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After coaching basketball for several seasons was not giving him the fulfillment he wanted, David Peppard had some soul searching to do. Teaching and coaching was his career choice, but five years of winning records and awards did not scratch the itch he had. There had to be something more. “What could I be doing to make a better world?” was the question he kept coming back to in his mind. The answer came in an acceptance letter from the…

What makes a good college town? Is it hipster poetry readings at a local open-mic? Is it a homecoming parade that brings the entire community together? Is it rallying behind a sports team? When one thinks of a ‘college town’ one pictures Lawrence or Manhattan KS, Columbia MO, Lincoln NE, and others. Each of these cities have vibrant interactions between community and university. Among the results of a study conducted this summer by students from Kansas State University, Missouri Western…

The next nine months or so may feel like a burden. All is well. Just try to imagine what those tasked with encouraging students’ minds deals with each day! Behave. Little, if anything, in the lines that follow and in the academic year to come is new or not been said before. Regardless of current GPA or current deficiency, the majority in class are average. Participate this year; the effort will prove rewarding. The perceived nerd or vacuous beauty to…

by Tex Beltz Hello TF Readers, and thank you for checking out my new monthly feature “Spoon & Fork” a new section to highlight some of our most beloved as well as new and interesting local eateries. You may have enjoyed my writing in TF previously with my art and music reviews, but food has always been my day job. I am a trained Sous Chef with over ten years of culinary experience. I’ve done everything from wash dishes to…

Laura Wyeth has many fond memories of downtown. “Our father was an attorney at St. Joseph Light & Power for 28 years. We would come down to have lunch, or go to the dentist, visit dad in his office and then go shopping. You could go from shop to shop, looking for just the right thing. There was a lot of traffic, the sidewalks and stores were full. We want to see that again.” Beautifully crafted Buildings stand quiet, ready…

Descent Records St. Joseph’s favorite sons and daughter of the absurd, the wonderfully weird, The Ramey Memo have given us their best record to date with the self-recorded, independently released The Name of this Album is Self-Titled. Name is beautiful in a profoundly imperfect way; its balanced between humor and serious musicianship, it’s at times shockingly melodic tripped out rock n roll like The Meat Puppets, My Bloody Valentine and Hum used to make. Recorded in the band’s attic practice…

By Jerrad Hardin Tim Levitch said that Bullshit is the common language that every citizen in every country of the world speaks. I hereby proclaim before the flat earth that the commonly told story of the Pony Express is of such language. That the Majors, Russell, and Waddell firm created the Pony Express is easily known. What is much harder to glean is the oft-omitted fact that it was created primarily to achieve “world-wide recognition” at, what William Russell went…