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Jay Kerner
Publisher/Philosopher
Things are looking up. Or maybe its just
a matter of perspective.Somebody sang, Im so far down, it
looks like up to me, but I tend to lean the
other direction.
Ive always been this way.
When the Chiefs or Royals are down in
the last moments of the game, I always expect a
dramatic comeback. Anybody whos attended
a sporting event with me knows my mantra:
Theres still time! (Note: I wrote this Sept.
10th, way before the playoffs.)
Maybe its foolish to think this way, but I dont care.
I believe in the power of positive thinking. Not that your disposition is a
cure-all for every condition, but I think it helps.
And maybe conversely, negativity hurts just as much.
I dont watch many sad dramas on television or at the movies. Im a crier
by nature, and try not to set myself up for public displays. I just dont understand
peoples desire to ll their heads with manufactured sadness.
I dont play many video games either. I liked Pong back in the day, and
Frogger was ok. I was good through the Pac-Man years. It wasnt till the rst-
person killing games took over that they lost me.
Sorry, but shooting people isntmy idea of relaxation.
Maybe if I designed my own game.
Id call it Litter Avenger. Youre
driving along in your virtual auto, when
the car in front of you throws a sack
of fast food wrappers out the window.
You stop to pick it up, then jam the gas
pedal to the oor to catch them at the
next light. You roll down your window
and say, Excuse me, but I think you ac-
cidently dropped this.
In one scenario, they sheepishly
apologize and you drive off knowing
you made your point. In another, the
in-bred lowlife in the car ips you off
and tosses the bag back in the street. At
this point you can drag them from the
car, beat them silly, then stab them in
the heart with a plastic spork.
In the next level you deal with idi-
ots who ick lit cigarettes. In my game,you collect the burning butts for points
and get bonuses for re-inserting them in
the smokers orices, lit end rst. The
smallest bonus would be for the mouth.
The third level would be moms dropping dirty diapers in parking lots. I
leave the resolution to your imaginations.
But I digress. I was talking about optimism.
Weve attended a lot of excellent events lately, and we cant help wondering
at the optimism of the organizers. Its way safer and easier to just keep doingwhat weve always done. Yet over and over, people take big risks to try some-
thing new.
We love it when things work.
Mainly because they dont always.
Sometimes the idea is good but the follow through well, not so much.
Other times every base is covered but an outside force like the weather ruins
things. Sometimes the public simply isnt hip to what youre slingin.
But its so awesome when it works.
Inspires other folks to try things.
Optimism is contagious and Im a carrier. Maybe you are, too.
If not, we hope you catch it And pass it on!
Feeling Optimistic
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Picked up your rag while grabbing a
coffee in Parkville. Had to write to thank
you for the In-A-Tub story. I live in John-
son County now, but am a Northlander
going back several generations. I cover the
whole metro area on the job and always
look for any excuse to hit an In-A-Tub
for Tacos. GIVE ME THE POWDERED
CHEESE!
I had a quick job in Smithville and
planned to grab tacos for lunch.
Then I saw your ad for The Brick
House. Ate there instead. I gured any
publication with the good sense to recognize
the simple genius of the I-A-T taco would
know other good spots.
Right On!
Great building on the square. Good
food. Nice folks. Just the kind of locally-
owned joint I like.
Then the Smithville job drug out
longer than I thought. Grabbed tacos
on the way home.
Keep up the good work, RegularJoe! Youve got a new reader.
Dear Joe,Contact The Regular Joe
P.O. Box 1304 St. Joseph, Mo. 64502
Read us online
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Danny R. Phillips
Regular Joe Music Guy
Yes, doing a top whatever list is lazy, hackneyed and, in the end, clichd.However, this is my column, my space to do with what I will, month in month out.
Of late, I have been having moments of indecision, times when I cannot decide
between a shower or pastrami sandwich so, with that, I shall review the top 90s
albums From the Shelf.
Neutral Milk Hotel: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea- Beautifully arranged
and packed with instruments from acoustic guitars to bag pipes and singing saws.
In the Aeroplane is a surrealist, off-kilter masterwork that will, most likely, drive
you crazy if you try to gure it out; songs that standout are King Of Carrot
Flowers pt. 1, Holland 1945, Two Headed Boy and the title track but
listen to it as a whole and experience what could be a Salvador Dali paint-ing put on wax.
Sugar: File Under Easy Listening- While most nd Sugars Copper
Blue to be the one worth discussing, I prefer File. Bob Moulds second
post Husker Du offering, File has some of his best lyrical and guitar work
to date: Gee Angel, Company Book and Your Favorite Thing are
heartfelt, honest and smack you in the teeth.
The Breeders: Last Splash- This is one of my favorite records of
all-time, I love Kim Deal and I think Last Splash is on par with anything
The Pixies (Kims other band) has released. Nearly everyone knows the hit
song Cannonball but the real winners here are Saints, New Year, and
I Just Wanna Get Along; those are the ones that nudge the record towardgreatness. I believe that The Breeders are equal to or greater than the Pix-
ies. Alt-rock blasphemy.
Foo Fighters Foo Fighters- Many of my colleagues and peers (I am
looking at you Shea Conner and Andrew Gaug) say the the Foos second re-
cord, The Colour and the Shape is their explosive record but I, however re-
spectively, disagree. The s/t debut from the Foos is all Dave Grohl (except
for a guitar part on Exhausted by Greg Dulli of the band Afghan Whigs),
recorded in his basement as a way to mourn his friend/bandmate Kurt Co-
bain. Stuffed with screams and fuzz drenched guitars, it is everything that
would later take over the world. Alone+Easy Target, Weenie Beenie,Wattershed, they all remind me of a time when I could put on headphones
and just oat away.
Nirvana: In Utero- This is perhaps my favorite 90s record, hell,
its perhaps my favorite record ever. This is the sound of Cobain dying,
with every note, every line, every chord, every scream is an exorcised de-
mon and it is perfection. Radio friendly Unit Shifter, Milk It, Frances
Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle. Every song builds to make
a perfect record, expertly and masterfully produced by Steve Albini (Big
Black, Shellac) in hands off, just play the songs way and it is a lightning
bolt that, every time I hear it, strikes at the core of my being.
Bad Religion: Recipe for Hate- Other than The Ramones, Bad Re-ligion is my favorite punk rock band and Recipe for Hate is the gem of
thought provoking, middle nger waving, challenge authority music that
can warp your mind.for the betterment of your soul. Featuring Kerosene,
American Jesus, Dont Pray on Me, and Man on a Mission, it is just as cur-
rent with todays society as it was upon its release in 1993.
Yes, I know that doing a list of favorites for From the Shelf is a cop out. Iknow that, with all the albums that grace my bookshelf, I could have picked one but
that were not the case this month. I promise to be back to true form next month,
ready to give you a more linear thought on a single album. But until then, give
an old broken-hearted guy a break and check out the records here. You wont be
disappointed. I hope.
From the Shelf: Top 90s Albums
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Matt Meier
For the past several months, I have had the pleasure of being a regular here
at the Regular Joe. Pretty regular, right? Well, Ive decided to change things up abit and deviate from my usual plethora of lm reviews.
Lets begin with general stores. They seem to be a relic of a bygone Amer-
ican era. Yeah, theres your local QuickTrips, Phillips 66, and Kwik-e-Marts.
Convenient? Undoubtedly. Im a QT regular. But general stores arent
dead. In fact, there is one lively such place in the Northland that you may
have missed. And Im here to tell you why you shouldnt miss it anymore.
Sitting along a gentle curve on Highway W near Smithville Lake sits
the small town of Paradise. As small towns are throughout the Midwest,
theres a church, a cluster of houses, and even a few brick buildings. Stand-
ing proudly near the road is the Paradise General Store, a decidedly oldschool building, not more than a stones throw away from Camp Branch
Marina on Smithville Lake.
We did not know what we were doing. We just dove in and did it,
said Kelli Wade, owner of the store. Kelli, a Smithville resident, took over
the store in early 2012. Kellli is a bright, constantly jubilant woman, fre-
quently chatting with regulars and new faces alike. Despite going in on a
whim and running a general store--and having no prior experience--Kelli
is about as condent of a woman as you can nd.
Kellis Korner, as it is so named, certainly puts out the atmosphere
of a true-and-blue general store. A large live bait cooler sits near the front
entrance, churning with water and minnows in the spring and summertime.Inside, the walls are lined with an assortment of antiques
and other items of interest. One wall even holds a mass
collection of Missouri license plates, some dating as far
back as the 1930s.
For many newcomers, the biggest draw to Kellis
Korner is the food counter. The locale has built up quite
a reputation in recent years for preparing some truly
excellent burgers, a fact that I can wholly attest to.
In the beginning, I just tweaked the broth that the
burgers sit in, said Kelli. I just had a guy even say thatI need to open a restaurant.
Kellis Korners burgers have slowly been spread-
ing through the grapevine in the metro area. I even get
people from Lees Summit coming up here now! said
Kelli.
Despite being a lively joint during the summer
months, thanks to many that pass through heading to
Smithville Lake, Kellis Korner tends to slow down
during the winter months. I just wanna keep getting
people here, said Kelli. I just wish I could nd a way
to get these people out this way and just try it once.Folks, let me tell you, once you do come for a
visit, youll want to come for 20 more. Dont let winter
hinder you.
If youre ever in need of some amazing burgers, gas for your boat, or con-
venience items for your next camping trip at Smithville Lake, do yourself a favor
and take a swing to Kellis Korner.
You can visit Kellis Korner at 18419 Collins Road, Smithville, Missouri64089.
Personal recommendation: Burger with pepperjack cheese, onions, lettuce,
and jalapenos, with a side of fries. You wont be disappointed.
Kellis Corner in Paradise
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Shannon Bond
Thats a good ques-tion. The one that precedes
that should be, Are you a
mountain biker, trail runner,
hiker or do you want to be?
Because, if you do, you have
got to try Wyandotte County
Lake Trails. The Trail Masons have put tons of time
into planning and developing this system of trails.
Every time I ride I come across smiling faces. Some-
times those faces are attached to bikers, solo runners
or whole families, or even happy slobbering dog fac-
es. The trails are that good.
You will nd over 15 miles of winding single-
track heaven, as they call it on their blog spot. For
trail maps you can visit the Trail Masons at their blog
spot here: http://trailmasons.blogspot.com/. It has
pictures and a volunteer log. If you like to volunteer
or want to nd out what it takes to maintain these trail
systems, they are always looking for extra help.
Wyco also hosts a lot of different races during
the season. Its a great place for all abilitylevels from beginner to expert. The trails
have some technical sections but are mostly
owing singletrack with satisfying climbs
and whoop-inducing, switchback-lled de-
sents. They have even built a downhill sec-
tion with huge berms and jumps. While I
dont often soar through the air on my bike,
on purpose anyway, it is a vicariously satis-
fying experience to hang out and watch oth-
ers defy gravity.
On the tness side of the house, theaverage climb per lap is about 600 to 800
foot according to my Garmin. I say lap
because there are many different ways to
connect the trails into a coherent lap. The
races here are rarely the same, which is very
refreshing. The Trail Masons are always
building new trail and working on the ow
so check their blog often
Have You Ridden Wyco?
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Brew Top Pub North
8614 N. BoardwalkFri 10/3 Cherry Bombs
Sat10/4 Groove TherapyFri 10/10 Wonderfuzz
Sat 10/11 Stolen Winnebegos
Fri 10/17 Transients
Sat 10/18 Retro Active
Sat 10/25 Wonderland
Fri 10/31 Disappointments
Fat Fish Blue
7260 NW 87th
in Zona RosaFri 10/3 Linda Shell & The Blue
Thang
Sat 10/4 Salted Blue
Fri 10/10 Disappointments
Sat 10/11 Da Truth
Fri 10/17 M80s
Sat 10/18 Knock Kneed Sally
Fri 10/24 La de DahsSat 10/25 71 South
Pats Pub
1315 Swift in NKCEvery Wed nite Open Jam hosted by Rob Gray
Sherlocks Underground
858 S 291 in Liberty
Every Wed at 8pm Oasis
The Hideout 6948 N. OakEvery Thursday is Bike Nite with
Dave HayesBand, Levee Town, and Blue 88
Open blues jam Sundays, 7 p.m.
Live Music Hi-Lites across the Northland
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A-Zs FreshAir Fare Natural Market, 112 So. 8th St., will sponsor a special
screening of the award-winning documentary, GMO OMG as part of a nation-wide effort to celebrate October as NON-GMO month. The lm will be shown in the
auditorium of the St. Joseph Public Librarys East Hills Branch on Thursday evening
October 16 at 6:30 p.m. NON-GMO snacks as well as educational materials will be
available.
Produced by lmmaker and concerned father Jeremy Seifert, the lm searches
for answers to the questions about how genetically modied organisms (GMOs) affect
children, the planet and freedom of choice.
This October marks the fth annual Non-GMO Month. Created by the non-prot
Non-GMO Project, the month-long emphasis puts the spotlight on peoples right to
choose food and food products free from GMOs.
With GMOS now incorporated into as much as 80 percent of commodities and
processed foods, we are committed to helping people nd safe, healthy non-GMO
choices, says James Fly, co-owner/manager of A-Z. We believe people have the
right to know whats in their food and we will be celebrating that right throughout
October.
According to the NON-GMO Project, the non-GMO category is one of the fast-
est growing sectors in the grocery market, with 80 percent of shoppers seeking out
non-GMO products. This growing interest and awareness is inuencing the call for
state NON-GMO labeling initiatives and causing manufacturers and retailers to adopt
non-GMO policies. To date, over 22,000 products have been non-GMO Project Certi-
ed, with sales of these products topping $7 billion. Public concern about GMOs isrising as studies increasingly raise doubts about the long-term safety and environmen-
tal impact of the experimental technology. GMO labeling is mandatory in 64 countries
around the world, but no such requirements exist in the U.S.
For additional information please visit: http://www.nongmoproject.org/learn-
more/what-is-gmo/
A-Zs FreshAir Fare Sponsors Film Screening
For NON-GMO Month
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By J. Christe
The Fever Crumb series is a glorious steam punk adventure full of ancient
technology and new superstitions, perpetuated by charm-wielding technomanc-
ers. The tales, written by Phillip Reeve, are set in a post-apocalyptic Britain bor-
dered by a dried up sea bed. Instead of taking to the sky with zeppelins and ying
pirate ships, like many steam punk adventures, Reeve keeps us grounded with
land barges and nomad empires full of traction forts.
The books center on Fever Crumb, a young apprentice in Londons guild
of engineers. She is a dynamic protagonist who changes as she experiences the
world. There is no epiphany or single event that shapes her young mind; instead,
she gradually learns through the gain and loss of life that there is more to the hu-
man world than reason and logic.
The series includes Fever Crumb, released in 2009, Web of Air, released in
2010 and Scriveners Moon, released in 2011. Fevers world is set thousands of
years after the ancients were destroyed in a global catastrophe. Nobody knows
what brought the advanced civilization to an end but Fever is catapulted onto a
journey that reveals the truth. That truth is just a detail in the context of the story,
however, because along the way she discovers that she has a microchip implanted
in her brain that contains her dead grandfathers memories, London is invaded
and taken over by barbarians, she falls in love once with a rogue inventor and
another time with a barbarian prophetess, and learns that she is the daughter of
a Scriven. After that, she nds out what the Scriven really wereand probably still are. There are more surprises like the traveling
theater barge, the traveling circus and the decedents of geneti-
cally engineered birds, oh and the moving city. But I dont want
to spoil everything, well save those things for you to discover.
What everyone knows is that the cruel Scriven used to rule
London. They reveled in the knowledge that they were the next
evolution of humanity, until the Skinners riots rendered them ex-
tinct. Fevers Scrivener origin dogs her throughout the series.
The world itself is full of ancient technology and mutants called
mis-shapes. Huge cyborg warriors called stalkers are crafted out
of human corpses by implanting stalker brains and armor short-
ly after death. The technology is fading away from the people
though, and soon, there wont be anyone alive who can work on
the old machines. The Guild of Engineers tries to combat this by
using reason, logic and the scientic method to learn and relearn
everything they can.
These books are more than a fun adventure into an original
world, they are a highly recommended journey taken with Fever
as she unintentionally grows up through her trials and tribula-
tions. In the end, she gures out how to be rational and emotional
and even realizes that some of those silly religious superstitionsmay just serve a purpose.
Book Review:Fever Crumb
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Reverend Ron
The Hawaiian Islandsexhume much beautygreen
mountains, streaming water-
falls, pristine beaches. Tourists
ock there by the hundreds.
One such tourist is a good
friend of mine who recently re-
turned from a vacation with her
family. In a correspondence,
she described their experience as being nerve wracking.
They stayed on Kauai for a week. Within a day or so of their arrival, the
weather announcer warned of two hurricanes, a.k.a. tsunamis, taking a bulls-eye
aim for the islandsa one-two punch.
The weather channel streamed images of Iselle and Julio gaining
strength and projecting into a narrow cone that swept over the Islands. Internet
sites showed colorful radar swirls with green edges and lots of red in the middle.
Other channels streamed footage of disasters from the pastsigns blowing off
places of business, boats in junk heaps and weather forecasters leaning into
horizontal sheets of rain.
Flights off the island were oversold and over-booked. Leaving by boat,
of course, was out of the question. They had no choice but to hunker down and
stay. They stocked up with ashlights, canned food, bottled water, and every -thing else they could imagine.
Bob Dylans song, Hurricane, and images from Gilligans Island didnt
help. The warning siren between Mahi Mahi Street and Hanalei Bay stood in
eerie silence against a darkening sky.
My friend explained that the overwhelming amount of information helped,
but also amplied their anxiety. Thenshe started listening to the locals. A
grocery clerk seemed more frustrated with frightened tourist than the coming
hurricanes. My friend asked her about the storm. The clerk stopped scanning
and stared into her eyes. She grinned and said, This one wont be so bad. The
owner of a ukulele shop observed in effect, These two will spin to the side;
well be okay. What you want to look for are those beautiful sliver streams ofwater springing out of our deep green mountains. A local sherman noncha -
lantly observed, You just cant sh the rivers after one of these storms.
After reading her account, I had to lean back in my chair and ponder, how
much of our understanding of the world is shaped by the media and our collec-
tive reactions to it? In such a world, there is no shortage of things to be anxious
about. The images upon which we dine are true in a sense, but they are selec-
tive and distort our overall perspective on a much richer world. With such a diet,
it is hard to stay open-minded. In our massive and limited bubble of informa-
tionnews media, advertisements and political commentariessometimes it is
wise to simply listen to the locals.
What Shapes Perspective?
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BillQuickly working his way
up the corporate ladder.
Travels to a different city
every other week.
Spends his spare time
checking off his to-do list.
On this weeks liststop
by Mosaic Life Care
duringextended hours
for that physical.
Just what the patient ordered
Seven Convenient Northland Clinics:
Shoal Creek, Kansas City
Highland Plaza, Kansas City
Excelsior Springs
Gladstone
Kearney
Parkville Commons
Smithville
myMosaicLifeCare.orgFor an appointment call:
800.447.6820
Its just the health careBill ordered
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