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The Boone County Trust Building Share Your Knowledge Of A Columbia Landmark

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A Hunger For The Extraordinary

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Volunteers Extraordinaire Jean and Charlie Gibbens Give Back To Columbia

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Can’t Miss Events For November 22.

Caped Crusader Now Rescues Dogs Batman’s Burt Ward Finds Superhero Work

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Big Daddy’s BBQ Lloyd And Fontella Henry’s Newest Business Venture

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Fun & Games Sudoku, Tiger Vision & More

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Purr-fect Pets These Cats And Dogs Create A Healthy Bond At Work

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Create The Perfect Autumn Sweet Decorate Your Fall Desserts With This Delicious Recipe

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Columbia Confidential Publisher Fred Parry Takes On The Issues Columbians Are Talking About

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Volunteering In The Community This month’s issue gives a nod to volunteering in Columbia. That’s why we just had to feature Jean and Charlie Gibbens. This couple has been giving back to Columbia by volunteering in the schools, hospitals and the university for decades. You can’t help but be inspired by their generosity.

Another couple that is likely to inspire you this month is Lloyd and Fontella Henry.

Between the two of them, they’ve had nearly a dozen different careers, three retirements and many interesting business ventures. You’ve probably seen their red barbeque restaurant on Garth Avenue named “Big Daddy’s.” Just reading about the barbeque business will make your mouth water. You’ll also read about the inspirational and delicious food being served up at The Barred Owl restaurant on Broadway. Three young entrepreneurs have developed an interesting food concept you’ll want to discover for yourself.

The issue isn’t complete without a focus on man’s best friend. The Animals at Work section will introduce you to some pets that spend their days spreading joy at businesses around our community. We don’t own the corner on adorable pets: send us a photo of your own pet and email it to us at Prime.

Of course you’ll find a lot of your favorite articles including the celebrity column Tinseltown Talks, Angel’s advice column and Fred Parry’s column on how our hospitals are responding to a revenue crisis.

You’ll also discover delicious recipes and a number of games to play.

As always, let us know what you think about this issue. We’d love to hear from you.

staff Publisher Fred Parry Associate Publisher & Managing Editor Melody Garnett Parry Chief Executive Officer Cathy Atkins Inside Columbia Editor Katherine Foran Editorial Assistant Peg Gill Graphic Designer Trever Griswold Joe Waner Photo Editor L.G. Patterson Marketing Representatives Adam Brietzke Joshua Huber Matt Melton Kourtney Pickel Sales Assistant Paxton Jobe Director Of Customer Retention Gerri Shelton Finance Manager Chad Morrow Distribution Associate Darren Dawson

Melody Parry Associate Publisher Email me at prime@insidecolumbia.net

Prime Magazine is published by OutFront Communications, 1900 N. Providence Road, Suite 324, Columbia, MO 65202, 573-442-1430. Copyright OutFront Communications, 2013. The magazine is published 12 times a year on the first day of every month. All rights reserved. Reproduction or use of any editorial or graphic content without the express written permission of the publisher is prohibited.

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Contributing Writers Peg Gill, Pam Ingram, Angel Donnette Robertson, Rebecca French Smith, Nick Thomas

SERVING THE BOOMER & SENIOR MARKETS

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The Boone County Trust Building LOOKING BACK AT BOONE COUNTY The Boone County Trust Building can be seen at the end of the street in this photo. The Boone County Trust building is now the Commerce Bank building located downtown at Ninth Street and Broadway.

For this month’s contest for bragging rights, go to the Boone County Historical Facebook page at facebook.com/boonehistory or the Prime Facebook page at facebook.com/ PrimeMagazineOnline/ to submit your guess. v

PHOTO COURTESY OF BOONE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Do you have any recollections of the Boone County Trust Building or other buildings surrounding it? What other businesses have occupied this location? Send us a paragraph about your memories and it might be included in next month's issue. Email us a prime@insidecolumbia.net.

Reader Response: In our September issue of Prime, we asked readers to guess the location of this photo and if they could identify any of the businesses that were previously located on this corner. The winner was Mikel Lynch who quickly came up with the answer. Congratulations to Mike!

"The corner in question is the Southwest corner of Eighth and Cherry Streets. The twostory building was the Dorn Cloney cleaners and the oil company building became a Dairy Queen in the 1960s."

Mikel Lynch

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A “Whole” Different Animal

Columbia Welcomes The Barred Owl Butcher & Table

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Columbia has a new restaurant that embraces the “whole animal” concept wholeheartedly. The Barred Owl Butcher & Table at 47 E. Broadway (Inside Columbia’s former home) is a full service restaurant with a retail deli/butcher shop. The shop allows the restaurant to use locally sourced and sustainably raised animals in their entirety by serving delicious and inventive charcuterie such as sausages and pâtés, not just traditional cuts such as chops and steaks, says Ben Parks, seasoned chef and one of Barred Owl’s three owners.

Parks and his partners, butcher Joshua Smith and general manager Brandy Hughes, pooled their talents and experience to make the unique eatery a reality.

A Culinary Institute of America graduate, Parks is the former chef at bleu restaurant and has worked at Sycamore, 44 Stone and the former Trattoria Strada Nova. Smith and his wife, Columbia Farmers Market manager Corrina Smith, returned to Columbia to be closer to family after a stint in New Orleans where he was a James Beard Award Semifinalist as a Rising Star Chef of the Year. He also has Sycamore experience and served as executive chef at Les Bourgeois. Hughes has extensive front and back of the house experience, as well as serving in dining management roles throughout Columbia including bleu, Sycamore and the Club at Old Hawthorne.

When discussing Barred Owl’s “more adventurous” food offerings, Andrew Zimmer’s name comes up. Zimmer is the host of the popular Travel Channel show, “Bizarre Foods.”

“I feel like his whole concept ties in with what we’re doing,” Parks says.

“His philosophy isn’t necessarily about

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Restaurant partners Ben Parks and Joshua Smith (right.)

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1) South American-style chorizo with chimichurri; medianoche with roasted coppa and city ham; fried mortadella with red onion 2) Chicory salad 3) “What the Pho?” — “skinny” noodles, ham broth, shaved pork tenderloin 4) Porchetta, rolled belly and loin with cracklin’, orange-herb sausage 5) Fried testa, soft egg, pastrami-cured heart eating the weirdest things out there, it’s about eating everything that’s out there.

Because that’s the responsible thing to do when you’re slaughtering an animal to eat meat.”

Barred Owl offers locally sourced beef, pork, chicken, lamb, goat, rabbit and duck. Parks and company recognize some of the offerings may be a little daunting.

“People say, ‘I know what ground beef is. I know what a hotdog is.’ But they might see a beef tongue in a butcher shop case and it’s unfamiliar,” says Parks. “We can present things in a way that’s a little less intimidating and educate people. A really well trained staff on the service and the butcher shop side of things really comes into play.”

Parks and his partners know that there will still be a hunger for the familiar, and Barred Owl certainly keeps that in mind: “We do hamburgers. We do hot dogs, and things like bologna or more traditional mortadella,” Parks says.

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“We want to be approachable and accessible” — an ethic that extends to Barred Owl’s open kitchen and windows that look in on the curing and cutting rooms.

“We’ll be completely transparent figuratively and literally,” Parks says.

“People are much more aware of what they’re eating. They want to know where it comes from and how it’s prepared.”

The restaurant has a rustic farmhouse look, featuring earth tones and unfinished woods and rusted metal. It seats 100; a private dining room can be closed off from the main area by sliding barn doors.

The Barred Owl deli/butcher shop fronts on Broadway with a separate entrance to its retail operation: “If you’re looking for wine, cheese, charcuterie, this’ll pretty much be a one stop shop,” Parks says.

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A Natural Connection When asked about the restaurant’s name, Parks explains: “We wanted something that spoke to being local and something from nature.” They considered something related to trees or bodies of water, but a good number of businesses and streets in Columbia already had used those.

“The barred owl frequents the area; they’re a top level predator that eats anything,” he says. That dovetailed nicely with the restaurant’s “whole animal” concept.

Parks also mentions the appeal of the barred owl’s distinctive call, which many people say sounds like “Who cooks for you?

Who cooks for you?”

“We want people to ask that question. We want them to know where their food is coming from and who it’s coming from,” Parks says.

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The Volunteer Life

Charlie And Jean Gibbens Exemplify Giving Back

By Rebecca French Smith • Photos By LG Patterson

In 1961, Charlie and Jean Gibbens were Kansas natives living in Grinnell, Iowa, and looking for a new path. Charlie, a territory sales representative for Mobil Oil Co., needed something better, but with a young family to support, he was wary of shifting gears. That’s when his father, a banker, suggested credit bureaus and happened to know of one for sale.

Charlie had only been in a credit bureau once in his life. That was the sum total of his experience with the investigation of people’s credit habits. Further, he and Jean had no money for such an endeavor, but Charlie’s father offered to help them purchase the Credit Bureau of Columbia in Columbia, Mo. “So we moved down here,” Jean says, “and never looked back.”

At 86 and 81, respectively, Charlie and Jean have been a part of the Columbia community now for more than 50 years. Charlie ran Credit Bureau Services until 1997, and Jean worked at Boyce and Bynum Pathology Labs for 25 years. Together, they raised three children and seven grandchildren and affected countless other lives in the process.

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(Above) The Gibbens were members of the Tail Twisters group that supported the MU basketball team. (Below) Jean and Charlie have been Tigers basketball fans for years.

Charlie and Jean incorporate a healthy routine into their regimen, exercising two to three times a week.

Volunteer Charlie By anyone’s standards, Charlie Gibbens has been a busy man. He owned and operated a business and had a busy family. At some point in his career life, he was president of the Chamber of Commerce, president of the Rotary Club and on the board at the First National Bank, among other organizations. In between all of that, he found time to give back more.

Volunteering has been a part of Charlie Gibbens’ life for longer than he can remember.

He can pinpoint, however, an event in 1961 that first brought him into contact with Boone Hospital Center (BHC) — a place at which he has volunteered off and on since the 1970s — his third child, Kim, was born.

Back then, the hospital was okay, Charlie says. There weren’t any big plans on the horizon and status quo was acceptable.

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That’s when, in the mid-‘70s, his friend Jack Estes challenged him to run for the BHC Board of Trustees. He won two terms, serving eight years.

Ten years later, he added an elementary school to his list of volunteer locations at the suggestion of friend Jack Waters, from the Columbia Daily Tribune. Benton Elementary needed someone to help before school, so Charlie stepped in.

“That’s where I really got hooked,” he says. Charlie’s role was to supervise the children who arrived early. He helped them with their homework, too. As time went on, he loved that they remembered his name when he saw them in the halls.

Charlie’s volunteer efforts in the classroom and in the community, raising funds for school supplies, earned him the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award for

individuals who have completed 4,000 or more volunteer hours in their lifetime.

When he didn’t win a third term on the Boone Hospital Board of Trustees, Charlie was good with that, he says. He had done his part, but in his time there, he had become involved with the volunteers. He discovered that he enjoyed meeting people, especially those he could help. In 1998, after selling his business and retiring, he stepped up his efforts at the hospital to help and became a regular volunteer.

The people coming into the hospital are typically not there under ideal circumstances, he says. Health issues weigh on them. They are scared to death.

To help ease the patients’ minds, volunteers assist them in finding where they need to be in the hospital, says Barb Shettlesworth, manager for Volunteer Services at BHC. Volunteers connect with patients through friendly conversation and a calm demeanor, and Charlie does this very well. He is one of about 20 volunteers in the admissions area each week.

“My bit with Boone and also the public schools, that’s me.” Charlie says. Though his health prevents him from being a regular at Benton today, he still manages his shift at BHC each Wednesday.

“I wake up, and I’m ready to go over there,”

(Left) Charlie volunteers at Benton Elementary and has logged more than 4,000 hours to support Columbia Public Schools. (Top right) Charlie and Jean raised their three children in Columbia. (Bottom right) Charlie served two terms on the Boone Hospital Board of Trustees. Since that time, he has volunteered as a greeter at the hospital, easing patients' minds as they enter the hospital.

he says, “and when I get done with a four-hour shift — now it’s down to two — I walk away and say, ‘Hey, I did something good for several people.’ ” Volunteers really bond with the employees as well, Shettlesworth says. “They enjoy each other, and that’s what makes it so special. Once you find a place, you like what you’re doing and you like the people that you work with, it’s just like in the real world — you stay.”

Continuing After Cancer “She’s a golfer,” Charlie says of Jean. Indeed, she’s had four holes-in-one. They were both golfers until 2013 when Charlie was diagnosed with stage 4 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Since then, he’s had to slow down some.

When Charlie got sick, Jean says, knowing staff and doctors at the hospital was a blessing.

When he needed an MRI or an oncology visit, the person on the other end of the telephone line would get quiet and ask, “ ‘Is that our Charlie?’ Every place we went, that is what they would say.”

Charlie recovered, and he and Jean are looking forward to the five-year mark, a significant milestone for cancer survivors. In the meantime, they donated a nurse’s station to the Stewart Cancer Center through the Boone Hospital Foundation. An organization, Charlie says, is worthwhile because its programs serve citizens directly. Donations to

the foundation come back in different ways right here in the community, and the nurse’s station was something that made them feel good to give back.

Before cancer, the Gibbens took golf trips and traveled with the Touring Tigers to countries around the world, but these days, they stick closer to home.

Apart from the hospital volunteer work, you might find them at Rick Rother Physical Therapy, a favorite dining spot or in the stands at Mizzou men’s basketball games.

After some friends had heart attacks about 30 years ago, Jean and Charlie made the decision to incorporate an exercise routine into their lifestyle.

They’ve been on an exercise program since then, working out two to three times a week with Rother. Rother was careful to adjust the workout for Charlie during chemotherapy, Jean says.

“We always feel better when we leave after exercise, and we can visit with the people there that we know that love us and have our best interest in mind,” Jean says. “It’s all hard work and you feel very proud of yourself when you get finished.”

Sports are a significant part of their lives in one way or another, whether it’s their own workout, a grandchild’s sporting event or Mizzou Tigers men’s basketball. The

Gibbens have been supporters of Mizzou basketball since they became good friends with retired coach Norm Stewart when he began coaching in 1967.

“We were fast friends,” Stewart says.

Charlie and Jean were members of a small group of people called the Tail Twisters that were a support group for the University of Missouri basketball team, he recalls.

“When we started, the attendance was extremely low, but it soon developed into a very large following.”

Beyond basketball, Norm and Virginia Stewart and the Gibbens have raised their children together and helped one another during good and bad times, he adds, quick to recognize Charlie’s impact on more than their family, but also those he touches through his volunteer presence.

“When you are involved with something for 50 years, such as Charlie and his volunteer efforts at Boone Hospital, it is extremely difficult to cover all of the areas and people that he has touched,” Stewart says. “He has been a landmark that people from the community and from out of town look forward to seeing when they come to Boone Hospital.”

Charlie and Jean are glad they can help and grateful his dad suggested they come to Columbia.

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November 2016 NOVEMBER 1 The Missouri women’s basketball season gets underway in Mizzou Arena when the Tigers host Central Missouri. Let’s see if the Tigers can kick those Mules! $5 adults, $3 youth & seniors; 7 p.m.; 1 Champions Drive; 800-CAT-PAWS (2287297); www.mutigers.com

NOVEMBER 1 Stephens basketball kicks off its 2016-17 season when the Stars take on Central Methodist University in Silverthorne Arena. Let’s see if those Stars can outshine their competition! $5; 7 p.m.; Dorsey St.; 573-442-2211; www.stephens.edu

NOVEMBER 2 The University Concert Series presents The Buenos Aires Tango Company, Estampas Porteñas’ latest production, “Deseos…Stories of Longing and Desire Told Through Argentine Tango and Music” at Jesse Auditorium. It promises to be the height of technical production matched by flawless and emotive dancing, and ardent, soulfilled music. From $25; 7 p.m.; MU campus; 573-882-3781; www.concertseries.org

NOVEMBER 3–6 The 9th annual Citizen Jane Film Festival returns! One of the largest women’s film festivals in the country that grew out of a collaboration with Stephens College, Citizen Jane celebrates film in all categories directed and co-directed by women. $10 general public, $8 students & seniors, Plain Jane Pass $60, Insane Jane pass $105; times and venues vary; 573-4415263; www.citizenjanefilmfestival.org

NOVEMBER 4 The Price Is Right Live™ is the hit interactive stage show that gives eligible individuals the chance to “Come On Down” to win. Prizes may include appliances, vacations and possibly a new car! Play classic games from television’s longest running and most popular game show from Plinko™, to Cliffhangers™, to The Big Wheel™, and even the fabulous Showcase. The show, at Jesse Auditorium, is a presentation of the University Concert Series. From $25; 7 p.m.; MU campus; 573-882-3781; www.concertseries.org

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NOVEMBER 4–5 In a University Concert Series presentation at the Missouri Theatre, Missouri Contemporary Ballet brings another exciting performance featuring favorites from its repertoire and three world premieres with choreography by Artistic Director Karen Mareck Grundy and resident choreographer Fernando Rodriguez. This MCB production will display the artistic, powerful, athletic range of movement and musical diversity that its audiences have come to love. From $20 adult, from $10 child; 7 p.m.; 203 S. Ninth St.; 573-882-3781; www.concertseries.org

NOVEMBER 5 Get your first glimpse of the 2016 Mizzou wrestling team at the Black and Gold Meet in the Hearnes Center. See Olympic bronze medalist J’den Cox as he returns to collegiate grappling action. Free; 6 p.m.; 600 E. Stadium Blvd.; 800-CAT-PAWS (228-7297); www.mutigers.com 18

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NOVEMBER 12 Be on hand at Faurot Field when the Tigers take on Vanderbilt. See if the Tigers can show the Commodores the door in this SEC matchup. Prices vary; TBA; 600 E. Stadium Blvd.; 800-CAT-PAWS (2287297); www.mutigers.com

NOVEMBER 15 The University Concert Series presents the fun and heartwarming musical “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood LIVE!” at the Missouri Theatre. Based on the television show “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,” produced by The Fred Rogers Company and PBS Kids, this musical shares the values of Neighbor Day, demonstrating the importance of volunteering in your community, being a good friend and a good neighbor. From $25; 7 p.m.; 203 S. Ninth St.; 573-882-3781; www.concertseries.org

NOVEMBER 17 Join the University Concert Series at Jesse Auditorium for a musical event as the MU Choral Union, University Singers, and University Philharmonic — under the direction of Dr. Paul Crabb — perform “A German Requiem” by Johannes Brahms and the “Hiob Cantata” by Fanny Hensel Mendelssohn.

“A German Requiem,” Brahms’ longest composition, is a moving and powerful work, considered to be one of the greatest monuments of choral music. “Hiob” isone of the few large-scale choral works written by Mendelssohn. $10 and $20; 7 p.m.; MU campus; 573-882-3781; www.concertseries.org Prime Magazine November 2016

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NOVEMBER 17–20 Catch the PACE Youth Theatre production of “Alice In Wonderland” at Launer Auditorium on the Columbia College campus.

Join Alice as she ventures down the rabbit hole and encounters the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts and the other unforgettable and colorful characters in Lewis Carroll’s classic. $10 adults, $8 students & seniors, $5 children; 7 p.m. with 2 p.m. Sunday matinee; 901 Rogers St.; www.pacecolumbia.com

NOVEMBER 18 Mizzou volleyball hosts Auburn in an SEC contest in the Hearnes Center. Catch every kill and dig of the Friday night match. $5 adults, $3 youth & seniors; 6:30 p.m.; 600 E. Stadium Blvd.; 800-CAT-PAWS (2287297); www.mutigers.com

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NOVEMBER 19–20 Come out and enjoy the 7th annual Fall Into Art festival at the Plaza Event Center at Parkade. The event blends art, music, education and fundraising to benefit The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri. Looking for holiday gifts or for something to add to your collection? Don’t miss this event. Free; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday; 601 Business Loop 70 W; 573-445-6853; www.fallintoart.org

NOVEMBER 24 Start off your Thanksgiving by burning off those calories in advance! Take part in the Boone Hospital Center Turkey Trax Run 5K. The race gives friends and families a chance to do something active before they start their traditional celebration, while benefiting the Boone Hospital Foundation.

From $35 adult, $25 children younger than 12; 8:30 a.m.; 700 E. Broadway; 573445-2664; www.turkeytraxcun.com

to life. It’s an adventure that teaches us that what makes you different can be what makes you special. Don’t miss this wonderful holiday tradition that speaks to the misfit in all of us, presented by the University Concert Series. $30-$50; 7 p.m.; MU campus; 573-882-3781; www.concertseries.org

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The Mizzou Tigers face Arkansas at Faurot Field in this post-Thanksgiving Day matchup. Hopefully the Tigers can send those Razorbacks back without a win!

Prices vary; 1:30 p.m.; 600 E. Stadium Blvd.; 800-CAT-PAWS (228-7297); www. mutigers.com

Bring the whole family to Jesse Auditorium for the sweetest Christmas celebration of the season! Experience the exquisite artistry of world-class Russian dancers, playful puppets and the unmatched splendor of handcrafted sets and costumes. “Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker” is the holiday tradition that brings the Christmas spirit to life! The New York Times raves, “Real beauty!” and the Los Angeles Times, “Bravura expertise!” Get your seats now for this University Concert Series presentation of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece! From $25; 7 p.m.; MU campus; 573882-3781; www.concertseries.org

NOVEMBER 28 The beloved TV classic “Rudolph The RedNosed Reindeer” soars off the screen and onto the stage this holiday season at Jesse Auditorium. Come see all of your favorite characters from the special as they come

Enjoy some of Columbia's beautiful holiday lights from the comfort of a Parks and Recreation mini-bus during the Holiday Lights and Sights Tour! Tours depart from the ARC. For the safety of participants, each person must have a seat on the bus. Please bring a car seat for young children. Pre-registration is required. $7.50; 6:15-7:30 p.m. or 7:459 p.m.; 1701 W. Ash; 573-874-7460; www.como.gov/ParksandRec

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Caped Crusader Burt Ward Now Canine Crusader

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There was a time when Burt Ward would leap dramatically across our TV screens in green shorts, beige tights and a gold cape masquerading weekly as Robin, the Boy Wonder. He was one-half of the crime fighting dynamic duo in the popular television show “Batman,” which first aired 50 years ago this year.

Today, you’ll find Ward more comfortable at home in jeans and rescuing dogs, although he hasn’t abandoned the citizens of Gotham City entirely.

“I was the Caped Crusader, but now I’m the Canine Crusader,” laughs Ward from his five-acre property in Norco, Calif. “Since my wife Tracy and I began running Gentle Giants 22 years ago, we have rescued over 15,500 dogs and found safe, loving homes for them” (see www.gentlegiantsrescue.com).

The Wards actually share their home – inside and out – with up to 50 dogs, mostly large breeds like Great Danes, Greyhounds and St. Bernards. The pack of pooches consumes 600 pounds of food each day, costing around $14,000 a month, while veterinary expenses run a staggering $50,000 per year.

Adoption fees and donations make little dent in the bills and the money received from selling their own brand of dog food, also called Gentle Giants, goes directly to support the animals.

“We pay for everything and take no salary,” explains Ward. “This is our charity.”

In addition to saving the lives of ‘man’s best friend,’ the Wards claim to have also extended those lives by creating a unique, healthy dog food.

"Right now, we have 24 dogs between 15 to 26 years old!” says Ward. “But there’s nothing magical, it’s all based on quality and science.”

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Burt Ward (left) and Adam West as Robin and Batman from the 1960s.

With a team of nutritionists, Ward says they developed a special formula, which contains much less fat than many commercial dog foods. They tested it on their dogs for two years before making it commercially available in 2008.

“It’s now sold in 1,200 stores in California, Arizona, and Florida, and available nationally online from walmart. com and amazon.com,” notes Ward proudly, and with a level of enthusiasm reminiscent of the youthful exuberance he brought to his Robin role.

The original Batman series lasted for three seasons in the 60s and led to a 1966 feature film and animated series in the 70s, all starring Ward and Adam West as Batman.

Fans of the franchise will be delighted to learn that Burt hasn’t entirely retired from crime fighting. Together with West and the

original Catwoman, Julie Newmar, the trio has reunited to provide voices for a new animated feature called “Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders,” which was released in October on digital high definition.

“This is a Warner Brothers project that I've been aware of for about 18 months,” explains Ward. “It incorporates all of the great things that made Batman wonderful then – including the humor – and combines that with some of the style in the recent, edgier Batman features.”

While the reunion was enjoyable, Burt recalls the original series as being especially fun with all the gadgets and tongue-in-cheek humor, “except for the explosions, third-degree burns, and broken bones!” that occurred during filming. But despite the injuries, he says the cast were a joy to work with.

“Adam and I have been great friends for

Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University in Montgomery, Ala. His features and columns have appeared in more than 600 newspapers and magazines.

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50 years,” he says. “And Alan Napier (‘Alfred’) was the sweetest man in the world and so cultured. He carried around this tiny dog which would fit in the palm of his hand and only put it down while doing his scenes.”

Today, the Wards have no such luxury in dog transportation with their giant breeds that can weigh up to 300 pounds. Now 71, Ward says they do hire helpers to assist with the dog feeding and other heavy duties. But every other aspect of the rescue is essentially a two-person operation between Burt and Tracy, “but mainly Tracy,” he adds.

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Burt and Tracy Ward in their bedroom surrounded by a few of their rescue dogs.

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Tell Me About It

How Can I Protect My Daughter From An Alcoholic Husband?

WITH ANGEL DONNETTE ROBERTSON

Every month we have a relationship expert who answers questions from our readers.

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Our daughter’s husband is an alcoholic. Over the years, they have separated and reconciled regularly. The last separation occurred when he lost his license after his second drunk driving accident.

Although he apologized tearfully and profusely, he is refusing treatment, despite the legal ramifications. My daughter is considering reconciliation. Again. But we are done. She can accept him back into her life, but he is no longer welcome in ours. How can we explain we want a relationship with her but not one with him?

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You get to decide whom you want in your life, of course.

The problem is so does your daughter. And, for her own reasons, she is choosing this man.

We all want to protect our children — no matter their ages.

You have identified your son-in-law as the source of your daughter’s pain, and you want to protect her from him.

And you are probably right. If he is making no effort to change, he will undoubtedly fall into old habits and new consequences.

But if you make her choose between the two of you, you will most likely lose.

If you want a relationship with your daughter, you have to accept her choices.

You don’t have to like him. You don’t have to agree with her. You do not have to enable his (or her) poor judgment with any type of financial assistance. You can maintain boundaries to protect yourself from any disrespect. You do not have to pretend to believe the lie of his remorse.

But you have to respect her right to make her own decisions for her own life.

Eventually, she may accept that she cannot change him. She may decide that he is not willing to change himself. She may lose the hope that keeps her in the marriage.

Or she may not.

If your peace requires that your son-in-law is no longer in your life, then you have to accept the cost of that peace may be your relationship with your daughter.

Is that a price you are willing to pay?

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I am recently divorced. I knew our marriage was in a rough patch. I suggested counseling. He thought an affair with his co-worker was a better answer.

Everyone wants me to get over it, move on. My friends are encouraging me to register on dating sites. Trust me, I want to get over it, too. I just don’t think I’m ready, yet. Are my friends right? Is a date just a date, not a life commitment?

Will the first step just be harder the longer I wait to take it?

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If you aren’t ready, you simply aren’t ready.

Your husband changed your life path without giving you notice. You do not need others, even others with good intentions, to direct you onto another path not of your choosing.

You have to take time to grieve, to adjust to your new reality, to release the old expectations. And you will do so on your own timeline, not your friends’.

Take your time. Enjoy new experiences. Remember old passions and discover new ones.

Learn from any mistakes you made in your marriage, so that you do not repeat them in any future relationship. Release any bitterness over the hurts done to you in your marriage, so that you don’t carry them into any future relationship.

Challenge yourself. Accept yourself. Determine what you want from your life.

You may find you are satisfied in your single status. Or you may decide to date casually. Or you may eventually long for a serious commitment.

Your future holds so much potential.

Remember though, time does not necessarily heal all wounds. You have to take responsibility for your recovery. But as long as you are making conscious choices, rather than simply avoiding difficult steps with the excuse of “not ready yet,” you should take as long as you need.

It’s your life. Choose your own path and take it at your own speed. v

Angel Donnette Robertson is not a professional counselor, but she has a lifelong appreciation for the beauty and complications of relationships.

Have a relationship question for Angel? Contact her through her blog at www.angeldonnette.wordpress.com. She will select reader questions to answer, along with questions she finds, in upcoming issues of Inside Columbia’s Prime.

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Fontella and Lloyd Henry have a dozen careers between them, including NFL wide receiver and police hostage negotiator.

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His wife, Fontella Henry’s contagious smile and “silver tongue,” made her an invaluable asset during her 20-year stint as detective and hostage negotiator with the Columbia Police Department. Between the two of them, they’ve had nearly a dozen different careers, three retirements and a string of sometimes exotic business ventures. If Hollywood ever comes calling to put their great big life on the silver screen, it would be next to impossible to come up with just one title that captures all that they’ve accomplished in their 34-year marriage.

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In 1978, just one semester and nine hours short of graduating from college, Lloyd was drafted by the Miami Dolphins and walked away from his football scholarship at Northeast Missouri State University in Tarkio to be a wide receiver in the NFL. “It was wonderful!” he beams. “I met great friends and got to travel. There are only 1,300 people in the world who get to play at that level, so you’re the cream of the 28

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crop.” After three years of the NFL’s “cutplay, cut-play” cycle, however, he’d had enough and decided to enroll at Truman State University to finish his degree. He knew too many people who “only thought about the next day or, at most, the next week - no planning, no preparation, feeling invincible…thinking of only that day,” he recalls. “I knew, long term, getting a degree would pay dividends.” He grew up in Milwaukee where he noticed the habits of people with stable lives. “I could see, at a minimum, how to be financially sound.”

In Milwaukee, he watched his single mom successfully run her own barbershop and also spent time in Waterloo, Iowa, with an aunt and uncle who both worked for John Deere.

For him, these three fleshed out the fruit of hard work. “I saw how you get ahead!” he says.

He married Fontella Ford and landed a job at IBM in Columbia but was dissatisfied there because he’d always wanted to be his own boss and have more flexibility and freedom. Now with a family to consider, he often found himself thinking, “I cannot see myself doing this for another 10 or 15 years!” A friend with whom he shared his frustration suggested that he consider insurance sales and put him in touch with a State Farm agent. He went on to get his insurance license and 26 years ago, the Lloyd Henry Jr. State Farm Insurance Agency on the corner of Vandiver and Providence Road was born.

For him, being an independent insurance agent is “one of the best kept secrets in the industry” because it’s helped him create a strong financial safety net for his family.

Richard Branson of Virgin Airlines once said, “Business opportunities are like buses; there’s always another one coming.” Although Lloyd and Fontella laugh about it now, there’s always been a long line of opportunities just waiting for Lloyd Henry to try out.

On Their Business Ventures

More times than she can count, Fontella Henry heard her husband say, “Honey, I’ve got this prototype for…” Once it was a device that would allow you to use your cell phone, hands free, as it hung around your neck. And then there was the cardboard shield-like device that helped clean the tires on your car. “It was supposed to keep the silver from getting wet while you cleaned the black part…that one is still in the garage,” she giggles.

They both laugh when the conversation turns to the device that looked like a wristwatch and, allegedly, prevented migraines. It emitted a signal as soon as it sensed that the wearer was about to have a headache. Lloyd thought it was the miracle device that would be a financial game-changer for his family. Early on, however, the infant company encountered one problem after another and eventually “went haywire.” His clever little migrainestopping device never made it to American consumers.

While Lloyd was running his insurance agency and launching new business ventures, Fontella became the first African American police officer on the Columbia

After operating their food truck for two seasons, the Henrys bought a small spot on Garth Avenue to run their barbecue restaurant.

Police Department and spent her days patrolling the streets of Columbia in a squad car. Neither one of her parents wanted her to take that job. They thought it was just too dangerous for their daughter.

But Fontella, who grew up in a strong twoparent family in St. Louis public housing, had a degree in criminal justice and felt more than prepared for the role. “I was never afraid because I had seen a lot of things growing up. Nothing was a surprise for me,” she admits.

On the job, she was able to handle most situations with what she calls “verbal judo” – talking people down during tense encounters like hostage negotiations.

Because she had nurtured so many strong, trusting relationships all over Columbia, people were usually glad to see her show up. “Her calm demeanor was helpful in deescalating the situation,” remembers former Police Chief Randy Boehm. “She was always one you could depend on to be reasoned in her response - calm, able to articulate and bring down the tension in situations.”

Retired Police Officer Becky Paneck well remembers the very first day the brand new officer showed up for work more than 30 years ago. Paneck was assigned to do a ride-along with the new officer. “We bonded that first day and we’ve been good friends ever since – for 34 years!” Paneck boasts. “We’re like two peas in a pod,” and still work together as case managers in their post-retirement jobs for Nora Stewart Early Learning Center. Paneck says when Fontella learned about the two job openings, she called one day and said,

“Becky, I’m not doing it without you…you gotta do it with me!”

On The Food Business

A few years ago, Fontella’s interest was piqued when she began noticing food trucks around town and found herself hanging around them asking questions.

One day, she shared a bright idea with her husband. “Hey Lloyd…let’s get a food truck!” He thought it was a great idea too, they bought a truck and picked a catchy name, “Big Daddy’s BBQ.” Initially, they parked the food truck on the Business Loop right across from Burger King and began serving up the kind of southern food they’d been serving their family for years: smoked meats, fried catfish, greens, mac ‘n cheese and their famous “Slaw Dawg.”

After operating the food truck for only two seasons, Lloyd noticed a small shop for rent on Garth Avenue near the Business Loop. The price was just right, so he rented it the very next day. After a fresh coat of bright red paint and some new equipment, Big Daddy’s opened for business and was like a dream come true for the Southern food lovers who hadn’t tasted anything like it since their last holiday meal at their grandma’s house.

Bonnie Turner comes regularly to get her favorite: the fried catfish. “He’s been my insurance man for eight years,” she explains. “It’s great to have a thriving Black-owned business in a prominent place in the city. I want to give him my support and my business.”

“Awwww man, the meat is juicy,” says

Andrell Davis, a frequent customer who dropped by to pick up something for his children who also love that kind of food. He compares Lloyd and Fontella’s version of barbecue to places like “C and K Barbecue” and “Red’s” in St. Louis.

Another customer, John Meyer, shows up at Big Daddy’s walk-up window every week or so for ribs and pork steak. “There’s no place in Columbia like it. It gives me a sense of pride knowing Lloyd has worked so hard for such a long time and he’s so successful. They’re both warm and friendly, not only to their customers, but to the whole community,” he adds. You’ll often see Fontella outside greeting customers with a hug. Most of their customers seem to share that same pride, in not only the success of the business, but in Lloyd and Fontella Henry themselves.

One by one, they step forward to share how much it means to have Big Daddy’s BBQ in such a prominent location on the corner of Garth and Business Loop 70.

None of their satisfied customers, however, have as much pride in the Henrys’ success as their two sons, 25-year-old Jared and 41-year-old “Rocky” (Lloyd Henry III).

“They’ve always been superstars in my eyes,” brags Rocky, vice president of Marx Productions in Phoenix, Ariz. “Mom and dad are by far the best role models and friends a child could ever have.” He still hears their words chiming in his ears, “Do your best, don’t settle! You have a gift, and use it to the fullest!’” It seems that Lloyd and Fontella Henry were simply dishing up a dose of the same advice that’s produced their great big life.

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THEME: THE 1950s 43. MAN RAY'S ART MOVEMENT 44. THE INNER SELF 46. INDIAN LILAC 47. UNITS OF WORK 48. SCALE MODEL OF EARTH 50. *IT WAS ON LITTLE ANTHONY'S PILLOW IN 1958 52. GRAZING FIELD 53. SPIRITEDNESS

12. 168 HOURS 15. HIGH-PITCHED CRY 20. ONE OF 24 IN PURE GOLD 22. "EVERY CHILD. ONE VOICE." ORG. 24. IAN MCKELLEN IN "X-MEN" FILMS 25. *FULGENCIO BATISTA'S HOME 26. FORK TOOTH

55. AFRICAN TAM-___

27. "____ DEATH DO US PART"

57. *JACKIE ROBINSON'S AND DUKE SNIDER'S TEAM

29. *LIKE IMAGINARY CURTAIN

61. *____ KHRUSHCHEV

31. "PARK AND ____"

64. GOODBYE IN SPANISH

32. TWIST AND DISTORT

65. COMMOTION

33. NEIGHBOR SEPARATOR?

67. NOT ACTIVE

35. IDIOT, IN YIDDISH

69. HAUNTED HOUSE SOUNDS

37. TYPE OF MOLDING

70. AMERICAN CUCKOO

39. *AERONAUTICS AND AEROSPACE RESEARCH ORG.

71. ROCKS AT MOUNTAIN BASE

42. STRADIVARI COMPETITOR

72. GAELIC

45. MOTHER ____, "THE SOUND OF MUSIC"

73. *THUNDERBIRD 74. MACHO GUY

49. GO WRONG 51. DEBONAIR

ACROSS 1.RN, A HEALTH HAZARD

17. UNDER THE WEATHER

28. DIVA'S SOLO

6. ONE NOBLE OR INERT

18. LINE IN LONDON

30. FRUSTRATION, IN PRINT

9. MULTITUDE

19. *49TH STATE

34. RIP POTS

13. PORT CITY IN JAPAN

21. *SPACE RACE STARTER

14. PIE ____ ____ MODE

23. *"____ HUNT" WITH LLOYD BRIDGES

36. BEN AFFLECK'S 2012 OSCAR WINNER

15. INFLICT A BLOW 16. *PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA IN THE 1950S

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54. *"LUCKY STARR" SERIES AUTHOR ASIMOV

1. ACTOR/DIRECTOR HOWARD

56. KIND OF PIE

2. BETWEEN PORTS

57. FEMALE EQUIVALENT OF "SIR"

3. WILLY WONKA CREATOR

58. O IN B.O.

4. LADIES' FINGERS

59. BUENOS ____

5. POST-ROLLER COASTER RIDE CONDITION

60. 2014 MOVIE "____ GIRL"

6. MOTHER EARTH, TO ANCIENT GREEKS

61. DARK, AS IN MOVIE 62. *ONE OF IKE'S TWO

7. *"____ ABOUT EVE" STARRING BETTE DAVIS

63. CARPET LAYER'S CALCULATION

8. PICO DE GALLO, E.G.

66. *CRICK/WATSON/ FRANKLIN DISCOVERY

9. OBSCENITY 10. PROPERTY RIGHT

68. X

11. TINY PURSE OR CASE

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Fun & Games Sudoku

Do You Have Tiger Vision?

We’ve hidden this tiger face somewhere in the magazine. Find it, and send an email to prime@insidecolumbia.net telling us the page number where the tiger is hiding. Readers with a correct answer by Nov. 30 will be entered into a drawing for a $25 gift card to Truman's Bar and Grill.

WINNER! Congratulations to Barbara Bulanda, winner of our October Tiger Vision contest and a $25 gift card to Truman's Bar and Grill!

Cryptogram Decipher this quote by unraveling the secret code. Each letter stands for another letter. We’ve given you a few hints to get you started.

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Record Cabinet Here’s The Story Behind Three Albums In Your Record Cabinet Every month we like to highlight memorable records and give you the story behind three albums you might have in your record cabinet. Submit a photo of you with your favorite vinyl and we’ll highlight it in an upcoming issue of Prime magazine.

“A Night at the Opera”

“Harvest”

“Cheap Thrills”

Queen

Neil Young

Big Brother & The Holding Company

Revisiting Queen, especially after the death of collaborator David Bowie, is a trying but rewarding investment. Songs like “You’re My Best Friend” take on a new form of resonance and “Bohemian Rhapsody” becomes even more epic.

The half-speed 180-gram repressings of Queen’s back catalog are a necessity.

Resident Canadian audiophile and curmudgeon, Young has been fastidiously attempting to design the ultimate digital listening device, Pono. It cannot compare to the original analog masters used for the current pressing of “Harvest,” Young’s masterpiece. “Heart of Gold” is up there with the best songs Young has ever written.

Their Columbia debut, “Cheap Thrills,” is arguably the best record Janis Joplin ever took part of. Two of her most iconic songs are featured on the still very consistent album, those being the gut-wrenching “Piece of My Heart” and the Big Mama Thornton cover “Ball And Chain.”

Staff Pick:

“Gold” Staff Member: Trever Griswold Ryan Adams released his second album "Gold" in 2001. This album was a favorite of mine with its relatable lyrics and interesting sound.

It became Adams' best-selling album.

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Animals At Work

Colleagues & Companions: A Healthy, Happy Bond

BY PEG GILL

We tracked down some of our local businesses who consider their animal companions an essential part of their team. Here are a few of their stories…

Katie

Bluff Creek Terrace 3104 Bluff Creek Drive | www.americareusa.net The residents at Bluff Creek Terrace love sharing their space with Katie, a stray cat the senior care community took in after she showed up on the doorstep a few months ago.

“We began feeding her, and she just stuck around,” says Holly Baker, Bluff Creek administrator. “The residents all begged me to keep her.” So Baker did.

Katie was taken to the vet for a check up and chipped. Resident Mona Laird, a retired University of Missouri nurse, chose the name: “I just thought that she needed a name, and that’s a nice one.”

For now, Katie resides on the porch, with her food dish and bed. There are plans to relocate her indoors once winter comes. In the meantime, the residents have been working hard to help Katie grow comfortable with them. Laird, in particular, does her part by plying Katie with treats.

“I have them in my refrigerator,” she confides.

The efforts seem to be paying off. Katie now comes when she’s called. “She stretches out and turns onto her tummy and you can stroke her a little bit but then she leaves,” Laird says.

Katie’s gradually becoming less aloof: “She walks along with the residents, just like a dog would,” Baker says.

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Craig Stichter and Bur Oak's favorite cat, Clyde.

Frank & Clyde Bur Oak Brewing Co.

8520 E. Trade Center Drive | www.buroakbeer.com Bet your animal companions will be jealous when they hear about a certain Bur Oak Brewing Co. duo’s claim to fame. The on-premises pets — Frank, a Golden Retriever, and Clyde, a black cat — have their own beers named after them: Frank’s Zapp-A-Bone Golden Cream Ale and Clyde’s Caramel Cream.

Furthermore, their likenesses grace the ales’ labels, designed by Tim Flanner at Zimmer Marketing Group, with direction from the Bur Oak team. You could say these ales are two of the brewery’s pet projects!

Clyde has called Bur Oak home for the past two years. You may find him asleep on the forklift or on a sack of grain, although he also likes his bed up on the brew deck. Adopted from the Central Missouri Humane Society, Clyde was named by a contractor who was at the brewery to stain the concrete floor. “He started calling him Clyde and the name stuck,” says Kraig Bridgeford, Bur Oak’s head brewer.

And when you call Bridgeford’s cell phone, his message makes it clear that Frank is a fixture, too: “…If you have found my Golden Retriever, Frank, running outside the brewery, he is not lost. Please just bring him to the front door and leave him be. Thank you.”

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Coco & Aspen Tryathletics

1605 Chapel Hill Road | www.tryathletics.com Walk into Tryathletics, and you’ll find a study in contrasts: Coco, an 8-year-old female Bichon who weighs in at less than 20 pounds, and Aspen, a 7-year-old female Harlequin Great Dane who tips the scales at 110. Despite their disparate sizes, they are fast friends.

“We’ve had lots of shop dogs over the years and we encourage people to bring their dogs in,” says Nate Smith, one of the owners.

“We keep treats for them.”

Aspen is the second Great Dane to grace the shop in the 11 years it’s been open, and she’s rather unique. Deaf since birth, she responds to hand signals and has “super astute smell and eyesight,” Smith says. “She’ll sniff the heck out of you.” She loves to play with other dogs and gets pretty excited, but Smith says she then settles back down pretty quickly and goes to sleep. “She doesn’t startle, since she can’t hear. She’s just a big sweetie.”

Aspen (above) and Coco (below) are favorites at Tryathletics.

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Bob McCosh and T2 can be found delighting guests at the dealership.

Tango Reloaded (T2 for short)

Bob McCosh Chevy/Buick/Cadillac 1 Business Loop 70 W. | www.bobmccosh.com Bob McCosh was devastated when Tango died in 2014. The little black poodle had been his constant shadow — accompanying him to the dealership every day for nearly 20 years. After six months, General Manager Jeff Miller gently mentioned that a little black poodle was coming up for placement through Second Chance: “If you’re interested, you need to fill out the paperwork now.” Not 20 minutes later — by coincidence or providence — McCosh’s friend Pete Kemper called about the same dog: A gentleman he knew was going into assisted living and needed to find a home for his little black dog.

As soon as McCosh pulled up to the house, a little black blur shot out “and in one leap, cleared my lap, sat down on the center console, and started licking on me like, ‘Hey, let’s go!’”

McCosh laughs. McCosh and Tango Reloaded (or T2 for short), as McCosh renamed him, have been inseparable ever since.

“It’s spooky sometimes how much he and the original are alike. He visits the same people at the same time in the same way every day. He’s just a calming force for a lot of people here.

The kids all love him. He brings lots of happiness and laughter to us all.”

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Recipe Box

Bring Autumn Colors To Spiced Sweets

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Cooler temperatures, beautiful changing leaves and the familiar scent of pumpkin pie spice are all signs of fall. Whether you’re hosting a pumpkin carving party or decorating sweet treats with family, celebrate the season with pumpkin patch cupcakes and hot apple cider.

“The crisp air seems to inspire us all to start baking again,” said McCormick Executive Chef Kevan Vetter. “Create an autumn frosting palate with our new color from Nature Food Colors, which are made from ingredients such as beets and turmeric.

You can combine the trio of starter colors – berry, sunflower and sky blue – to make orange frosting for a Pumpkin Patch Cupcake.”

The color from Nature Food Colors can be used in icing, beverages and other no-bake recipes for best results. For more tips and recipes for the fall and Halloween season, visit McCormick.com or look for McCormick Spice on Pinterest and Facebook.

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Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes Prep time: 30 minutes Servings: 24 cupcakes

2 cups (4 sticks) butter, softened 4 teaspoons McCormick Pure

Vanilla Extract 2 boxes (16 ounces each)

confectioners’ sugar, sifted 3 tablespoons milk 1 1/2 teaspoons Sunflower color from

McCormick Color from Nature Assorted Food Colors, divided 1/4 teaspoon Berry color from

McCormick Color from Nature Assorted Food Colors 1 teaspoon Sky Blue color from

McCormick Color from Nature Assorted Food Colors 24 unfrosted cupcakes 12 regular marshmallows, halved crosswise 12 small chocolate flavored taffy rolls

(Tootsie Roll), halved crosswise Beat butter and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium

speed until light and fluffy. Gradually add confectioners’ sugar, beating well after each addition and scraping sides and bottom of bowl frequently. Add milk; beat until light and fluffy.

Remove 2 cups of the frosting into medium microwavable bowl. Tint frosting orange using 1 teaspoon Sunflower color and 1/4 teaspoon Berry color. Set aside.

Tint remaining frosting green using 1 teaspoon Sky Blue color and remaining 1/2 teaspoon Sunflower color. Spread top of cupcakes with green frosting. Using a fork, gently touch frosting in different directions to resemble grass spikes.

To make the pumpkins, microwave the orange frosting on HIGH 10 to 20 seconds or until runny. Using a fork, dip marshmallow halves into frosting mixture, then place on top of frosted cupcakes. Let stand until pumpkin frosting has dried. Press a tootsie roll half in center of each pumpkin for the stem. Decorate leaves and vines with remaining green frosting, if desired. v

fun & games solved Challenge your brain with this month’s puzzles found on Pages 30-32.

Cryptogram Answer “Thanksgiving is not only being aware of the abundance of good in the world but embracing it.”

-Richelle E. Goodrich

Crossword Puzzle

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Columbia Confidential: Publisher Fred Parry On The Issues Columbia Is Talking About

Our Healthcare Crisis

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Many of our readers will remember Walter Johnson, the infamous economics professor at the University of Missouri who reached legendary status on campus as a tough and spirited educator. Students feared Johnson, and for good reason. Beyond just campus lore, Johnson was well known for his marksmanship, often launching a piece of chalk toward a sleeping student from the stage of the auditorium in Middlebush Hall.

Outside the classroom, Johnson often talked about Columbia's recession-proof economy as being similar to a three-legged stool that was sturdily supported by education, healthcare and insurance. Johnson reasoned that these three industries were insulated from the factors that normally toppled economies. Unfortunately, Johnson didn't live long enough to see how his beloved university could be ravaged by a state legislature or to see how a plethora of natural disasters, along with oppressive governmental regulations, could wreak havoc on the insurance industry. And not even one of Johnson's high-minded Econ 51 lectures could have ever predicted how the Affordable Care Act would change healthcare forever.

For a town that prides itself on having the second highest number of hospital beds per capita in the USA, we are, unfortunately, highly susceptible to the “perfect storm” that seems to be radically changing the healthcare industry in Missouri with every passing day. What started out as an attempt to make healthcare affordable and accessible to all has had nearly the exact opposite effect.

With recent news that United Healthcare and Aetna are abandoning Missouri's marketplace exchanges, the future of the Affordable Care Act in Missouri is grim. Private insurance companies have discovered that it is nearly impossible to provide low-cost plans to low-income households. In an effort to recover their losses, these same companies have passed along double-digit increases — as high as 34 percent — to their private sector customers to offset costs associated with offering insurance to lower-income individuals through the federally-initiated marketplace exchange.

At the same time, seismic shifts indirectly associated with healthcare reform have taken their toll on rural hospitals in Missouri. With as many as three more rural hospitals expected to close by the end of 2016, the healthcare crisis in the Show Me State deepens. The widely reported struggles of hospitals in Cooper and Audrain Counties illustrate the healthcare industry's new harsh realities. Columbia is not insulated from these troubles; however, higher volumes at local hospitals and our standing as a regional healthcare hub have softened some of the impact.

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Columbia's hospitals are dealing with shrinking reimbursements and more red tape from Medicare, which accounts for almost 70 percent of total volumes at Boone Hospital and MU Health Care. On top of that, these hospitals are battling increased labor costs associated with the national nursing shortage. The bad news and the challenges far outweigh any positive developments.

Hospitals are responding to a revenue crisis by doing what they can to control the costs of delivering healthcare.

With more scrutiny on labor and supply costs, hospital administrators are forced to adjust staffing levels, often erring on the side of caution. Surgeons are being told they can no longer have control over the devices they are using and are being asked to limit the breadth of their suppliers.

At the same time, hospitals are putting the squeeze on device and implant companies, insisting that they lower prices. It's a high stakes poker game that, at times, requires both sides to blink.

To add to the evolving chaos, high insurance deductibles are causing consumers to postpone treatments and surgeries, often to their own detriment. By the time consumers decide to proceed, their medical issues may be far worse and require more extensive and expensive treatment. Revenues lag in July and August only to have demand exceed capacity in November in December.

Pundits will kick around Missouri's failure to expand Medicaid as a root cause of these problems. But even the most objective, non-partisan bystanders will tell you that Medicaid expansion is, at best, a Band-Aid for a modern healthcare system that desperately needs an overhaul. There are no easy answers in spite of what politicians may tell you.

The most rational among us will likely reach the same conclusion: it's time to go back to the drawing board and take another stab at fixing America's healthcare system. It would be interesting to hear Walter Johnson's take on the matter. v

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