful? He always wants to be #1. He is not set in his ways and always is willing to adapt to be better. The car business changes all the time and he knows that you have to adapt to be on top.

What’s the most valuable thing you’ve learned from him? He leads by example. The car business is not a business that allows for short cuts. If you want to get ahead and achieve your goals, you have to put in the work.

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What do you believe he values? He believes you are only as successful

as the people you surround yourself with.

What’s something humorous about him? How direct he is with

people and doesn’t even realize it. He is very matter of fact. That is why I love the guy.

What else do you want to share about him? He always answers the

phone. He has never had a secretary, no one screens his calls. He is as accessible as any owner there is in the car business. This is something you don’t see any more and one of the biggest factors of why he has been so successful.

What three words most accurately describe Gary? Competitive,

adaptable, self-motivated What is his most admirable characteristic? Integrity is the word that

comes to mind most when describing my father. He always believes in doing the right thing. Taking care of customers and anyone that has ever worked for him has been very important to him. When someone has an issue no matter how big or small, he always take the time to listen and finds a resolution.

What is a “success habit” of his? Early bird gets the worm. Still to this

day, he is always the first one in the door every morning.

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LIVINGLEGACIES for his help with a design issue or to understand how a specific detail works, you immediately realize the importance his vast experience brings to SOA. He can look at a set of plans and understand how it all goes together, what may be the most efficient and practical solution, and how to communicate it to the team.

How does he encourage/teach you? Bill leads by example. If not

working on a project, we often see him listening to a podcast on a new product or building system, continually improving his knowledge on the building trades and how best to incorporate new ideas and processes to SOA’s designs.

What do you think he really loves about his job? Bill has worked with hundreds of clients, contractors, and consultants over his career and has become a trusted professional to all. He loves helping others find the right solution for their need, be it an intern at SOA, to a building owner, Bill’s interest lies in helping them achieve their goals.

What skills does he have that make him unique/successful?

Preparation. Whether it is for a meeting, site visit, suggesting a possible detail for a design, Bill is prepared for your question, to help, to listen, mentor, and to impart the wisdom of experience for the greater benefit of our clients, your career, and SOA.

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What three words most accurately describe Bill? Detail-oriented,

What’s the most valuable thing you’ve learned from him? Work

hard. Play hard. Bill is at the office early, often works late. He also knows the value of time off, enjoying family and returning to work refreshed and positive.

What do you believe he values? Fishing, family, honesty, integrity, humility, fairness, being generous, his morning coffee, and a cold beer. Did we mention FISHING? What do you believe to be his greatest strength? Bill’s strong work

ethic, his honest and direct approach to work and relationships are the hallmarks of his personality, which shine most bright. Bill is full of common sense and has the unique ability to get along with others.

experienced, practical

How do you hope to emulate him professionally or personally?

What is his most admirable characteristic? Bill has an amazing

Go to the jobsite! Bill’s experience observing hundreds of projects under construction contributes to his vast knowledge and practical perspective.

capacity to get along with just about everyone, listen to what others say and come up with solutions which benefit the entire group. He has the knack to take a complicated situation or design and keep it simple and doable.

What is a “success habit” of his? Bill’s work ethic and straightforward, no nonsense, can-do attitude has surely been influenced by his Air Force service. He is an early riser, a hard worker who does not shy away from the difficult tasks and prepares for what is to come.

He is always educating himself on what practices and products will produce a better outcome, a more efficient and effective design.

When and how did you realize how important he was going to be in your life? As a young architect, the first time you approach Bill

What’s something humorous about him? He has terrible handwriting! Some speculate his writing may be intentionally bad, forcing us to get inside his head and learn his logic for a certain design solution.

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LIVINGLEGACIES What is a “success habit” of his? George never gives

up. George is one of the original founders of Socket.

In 1994, our founders saw a need for a local Missouri internet provider. They ignored some initial skepticism from friends and family, and started Socket, providing basic dial-up service. Many Internet or start-up companies did not survive. Some people considered it a “fad.” Twenty-five years later, Socket is still growing and providing local, friendly customer service to our residential and business customers. We’re now providing high speed internet across our own fiber optic network in communities across the state.

What do you think he really loves about his job?

George loves seeing people grow. He also thrives on competing against the “big” companies and winning.

We are proud to provide state-of-the-art technology while still offering local, friendly service. Socket may not always be the largest provider, but we are able to do things that the big companies can’t or won’t do in order to best serve our customers.

What skills does he have that make him unique / successful? Vision and fearlessness. George has

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What three words most accurately describe him? Fearless, visionary,

compassionate What is his most admirable characteristic? Generosity and grace.

George continually amazes me with his patience and the grace he extends to others. He is the first to offer a second chance to someone who has made a mistake. He’s also the first to step up and offer to help someone in need, both within our company as well as within the communities where we work. I regularly see him encouraging others to put their families first, to do the right thing, and to offer them assistance to make those changes.

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vision about where opportunities lie, and fearlessness about going after it with all he has. Setbacks, failures or mistakes don’t discourage him; he just resets and keeps on pushing. When he is focused on something he believes in he always sees it through, no matter the risk or sacrifice.

What’s the most valuable thing you’ve learned from him? Listen

more, speak less.

What do you believe he values? Honesty and integrity What do you believe to be his greatest strength? He fearlessly faces

the future.

What do you most admire about him? He sees the best in people.

George looks for ways to enhance training for our Socket team. He is willing to give people another chance. He always wants to see others succeed, and is willing to take the risk of investing in people, both within Socket as well as our community, to allow them to grow and be more than they have been. He has high expectations for others, but doesn’t squash them by demanding perfection.

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LIVINGLEGACIES How does he encourage/teach you? He taught me to play with blocks as a child and ironically that’s what we still do!

What quotes or sayings does he tend to use most often?

• “No appointment necessary…We will hear you coming!”

• “It goes fast. Better make it count.”

• And an ongoing joke is, “Dump the trash!”

What skills does he have that make him unique/successful? He

understands the technicians perspective, as well as management, a successful combination.

What’s the best advice he ever gave you? Be the best you that you

can be everyday. Show up. Anticipate the unexpected. Be present. Be focused Be organized. Be a good listener. Be caring.

What’s the most valuable thing you’ve learned from him?

Generosity. When there is an opportunity for second chances, he has given a few. It’s been amazing to see the growth and change in peoples’ stars. He is also a generous philanthropist with no prompting.

Meir Lazar Owner, CCAT or Custom Complete Automotive & Tires since 1976 As told by, MARY LAZAR Vice President, CCAT or Custom Complete Automotive & Tires, since 1976

What three words most accurately describe him? True-Grit,

What do you believe he values? He values a hard-work ethic, strong

sense of self, relentless love of family, and the beauty of the United States of America.

Who does he admire & why? He loves and admires his friends.

The core group is called the “Internationals” due to the diverse background in which a few of them come from. They all tease each other on the golf course exclaiming, “ You missed. You missed. You missed the ball!” To me they are all Columbia/ Jefferson City legends.

What do you believe to be his greatest strength? His

resilience, ability to change, and fearlessness. My dad has been AUTOMOTIVATED for well over 45 years. He believes in quality workmanship, purchasing the latest testing equipment , hiring the friendliest and most knowledgeable teammates.

steadfast, humility

What do you most admire about him? His commitment to his wife,

What is his most admirable characteristic? Compassion. He shows

Gail Lazar. They have been together for well over 30 years and share the love of cooking together, travel, family and friends, and most importantly their grandchildren.

compassion to his employee family, customers, family, friends and individuals in need.

What is a “success habit” of his? Meir has a personal relationship

and engages with everyone in the shops. He is truly interested in their personal growth and their team’s success. It pleases him to reward his work family through celebrations like team picnics and Christmas parties. He makes work purposeful, meaningful, and energized!

How do you hope to emulate him professionally or personally? He set the bar “UNBEATABLY” high as a businessman and a parent. It is my pleasure to give him time to “RE-TIRE” at some point.

What’s something humorous about him? A surprisingly dry and

unexpected sense of humor.

When and how did you realize how important he was going to be in your life? When I was between 5 and 7, my mom chose to be single

and my parents separated. It was through this experience, I realized how incredible my dad was. He traveled three hours every two weeks through rain, snow, etc. and never missed his time with his three daughters. #Commitment #Familyvalues #Trust

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Chevrolet makes the car or truck.

Our people are why BOB McCOSH MAKES THE DIFFERENCE.

JEFF MILLER

General Manager

What does the Bob McCosh Chevrolet motto “make a difference” mean to you? Working with Bob for 26 years, one thing he instilled in me is to do the right thing, listen to the customer, and deliver the best service and/or product I can.

Why is it important to you to work for a company focused on making a difference in the community? Bob McCosh is locally owned. It’s super important for people in our community to spend their money locally because those companies in return support this community.

I’ve seen firsthand what a difference this makes.

What makes you passionate about your role? I’ve always been an automobile enthusiast but what makes me passionate about my job is I enjoy coming to work every single day. I have formed many strong relationships with so many people. There’s nothing like seeing a very happy customer get a brand-new car.

What would people find surprising about Bob McCosh Chevrolet? A lot of customers are surprised when it comes to the interaction Bob McCosh has with the everyday workings of his business. Several have asked if there actually is a Bob McCosh?! It’s funny because some of them have spoken to him several times, and don’t realize he is the owner. Bob is here every day working with us side by side - underneath a car to help figure out a problem, filling a car with gas for the next delivery, or sitting in the lounge shooting the breeze. Sometimes he even pops the popcorn, but I will warn you, he makes it a little salty!!

SONJA ELLIS

Sales Consultant

What does the Bob McCosh Chevrolet motto “make a difference” mean to you?

Making sure our customers and our community understand that they matter, and it isn’t just about selling cars.

Why is it important to you to work for a company focused on making a difference in the community? We are always giving back to our community via all the different charities and sponsorships that we are involved in, as well as providing scholarship funding for those in need!

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What makes you passionate about your role? The repeat business and referrals I get, makes me passionate about what I bring to the dealership.

What would people find surprising about Bob McCosh Chevrolet? We don’t just sell cars here at Bob McCosh, we race them too!

JAY CHASE

LINDA MARTIN

Sales Consultant

Office Manager

What does the Bob McCosh Chevrolet motto “make a difference” mean to you? It means that we are not like every other car dealership. We make a difference because we are there for you through the entire car buying AND car owning experience.

What does the Bob McCosh Chevrolet motto “make a difference” mean to you?

Whether you are purchasing a vehicle, coming in for service, or picking up parts, we want to ensure you are treated respectfully and courteously, and do the “little” things to make sure our clients leave happy and satisfied with their experience.

Why is it important to you to work for a company focused on making a difference in the community? I was born and raised in Columbia. It’s my community and it means everything to me.

I would not want to work for a company ran out of state, and the owner doesn’t care about what happens in the community or giving back.

Why is it important to you to work for a company focused on making a difference in the community? Bob McCosh Chevrolet supports many different events in the community. However, my niece’s daughter has Cystic Fibrosis. Bob McCosh’s commitment to the Children’s Miracle Network means so much to our family.

What makes you passionate about your role? I work for someone who is invested in my success and drives me to be successful. I also thoroughly enjoy helping and being there for people in a time of need.

What would people find surprising about Bob McCosh Chevrolet? Mr. McCosh is here every day working with us, and alongside us. My customers are always surprised when they see Bob walking around the dealership engaging with the customers.

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What does the Bob McCosh Chevrolet motto “make a difference” mean to you?

Bob McCosh has told me from early on, “If you don’t have happy employees, then how can you have happy customers?” That has stuck with me ever since. The way I see it, investing in employees and developing them into leaders that can evolve with the business, ultimately takes your customer service to an epic level.

Why is it important to you to work for a company focused on making a difference in the community? You don’t have to look far to see the Bob McCosh name supporting the local community and beyond, from the Children’s Miracle Network, to the Real Men Wear Pink breast cancer awareness, and countless others. Knowing we work for a company that believes so much in the employees AND community, is a great feeling!

What makes you passionate about your role? The atmosphere is fun, rewarding, and there is open collaboration between everyone. Watching the hard work and dedication put forth every single day to give the best possible customer service available, is unbelievable!

What would people find surprising about Bob McCosh Chevrolet? The longevity of employees is amazing at Bob McCosh. We have so many team members that have been here 20-30-40+years. We put in the hours and have a job to do, but at the end of the day, we all have fun and treat our guests like they are a part of the Bob McCosh family.

What makes you passionate about your role? From day one, I have always felt welcomed. Our employees continue to teach me so much about the dealership. Their dedication is contagious!

What would people find surprising about Bob McCosh Chevrolet? One thing that surprises me is Bob McCosh Chevrolet is truly a “family dealership”. We see generations of families come through our doors sometimes just to say “Hi”, and tell us their story of the first time they purchased a car from us! It’s exciting to see so many people bring their kids, and even their grandchildren, here simply because they trust us.

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Why is it important to you to work for a company focused on making a difference in the community? There are several humans out there going through a hard time. Through Bob McCosh Chevrolet’s involvement in the community, we help to bring a new LEASH on life.

What makes you passionate about your role? I’m very FURtunate to spend my days at the dealership. I really DIG the opportunity to help someone having a RUFF day. To put a smile on their face is REBARKABLE! What would people find surprising about Bob McCosh Chevrolet? We have a PUPcorn machine and hotDOGS!!

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What Do We Do? Exploring how the Convention and Visitors Bureau promotes tourism in Columbia and Boone County.

BY A MY SCHNEIDER | PHOTOS COURTESY OF COLUMBIA CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU

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n last month’s issue of COMO, I discussed how tourism has a strong economic impact on Boone County through job creation, money spent during visits at local businesses, and more. When folks visit, they stay in our hotels, eat in our restaurants, shop at our stores, buy gas at our gas stations, and spend money in other ways.

And while the Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau, or CVB, is 100% funded by a lodging tax, the rest of the money spent in Columbia goes to support our local businesses, jobs, and the quality of life we all enjoy. That is why the CVB team comes to work every day.

This month, I want to talk to you about what the CVB does to help create that economic impact and quality of life.

To start, we view Columbia and Boone County as a tourism product together. This includes shopping, dining, outdoor recreation, festivals and events, sporting events, shopping, arts and culture, history, and anything else that may attract the interest of a potential visitor.

How does the CVB promote Columbia and Boone County as a tourism product? How do we sell an entire community or an experience?

It’s not quite like selling a tangible good, but we still put out a product in the view of our potential customers as much as possible. Sales, marketing, public relations, and working with our industry partners all come into play when promoting Columbia.

Our sales team travels the state, the region, and the nation making sales calls and attending trade shows where they build relationships with professionals who plan meetings and conferences. The CVB also has a sports salesperson whose entire job is to concentrate on bringing youth and amateur sporting events to Columbia. Baseball, soccer, and basketball are some sports that you are probably used to hearing about, but there are a lot of other competitive sports like disc golf, rugby, archery, and pickleball that attract visitation to our community.

If you’ve ever traveled to a professional conference or your child’s sporting event,

there was likely a CVB or tourism department involved in getting that event located in the destination you visited. And the money you spent on that trip went right back into the local community you were visiting.

We also do a lot of targeted marketing throughout the country.

Most of our marketing starts 50 miles outside of Columbia and reaches throughout the state, region, and SEC cities as well as Denver, Dallas, and Chicago. Our “Meet CoMo” campaign features Columbia locals talking about why they love our community.

I know that when I travel somewhere, I want to hear what locals think!

We also work with writers throughout the United States. They may focus on travel, food, movies (think True/False), music (like Roots N Blues), the outdoors, and other subjects that may attract potential visitors. We host these writers and highlight everything that makes Columbia a wonderful destination. The coverage our destination receives after hosting writers is extremely valuable because it has the objective opinion of an expert and creates awareness among people who may not know about Columbia.

Every day at the CVB is something new and exciting, and the best part of our jobs is the ability to tell Columbia’s story to someone new and make them want to visit us.

Now you’re probably asking yourself, “Amy, how can I get involved in tourism in our area?”

First, it’s up to the entire community to help give our visitors a warm welcome while they’re here so they want to come back. That’s easy enough, right? But it’s just a start.

Next month, I’ll tell you more about how important you are to the success of tourism and how you can get involved in promoting our destination.

Amy is the director of the Convention and Visitors Bureau for the City of Columbia.

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Saving and Serving Columbia An in-depth look into Columbia's local Salvation Army and its extensive programs.

BY PRINCE CHINGARANDE | PHOTO COURTESY OF SALVATION ARMY

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he Salvation Army is an acclaimed international nonprofit organization most commonly known for the red kettles and bell ringers often seen outside grocery stores in December, or perhaps for their secondhand thrift stores.

However, the Salvation Army goes beyond these two roles to also serve the community by taking in underprivileged people and giving them the opportunity to better their lives and create lasting sustenance for themselves. One opportunity for this comes from their disaster relief program.

Having been in service for over a century, the Salvation Army has one of the largest emergency disaster relief services in the world, diligently helping people in need. In June, the organization was instrumental in the recovery efforts in Jefferson City, where they served meals after tornados struck the town.

Lori Benson, the community relations director and volunteer coordinator for Salvation Army, says, “Whenever there’s a disaster, we’re usually one of the fi rst to get there and one of the last to leave. We also help with the homeless, missing people, and human trafficking victims.”

Lori has worked for the Salvation Army for the past seven years. Initially, her role focused on fostering relationships with the organization’s donors, so she set out to learn what mattered most to those donors and then connected them to the work being done in their areas of interest. Now, she manages the organization’s media and marketing, especially as it pertains to events and fundraising.

Columbia’s Salvation Army branch offers various social programs, the most popular being the shelter on North Eighth Street. The shelter contains 61 beds and usually runs at full capacity.

Those using the shelter are given food and a bed, and they can also take advantage of programs created to help them find permanent housing.

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Area Coordinator Major Nancy Holloway says: “The Salvation Army’s staff works closely with these individuals to improve their lives.

We set them up with job opportunities, insurance, and other skills that enable them to comfortably make their own living.”

Nancy, one of the pastors in the Salvation Army church, has been with the organization for 37 years. During this time, she has functioned in various roles, tackling many responsibilities that help to efficiently facilitate the programs that the organization offers. She’s worked with the Columbia branch for four years.

“There is an open lunch program in the shelter and an open community lunch. Here, people are provided hot meals. The thrift stores provide services, and they’re there to make a profit to fund the shelter.”

The Salvation Army also offers the Pathway of Hope program designed to help end generational poverty. The staff works with families to help prevent the cycle of poverty by giving family members access to education and other resources, like driver’s licenses, that help them fi nd employment.

Another program they host includes a weight loss and wellness community program, where both Salvation Army members and people from the community participate. There is also an African-American heritage cooking class to celebrate the history and culture of African-American cuisine.

To efficiently function and keep these programs alive, the Salvation Army carefully crafts different media for fundraising for their programs.

“We mail monthly letters to specified donors in the area. We also have people called donor relations directors and planned giving individuals who meet with donors one-on-one and give them consistent updates about our work,” says Lori.

The Salvation Army Founded 1865 in the East End of London. The Salvation Army in Columbia was established in 1952.

Mission The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

Money raised in Columbia in 2018: $1.6M

People helped in Columbia in 2018: 4,923

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The Salvation Army served 463 individuals/ families for Christmas assistance in 2018. The community made sure every child had a gift.

Lori also says: “From our red kettle program alone, the funds we gather help cover a third of our programs all year long. So we’re always doing events, having appeals, and sending specialized individuals to help us fundraise.”

The Salvation Army acknowledges that donors may not be physically available to give, so they have also implemented digital giving programs, too. The organization facilitates “text to give” programs and online donation platforms that help ensure that passionate donors can contribute to causes they feel strongly about and help sustain the organization.

Having been in Columbia for an extended time now, the Salvation Army has evolved and adapted to the needs of the community. Its resources have been and continue to be directed towards needs specific to Columbia.

One of the most important projects to the organization is their work with human trafficking. Given that I-70, one

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of the country’s major transportation corridors, runs through Columbia, there have been many incidents of human trafficking in the area, and the Salvation Army has exercised countless efforts to prevent such cases and aid victims. They partner with local coalitions to raise awareness of these injustices, and through their programs, they implement prevention activities that help reduce the demand for forced labor.

The Salvation Army truly has Columbia at heart, and it strives to create a community where individuals can lead comfortable lives. Without them, Columbia would not be the haven that it is for many.

SALVATION ARMY FAMILY SERVICES 1108 W. ASH ST. 573-442-3229

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THE GUY’S GUIDE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PLANNING A DATE NIGHT, DRESSING SHARP, AND GETTING THROUGH YOUR HONEY-DO LIST.

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The DOs and DON’Ts of the Honey-Do List

BY JILL ORR DO answer every query with a jaunty affirmative. → Honey tells you the toilet’s clogged and asks if you mind plunging it. → You: “You betcha!*” *Also acceptable: “Of course!” and “I’d be happy to!” and “You’re pretty!”

DON’T sound bitter or put-upon. → Honey remarks that the paint on the fence is starting to peel and asks if you could freshen it up. → Resist the urge to say: “Oh sure — in addition to everything else I do around here, why don’t you just add another task to my ever-growing list, your Majesty!”

Instead, consider something like: “Sure! I didn’t really want to watch the game anyway!”

DO use positive reframing. → Honey tells you that the grout in the bathroom is looking pretty grungy and asks if there is any chance you could clean it this weekend. → You: “Good idea. Thanks for having such a great eye for detail!”

Note: For best results, refrain from delivering this line with biting sarcasm or any furtive eye-rolling.

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DON’T answer a question with a question. → Honey: The door to the kitchen is making a squeaking sound.

Can you fi x that? → You: Can you?

Try instead: “I’ ll go get the WD-40!”

DO resist the urge to point fingers. → When Honey asks you to please get the hair out of the shower drain, it’s not constructive to play the blame game. (“But I’m bald!”) → Instead, try looking on the bright side and even sneaking in a compliment.

Example: “Of course, I will. You have such pretty hair, by the way. And you look really fit lately . . . have you been doing Pilates?”

DON’T be afraid to call in professional reinforcements when needed. → Honey: “I noticed that there’s a family of possums living under the deck. They look pretty angry. And kind of organized too. Do you mind poking your head under there and figuring out what to do?” → You: “Um, I think I’ll call animal control. And then our real estate agent.”

Planning a Date Night

BY ADONIC A COLEMAN So, you want to plan the perfect date night? The one that will get you to double digits on a scale of one to ten? Well, my friend, you have come to the right place.

You might be wondering what kind of experience I have that makes me the perfect date expert.

Well that’s easy — I plan amazing events for a living, and more importantly, I have been on A LOT of dates in my years . . . some really good ones, some really bad ones.

So now that we have that out of the way, let’s get to it.

1. Find out from the person you want to have this amazing date with what their idea of a fun time is. That sounds pretty simple, right? If you really want to make the date great for both of you, then ask for some ideas!

2. Listen to suggested ideas (see above). For example, if you decide that food is going to be involved, and you know from previous conversations that your person really enjoys a good steak from CC’s City Broiler, then don’t start telling

them that you eat there a lot for work and you’re over it. (Sorry, I just let a little bit of personal experience seep through there). Listen to what they say and find a way to execute!

3. Add a little unexpected “wow” factor. Let’s be honest, a dinner date at a really efficient restaurant can be over in 60 to 90 minutes tops. Nobody wants to spend two hours getting ready for said date to only get home like a grandma at 8:15 p.m. And if said person is paying for a sitter, you better make it worth their time for even coming out! Plan something else fun to do after dinner. Do you have a nice dessert spot that you can go to and sip an espresso or a little wine while you gaze into each other’s eyes and chat? If not, find one!

4. You can also do something really kooky and plan a daytime date! If your person is outdoorsy, plan a bike ride and picnic on the trail, or take a walk in the park and then go for ice cream. Something light and fun on a nice day always makes for a great time. And as a bonus, your date won’t need to spend as much time getting glitzed up.

Dressing for the Date

BY NICKIE DAVIS So, you’ve got the date. Well done! Now’s the time to figure out how to make the right fi rst impression. You’ll need an outfit that’s well thought out but not overly so. Clean shaven or no shave? Two sprays of cologne or three? Jeans or slacks? Fancy watch or fancier watch?

Let’s start slow and easy. First off, look down. Do your pants have pleats? If so, take off your pants with pleats, put them in the trash bin, set the trash bin on fi re, and run the opposite way. Well done.

Dark (flat front) denim is an easy favorite for the bottom half. And keep it to full pants for the fi rst date, unless you’re going hiking. Let’s keep those knees and thighs to yourself for a date or two.

Secondly, fi rst date shoes can range from Keds to Ferragamos. Nice shoes are good and all, but clean shoes are a must. Nobody should be walking around with a carefully thought out outfit and some funky-ass shoes. Check your cleanliness!

Ah, the old T-shirt debate. To collar or not to collar? Personally, I love a dude in a plain, well-fitted T-shirt. However, if you do not have a well-fitted T-shirt (or are unsure if you have a well-fitted T-shirt), consider swapping it out for an easy button-up. Depending on where you’re going for this date, button-ups might be the best policy anyway.

Okay, now let’s talk about the important stuff. Fit and comfort. If you’re not comfortable, it’s going to show. You’re already going to be sweaty (don’t lie), so make sure you’re not going too far outside your comfort zone. First dates are not the time to get crazy. Go with what you know and fancy it up a bit with a nice belt, good (clean) shoes, a tasteful watch, and a confident smile. That is, of course, as long as your comfort zone doesn’t include pleats.

Happy first date, my friend! You’ll wear whatever it is well if you wear it with confidence!

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5. Th is is a super important tip, so listen up. DO NOT invite yourself over to Netfl ix and chill with someone. Th is is as socially egregious as inviting yourself to someone’s wedding.

When your person is ready for that with you, they will surely let ya know . . . wait for the invitation!

That’s all I got. Take all these tips under advisement when planning your next date night and it’s sure to be a winner!

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Heart of America Marathon & Fun Team Relay Boone County History and Culture Center 6 a.m.

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The GreenHouse Theatre Project presents “Hedda Gabler” The Missouri Theatre 7:30 p.m.

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Coyote Hill’s 2019 Open House 9501 W. Coyote Hill Rd. 1 to 4 p.m.

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Marc McKee & Brian Barker Poetry Reading Skylark Bookshop 6 p.m.

Murry’s 3:30 and 7 p.m.

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Missouri Innovation Center 7:30 to 9 a.m.

Cruisin’ to Fight Cancer Parkade Center Friday 6 to 10 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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SE Missouri State Faurot Field 1 p.m.

Lauren Alaina The Blue Note 7 p.m.

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2nd Annual Lion’s Club Charity Picnic Logboat Brewing Company 5 to 8 p.m.

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WISER Networking Breakfast

School of Buisness Dedication Columbia College 4 p.m.

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Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival Stephens Lake Park

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Munir Mohammad & Zee Avci

Photo by Fatma El-Walid

Munir Mohammad and Dr. Zeynep (Zee) Avci, owners of Shortwave Coffee, Boone Olive Oil Co., and Fit X Femme, dish about life in Columbia and what makes their relationship work.

HOW DID YOU MEET? Munir: We met through friends. I knew right

away that she was the one. End of story!

Zee: Friends made the introduction fi rst,

and the more we got to know each other, the more we knew we wanted to be together.

calendar and so is the July 4 fi reworks and the BBQs with friends that inevitably precede it.

Z: My favorite would have to be walking

the MKT trail and soaking up nature at all the wonderful parks, followed closely by the super supportive community of small business owners in Columbia. There are so many opportunities to meet with people from all walks of life who care so much for what they bring to the table.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PLACE YOU’VE

Z: His down-to-earth and easy-going nature.

He can stop everything and simply live in the moment, which still hasn’t ceased to amaze me. It could literally be raining cats and dogs, and he will sip his coffee in peace.

What barks, who meows?

WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR FAVORITE PROJECT TO WORK ON TOGETHER? M & Z: Creating together. Whatever it may

be—whether it’s new plans at Shortwave and Boone Olive Oil Co., or brainstorming program ideas for Fit X Femme. We each think so differently that it always makes for interesting conversation at the least or for awesome projects when all the pieces fit together.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN YOUR FREE TIME?

TRAVELED TOGETHER?

M: I appreciate our free time! Relax and see

amazing to see, but one of our favorites has to be San Francisco. There was something about that time of our lives and the way sun beamed on the trees, the breeze of the ocean, talking to the artists gathered in the Bay area. That trip is special to us.

WHAT IS THE KEY TO A LASTING AND

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ART/CULTURE ACTIVITY IN COLUMBIA?

WHAT IS THE BEST QUALITY OF

Z: Love and respect, letting some things

M: Downtown is a vibrant part of Columbia,

M: Her compassion and caring for others, her

and we enjoy exploring the different cuisines that are steps away from each other. True/ False Film Fest is always circled on the

quirky sense of humor, and the fact that she makes magic happen with her passion for her goals!

friends, explore new things, and travel.

Z: We love trying out new and different

experiences, places, and foods; although, just chatting at Shortwave over coffee (him) and tea (me) is some us-time that we always enjoy.

M & Z: We’ve been to a lot of places that are

YOUR PARTNER?

HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP? M: Always appreciating each other and

giving one another the space to be ourselves. go but not everything, and holding some things close while keeping some others at a distance—who really knows! We’re both just trying and allowing one another to shine in every spectrum of light.

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MEDIACOM.......................................................................................................................................110

ANNE TUCKLEY HOME..............................................................................................................37

MERCEDES OF COLUMBIA.....................................................................................................92

ANTHONY JINSON PHOTOGRAPHY.................................................................................73

MY SISTER’S CIRCUS.........................................................................................................18 & 101

ART AND SOUL PHOTOGRAPHY.......................................................................................120

NATHAN JONES LAW..................................................................................................................86

ATKINS, INC...........................................................................................................................................5

NAUGHT NAUGHT INSURANCE AGENCY.....................................................................86

BAUMGARTNER’S FURNITURE & CARPET...................................................................36

NEVILLE & SONS...........................................................................................................................103

BMW OF COLUMBIA........................................................................................................ 6 & 106

NIKKI ALETO COACHING..........................................................................................................57

BOB MCCOSH CHEVROLET....................................................................................... 114 & 115

ODYSSEY CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES................................................................................82

BOONE COUNTY LUMBER COMPANY............................................................................26

PROVIDENCE BANK.......................................................................................................................7

BOONE HOSPITAL............................................................................................................................9

RE/MAX BOONE REALTY - CINDI GOEHL........................................................................ 4

BROCKMEIER FINANCIAL SERVICES................................................................... 68 & 99

SECURE DATA TECHNOLOGIES............................................................................................. 8

CAPITOL EYE CARE INC..............................................................................................................12

SELECT REALTY GROUP - ALISSA GERKE.....................................................................57

CARSON & COIL............................................................................................................................. 126

SENIOR MARKETING SPECIALISTS................................................................................. 104

CENTRAL MISSOURI AUTO BODY......................................................................................68

SHELTER INSURANCE AGENTS............................................................................................82

COLUMBIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE......................................................................... 32

SIMON OSWALD ASSOCIATES (SOA).............................................................................107

COLUMBIA MARKETING GROUP........................................................................................68

SKYLARK BOOKSHOP..................................................................................................................15

COMMERCE BANK........................................................................................................................79

SOCKET...................................................................................................................................64 & 108

CONVERGENCE FINANCIAL......................................................................................................2

SOUND PERFORMANCE....................................................................................................... 100

CUSTOM COMPLETE AUTOMOTIVE................................................................................109

STANGE LAW FIRM.......................................................................................................................79

D & M SOUND...................................................................................................................................58

STATE FARM - PHYLLIS NICHOLS...................................................................................... 48

DELINE HOLDINGS.....................................................................................................................102

SUPERIOR GARDEN CENTER/ROST LANDSCAPE...................................................10

DOWNTOWN APPLIANCE.....................................................................................................105

SYDENSTRICKER.......................................................................................................................... 126

EVEXIAS................................................................................................................................................20

THE BANK OF MISSOURI..........................................................................................................62

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THE BROADWAY HOTEL.......................................................................................................... 116

GREAT CIRCLE.................................................................................................................................. 33

THE CLUB AT OLD HAWTHORNE.......................................................................................58

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THE KLEMPKES- IRON GATE REAL ESTATE................................................................86

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Silver Pocket Watch True/False Film Fest Call Form At Home Save Classical

Modern

Learn

Teach Take Out Rose Music Hall Bicycle

Fishing

Hunting

Concept

Execute Minimalist Rock ‘n’ Roll Hot Dog

Slow

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Musical

Early Bird

Night Owl

Predictable

Impulsive

Cursive Cat

Print Dog

Introvert

Extrovert

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Out on the Town

Casual

Blues

I work with both, so I can’t choose a favorite.

Fancy is wearing a blazer. Take it off and everything else is casual.

They go hand-in-hand.

I’m an extroverted introvert.

Function

Tea

Cluttered

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2.

3.

4.

Text

Coffee

Motorcycle

Owner and Custom Jeweler, Monarch Jewelry

Unbound Book Festival

Big Picture

The Blue Note

Kenny Greene

Wristwatch

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