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{t:"Page 2 Both Sides of the Bridge June 2009",p:2,x:167,y:1609,w:426,h:29},
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{t:"Vol. 3  -  Issue 6",p:3,x:1369,y:666,w:98,h:18},
{t:"Table of Contents",p:3,x:191,y:170,w:878,h:114},
{t:"Spencer Wall, Racing with the Big Dogs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ",p:3,x:195,y:347,w:878,h:37},
{t:"4",p:3,x:1093,y:347,w:14,h:37},
{t:"What’ s the Right S",p:3,x:195,y:388,w:189,h:37},
{t:"tuff for a RC Pro Driver?",p:3,x:399,y:388,w:241,h:37},
{t:". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ",p:3,x:686,y:388,w:372,h:37},
{t:"8",p:3,x:1093,y:388,w:14,h:37},
{t:"Mike Garrison, “I Don’t Beleive in Impossible” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",p:3,x:195,y:430,w:847,h:37},
{t:"10",p:3,x:1077,y:430,w:29,h:37},
{t:"Frank Preston, Paving the Way to a Smooth Future. . . . . . . . . . . . .",p:3,x:195,y:472,w:839,h:37},
{t:"15",p:3,x:1077,y:472,w:29,h:37},
{t:"Shining a Light on the Sunshine Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18",p:3,x:195,y:513,w:911,h:37},
{t:"Harry Styron’s Insightful Thoughts on our Economy. . . . . . . . . . . . . ",p:3,x:195,y:555,w:855,h:37},
{t:"20",p:3,x:1077,y:555,w:29,h:37},
{t:"Donut Wisdom - Seeing Life Through the Hole of a Donut  . . . . . . .",p:3,x:195,y:596,w:842,h:37},
{t:"23",p:3,x:1077,y:596,w:29,h:37},
{t:"Drury Professor and Spouse Join Cathy Rigby in Peter Pan . . . . . .",p:3,x:195,y:638,w:845,h:37},
{t:"24",p:3,x:1077,y:638,w:29,h:37},
{t:"Who’s New News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",p:3,x:195,y:679,w:855,h:37},
{t:"26",p:3,x:1077,y:679,w:29,h:37},
{t:"Letters to the editor are welcome.",p:3,x:1314,y:781,w:209,h:23},
{t:"You can e-mail us at ",p:3,x:1354,y:805,w:135,h:23},
{t:"editorial@bothsidesofthebridge.com. ",p:3,x:1307,y:829,w:229,h:23},
{t:"Page 4 Both Sides of the Bridge June 2009",p:4,x:167,y:1609,w:426,h:29},
{t:"Pro class circuit  took  work and focus",p:4,x:167,y:201,w:476,h:59},
{t:"Branson’s Spencer Wall,",p:4,x:167,y:249,w:665,h:128},
{t:"racing with the big dogs",p:4,x:167,y:354,w:662,h:128},
{t:"By Earl Stresak",p:4,x:342,y:488,w:132,h:22},
{t:"The very first time Spencer Wall picked up a",p:4,x:205,y:512,w:369,h:22},
{t:"controller and sent a remote control (RC) car darting",p:4,x:177,y:537,w:433,h:22},
{t:"around a track, heads turned and eyebrows raised.",p:4,x:177,y:561,w:411,h:22},
{t:"Then just 10 years old, Spencer displayed a",p:4,x:177,y:586,w:358,h:22},
{t:"raw talent ability to see the big picture on the",p:4,x:177,y:610,w:373,h:22},
{t:"track and for a kid with no RC experience,",p:4,x:177,y:635,w:351,h:22},
{t:"that said a lot. He drove the",p:4,x:177,y:659,w:228,h:22},
{t:"car with a thoughtful, analyti-",p:4,x:177,y:684,w:245,h:22},
{t:"cal eye. Absent was that  lit-",p:4,x:177,y:708,w:233,h:22},
{t:"tle-kid",p:4,x:177,y:733,w:53,h:22},
{t:"impulse",p:4,x:177,y:757,w:64,h:22},
{t:"that",p:4,x:177,y:782,w:30,h:22},
{t:"enticed",p:4,x:177,y:806,w:58,h:22},
{t:"RC",p:4,x:177,y:831,w:27,h:22},
{t:"newbies",p:4,x:177,y:855,w:66,h:22},
{t:"to gun the",p:4,x:177,y:880,w:82,h:22},
{t:"trigger,",p:4,x:177,y:904,w:58,h:22},
{t:"send the car ",p:4,x:177,y:929,w:104,h:22},
{t:"spinning out, or",p:4,x:177,y:953,w:129,h:22},
{t:"careening into a",p:4,x:177,y:978,w:131,h:22},
{t:"crash. Spencer could",p:4,x:177,y:1002,w:170,h:22},
{t:"see the necessity of coaxing a",p:4,x:177,y:1027,w:244,h:22},
{t:"speeding car around curves, adjusting the pace as",p:4,x:177,y:1051,w:406,h:22},
{t:"needed by the lay of the track.",p:4,x:177,y:1076,w:249,h:22},
{t:"Veteran RC racer, Sean Thomas, recalls spotting",p:4,x:205,y:1100,w:397,h:22},
{t:"Spencer in action at a track not too long after the",p:4,x:177,y:1125,w:403,h:22},
{t:"boy and his dad, Ron Wall, had decided to get",p:4,x:177,y:1149,w:379,h:22},
{t:"involved with RC cars. Thomas remembers think-",p:4,x:177,y:1174,w:411,h:22},
{t:"ing, “What I noticed about Spencer, he was real",p:4,x:177,y:1198,w:393,h:22},
{t:"conscious of the other drivers around him, he didn't",p:4,x:177,y:1223,w:424,h:22},
{t:"over-drive, his car came home in one piece.”",p:4,x:177,y:1247,w:368,h:22},
{t:"In time and with experience, Spencer would",p:4,x:205,y:1272,w:363,h:22},
{t:"eventually propel upward in RC racing class cate-",p:4,x:177,y:1296,w:411,h:22},
{t:"gories to gain coveted sponsorships and take home",p:4,x:177,y:1321,w:418,h:22},
{t:"his share of winner’s trophies. Now 17 years old, he",p:4,x:177,y:1345,w:430,h:22},
{t:"recently added another shining moment of accom-",p:4,x:177,y:1370,w:413,h:22},
{t:"plishment to his  RC Pro Series racing experience.",p:4,x:177,y:1394,w:415,h:22},
{t:"He finished eighth in a race that included top",p:4,x:177,y:1419,w:371,h:22},
{t:"national and international racers. ",p:4,x:177,y:1443,w:274,h:22},
{t:"Though, before getting to that point, Wall spent",p:4,x:205,y:1468,w:391,h:22},
{t:"years learning, honing on-track and off-track skills.",p:4,x:177,y:1492,w:422,h:22},
{t:"At the competitive RC Pro level, racing is fun, but",p:4,x:177,y:1517,w:415,h:22},
{t:"no stroll in park. The sport is deceptively complex",p:4,x:177,y:1541,w:414,h:22},
{t:"with a myriad of skills to learn. Driving via a con-",p:4,x:177,y:1566,w:415,h:22},
{t:"troller is a hand to eye coordination challenge in itself,",p:4,x:669,y:488,w:450,h:22},
{t:"but that is just one piece of the learning curve. To name",p:4,x:669,y:512,w:458,h:22},
{t:"just a few, they include auto body design, engine",p:4,x:716,y:537,w:401,h:22},
{t:"mechanics, track and pit crew strat-",p:4,x:838,y:561,w:292,h:22},
{t:"egy and a big dose of teamwork.",p:4,x:838,y:586,w:268,h:22},
{t:"“It’s really a mini-version of what",p:4,x:838,y:610,w:279,h:22},
{t:"a NASCAR team would do,”",p:4,x:838,y:635,w:239,h:22},
{t:"Thomas said. ",p:4,x:838,y:659,w:115,h:22},
{t:"It's a skill set list that",p:4,x:890,y:684,w:174,h:22},
{t:"Spencer - an honor student  at",p:4,x:843,y:708,w:246,h:22},
{t:"Branson High School - started",p:4,x:843,y:733,w:249,h:22},
{t:"acquiring after that first encounter",p:4,x:843,y:757,w:280,h:22},
{t:"with an RC car. That starting point",p:4,x:843,y:782,w:285,h:22},
{t:"began one afternoon when",p:4,x:843,y:806,w:217,h:22},
{t:"Spencer's father, Ron Wall, took",p:4,x:843,y:831,w:264,h:22},
{t:"him to look at model trains.",p:4,x:669,y:855,w:228,h:22},
{t:"Get him one of these",p:4,x:669,y:878,w:245,h:31},
{t:"“Spencer liked trains,” Ron said. “When he was",p:4,x:697,y:914,w:395,h:22},
{t:"about 10 or 11, I took him to TPA Hobby to look at",p:4,x:669,y:939,w:423,h:22},
{t:"some.”",p:4,x:669,y:963,w:57,h:22},
{t:"While browsing inside the Hollister store, the father",p:4,x:697,y:988,w:427,h:22},
{t:"and son heard loud “buzzing”  sounds coming from",p:4,x:669,y:1012,w:424,h:22},
{t:"somewhere. It caught their curiosity.  In those days, the",p:4,x:669,y:1037,w:455,h:22},
{t:"store had an RC on-road car track.  There the Walls",p:4,x:669,y:1061,w:423,h:22},
{t:"found some guys running RC cars.",p:4,x:669,y:1086,w:286,h:22},
{t:"“There was one guy who was sort of the shop",p:4,x:669,y:1110,w:377,h:22},
{t:"spokesman for ",p:4,x:1157,y:489,w:125,h:22},
{t:"RC cars,” Ron",p:4,x:1157,y:513,w:119,h:22},
{t:"said. “I forgot his",p:4,x:1157,y:538,w:144,h:22},
{t:"last name, but I",p:4,x:1157,y:562,w:127,h:22},
{t:"remember his",p:4,x:1157,y:587,w:112,h:22},
{t:"first name was",p:4,x:1157,y:611,w:120,h:22},
{t:"Dale, and his",p:4,x:1157,y:636,w:108,h:22},
{t:"voice sounded",p:4,x:1157,y:660,w:117,h:22},
{t:"just like Dog the",p:4,x:1157,y:685,w:137,h:22},
{t:"Bounty Hunter.",p:4,x:1157,y:709,w:126,h:22},
{t:"He looked",p:4,x:1157,y:734,w:84,h:22},
{t:"like him,",p:4,x:1157,y:758,w:73,h:22},
{t:"too,",p:4,x:1157,y:783,w:31,h:22},
{t:"except",p:4,x:1157,y:807,w:53,h:22},
{t:"that he",p:4,x:1157,y:832,w:55,h:22},
{t:"had short",p:4,x:1157,y:856,w:75,h:22},
{t:"hair.”",p:4,x:1157,y:881,w:44,h:22},
{t:"As",p:4,x:1184,y:905,w:22,h:22},
{t:"they",p:4,x:1157,y:930,w:35,h:22},
{t:"watched",p:4,x:1157,y:954,w:68,h:22},
{t:"the cars",p:4,x:1157,y:979,w:63,h:22},
{t:"dart",p:4,x:1157,y:1003,w:31,h:22},
{t:"around ",p:4,x:1157,y:1028,w:61,h:22},
{t:"the track,",p:4,x:1157,y:1052,w:76,h:22},
{t:"Dale came",p:4,x:1157,y:1077,w:87,h:22},
{t:"over to",p:4,x:1157,y:1101,w:57,h:22},
{t:"Ron and",p:4,x:1157,y:1126,w:69,h:22},
{t:"asked if",p:4,x:1157,y:1150,w:64,h:22},
{t:"Spencer",p:4,x:1157,y:1175,w:65,h:22},
{t:"could try",p:4,x:1157,y:1199,w:73,h:22},
{t:"the",p:4,x:1157,y:1224,w:24,h:22},
{t:"con-",p:4,x:1157,y:1248,w:36,h:22},
{t:"trols of a car.",p:4,x:1157,y:1273,w:108,h:22},
{t:"Ron said that would be ok, and Dale passed",p:4,x:1157,y:1297,w:360,h:22},
{t:"to controller and a few words of",p:4,x:1315,y:1322,w:265,h:22},
{t:"instruction, along to Spencer. It might",p:4,x:1315,y:1346,w:311,h:22},
{t:"be called the moment that would",p:4,x:1356,y:1371,w:269,h:22},
{t:"drive Spencer, and also Ron,",p:4,x:1356,y:1395,w:235,h:22},
{t:"onto a new learning curve track",p:4,x:1356,y:1420,w:260,h:22},
{t:"of interest in their lives.  As Dale",p:4,x:1356,y:1444,w:273,h:22},
{t:"and Ron watched Spencer take com-",p:4,x:1315,y:1469,w:301,h:22},
{t:"mand of the controller and guide a car around",p:4,x:1253,y:1493,w:377,h:22},
{t:"the track. it became apparent that Spencer",p:4,x:1253,y:1518,w:344,h:22},
{t:"and RC cars were meshing like well matched",p:4,x:1212,y:1542,w:372,h:22},
{t:"gears.  ",p:4,x:1212,y:1567,w:59,h:22},
{t:"Page 5 Both Sides of the Bridge June 2009",p:5,x:1182,y:1609,w:426,h:29},
{t:"“I remember thinking - this kid can do",p:5,x:201,y:178,w:317,h:22},
{t:"this,” Ron said. After a while, Dale",p:5,x:172,y:203,w:289,h:22},
{t:"expressed similar thoughts. “He turned to",p:5,x:172,y:227,w:341,h:22},
{t:"me and said - you have to get him one of",p:5,x:172,y:252,w:338,h:22},
{t:"these.”",p:5,x:172,y:276,w:56,h:22},
{t:"Still, Spencer did not pester his dad for a",p:5,x:201,y:301,w:336,h:22},
{t:"RC car. (Ron would  learn later that his son",p:5,x:172,y:325,w:358,h:22},
{t:"did want one, but knew how much they cost",p:5,x:172,y:350,w:364,h:22},
{t:"and did not want his dad feeling like he had",p:5,x:172,y:374,w:361,h:22},
{t:"to buy one. “That’s the type of kid he is,”",p:5,x:172,y:399,w:341,h:22},
{t:"Ron said.  Good RC starter cars can cost a",p:5,x:172,y:423,w:349,h:22},
{t:"few hundred dollars.",p:5,x:172,y:448,w:169,h:22},
{t:"Ron not only did buy his son an RC car,",p:5,x:201,y:472,w:331,h:22},
{t:"but also got involved in the sport himself, as",p:5,x:172,y:497,w:366,h:22},
{t:"a way to support Spencer’s interest. As",p:5,x:172,y:521,w:320,h:22},
{t:"Spencer learned, so did Ron. Ron is",p:5,x:172,y:546,w:295,h:22},
{t:"Spencer’s pit crew chief and also races RC",p:5,x:172,y:570,w:353,h:22},
{t:"cars. Ron is also Sean Thomas’ pit crew",p:5,x:172,y:595,w:329,h:22},
{t:"chief. “He’s the best, just really excellent at",p:5,x:172,y:619,w:359,h:22},
{t:"it,” Thomas said.",p:5,x:172,y:644,w:140,h:22},
{t:"Ron recalls another occasion when they",p:5,x:206,y:668,w:327,h:22},
{t:"were at a track he calls a “dustbowl -- a",p:5,x:172,y:693,w:327,h:22},
{t:"track not ready to be driven on -- clouds of",p:5,x:172,y:717,w:354,h:22},
{t:"dust everywhere.” Nonetheless, people had",p:5,x:172,y:742,w:354,h:22},
{t:"been racing on it. With about ten people",p:5,x:172,y:766,w:330,h:22},
{t:"looking on, Spencer was talked into getting",p:5,x:172,y:791,w:357,h:22},
{t:"into the driver’s stand and trying to race a",p:5,x:172,y:815,w:345,h:22},
{t:"car on the track. “Half the time I couldn’t",p:5,x:172,y:840,w:342,h:22},
{t:"see his car through all the dust,” Ron said.",p:5,x:172,y:864,w:348,h:22},
{t:"The track manager timed Spencer and after",p:5,x:172,y:889,w:355,h:22},
{t:"a couple laps said “That’s a record.”",p:5,x:172,y:913,w:298,h:22},
{t:"Meeting a mentor",p:5,x:560,y:173,w:211,h:31},
{t:"Down from Springfield where he",p:5,x:594,y:205,w:273,h:22},
{t:"normally races RC cars, Sean Thomas",p:5,x:560,y:229,w:314,h:22},
{t:"was at the Hollister track when he spot-",p:5,x:560,y:254,w:327,h:22},
{t:"ted Spencer Wall running an on-road car.",p:5,x:560,y:278,w:337,h:22},
{t:"Spencer was still a “little kid” and very",p:5,x:560,y:303,w:323,h:22},
{t:"much still an RC car novice. Thomas",p:5,x:560,y:327,w:306,h:22},
{t:"had grown up in the San Diego area. ",p:5,x:560,y:352,w:307,h:22},
{t:"“RC racing is very big out there,”",p:5,x:583,y:376,w:278,h:22},
{t:"Thomas said. “There were maybe 15 to",p:5,x:560,y:401,w:324,h:22},
{t:"20 tracks around where I lived within an",p:5,x:560,y:425,w:334,h:22},
{t:"hour drive. Here (Springfield area) there",p:5,x:560,y:450,w:332,h:22},
{t:"are two.”",p:5,x:560,y:474,w:75,h:22},
{t:"Like Spencer, Thomas had started",p:5,x:588,y:499,w:279,h:22},
{t:"racing RC’s when he too was 10 years",p:5,x:560,y:523,w:316,h:22},
{t:"old. So, he watched Spencer through the",p:5,x:560,y:548,w:333,h:22},
{t:"eyes of a veteran racer, and also as",p:5,x:560,y:572,w:286,h:22},
{t:"someone who had been mentored along",p:5,x:560,y:597,w:326,h:22},
{t:"by others kind enough to offer sugges-",p:5,x:560,y:621,w:317,h:22},
{t:"tions and guidance. ",p:5,x:560,y:646,w:164,h:22},
{t:"“His driving was real good for as old",p:5,x:583,y:670,w:305,h:22},
{t:"as he was, and of course his dad was",p:5,x:560,y:695,w:302,h:22},
{t:"new, too,” Thomas said. “But, they were",p:5,x:560,y:719,w:333,h:22},
{t:"both out there winging it.”",p:5,x:560,y:744,w:218,h:22},
{t:"Thomas was also impressed by the",p:5,x:594,y:768,w:286,h:22},
{t:"obvious bond between father and son.",p:5,x:560,y:793,w:312,h:22},
{t:"“There are a lot of people who drop",p:5,x:588,y:817,w:295,h:22},
{t:"their kids off to play (at an RC practice",p:5,x:560,y:842,w:323,h:22},
{t:"track) using it as a babysitter, but Ron",p:5,x:560,y:866,w:313,h:22},
{t:"was out there rubbing elbows with his",p:5,x:560,y:891,w:313,h:22},
{t:"son and I thought that was pretty cool.",p:5,x:560,y:915,w:316,h:22},
{t:"They were a father-son crew that",p:5,x:933,y:668,w:271,h:22},
{t:"looked like they really enjoyed it.”",p:5,x:933,y:693,w:286,h:22},
{t:"Thomas continued watching Spencer",p:5,x:961,y:717,w:303,h:22},
{t:"drive.",p:5,x:933,y:742,w:47,h:22},
{t:"“You can go out there and blow the",p:5,x:967,y:766,w:292,h:22},
{t:"tires off the car, drive the tires off the",p:5,x:933,y:791,w:308,h:22},
{t:"car, drive 60 mph into the corner, not",p:5,x:933,y:815,w:306,h:22},
{t:"driving the right lines and using the",p:5,x:933,y:840,w:293,h:22},
{t:"brakes -- but Spencer didn’t do those",p:5,x:933,y:864,w:304,h:22},
{t:"things.” Thomas said. Still, Spencer",p:5,x:933,y:889,w:294,h:22},
{t:"“needed someone to say -- you’re doing",p:5,x:933,y:913,w:329,h:22},
{t:"real good, but let me show you how to",p:5,x:933,y:938,w:317,h:22},
{t:"do it just a little better. I could see that",p:5,x:933,y:962,w:317,h:22},
{t:"he was just starting to use tools, and",p:5,x:933,y:987,w:298,h:22},
{t:"needed a little polishing there, too.”",p:5,x:933,y:1011,w:294,h:22},
{t:"Thomas figured he could keep these",p:5,x:955,y:1036,w:297,h:22},
{t:"thoughts to himself, or...“take fifteen",p:5,x:933,y:1060,w:302,h:22},
{t:"minutes out of my day.” He walked",p:5,x:933,y:1085,w:292,h:22},
{t:"over to Ron and asked if he could offer",p:5,x:933,y:1109,w:323,h:22},
{t:"Spencer some suggestions.”",p:5,x:933,y:1134,w:229,h:22},
{t:"That fifteen minutes turned into two",p:5,x:955,y:1158,w:298,h:22},
{t:"years of mentoring, and also a friend-",p:5,x:933,y:1183,w:309,h:22},
{t:"ship between the three RC car enthusi-",p:5,x:933,y:1207,w:319,h:22},
{t:"asts that endures to this day.",p:5,x:933,y:1232,w:231,h:22},
{t:"Thomas invited Spencer and Ron up",p:5,x:955,y:1256,w:300,h:22},
{t:"to the tracks in Springfield where he",p:5,x:933,y:1281,w:300,h:22},
{t:"practiced, and Spencer  also kept prac-",p:5,x:933,y:1305,w:318,h:22},
{t:"ticing on any track available. As",p:5,x:933,y:1330,w:265,h:22},
{t:"Spencer’s experience and skill",p:5,x:933,y:1354,w:250,h:22},
{t:"increased, that lead to running competi-",p:5,x:933,y:1379,w:326,h:22},
{t:"tive tracks in places like Joplin or",p:5,x:933,y:1403,w:277,h:22},
{t:"Kansas City and in  surrounding states",p:5,x:933,y:1428,w:317,h:22},
{t:"of the International RC Pro Series",p:5,x:933,y:1452,w:279,h:22},
{t:"North Division.",p:5,x:933,y:1477,w:128,h:22},
{t:"Racing apprenticeship",p:5,x:933,y:1494,w:265,h:31},
{t:"During the next couple years",p:5,x:961,y:1530,w:237,h:22},
{t:"Spencer drove on-road but gradually",p:5,x:933,y:1554,w:301,h:22},
{t:"transitioned into off-road racing, where",p:5,x:1288,y:668,w:323,h:22},
{t:"the track is literally dirt and track condi-",p:5,x:1288,y:693,w:333,h:22},
{t:"tions can change by the minute. During",p:5,x:1288,y:717,w:324,h:22},
{t:"the years that might be called his RC car",p:5,x:1288,y:742,w:335,h:22},
{t:"apprenticeship, (Spencer is quick to point",p:5,x:1288,y:766,w:341,h:22},
{t:"out he is still always learning) he ran dif-",p:5,x:1288,y:791,w:339,h:22},
{t:"ferent types of RC cars -- electric, mon-",p:5,x:1288,y:815,w:329,h:22},
{t:"ster, nitro-fueled, including different",p:5,x:1288,y:840,w:299,h:22},
{t:"chassis and body types. Currently, he",p:5,x:1288,y:864,w:305,h:22},
{t:"drives a nitro-fueled RC truggy and",p:5,x:1288,y:889,w:293,h:22},
{t:"buggy. A truggy is what might be dubbed",p:5,x:1288,y:913,w:340,h:22},
{t:"a cross between a truck and dune buggy,",p:5,x:1288,y:938,w:333,h:22},
{t:"well adapted for offroad racing.",p:5,x:1288,y:962,w:260,h:22},
{t:"Learning what makes RC cars go",p:5,x:1316,y:987,w:274,h:22},
{t:"includes picking up a lot of technical and",p:5,x:1288,y:1011,w:339,h:22},
{t:"mechanic knowledge.",p:5,x:1288,y:1036,w:178,h:22},
{t:"Peak RC car performance can depend",p:5,x:1321,y:1060,w:310,h:22},
{t:"on understanding a catalog-sized reper-",p:5,x:1288,y:1085,w:324,h:22},
{t:"tiore of parts and add-ons for engines,",p:5,x:1288,y:1109,w:313,h:22},
{t:"fuel efficiency, chassis, etc. A big factor",p:5,x:1288,y:1134,w:328,h:22},
{t:"in success is tire selection. ",p:5,x:1288,y:1158,w:223,h:22},
{t:"Spencer, along with his dad at his side",p:5,x:1316,y:1183,w:315,h:22},
{t:"began to master this stuff -- lap, by lap,",p:5,x:1288,y:1207,w:324,h:22},
{t:"by lap. Then came a day to put it all to",p:5,x:1288,y:1232,w:319,h:22},
{t:"the test.",p:5,x:1288,y:1256,w:64,h:22},
{t:"Some perception of RC car racing is that of a backyard hobby, but the size and com-",p:5,x:167,y:1547,w:744,h:20},
{t:"plexity of  races are no small venture as evidenced in photo above.",p:5,x:167,y:1571,w:590,h:20},
{t:"-Photos courtesy the Wall family",p:5,x:167,y:1594,w:234,h:18},
{t:"Page 6 Both Sides of the Bridge June 2009",p:6,x:167,y:1609,w:426,h:29},
{t:"guys I was racing against",p:6,x:853,y:195,w:208,h:22},
{t:"were experienced racers",p:6,x:853,y:219,w:198,h:22},
{t:"with about a year and half",p:6,x:853,y:244,w:215,h:22},
{t:"more racing experience.”",p:6,x:853,y:268,w:206,h:22},
{t:"Winning state races ",p:6,x:853,y:286,w:241,h:31},
{t:"In 2006, Spencer won",p:6,x:881,y:317,w:180,h:22},
{t:"two state races, was in the",p:6,x:853,y:342,w:215,h:22},
{t:"top five qualifers of all the",p:6,x:853,y:366,w:219,h:22},
{t:"races he ran, and was the",p:6,x:853,y:391,w:206,h:22},
{t:"International 1/8 Scale",p:6,x:853,y:415,w:185,h:22},
{t:"Buggy Series champ. His",p:6,x:853,y:440,w:209,h:22},
{t:"times would have qualified",p:6,x:853,y:464,w:223,h:22},
{t:"him to win all the other",p:6,x:853,y:489,w:193,h:22},
{t:"races he ran were it not for",p:6,x:853,y:513,w:221,h:22},
{t:"mechanical failures.",p:6,x:853,y:538,w:164,h:22},
{t:"Northern Division of the",p:6,x:875,y:562,w:202,h:22},
{t:"Pro Series, includes Missouri",p:6,x:853,y:587,w:240,h:22},
{t:"-- Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,",p:6,x:853,y:611,w:275,h:22},
{t:"Nebraska, Minnesota. Weekends, Spencer",p:6,x:853,y:636,w:344,h:22},
{t:"and Ron drive to races.",p:6,x:853,y:660,w:190,h:22},
{t:"This spring when Spencer finished",p:6,x:875,y:685,w:285,h:22},
{t:"eighth in a RC Pro Series race that includ-",p:6,x:853,y:709,w:348,h:22},
{t:"ed some big dogs in the RC race world,",p:6,x:853,y:734,w:326,h:22},
{t:"Ron said, “Of all his race successes I was",p:6,x:853,y:758,w:342,h:22},
{t:"most proud of Spencer in that one.”",p:6,x:853,y:783,w:293,h:22},
{t:"“I was driving with regional champi-",p:6,x:881,y:807,w:304,h:22},
{t:"ons, state and national champions,”",p:6,x:853,y:832,w:291,h:22},
{t:"Spencer said. “The guy that ended up",p:6,x:853,y:856,w:308,h:22},
{t:"winning and top qualifying was a four-",p:6,x:853,y:881,w:321,h:22},
{t:"time national champion. This past",p:6,x:853,y:905,w:278,h:22},
{t:"September and November, he finished",p:6,x:853,y:930,w:314,h:22},
{t:"fifth in the world. These are guys who",p:6,x:853,y:954,w:315,h:22},
{t:"practice five and six hours a day. These",p:6,x:853,y:979,w:325,h:22},
{t:"are guys who do this for a living.”",p:6,x:853,y:1003,w:282,h:22},
{t:"In the RC race world, “guys that do",p:6,x:881,y:1028,w:293,h:22},
{t:"this for a living,” are naturally in the",p:6,x:853,y:1052,w:301,h:22},
{t:"dream-world upper echelon of the sport,",p:6,x:853,y:1077,w:331,h:22},
{t:"with pay rumored to run between $50,000",p:6,x:853,y:1101,w:346,h:22},
{t:"to $100,000 or more, depending on spon-",p:6,x:853,y:1126,w:341,h:22},
{t:"sorship and track records.",p:6,x:853,y:1150,w:211,h:22},
{t:"“Winning cash for races we run is",p:6,x:881,y:1175,w:280,h:22},
{t:"very rare,” Spencer said. “It",p:6,x:853,y:1199,w:229,h:22},
{t:"might be, say a $100. RC",p:6,x:853,y:1224,w:209,h:22},
{t:"races aren’t big money mak-",p:6,x:853,y:1248,w:235,h:22},
{t:"ers. What we usually get are",p:6,x:853,y:1273,w:233,h:22},
{t:"trophies or photos in maga-",p:6,x:853,y:1297,w:226,h:22},
{t:"zines (RC racing).",p:6,x:853,y:1322,w:150,h:22},
{t:"The trophies and publicity",p:6,x:886,y:1346,w:216,h:22},
{t:"are prized in their own right.",p:6,x:853,y:1371,w:236,h:22},
{t:"Beginning racers try to work",p:6,x:853,y:1395,w:236,h:22},
{t:"their way up the race cate-",p:6,x:853,y:1420,w:218,h:22},
{t:"gories with wins, so as to be",p:6,x:853,y:1444,w:233,h:22},
{t:"picked up by sponsors. What",p:6,x:853,y:1469,w:238,h:22},
{t:"that means to a RC Pro racer",p:6,x:853,y:1493,w:237,h:22},
{t:"is free or discounted products",p:6,x:853,y:1518,w:243,h:22},
{t:"used by racers -- fuel, engine",p:6,x:853,y:1542,w:239,h:22},
{t:"parts, body chassis, design",p:6,x:853,y:1567,w:218,h:22},
{t:"Spencer’s crossroads",p:6,x:179,y:185,w:248,h:31},
{t:"Before RC cars entered his life,",p:6,x:207,y:217,w:259,h:22},
{t:"Spencer Wall loved basketball, both",p:6,x:179,y:241,w:295,h:22},
{t:"as a fan and player. In the seventh",p:6,x:179,y:266,w:280,h:22},
{t:"grade, he was a member of a team,",p:6,x:179,y:290,w:287,h:22},
{t:"when, as fate would have it, he faced",p:6,x:179,y:315,w:305,h:22},
{t:"a crossroads of decision one day --",p:6,x:179,y:339,w:286,h:22},
{t:"basketball or RC car racing? His first",p:6,x:179,y:364,w:306,h:22},
{t:"opportunity to compete in a race",p:6,x:179,y:388,w:267,h:22},
{t:"occurred at the same time he was",p:6,x:179,y:413,w:274,h:22},
{t:"scheduled to play basketball -- on a",p:6,x:179,y:437,w:292,h:22},
{t:"team that Ron was coaching.",p:6,x:179,y:462,w:237,h:22},
{t:"“I was into basketball, but had to",p:6,x:207,y:486,w:272,h:22},
{t:"make a decision to go to my first race",p:6,x:179,y:511,w:311,h:22},
{t:"or the basketball game,” Spencer said.",p:6,x:179,y:535,w:314,h:22},
{t:"“I decided to go to the race and skip",p:6,x:179,y:560,w:298,h:22},
{t:"the basketball game.”",p:6,x:179,y:584,w:177,h:22},
{t:"It was an off-road race, “It was",p:6,x:218,y:609,w:256,h:22},
{t:"an in-door race, but was 34 degree",p:6,x:513,y:195,w:284,h:22},
{t:"inside.”  In qualification runs,",p:6,x:513,y:219,w:245,h:22},
{t:"Spencer took a fourth place in the",p:6,x:513,y:244,w:278,h:22},
{t:"beginner class. RC race events have",p:6,x:513,y:268,w:296,h:22},
{t:"qualifying runs in various classes",p:6,x:513,y:293,w:274,h:22},
{t:"determined by ability. Winners in",p:6,x:513,y:317,w:274,h:22},
{t:"the qualifying runs go to the",p:6,x:513,y:342,w:233,h:22},
{t:"“main,” where the top qualifiers in",p:6,x:513,y:366,w:286,h:22},
{t:"that category race. In the main,",p:6,x:513,y:391,w:255,h:22},
{t:"Spencer fired out into the lead and",p:6,x:513,y:415,w:284,h:22},
{t:"stayed there to the finish. If there",p:6,x:513,y:440,w:273,h:22},
{t:"was any doubt about making the",p:6,x:513,y:464,w:267,h:22},
{t:"right decision about coming to the",p:6,x:513,y:489,w:282,h:22},
{t:"race, his victory lead distance said",p:6,x:513,y:513,w:282,h:22},
{t:"it all. ",p:6,x:513,y:538,w:48,h:22},
{t:"“I had a four lap lead over sec-",p:6,x:547,y:562,w:255,h:22},
{t:"ond place,” Spencer said. “It was a",p:6,x:513,y:587,w:287,h:22},
{t:"big accomplishment for me. The",p:6,x:513,y:611,w:267,h:22},
{t:"accessories, etc. (A gallon of nitro fuel can",p:6,x:1250,y:593,w:352,h:22},
{t:"run $25 to $40, a set of tires $70, and the",p:6,x:1250,y:617,w:339,h:22},
{t:"list goes on). ",p:6,x:1250,y:642,w:111,h:22},
{t:"For example, one of Spencer’s sponsor-",p:6,x:1278,y:666,w:327,h:22},
{t:"ships is from Byron Fuels. That saves some",p:6,x:1250,y:691,w:359,h:22},
{t:"$3000 a year.",p:6,x:1250,y:715,w:110,h:22},
{t:"Racers pay their own transportation,",p:6,x:1278,y:740,w:298,h:22},
{t:"room and board and other expenses to races",p:6,x:1250,y:764,w:361,h:22},
{t:"including entry fees.",p:6,x:1250,y:789,w:168,h:22},
{t:"Spencer’s sponsors include RC industry",p:6,x:1278,y:813,w:328,h:22},
{t:"names such as Bryon Fuels, 247 Graphics",p:6,x:1250,y:838,w:345,h:22},
{t:"DesignWorks, RC America, XRAY , Hudy,",p:6,x:1250,y:862,w:347,h:22},
{t:"Werks Racing, Team MBR Racing, and Dirt",p:6,x:1250,y:887,w:363,h:22},
{t:"Bags Racing. ",p:6,x:1250,y:911,w:115,h:22},
{t:"Prep and practice",p:6,x:1250,y:928,w:209,h:31},
{t:"As mentioned, Spencer is a high school",p:6,x:1278,y:960,w:325,h:22},
{t:"honor student who also holds down a job.",p:6,x:1250,y:985,w:343,h:22},
{t:"That, and the normal social life of a teenag-",p:6,x:1250,y:1009,w:360,h:22},
{t:"er, does not allow him to practice five or six",p:6,x:1250,y:1034,w:364,h:22},
{t:"hours a day like the paid professional racers",p:6,x:1250,y:1058,w:362,h:22},
{t:"do. Nevertheless, he puts as much time into",p:6,x:1250,y:1083,w:359,h:22},
{t:"preparation and racing as possible.",p:6,x:1250,y:1107,w:284,h:22},
{t:"Ron and he built a practice track that",p:6,x:1278,y:1132,w:304,h:22},
{t:"pretty much takes-up the backyard of their",p:6,x:1250,y:1156,w:350,h:22},
{t:"Branson home.",p:6,x:1250,y:1181,w:124,h:22},
{t:"Spencer receiving an award",p:6,x:1246,y:560,w:244,h:20},
{t:"Spencer tweaks the ride",p:6,x:1267,y:1564,w:211,h:20},
{t:"Page 7 Both Sides of the Bridge June 2009",p:7,x:1208,y:1601,w:426,h:29},
{t:"Of course that’s a big plus, but Spencer",p:7,x:195,y:192,w:324,h:22},
{t:"said there is nothing like actual track prac-",p:7,x:167,y:216,w:351,h:22},
{t:"tice. On any particular day, each track can",p:7,x:167,y:241,w:346,h:22},
{t:"have it’s own changing characteristics.",p:7,x:167,y:265,w:317,h:22},
{t:"As an example, he spins off on a dis-",p:7,x:194,y:290,w:305,h:22},
{t:"course about the critical importance of tire",p:7,x:167,y:314,w:350,h:22},
{t:"selection versus track conditions.",p:7,x:167,y:339,w:272,h:22},
{t:"He displays a case full of a surprisingly",p:7,x:195,y:363,w:326,h:22},
{t:"large selection of tires for his truggy. He",p:7,x:167,y:388,w:333,h:22},
{t:"pulls out one of the tires, tiny,  but critical,",p:7,x:167,y:412,w:351,h:22},
{t:"in racing strategy.",p:7,x:167,y:437,w:146,h:22},
{t:"“It’s a very low pin, fairly medium",p:7,x:189,y:461,w:287,h:22},
{t:"foam, fairly medium rubber compound,”",p:7,x:167,y:486,w:334,h:22},
{t:"he explains then cites an example of a",p:7,x:167,y:510,w:313,h:22},
{t:"racetrack condition under which he used",p:7,x:167,y:535,w:333,h:22},
{t:"that type of tire. “That track was very high",p:7,x:167,y:559,w:351,h:22},
{t:"bite, very smooth, there was no fluff.",p:7,x:167,y:584,w:304,h:22},
{t:"Basically, it was like concrete.” ",p:7,x:167,y:608,w:264,h:22},
{t:"The tires in Spencer’s",p:7,x:195,y:633,w:179,h:22},
{t:"collection are rubber ",p:7,x:167,y:657,w:175,h:22},
{t:"covered, but inside,",p:7,x:167,y:682,w:160,h:22},
{t:"instead of air, contain a",p:7,x:167,y:706,w:192,h:22},
{t:"foam material. Outside",p:7,x:167,y:731,w:188,h:22},
{t:"shells appear anywhere",p:7,x:167,y:755,w:191,h:22},
{t:"from slick-surfaced to",p:7,x:167,y:780,w:181,h:22},
{t:"sporting fierce-looking ",p:7,x:167,y:804,w:193,h:22},
{t:"little spikes for traction. ",p:7,x:167,y:829,w:202,h:22},
{t:"Races can run anywhere from 10 to 30",p:7,x:195,y:853,w:319,h:22},
{t:"minutes. Off-road dirt track conditions can",p:7,x:167,y:878,w:351,h:22},
{t:"change minute by minute and an astute",p:7,x:167,y:902,w:321,h:22},
{t:"driver and pit crew know when to bring a",p:7,x:167,y:927,w:342,h:22},
{t:"car into a pit stop for a set of different tires",p:7,x:167,y:951,w:355,h:22},
{t:"and threads. The track can get wet, or",p:7,x:167,y:976,w:309,h:22},
{t:"slick, fast or slow. Churned up dirt can pile",p:7,x:167,y:1000,w:355,h:22},
{t:"up in spots making it tough for a car with-",p:7,x:167,y:1025,w:348,h:22},
{t:"out the right tires to plow through the",p:7,x:167,y:1049,w:309,h:22},
{t:"“fluff.”",p:7,x:167,y:1074,w:59,h:22},
{t:"Knowing when and what tire to use",p:7,x:201,y:1098,w:293,h:22},
{t:"has “kept me in the top ten,” Spencer said.",p:7,x:167,y:1123,w:351,h:22},
{t:"“You can have the best shocks, the best",p:7,x:545,y:193,w:324,h:22},
{t:"geometry, but if you can’t put it to the",p:7,x:545,y:218,w:313,h:22},
{t:"ground, you aren’t going to do any-",p:7,x:545,y:242,w:293,h:22},
{t:"thing.”",p:7,x:545,y:267,w:56,h:22},
{t:"Always working to add to his knowl-",p:7,x:577,y:291,w:307,h:22},
{t:"edge base, Spencer is constantly studying",p:7,x:545,y:316,w:341,h:22},
{t:"other top drivers. ",p:7,x:545,y:340,w:146,h:22},
{t:"“I watch how they chose tires, how",p:7,x:573,y:365,w:290,h:22},
{t:"they enter and exit corners,” he said,  “I",p:7,x:545,y:389,w:328,h:22},
{t:"see how far they can push it on the track,",p:7,x:545,y:414,w:339,h:22},
{t:"I try to mirror that.”",p:7,x:545,y:438,w:164,h:22},
{t:"Bright future",p:7,x:550,y:455,w:157,h:31},
{t:"“He has endless possibilities in or out",p:7,x:567,y:487,w:310,h:22},
{t:"of racing,” Mike Garrison said of",p:7,x:545,y:512,w:274,h:22},
{t:"Spencer. Garrison is the owner of 247",p:7,x:545,y:536,w:312,h:22},
{t:"DesignWorks in Lees Summit, Mo., and",p:7,x:545,y:561,w:330,h:22},
{t:"is one of Spencer’s sponsors. Garrison is",p:7,x:545,y:585,w:335,h:22},
{t:"himself an RC racer who was chosen to",p:7,x:545,y:610,w:327,h:22},
{t:"represent the",p:7,x:728,y:634,w:105,h:22},
{t:"United States in an",p:7,x:728,y:659,w:155,h:22},
{t:"Olympics-type RC",p:7,x:728,y:683,w:154,h:22},
{t:"race that included",p:7,x:728,y:708,w:146,h:22},
{t:"33 countries.",p:7,x:728,y:732,w:105,h:22},
{t:"“Spencer is",p:7,x:751,y:757,w:94,h:22},
{t:"always one step",p:7,x:728,y:781,w:130,h:22},
{t:"ahead of whatever",p:7,x:728,y:806,w:150,h:22},
{t:"is going on,”",p:7,x:728,y:830,w:105,h:22},
{t:"Garrison said. “He is always studying",p:7,x:545,y:855,w:311,h:22},
{t:"things, educating himself. What I like",p:7,x:545,y:879,w:310,h:22},
{t:"about Spencer is that he doesn’t put all",p:7,x:545,y:904,w:320,h:22},
{t:"his eggs in one basket. He is equally",p:7,x:545,y:928,w:300,h:22},
{t:"interested in racing, school, going to col-",p:7,x:545,y:953,w:337,h:22},
{t:"lege. If he pursued it, he could become",p:7,x:545,y:977,w:320,h:22},
{t:"one of those guys that goes to the very",p:7,x:545,y:1002,w:318,h:22},
{t:"top, who gets paid for doing this. He",p:7,x:545,y:1026,w:302,h:22},
{t:"could easily go into engineering,",p:7,x:545,y:1051,w:269,h:22},
{t:"research and design or anything else he",p:7,x:545,y:1075,w:323,h:22},
{t:"wanted to do.”     ",p:7,x:545,y:1100,w:148,h:22},
{t:"What makes a good RC Pro Series driver?",p:7,x:1077,y:1084,w:508,h:28},
{t:"Turn to page 8...",p:7,x:1235,y:1113,w:204,h:28},
{t:"QUICK REACTIONS",p:7,x:402,y:637,w:311,h:45},
{t:"HELP, BUT  IT’S",p:7,x:431,y:687,w:254,h:40},
{t:"MORE THAN JUST",p:7,x:411,y:731,w:293,h:40},
{t:"DRIVINGTHE CAR",p:7,x:408,y:774,w:300,h:40},
{t:"What skills are needed for successful RC Pro Series",p:8,x:202,y:1145,w:428,h:22},
{t:"racing?  ",p:8,x:177,y:1170,w:71,h:22},
{t:"No pun intended, but for starters, good hand to eye",p:8,x:205,y:1194,w:420,h:22},
{t:"coordination and the ability for quick decision making",p:8,x:177,y:1219,w:447,h:22},
{t:"skills under pressure while still keeping a cool head",p:8,x:177,y:1243,w:425,h:22},
{t:"about you. ",p:8,x:177,y:1268,w:92,h:22},
{t:"“Your reaction time going into an S corner then",p:8,x:211,y:1292,w:392,h:22},
{t:"three S corners connected to each other has to be spot-",p:8,x:177,y:1317,w:449,h:22},
{t:"on,” Sean Thomas said. ",p:8,x:177,y:1341,w:200,h:22},
{t:"The 36 year old racer is a RC veteran.  At age 10,",p:8,x:205,y:1366,w:409,h:22},
{t:"Thomas began racing around San Diego, Calif., where",p:8,x:177,y:1390,w:448,h:22},
{t:"RC cars are “really big.” That meant plenty of RC",p:8,x:177,y:1415,w:413,h:22},
{t:"tracks, but also plenty of fierce competition.  Now mar-",p:8,x:177,y:1439,w:458,h:22},
{t:"ried and holding down a full-time job, the longtime",p:8,x:177,y:1464,w:423,h:22},
{t:"Springfield, Mo., resident still puts in plenty of practice",p:8,x:177,y:1488,w:458,h:22},
{t:"and RC Pro race time in, along with friends Ron and",p:8,x:177,y:1513,w:434,h:22},
{t:"Spencer Wall. ",p:8,x:177,y:1537,w:119,h:22},
{t:"Four months ago, Thomas traveled to Atlanta, Ga.,",p:8,x:697,y:1142,w:417,h:22},
{t:"where he competed in an insane non-stop RC car event",p:8,x:669,y:1167,w:454,h:22},
{t:"called the Nitro Psycho Blast. The race runs for 72-",p:8,x:669,y:1191,w:424,h:22},
{t:"hours without a break, testing not only driving skills",p:8,x:669,y:1216,w:431,h:22},
{t:"but the wide-eyed awake stamina of drivers.",p:8,x:669,y:1240,w:364,h:22},
{t:"Normal RC Pro Series races are not that grueling,",p:8,x:697,y:1265,w:409,h:22},
{t:"but still require focus and quick thinking skills. ",p:8,x:669,y:1289,w:394,h:22},
{t:"Two things to understand when considering RC Pro",p:8,x:697,y:1314,w:425,h:22},
{t:"driving challenges are the size of the track - football",p:8,x:669,y:1338,w:430,h:22},
{t:"field like -- and RC cars can blast around a track at a",p:8,x:669,y:1363,w:435,h:22},
{t:"zipp- fine good clip. Depending on the scale size and",p:8,x:669,y:1387,w:437,h:22},
{t:"model type, an RC car can travel between approximate-",p:8,x:669,y:1412,w:459,h:22},
{t:"ly 40 to 80 mph. ",p:8,x:669,y:1436,w:142,h:22},
{t:"Hundredths of second matter",p:8,x:669,y:1459,w:359,h:31},
{t:"An off-road truggy like Spencer Wall is running,",p:8,x:696,y:1495,w:400,h:22},
{t:"probably hits a curve around 25 mph, and 40 mph in",p:8,x:669,y:1519,w:433,h:22},
{t:"the straightaway, Thomas said. Given the size of track",p:8,x:669,y:1544,w:445,h:22},
{t:"geography a driver has to navigate, and the buzzing",p:8,x:1178,y:218,w:425,h:22},
{t:"herd of competition cars also in the race, a driver can’t",p:8,x:1178,y:243,w:450,h:22},
{t:"be asleep at the wheel, or more precisely, the remote",p:8,x:1178,y:267,w:432,h:22},
{t:"control trigger, no matter what the speed. Things hap-",p:8,x:1178,y:292,w:442,h:22},
{t:"pen fast and a split second wrong decision can mean",p:8,x:1178,y:316,w:432,h:22},
{t:"falling behind the pack, a spin out, a run off the track.",p:8,x:1178,y:341,w:444,h:22},
{t:"Drivers at an RC race are situated on an elevated",p:8,x:1211,y:365,w:403,h:22},
{t:"stand overlooking the track. There can be a dozen",p:8,x:1178,y:390,w:410,h:22},
{t:"drivers, or more, all working their controllers, all",p:8,x:1178,y:414,w:403,h:22},
{t:"intent on winning, so being able to focus in that type",p:8,x:1178,y:439,w:434,h:22},
{t:"of environment, shutting some things out while staying",p:8,x:1178,y:463,w:453,h:22},
{t:"in-tune to the big picture is paramount.",p:8,x:1178,y:488,w:321,h:22},
{t:"“Just like driving your own car every day, you have",p:8,x:1206,y:512,w:426,h:22},
{t:"to slow down a little around a curve or you'll go off",p:8,x:1178,y:537,w:425,h:22},
{t:"the curve,” Thomas said. “This is the thing that is weird",p:8,x:1171,y:561,w:460,h:22},
{t:"- we (RC race drivers) can actually feel that, while we",p:8,x:1171,y:586,w:446,h:22},
{t:"drive our cars. You are making split second decisions of",p:8,x:1171,y:610,w:461,h:22},
{t:"what's happening with your car. The dirt is changing.",p:8,x:1171,y:635,w:437,h:22},
{t:"You might start out a race where the dirt is muddy, but",p:8,x:1171,y:659,w:450,h:22},
{t:"by the end of a heat, that thing is dry. So you can be",p:8,x:1171,y:684,w:430,h:22},
{t:"changing driving styles every three or four laps. Where",p:8,x:1171,y:708,w:454,h:22},
{t:"you were braking 10 or 15 laps ago, you might be",p:8,x:1171,y:733,w:411,h:22},
{t:"breaking 10 or 15 laps beyond that.”",p:8,x:1171,y:757,w:300,h:22},
{t:"Fractions of a second can make the difference of",p:8,x:1199,y:782,w:400,h:22},
{t:"keeping up with pack, moving ahead or falling behind.",p:8,x:1171,y:806,w:450,h:22},
{t:"Besides the curves and varying dirt conditions, drivers",p:8,x:1171,y:831,w:448,h:22},
{t:"also have to race through jumps, sending the car air-",p:8,x:1171,y:855,w:432,h:22},
{t:"borne",p:8,x:1171,y:880,w:46,h:22},
{t:"“You have a little transponder in your car and it tells",p:8,x:1199,y:904,w:432,h:22},
{t:"you what lap you are in, and what place you are in, and",p:8,x:1171,y:929,w:457,h:22},
{t:"your lap time,” Thomas said. At the end of the race,",p:8,x:1171,y:953,w:427,h:22},
{t:"drivers get a sheet listing car lap stats.  “All the good",p:8,x:1171,y:978,w:437,h:22},
{t:"guys will have all their seconds (of time) the same.",p:8,x:1171,y:1002,w:420,h:22},
{t:"There tenths are the same -- but the hundredths are",p:8,x:1171,y:1027,w:419,h:22},
{t:"changing.”",p:8,x:1171,y:1051,w:89,h:22},
{t:"Half of having the right stuff",p:8,x:1171,y:1074,w:353,h:31},
{t:"“I’d say, the driving was maybe 50 percent of the",p:8,x:1199,y:1110,w:406,h:22},
{t:"big picture in racing,” Thomas said.",p:8,x:1171,y:1135,w:295,h:22},
{t:"As important as driver skills are, teamwork is a key",p:8,x:1198,y:1159,w:425,h:22},
{t:"ingredient to winning. Pit crews and pit crew chiefs are",p:8,x:1171,y:1184,w:455,h:22},
{t:"a pivotal ingredient to staying in a race. RC racing isn't",p:8,x:1171,y:1208,w:455,h:22},
{t:"a prima donna, lone wolf type of sport.  ",p:8,x:1171,y:1233,w:332,h:22},
{t:"“It’s like a little NASCAR team,” Thomas said of",p:8,x:1199,y:1257,w:409,h:22},
{t:"pit stops. “We do fuel mileage runs before the race and",p:8,x:1171,y:1282,w:453,h:22},
{t:"tune the motor to its peak performance - so you can",p:8,x:1171,y:1306,w:425,h:22},
{t:"handle it, and the track can handle it. If the track is real",p:8,x:1171,y:1331,w:456,h:22},
{t:"loose, you don't want to go out there with a whole",p:8,x:1171,y:1355,w:413,h:22},
{t:"bunch of horsepower.”",p:8,x:1171,y:1380,w:186,h:22},
{t:"“Nitro” is short for nitromethane, a fuel used in drag",p:8,x:1199,y:1404,w:433,h:22},
{t:"racing and rockets, that is more combustible than",p:8,x:1171,y:1429,w:405,h:22},
{t:"hydrocarbon gasoline. RC nitro cars use the same fuel.",p:8,x:1171,y:1453,w:450,h:22},
{t:"“The average fuel run is about seven minutes on a",p:8,x:1199,y:1478,w:413,h:22},
{t:"tank of fuel - that's about 125 cc of fuel,” Thomas said.",p:8,x:1171,y:1502,w:455,h:22},
{t:"“Just like in NASCAR, under the pressure of a pit stop,",p:8,x:1171,y:1527,w:457,h:22},
{t:"the pit guy opens the fuel door, squirts in fuel, but can't",p:8,x:1171,y:1551,w:455,h:22},
{t:"Page 8 Both Sides of the Bridge June 2009",p:8,x:171,y:1609,w:426,h:29},
{t:"VETERAN  RACER  SEAN THOMAS  SHEDS  SOME  LIGHT  ON.....  ",p:8,x:187,y:192,w:854,h:58},
{t:"WHAT’S THE RIGHT STUFF ",p:8,x:173,y:232,w:742,h:115},
{t:"FOR PRO SERIES RC DRIVING?",p:8,x:210,y:319,w:844,h:115},
{t:"Veteran RC racer Sean Thomas   ",p:8,x:205,y:1077,w:324,h:22},
{t:"Photo courtesy Melissa Thomas",p:8,x:668,y:1078,w:282,h:20},
{t:"Page 9 Both Sides of the Bridge June 2009",p:9,x:1204,y:1609,w:426,h:29},
{t:"spill it on the disc brakes. As you can imagine, brakes",p:9,x:669,y:162,w:444,h:22},
{t:"are important” Spilt fuel on disc brakes could mean",p:9,x:669,y:187,w:424,h:22},
{t:"brake failure.",p:9,x:669,y:211,w:109,h:22},
{t:"Also important are the timing of pit stops, both",p:9,x:696,y:236,w:388,h:22},
{t:"entering the pit, and also exiting the pit. “You don't",p:9,x:669,y:260,w:421,h:22},
{t:"want to go into a pit stop and come out into a mess of",p:9,x:669,y:285,w:443,h:22},
{t:"cars,” Thomas said.  ",p:9,x:669,y:309,w:172,h:22},
{t:"Importance of pit crew chief",p:9,x:669,y:332,w:348,h:31},
{t:"There is always the possibility of a pit stop when",p:9,x:697,y:368,w:404,h:22},
{t:"things go wrong. Part of standard equipment is a tool",p:9,x:669,y:392,w:437,h:22},
{t:"box. Thomas refers to it as the “Oh no, kit.” When",p:9,x:669,y:417,w:416,h:22},
{t:"things go smoothly, pit stops are part of the war plan.",p:9,x:669,y:441,w:439,h:22},
{t:"“At pit stops, you plan strategy against the next",p:9,x:697,y:466,w:391,h:22},
{t:"guy,” Thomas said. “So your pit guy has to really be",p:9,x:669,y:490,w:432,h:22},
{t:"aware of what's going on out on the track with your car.",p:9,x:669,y:515,w:460,h:22},
{t:"You need to build a long term relationship with that",p:9,x:669,y:539,w:426,h:22},
{t:"guy. Thomas’ pit crew chief is Ron Wall.",p:9,x:669,y:564,w:336,h:22},
{t:"“You get accustomed to and rely on someone",p:9,x:697,y:588,w:372,h:22},
{t:"because your adrenaline is going 100 mph. You want a",p:9,x:669,y:613,w:450,h:22},
{t:"guy there who knows what he is doing. You don't want",p:9,x:669,y:637,w:452,h:22},
{t:"to hurt people around you (in the race with faulty",p:9,x:669,y:662,w:406,h:22},
{t:"mechanics), there is a lot that goes into it.”",p:9,x:669,y:686,w:353,h:22},
{t:"Last but not least, a RC Pro racer needs a good",p:9,x:697,y:711,w:387,h:22},
{t:"degree of mechanical knowledge. RC nitro engines, the",p:9,x:669,y:735,w:456,h:22},
{t:"car bodies and chassis that house them, might be small,",p:9,x:669,y:760,w:456,h:22},
{t:"but operate on the same principles as their bigger auto-",p:9,x:669,y:784,w:453,h:22},
{t:"motive cousins.",p:9,x:669,y:809,w:128,h:22},
{t:"Running through a litany of components and parts,",p:9,x:697,y:833,w:418,h:22},
{t:"Thomas talks about pistons and castors, ball joints and",p:9,x:669,y:858,w:449,h:22},
{t:"chassis design, custom built shocks, things measured to",p:9,x:669,y:882,w:456,h:22},
{t:"check clearance to the ground, etc. Tweaking compo-",p:9,x:669,y:907,w:438,h:22},
{t:"nents of a car can “make those millimeter adjustments",p:9,x:669,y:931,w:446,h:22},
{t:"to a car” (that improve performance). Then, there are",p:9,x:669,y:956,w:436,h:22},
{t:"the all critical tires, “we tune the tires first, then every-",p:9,x:669,y:980,w:451,h:22},
{t:"thing after that.”",p:9,x:669,y:1005,w:135,h:22},
{t:"With everything there is to learn, how long does it",p:9,x:702,y:1029,w:414,h:22},
{t:"take for someone wanting to get up to speed and ready",p:9,x:669,y:1054,w:450,h:22},
{t:"give RC Pro racing a shot?",p:9,x:669,y:1078,w:222,h:22},
{t:"“About three years,” he said. “But, I am always",p:9,x:697,y:1103,w:392,h:22},
{t:"encouraging others to stop and help new people get",p:9,x:669,y:1127,w:423,h:22},
{t:"started because what it's about is fun,” he said. At any",p:9,x:669,y:1152,w:444,h:22},
{t:"level, “It’s like belonging to one big family.”    ",p:9,x:669,y:1176,w:391,h:22},
{t:"Encouraging start-up",p:9,x:778,y:1228,w:247,h:27},
{t:"newcomers into RC",p:9,x:787,y:1257,w:230,h:27},
{t:"Sean Thomas, like the Walls, encourage anyone",p:9,x:706,y:1285,w:397,h:20},
{t:"interested in RC cars to get started and concentrate on",p:9,x:671,y:1308,w:450,h:20},
{t:"having fun. In time, the knowledge will come. Thomas",p:9,x:671,y:1330,w:439,h:20},
{t:"feels an obligation to give back to the sport. He started",p:9,x:671,y:1353,w:448,h:20},
{t:"a group called The Dirt Bags with an eye toward helping",p:9,x:671,y:1375,w:460,h:20},
{t:"other racers in that regard.  Mike Garrison, owner of",p:9,x:671,y:1398,w:426,h:20},
{t:"247 DesignWorks, and RC Pro racer, heartily agrees.",p:9,x:671,y:1420,w:436,h:20},
{t:"The sport, in general is for everybody. Garrison tells",p:9,x:671,y:1443,w:424,h:20},
{t:"those interested in starting RC to just jump-in. There is",p:9,x:671,y:1465,w:447,h:20},
{t:"somebody out there more that glad to help with tips and",p:9,x:671,y:1488,w:457,h:20},
{t:"advice. (Learn about Garrison’s own inspirational back-",p:9,x:671,y:1510,w:451,h:20},
{t:"ground. Turn to Page 10).",p:9,x:671,y:1533,w:211,h:20},
{t:"Page 10  Both Sides of the Bridge June 2009",p:10,x:167,y:1609,w:444,h:29},
{t:"When Branson RC Pro",p:10,x:1399,y:1204,w:209,h:22},
{t:"Series racer Spencer Wall",p:10,x:1361,y:1230,w:237,h:22},
{t:"acquired Mike Garrison as",p:10,x:1361,y:1255,w:239,h:22},
{t:"a sponsor, he could not",p:10,x:1361,y:1279,w:213,h:22},
{t:"have hooked-up with a",p:10,x:1361,y:1304,w:207,h:22},
{t:"more inspiring story in the",p:10,x:1361,y:1328,w:236,h:22},
{t:"sport.",p:10,x:1361,y:1353,w:51,h:22},
{t:"Garrison founded",p:10,x:1386,y:1377,w:158,h:22},
{t:"247DesignWorks, a com-",p:10,x:1361,y:1402,w:229,h:22},
{t:"pany that, among other",p:10,x:1361,y:1426,w:211,h:22},
{t:"things, creates the eye-",p:10,x:1361,y:1451,w:213,h:22},
{t:"catching graphic designs",p:10,x:1361,y:1475,w:225,h:22},
{t:"seen on RC cars that",p:10,x:1361,y:1500,w:194,h:22},
{t:"include MX Tags, Name",p:10,x:1361,y:1524,w:216,h:22},
{t:"Tags, Sponsor Tags, and",p:10,x:1361,y:1549,w:225,h:22},
{t:"Mike Garrison, ",p:10,x:1363,y:154,w:248,h:102},
{t:"“I don't believe ",p:10,x:1359,y:238,w:257,h:102},
{t:"in ",p:10,x:1467,y:321,w:39,h:102},
{t:"IMPOSSIBLE”",p:10,x:1380,y:405,w:206,h:102},
{t:"Page 11 Both Sides of the Bridge June2009",p:11,x:1198,y:1605,w:430,h:29},
{t:"Trophy Tags, Bod Tags and Wing Tags. The",p:11,x:204,y:218,w:397,h:22},
{t:"company also markets a line of RC prod-",p:11,x:204,y:242,w:373,h:22},
{t:"ucts.",p:11,x:204,y:267,w:42,h:22},
{t:"Garrison, also owns the business and",p:11,x:247,y:291,w:343,h:22},
{t:"actively works as a designer. When not",p:11,x:204,y:316,w:356,h:22},
{t:"working and running his company, Garrison",p:11,x:204,y:340,w:394,h:22},
{t:"is a contender in RC racing.  Among his",p:11,x:204,y:365,w:363,h:22},
{t:"accomplishments is being chosen to repre-",p:11,x:204,y:389,w:390,h:22},
{t:"sent the United States in an Olympics-style",p:11,x:204,y:414,w:391,h:22},
{t:"International race involving RC racers from",p:11,x:204,y:438,w:389,h:22},
{t:"33 countries around the world.",p:11,x:204,y:463,w:276,h:22},
{t:"At one point, his joy of life and active",p:11,x:246,y:487,w:335,h:22},
{t:"lifestyle might have spun-out into passivity",p:11,x:204,y:512,w:383,h:22},
{t:"and a pity-party of massive proportions. ",p:11,x:204,y:536,w:366,h:22},
{t:"Garrison had raced motocross for thir-",p:11,x:247,y:561,w:347,h:22},
{t:"teen years, but in August, 2006, he was",p:11,x:204,y:585,w:361,h:22},
{t:"involved in a major crash. While attempting",p:11,x:204,y:610,w:392,h:22},
{t:"to make a pass for the lead, he collided ",p:11,x:204,y:634,w:365,h:22},
{t:"with another rider. The crash shattered his",p:11,x:204,y:659,w:384,h:22},
{t:"vertebrae, collapsed one lung, cracked his",p:11,x:204,y:683,w:384,h:22},
{t:"sternum, stretched his spinal cord, and par-",p:11,x:204,y:708,w:400,h:22},
{t:"alyzed him from the middle of his chest",p:11,x:204,y:732,w:356,h:22},
{t:"down. Motocross was",p:11,x:669,y:221,w:197,h:22},
{t:"only one of several of",p:11,x:669,y:245,w:196,h:22},
{t:"his passions which",p:11,x:669,y:270,w:171,h:22},
{t:"included RC car racing,",p:11,x:669,y:294,w:213,h:22},
{t:"and graphic design",p:11,x:669,y:319,w:173,h:22},
{t:"“When I was injured",p:11,x:700,y:343,w:182,h:22},
{t:"I decided to head full-on",p:11,x:669,y:368,w:220,h:22},
{t:"into a new career,”",p:11,x:669,y:392,w:169,h:22},
{t:"Garrison said. “I began",p:11,x:669,y:417,w:209,h:22},
{t:"racing RC full-time, ",p:11,x:669,y:441,w:180,h:22},
{t:"and opened",p:11,x:669,y:466,w:108,h:22},
{t:"247DesignWorks. ",p:11,x:669,y:490,w:166,h:22},
{t:"In the 1970's my",p:11,x:700,y:515,w:150,h:22},
{t:"dad was given the num-",p:11,x:669,y:539,w:219,h:22},
{t:"ber 247 when he quali-",p:11,x:669,y:564,w:209,h:22},
{t:"fied for the Ponca",p:11,x:669,y:588,w:161,h:22},
{t:"Oklahoma Amateur",p:11,x:669,y:613,w:175,h:22},
{t:"Motocross Championships. ",p:11,x:669,y:637,w:252,h:22},
{t:"“When I began racing, I took and carried",p:11,x:700,y:662,w:368,h:22},
{t:"the number 247 on all of my bikes as well.",p:11,x:669,y:686,w:385,h:22},
{t:"Although my bikes are put away, the 247 tradi-",p:11,x:669,y:711,w:424,h:22},
{t:"tion carries on, at 247DesignWorks we strive to",p:11,x:669,y:735,w:430,h:22},
{t:"design and create the highest quality decals",p:11,x:1171,y:636,w:400,h:22},
{t:"and work for not only the racing scene, but",p:11,x:1171,y:661,w:389,h:22},
{t:"also everyday needs of customers.",p:11,x:1171,y:685,w:317,h:22},
{t:"“Unfortunately for me, my surgeon walked",p:11,x:1196,y:710,w:381,h:22},
{t:"into my hospital room before surgery and told",p:11,x:1171,y:734,w:413,h:22},
{t:"continued on page 12",p:11,x:1396,y:764,w:211,h:22},
{t:"Page 12 Both Sides of the Bridge June 2009",p:12,x:167,y:1609,w:431,h:29},
{t:"me that it was IMPOSSIBLE for me",p:12,x:498,y:221,w:322,h:22},
{t:"to ever get any better than the way I",p:12,x:498,y:245,w:330,h:22},
{t:"laid that day.",p:12,x:498,y:270,w:115,h:22},
{t:"“Unfortunately for him, I don't",p:12,x:529,y:294,w:264,h:22},
{t:"believe in IMPOSSIBLE. I have set",p:12,x:498,y:319,w:318,h:22},
{t:"my mind to recover, and am slowly",p:12,x:498,y:343,w:316,h:22},
{t:"making progress day by day.”",p:12,x:498,y:368,w:268,h:22},
{t:"Enthusiastic about RC racing, he",p:12,x:529,y:392,w:299,h:22},
{t:"encourages those interested in the",p:12,x:498,y:417,w:315,h:22},
{t:"sport to give it try. “It is a great sport",p:12,x:498,y:441,w:329,h:22},
{t:"that anyone can participate in, and",p:12,x:498,y:466,w:314,h:22},
{t:"at any level of skill,” he said. “People",p:12,x:498,y:490,w:335,h:22},
{t:"know and help one another and it",p:12,x:498,y:515,w:305,h:22},
{t:"really is like having a family.” ",p:12,x:498,y:539,w:267,h:22},
{t:"continued from page 11",p:12,x:496,y:163,w:230,h:22},
{t:"Page 13 Both Sides of the Bridge June 2009",p:13,x:1191,y:1611,w:438,h:29},
{t:"Jodie Painter",p:13,x:474,y:237,w:141,h:26},
{t:"“The Tomboy”",p:13,x:474,y:267,w:116,h:22},
{t:"In The Biz - 5 years",p:13,x:474,y:291,w:169,h:22},
{t:"In the Area - 10 years",p:13,x:474,y:315,w:187,h:22},
{t:"Hometown - Farson WY",p:13,x:474,y:339,w:207,h:22},
{t:"Specialties - Color &",p:13,x:474,y:363,w:178,h:22},
{t:"Highlights",p:13,x:474,y:387,w:81,h:22},
{t:"Hobbies - Hunting &",p:13,x:474,y:411,w:174,h:22},
{t:"fishing, “anything ",p:13,x:474,y:435,w:147,h:22},
{t:"outdoors”",p:13,x:474,y:459,w:78,h:22},
{t:"Christie Jaffe",p:13,x:473,y:931,w:147,h:27},
{t:"“The Artist”",p:13,x:473,y:960,w:95,h:22},
{t:"In The Biz - 20 years",p:13,x:473,y:985,w:185,h:22},
{t:"In the Area - 1 year",p:13,x:473,y:1009,w:173,h:22},
{t:"Hometown - St. Louis",p:13,x:473,y:1033,w:192,h:22},
{t:"Specialties - Color &",p:13,x:473,y:1057,w:184,h:22},
{t:"Corrective Color",p:13,x:473,y:1081,w:140,h:22},
{t:"Hobbies - Making",p:13,x:473,y:1106,w:157,h:22},
{t:"Jewelry, Painting",p:13,x:473,y:1130,w:145,h:22},
{t:"Paula Oden",p:13,x:963,y:367,w:118,h:27},
{t:"“The Blonde Bombshell”",p:13,x:963,y:398,w:203,h:21},
{t:"In The Biz - 30 years",p:13,x:963,y:421,w:171,h:22},
{t:"In the Area - 20 years",p:13,x:963,y:445,w:178,h:22},
{t:"Hometown - K.C.",p:13,x:963,y:470,w:143,h:22},
{t:"Specialties - Facials, ",p:13,x:963,y:494,w:177,h:22},
{t:"Extensions &",p:13,x:963,y:518,w:104,h:22},
{t:"Color  Correction",p:13,x:963,y:542,w:136,h:22},
{t:"Hobbies - ",p:13,x:963,y:567,w:87,h:22},
{t:"Antique Hunting",p:13,x:979,y:591,w:127,h:22},
{t:"&  Geneology",p:13,x:980,y:615,w:109,h:22},
{t:"Dianna McQuarry",p:13,x:657,y:663,w:192,h:26},
{t:"“The Diva Boss”",p:13,x:710,y:692,w:139,h:22},
{t:"In The Biz - 20 years",p:13,x:664,y:716,w:185,h:22},
{t:"In the Area - 10 years",p:13,x:656,y:740,w:193,h:22},
{t:"Hometown - K.C.",p:13,x:695,y:764,w:154,h:22},
{t:"Specialties - Color &",p:13,x:666,y:788,w:183,h:22},
{t:"Cut ",p:13,x:819,y:811,w:35,h:22},
{t:"Hobbies -Golfing,",p:13,x:694,y:835,w:155,h:22},
{t:"Boating & Hanging ",p:13,x:688,y:859,w:167,h:22},
{t:"Out with Our ",p:13,x:740,y:883,w:115,h:22},
{t:"“Famous Dog, Cheif”",p:13,x:669,y:907,w:180,h:22},
{t:"Karin Blair",p:13,x:245,y:574,w:116,h:27},
{t:"“The Financial Guru”",p:13,x:186,y:604,w:176,h:22},
{t:"In The Biz - 30 years",p:13,x:179,y:629,w:183,h:22},
{t:"In the Area - 26 years",p:13,x:171,y:653,w:190,h:22},
{t:"Hometown -",p:13,x:252,y:678,w:109,h:22},
{t:"Springfield, MO ",p:13,x:231,y:702,w:137,h:22},
{t:"Specialties - Perms &",p:13,x:171,y:727,w:191,h:22},
{t:"Hair Replacement",p:13,x:209,y:752,w:153,h:22},
{t:"Hobbies - Video",p:13,x:220,y:776,w:141,h:22},
{t:"Editing, & Creating",p:13,x:202,y:801,w:159,h:22},
{t:"Memories",p:13,x:278,y:825,w:83,h:22},
{t:"Nathan Olson",p:13,x:220,y:1269,w:158,h:27},
{t:"“The Adventure Racer”",p:13,x:172,y:1299,w:206,h:22},
{t:"In The Biz - 19 years",p:13,x:184,y:1324,w:194,h:22},
{t:"In the Area - 4 years",p:13,x:187,y:1349,w:191,h:22},
{t:"Hometown -",p:13,x:262,y:1373,w:116,h:22},
{t:"Minnesota",p:13,x:285,y:1398,w:93,h:22},
{t:"Specialties - Cuts &",p:13,x:193,y:1422,w:185,h:22},
{t:"Color",p:13,x:330,y:1447,w:48,h:22},
{t:"Hobbies - Canoeing,",p:13,x:187,y:1471,w:191,h:22},
{t:"Mountain Biking,",p:13,x:228,y:1496,w:150,h:22},
{t:"Orienteering, and ",p:13,x:221,y:1520,w:163,h:22},
{t:"DJ-ing at the Landing",p:13,x:184,y:1545,w:194,h:22},
{t:"Kim Moore",p:13,x:948,y:1052,w:126,h:28},
{t:"“The Nail Queen”",p:13,x:948,y:1084,w:156,h:23},
{t:"In The Biz - 20 years",p:13,x:948,y:1110,w:194,h:23},
{t:"In the Area - 7 years",p:13,x:948,y:1135,w:191,h:23},
{t:"Hometown - St. Joe",p:13,x:948,y:1161,w:185,h:23},
{t:"Specialties - Pink &",p:13,x:948,y:1187,w:183,h:23},
{t:"White Nails",p:13,x:948,y:1212,w:102,h:23},
{t:"Tracy Caruthers",p:13,x:1425,y:213,w:181,h:27},
{t:"“Not Your Typical ",p:13,x:1425,y:244,w:156,h:23},
{t:"Soccer Mom”",p:13,x:1425,y:269,w:117,h:23},
{t:"In The Biz - 17 years",p:13,x:1425,y:294,w:189,h:23},
{t:"In the Area - 5 years",p:13,x:1425,y:319,w:186,h:23},
{t:"Hometown - So Cal",p:13,x:1425,y:344,w:179,h:23},
{t:"Specialties - Modern",p:13,x:1425,y:369,w:188,h:23},
{t:"Edgy Styles",p:13,x:1425,y:394,w:103,h:23},
{t:"Hobbies - Attending ",p:13,x:1425,y:419,w:183,h:23},
{t:"chidren’s events and",p:13,x:1425,y:444,w:181,h:23},
{t:"chauffeur duties",p:13,x:1425,y:469,w:140,h:23},
{t:"Kathy Heine",p:13,x:1175,y:587,w:140,h:27},
{t:"“The Drama Queen”",p:13,x:1134,y:617,w:181,h:22},
{t:"In The Biz - 10 years",p:13,x:1123,y:641,w:192,h:22},
{t:"In the Area - 28 years",p:13,x:1114,y:665,w:200,h:22},
{t:"Hometown - St. Louis",p:13,x:1116,y:690,w:199,h:22},
{t:"Specialties -",p:13,x:1198,y:714,w:117,h:22},
{t:"Pedicures",p:13,x:1226,y:738,w:89,h:22},
{t:"Hobbies - ",p:13,x:1223,y:762,w:97,h:22},
{t:"Facebook &",p:13,x:1208,y:786,w:107,h:22},
{t:"Decorating",p:13,x:1218,y:811,w:97,h:22},
{t:"Jackie Clements",p:13,x:1435,y:911,w:181,h:28},
{t:"“The Piece Maker”",p:13,x:1435,y:942,w:159,h:23},
{t:"In The Biz - 18 years",p:13,x:1435,y:967,w:184,h:23},
{t:"In the Area - a Local",p:13,x:1435,y:993,w:180,h:23},
{t:"Hometown",p:13,x:1435,y:1019,w:98,h:23},
{t:"- ",p:13,x:1539,y:1019,w:11,h:23},
{t:"See Above",p:13,x:1435,y:1044,w:93,h:23},
{t:"Specialty - Cuts ",p:13,x:1435,y:1070,w:147,h:23},
{t:"& Color",p:13,x:1553,y:1095,w:64,h:23},
{t:"Hobbies",p:13,x:1435,y:1121,w:76,h:23},
{t:"- ",p:13,x:1517,y:1121,w:11,h:23},
{t:"Being a Mom",p:13,x:1464,y:1146,w:114,h:23},
{t:"Gary",p:13,x:911,y:1398,w:57,h:28},
{t:"“The Head Honcho”",p:13,x:782,y:1430,w:186,h:24},
{t:"In The Biz - Forever",p:13,x:775,y:1455,w:193,h:24},
{t:"In the Area - even Longer",p:13,x:721,y:1481,w:247,h:24},
{t:"Hometown - Branson",p:13,x:762,y:1507,w:206,h:24},
{t:"Specialties - Everything",p:13,x:739,y:1533,w:229,h:24},
{t:"Hobbies - Spending Time",p:13,x:725,y:1559,w:243,h:24},
{t:"with Family",p:13,x:862,y:1585,w:106,h:24},
{t:"MERLENORMAN -  FREEGIFTWITHPURCHASEWHILESUPPLIESLAST",p:13,x:248,y:1616,w:857,h:26},
{t:"Page 14 Both Sides of the Bridge June 2009",p:14,x:167,y:1609,w:438,h:29},
{t:"Page 15 Both Sides of the Bridge June 2009",p:15,x:1199,y:1609,w:438,h:29},
{t:"Frank Preston",p:15,x:169,y:167,w:426,h:147},
{t:"Paving the way to a smooth future",p:15,x:169,y:284,w:1388,h:193},
{t:"At a meeting of the newly-formed Taney",p:15,x:231,y:1367,w:335,h:22},
{t:"County Transportation Advisory Board, Frank",p:15,x:204,y:1391,w:379,h:22},
{t:"Preston asks a question. Have new road projects",p:15,x:204,y:1416,w:397,h:22},
{t:"been mostly proactive or reactive? It’s a simple",p:15,x:204,y:1440,w:389,h:22},
{t:"fact finding query, but cuts to the heart of why the",p:15,x:204,y:1465,w:413,h:22},
{t:"advisory board was created. Except for an engineer",p:15,x:204,y:1489,w:421,h:22},
{t:"who answers it, looking around the room, it’s hard",p:15,x:204,y:1514,w:415,h:22},
{t:"to gauge whether those present correlate the ques-",p:15,x:204,y:1538,w:412,h:22},
{t:"tion, with why they are",p:15,x:919,y:587,w:190,h:22},
{t:"gathered. The answer",p:15,x:919,y:611,w:175,h:22},
{t:"comes back, reactive --",p:15,x:919,y:636,w:190,h:22},
{t:"meaning most road proj-",p:15,x:919,y:660,w:202,h:22},
{t:"ects are planned and",p:15,x:919,y:685,w:167,h:22},
{t:"implemented to fix a",p:15,x:919,y:709,w:171,h:22},
{t:"problem that has existed",p:15,x:919,y:734,w:200,h:22},
{t:"awhile, or recently",p:15,x:919,y:758,w:153,h:22},
{t:"popped-up on the prob-",p:15,x:919,y:783,w:193,h:22},
{t:"lem radar.",p:15,x:919,y:807,w:82,h:22},
{t:"It’s what guys like",p:15,x:947,y:832,w:151,h:22},
{t:"Preston, Taney County’s",p:15,x:919,y:856,w:200,h:22},
{t:"Road and Bridge",p:15,x:919,y:881,w:139,h:22},
{t:"Administrator, and a city",p:15,x:919,y:905,w:204,h:22},
{t:"engineer who answered",p:15,x:919,y:930,w:193,h:22},
{t:"the question, do every-",p:15,x:919,y:954,w:188,h:22},
{t:"day. It’s what they get",p:15,x:919,y:979,w:181,h:22},
{t:"paid to do.",p:15,x:919,y:1003,w:87,h:22},
{t:"Proactive planning",p:15,x:947,y:1028,w:154,h:22},
{t:"takes some creative out-",p:15,x:919,y:1052,w:199,h:22},
{t:"of-the box thinking --",p:15,x:919,y:1077,w:177,h:22},
{t:"projecting the future,",p:15,x:919,y:1101,w:172,h:22},
{t:"examining all phases of",p:15,x:919,y:1126,w:194,h:22},
{t:"community life, so the",p:15,x:919,y:1150,w:185,h:22},
{t:"usual problems never",p:15,x:919,y:1175,w:175,h:22},
{t:"pop-up.",p:15,x:919,y:1199,w:62,h:22},
{t:"With so many imme-",p:15,x:946,y:1224,w:173,h:22},
{t:"diate problems for a gov-",p:15,x:919,y:1248,w:208,h:22},
{t:"ernment body to juggle",p:15,x:919,y:1273,w:191,h:22},
{t:"daily, proactive planning",p:15,x:919,y:1297,w:203,h:22},
{t:"can be tough to tackle,",p:15,x:919,y:1322,w:186,h:22},
{t:"but Preston believes it",p:15,x:919,y:1346,w:182,h:22},
{t:"can be done. He thinks it takes a strong sense of",p:15,x:691,y:1371,w:396,h:22},
{t:"community purpose, and lots of teamwork. Preston",p:15,x:691,y:1395,w:420,h:22},
{t:"wants to be on that team.",p:15,x:691,y:1420,w:206,h:22},
{t:"Like preventative maintenance for a car",p:15,x:691,y:1444,w:351,h:22},
{t:"“Day to day operations seems to take up so much",p:15,x:719,y:1469,w:407,h:22},
{t:"energy that there is very little time for planning,”",p:15,x:691,y:1493,w:404,h:22},
{t:"Preston said during an interview in his office.  “It's",p:15,x:691,y:1518,w:419,h:22},
{t:"like doing preventive maintenance on your vehicle.",p:15,x:691,y:1542,w:422,h:22},
{t:"You can drive the heck out it, but if you maintain it",p:15,x:1193,y:586,w:423,h:22},
{t:"in a good fashion, change the oil, brakes, you can",p:15,x:1193,y:610,w:408,h:22},
{t:"continue to drive the heck out of it. Don't maintain",p:15,x:1193,y:635,w:417,h:22},
{t:"it and drive the heck out of it, it's going to blow up",p:15,x:1193,y:659,w:419,h:22},
{t:"on you, it's going to die, it's going to leave you",p:15,x:1193,y:684,w:386,h:22},
{t:"stranded.  The entire county is the same way -",p:15,x:1193,y:708,w:379,h:22},
{t:"keeping up the preventive maintenance to get a",p:15,x:1193,y:733,w:388,h:22},
{t:"good ride out of it.   ",p:15,x:1193,y:757,w:171,h:22},
{t:"“A good working county plan will take time,”",p:15,x:1221,y:782,w:377,h:22},
{t:"he said, “it might be 18 months, but at the end of",p:15,x:1193,y:806,w:404,h:22},
{t:"that same amount of time, if you don’t put the",p:15,x:1193,y:831,w:379,h:22},
{t:"effort in, you still won’t have a plan.”",p:15,x:1193,y:855,w:310,h:22},
{t:"Examine all phases of a road’s impact",p:15,x:1193,y:880,w:332,h:22},
{t:"“It has to more than a comprehensive plan,” he",p:15,x:1221,y:904,w:387,h:22},
{t:"said -- deciding to just build a road between Point",p:15,x:1193,y:929,w:411,h:22},
{t:"A and Point B, just because, say, traffic is heavy.",p:15,x:1193,y:953,w:401,h:22},
{t:"There are dozens of other factors that can effect",p:15,x:1193,y:978,w:393,h:22},
{t:"sound development that benefits the whole commu-",p:15,x:1193,y:1002,w:426,h:22},
{t:"nity.  ",p:15,x:1193,y:1027,w:46,h:22},
{t:"“We really need to look at the all transportation",p:15,x:1221,y:1051,w:391,h:22},
{t:"and county needs,” he said. “A master plan is just",p:15,x:1193,y:1076,w:408,h:22},
{t:"one piece of the pie. We need to look at all the",p:15,x:1193,y:1100,w:383,h:22},
{t:"areas - maybe we need to look at things like public",p:15,x:1193,y:1125,w:420,h:22},
{t:"transportation, maybe a monorail, things like walk-",p:15,x:1193,y:1149,w:421,h:22},
{t:"ing and bike trails.",p:15,x:1193,y:1174,w:153,h:22},
{t:"“Where else can you find a place to live like",p:15,x:1221,y:1198,w:366,h:22},
{t:"this?” he asks. “One reason I live here is the roads,",p:15,x:1193,y:1223,w:420,h:22},
{t:"the hills, and the seasons. I love motorcycles, sports",p:15,x:1193,y:1247,w:427,h:22},
{t:"cars, boating and golf. Where else but here can you",p:15,x:1193,y:1272,w:423,h:22},
{t:"do these things affordably in such natural beauty?”",p:15,x:1193,y:1296,w:418,h:22},
{t:"Preston said the fact that the county will grow is",p:15,x:1221,y:1321,w:398,h:22},
{t:"inescapable. That makes identifying all aspects of",p:15,x:1193,y:1345,w:409,h:22},
{t:"potential growth issues important for creating a",p:15,x:1193,y:1370,w:389,h:22},
{t:"working plan for the county. ",p:15,x:1193,y:1394,w:239,h:22},
{t:"After creating a good plan, Preston said it is",p:15,x:1225,y:1419,w:363,h:22},
{t:"extrememly important to begin using the plan",p:15,x:1193,y:1443,w:376,h:22},
{t:"immediately. That is what he means by a “working”",p:15,x:1193,y:1468,w:428,h:22},
{t:"plan. A plan put into action, instead completed, then",p:15,x:1193,y:1492,w:428,h:22},
{t:"entombed in a file cabinet awaiting archeological",p:15,x:1193,y:1517,w:405,h:22},
{t:"discovery.",p:15,x:1193,y:1541,w:83,h:22},
{t:"By Earl Stresak",p:15,x:372,y:1323,w:92,h:15},
{t:"“Over my career, I’ve seen it time and time again -- what a",p:16,x:592,y:196,w:486,h:22},
{t:"failure to plan can mean, and what failing to put a plan into",p:16,x:564,y:220,w:489,h:22},
{t:"action can mean. The reason you go through the exercise is to",p:16,x:564,y:245,w:509,h:22},
{t:"get results. If you have people who want to follow through and",p:16,x:564,y:269,w:519,h:22},
{t:"see some results, that takes strong dedicated individuals, or a",p:16,x:564,y:294,w:501,h:22},
{t:"strong dedicated group.",p:16,x:564,y:318,w:193,h:22},
{t:"“It's normal for grandiose plans to collapse.  Then the plan",p:16,x:592,y:343,w:483,h:22},
{t:"goes on a shelf and hardly any people look at it, and then it",p:16,x:564,y:367,w:488,h:22},
{t:"becomes obsolete - it needs to be a working document. If we",p:16,x:564,y:392,w:501,h:22},
{t:"had a master plan here at the county, I could look at the master",p:16,x:564,y:416,w:517,h:22},
{t:"plan and say - future development  is going to be in these",p:16,x:564,y:441,w:473,h:22},
{t:"areas here and when we build these roads here, how do these",p:16,x:564,y:465,w:502,h:22},
{t:"road ideas fit into this master plan, do the pieces fit? There",p:16,x:564,y:490,w:484,h:22},
{t:"should be continuity that lives beyond the term of the people",p:16,x:564,y:514,w:500,h:22},
{t:"in office,” he said.",p:16,x:564,y:539,w:151,h:22},
{t:"Preston pauses, he wants to make it clear that he under-",p:16,x:592,y:563,w:458,h:22},
{t:"stands his own place in the big picture of things, in the daily",p:16,x:564,y:588,w:497,h:22},
{t:"pecking order of things. ",p:16,x:564,y:612,w:202,h:22},
{t:"“It’s not my place to make changes at the top, just do what I",p:16,x:586,y:637,w:496,h:22},
{t:"do best as part of the team. I think I have a lot to bring to the",p:16,x:564,y:661,w:503,h:22},
{t:"table, not just because of where I've been, but because of what",p:16,x:564,y:686,w:514,h:22},
{t:"I've done,” he said. “I want to bring that to the table as a team",p:16,x:564,y:710,w:510,h:22},
{t:"player.”   ",p:16,x:564,y:735,w:80,h:22},
{t:"What Preston brings to the table is 29 years of solid road,",p:16,x:597,y:757,w:474,h:22},
{t:"streets and public works experience, plus a somewhat different",p:16,x:564,y:780,w:516,h:22},
{t:"childhood background that gave him plenty of worldly wis-",p:16,x:564,y:802,w:490,h:22},
{t:"dom.",p:16,x:564,y:825,w:41,h:22},
{t:"Orphaned in Germany",p:16,x:564,y:845,w:240,h:27},
{t:"Preston was born in Germany in",p:16,x:788,y:878,w:266,h:22},
{t:"1960, adopted from a German orphan-",p:16,x:759,y:902,w:316,h:22},
{t:"age when he was small, by an",p:16,x:759,y:927,w:246,h:22},
{t:"American military family. His German",p:16,x:759,y:951,w:318,h:22},
{t:"born mother married an American air-",p:16,x:759,y:976,w:313,h:22},
{t:"man. German is Frank’s native tongue,",p:16,x:759,y:1000,w:319,h:22},
{t:"English his second language. He has",p:16,x:759,y:1025,w:300,h:22},
{t:"traveled most parts of the world. lived",p:16,x:759,y:1049,w:314,h:22},
{t:"all over Europe and the United States.",p:16,x:759,y:1074,w:312,h:22},
{t:"He went to a different school every",p:16,x:759,y:1098,w:290,h:22},
{t:"year of his life until his junior year of",p:16,x:759,y:1123,w:310,h:22},
{t:"high school because of his father’s mil-",p:16,x:759,y:1147,w:324,h:22},
{t:"itary traveling in the U.S. Air Force",p:16,x:759,y:1172,w:293,h:22},
{t:"where his dad served for over 30 years.",p:16,x:759,y:1196,w:324,h:22},
{t:"His adoptive mother had lived",p:16,x:785,y:1221,w:249,h:22},
{t:"through the Berlin Airlift of 1947, and",p:16,x:759,y:1245,w:315,h:22},
{t:"in 1990, her picture appeared in a",p:16,x:759,y:1270,w:276,h:22},
{t:"People Magazine story commemorat-",p:16,x:759,y:1294,w:308,h:22},
{t:"ing that historic event along with the",p:16,x:759,y:1319,w:302,h:22},
{t:"photo of an American C-47 pilot who",p:16,x:759,y:1343,w:309,h:22},
{t:"had flown in the airlift.",p:16,x:759,y:1368,w:190,h:22},
{t:"“She is just an amazing person,”",p:16,x:788,y:1392,w:267,h:22},
{t:"Preston said.  His mother lived through",p:16,x:759,y:1417,w:323,h:22},
{t:"many wartime experiences, including",p:16,x:759,y:1441,w:307,h:22},
{t:"having a grenade tossed in her bed-",p:16,x:759,y:1466,w:292,h:22},
{t:"room when she was a girl and surviv-",p:16,x:759,y:1490,w:310,h:22},
{t:"ing with shrapnel wounds in her arm.",p:16,x:759,y:1515,w:307,h:22},
{t:"At 16, his father was stationed at",p:16,x:792,y:1539,w:271,h:22},
{t:"Vandenberg AFB near Lompoc, Calif. Shortly after that",p:16,x:1128,y:196,w:457,h:22},
{t:"time his dad retired and his father and mother moved to a",p:16,x:1128,y:220,w:473,h:22},
{t:"small town outside St. Louis, Ill. Frank would move with",p:16,x:1128,y:245,w:471,h:22},
{t:"them, but missing the West Coast returned to California.",p:16,x:1128,y:269,w:463,h:22},
{t:"While still a teenager, he would support himself while",p:16,x:1128,y:294,w:446,h:22},
{t:"going to college. ( Preston's adoptive parents now live in",p:16,x:1128,y:318,w:467,h:22},
{t:"Taney County, in a residence on his property).",p:16,x:1128,y:343,w:380,h:22},
{t:"Preston started college with the idea of becoming an",p:16,x:1161,y:367,w:431,h:22},
{t:"architect. He attended Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo and",p:16,x:1128,y:392,w:454,h:22},
{t:"Allen Hancock College (where John Madden began",p:16,x:1128,y:416,w:426,h:22},
{t:"coaching in the 1960's).  During those days he worked as",p:16,x:1128,y:441,w:470,h:22},
{t:"a concrete laborer on a space shuttle complex at",p:16,x:1128,y:465,w:395,h:22},
{t:"Vandenberg AFB making $13 to $14 an hour.",p:16,x:1128,y:490,w:374,h:22},
{t:"“It was hard work, but in those days it was a lot of",p:16,x:1150,y:514,w:417,h:22},
{t:"money and is it's a lot of money here and now,” Preston",p:16,x:1128,y:539,w:460,h:22},
{t:"said. ",p:16,x:1128,y:563,w:43,h:22},
{t:"Taking architectural classes was mentally stimulating,",p:16,x:1155,y:588,w:443,h:22},
{t:"but in the days before Computer Assisted Drawing,",p:16,x:1128,y:612,w:422,h:22},
{t:"(CAD), drafting work was done tediously with pencil and",p:16,x:1128,y:637,w:475,h:22},
{t:"paper.  Considering the idea of being desk bound for the",p:16,x:1128,y:661,w:463,h:22},
{t:"rest of his working life did not sit well with the young",p:16,x:1128,y:686,w:446,h:22},
{t:"Preston.  He loved, and still loves, the outdoors. He also",p:16,x:1128,y:710,w:463,h:22},
{t:"realized that there was something about physical labor",p:16,x:1128,y:735,w:447,h:22},
{t:"that invigorated his spirit. ",p:16,x:1128,y:759,w:216,h:22},
{t:"“Sitting indoors, at a table for the rest of my life draw-",p:16,x:1156,y:784,w:451,h:22},
{t:"ing lines was not where I wanted to be,” Preston said. “I",p:16,x:1128,y:808,w:464,h:22},
{t:"wanted to build the bridge, not design the bridge.” ",p:16,x:1128,y:833,w:420,h:22},
{t:"After working construction again, Preston eventually",p:16,x:1154,y:857,w:435,h:22},
{t:"went to work for the City of Lompoc “they had benefits,”",p:16,x:1128,y:882,w:475,h:22},
{t:"his construction job did not. Taking the job with the city",p:16,x:1128,y:906,w:463,h:22},
{t:"began a comprehensive hands-on education into all things",p:16,x:1128,y:931,w:477,h:22},
{t:"public works. It would pave the way for Preston’s eventu-",p:16,x:1128,y:955,w:477,h:22},
{t:"al climb up ladder to supervisory positions.",p:16,x:1128,y:980,w:356,h:22},
{t:"Comprehensive on-the-job learning",p:16,x:1128,y:1004,w:372,h:27},
{t:"“I worked as a garbage man,” he said. Preston dis-",p:16,x:1161,y:1034,w:416,h:22},
{t:"liked it as first, but then found socializing, hanging off the",p:16,x:1128,y:1058,w:479,h:22},
{t:"back of a garbage truck to be fun. “After a year on that",p:16,x:1128,y:1083,w:453,h:22},
{t:"city job, I went through every single aspect of road main-",p:16,x:1128,y:1107,w:474,h:22},
{t:"tenance,” he said.",p:16,x:1128,y:1132,w:145,h:22},
{t:"During his 20 years at the City of Lompoc, Preston",p:16,x:1156,y:1156,w:421,h:22},
{t:"worked on sign crew, operated a striper machine, worked",p:16,x:1128,y:1181,w:471,h:22},
{t:"on a concrete crew, and was a paving machine operator -",p:16,x:1128,y:1205,w:468,h:22},
{t:"“we paved 30,000 tons a year with in-house people.” He",p:16,x:1128,y:1230,w:465,h:22},
{t:"was a heavy equipment operator. Like a mustang officer",p:16,x:1128,y:1254,w:462,h:22},
{t:"in the military, Preston worked his way up the public",p:16,x:1128,y:1279,w:436,h:22},
{t:"works ladder.",p:16,x:1128,y:1303,w:110,h:22},
{t:"“At the age of 30, I was the youngest superintendent in",p:16,x:1156,y:1328,w:454,h:22},
{t:"the state, in a town of 50,000 or over,” Preston said. “So, I",p:16,x:1128,y:1352,w:482,h:22},
{t:"had a lot of responsibility at the age of 30.”",p:16,x:1128,y:1377,w:358,h:22},
{t:"Preston thinks his work ethic and quick rise to leader-",p:16,x:1156,y:1401,w:444,h:22},
{t:"ship were, “The result of my adoption and coming to",p:16,x:1128,y:1426,w:436,h:22},
{t:"America, being taught that you could be anybody you",p:16,x:1128,y:1450,w:443,h:22},
{t:"wanted to be.What I learned  at a very young age, the",p:16,x:1128,y:1475,w:441,h:22},
{t:"harder you work, the more people notice it.",p:16,x:1128,y:1499,w:356,h:22},
{t:"“As I progressed through the ranks, I told myself I",p:16,x:1156,y:1524,w:416,h:22},
{t:"wanted to be a different (type) of supervisor than anyone I",p:16,x:1128,y:1548,w:480,h:22},
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{t:"Page 17 Both Sides of the Bridge June 2009",p:17,x:1200,y:1603,w:431,h:29},
{t:"had known. When I first started working in",p:17,x:204,y:823,w:355,h:22},
{t:"government, everything was a scare tactic.”",p:17,x:204,y:848,w:359,h:22},
{t:"To learn a different approach to being a",p:17,x:231,y:872,w:325,h:22},
{t:"boss, Preston bought “every book and tape I",p:17,x:204,y:897,w:364,h:22},
{t:"could find on positive reinforcement.”  Preston",p:17,x:204,y:921,w:386,h:22},
{t:"said he attempts to get the best possible per-",p:17,x:204,y:946,w:364,h:22},
{t:"formance from his employees, “but always in",p:17,x:204,y:970,w:374,h:22},
{t:"a positive way.” That approach, he said, has",p:17,x:204,y:995,w:361,h:22},
{t:"not only turned out better employees, but",p:17,x:204,y:1019,w:339,h:22},
{t:"helped people in their lives outside of work.",p:17,x:204,y:1044,w:363,h:22},
{t:"“Wives, brothers, fathers have called me to",p:17,x:204,y:1068,w:354,h:22},
{t:"say they don't know what I did, but whatever I",p:17,x:204,y:1093,w:383,h:22},
{t:"did helped --from overcoming a drinking",p:17,x:204,y:1117,w:339,h:22},
{t:"problem, to developing a better attitude,” he",p:17,x:204,y:1142,w:363,h:22},
{t:"said.",p:17,x:204,y:1166,w:37,h:22},
{t:"Next, Preston went work for the city of",p:17,x:232,y:1191,w:323,h:22},
{t:"Ventura, Calif.  At around 115,000 the popula-",p:17,x:204,y:1215,w:382,h:22},
{t:"tion was over double that Lompoc. ",p:17,x:204,y:1240,w:292,h:22},
{t:"“We had 286 signalized intersections,” he",p:17,x:232,y:1264,w:343,h:22},
{t:"said. “We had a crew almost similar to what",p:17,x:204,y:1289,w:363,h:22},
{t:"we have here, but we had half the lane miles. I",p:17,x:204,y:1313,w:384,h:22},
{t:"had more of the infrastructure (to supervise). I",p:17,x:204,y:1338,w:381,h:22},
{t:"had the concrete, sidewalks, curbs, gutters,",p:17,x:204,y:1362,w:352,h:22},
{t:"more a city-type environment.  Everything",p:17,x:204,y:1387,w:350,h:22},
{t:"there was compacted. We had 281 lane miles.”",p:17,x:204,y:1411,w:384,h:22},
{t:"He was there for five years.",p:17,x:204,y:1436,w:228,h:22},
{t:"Desiring a change and less of the California",p:17,x:226,y:1460,w:361,h:22},
{t:"metropolitan hustle-bustle, Preston took a pub-",p:17,x:204,y:1485,w:385,h:22},
{t:"lic works director job in Kansas, before com-",p:17,x:204,y:1509,w:373,h:22},
{t:"ing to Taney County,",p:17,x:204,y:1534,w:171,h:22},
{t:"Here, he supervises 85 employees and",p:17,x:232,y:1558,w:314,h:22},
{t:"three county maintenance barns. He office",p:17,x:646,y:822,w:348,h:22},
{t:"is in downtown Forsyth and Preston makes",p:17,x:646,y:846,w:354,h:22},
{t:"regular rounds to the maintenance barns",p:17,x:646,y:871,w:329,h:22},
{t:"and job sites.",p:17,x:646,y:895,w:108,h:22},
{t:"“I like to go to the job sites,” he said,",p:17,x:674,y:920,w:307,h:22},
{t:"“I like to go to the barns to get a feel for",p:17,x:646,y:944,w:333,h:22},
{t:"what’s going on, how’s the morale doing,",p:17,x:646,y:969,w:341,h:22},
{t:"what are the issues?”",p:17,x:646,y:993,w:173,h:22},
{t:"His employees have his home and cell",p:17,x:674,y:1018,w:316,h:22},
{t:"number and Preston is available 24/7.",p:17,x:646,y:1042,w:309,h:22},
{t:"At his office, it’s not uncommon for his",p:17,x:646,y:1067,w:326,h:22},
{t:"cell phone to constantly ring. Once a",p:17,x:646,y:1091,w:303,h:22},
{t:"week, his supervisors meet with him to",p:17,x:646,y:1116,w:322,h:22},
{t:"discuss any problems, plans, equipment",p:17,x:646,y:1140,w:326,h:22},
{t:"wants, needs and desires.",p:17,x:646,y:1165,w:207,h:22},
{t:"“I try to stay three to six months ahead",p:17,x:674,y:1189,w:320,h:22},
{t:"of the workforce,” he said.",p:17,x:646,y:1214,w:219,h:22},
{t:"Crews maintain some 600 miles of",p:17,x:674,y:1238,w:286,h:22},
{t:"road, 530 of those are chip sealed.",p:17,x:646,y:1263,w:282,h:22},
{t:"“We only have about 70 miles of grav-",p:17,x:674,y:1287,w:320,h:22},
{t:"el roads left in Taney County.” ",p:17,x:646,y:1312,w:257,h:22},
{t:"July will mark Preston’s two year",p:17,x:674,y:1336,w:276,h:22},
{t:"anniversary as the county road and bridge",p:17,x:646,y:1361,w:344,h:22},
{t:"administrator. Since his arrival, between",p:17,x:646,y:1385,w:330,h:22},
{t:"ice storms and floods, Taney County has",p:17,x:646,y:1410,w:334,h:22},
{t:"had four FEMA events. “That's unheard",p:17,x:646,y:1434,w:328,h:22},
{t:"of,” he said. “We still have people clean-",p:17,x:646,y:1459,w:337,h:22},
{t:"ing up from last year's ice storm.” ",p:17,x:646,y:1483,w:285,h:22},
{t:"Married, Preston and his wife enjoy",p:17,x:680,y:1508,w:295,h:22},
{t:"motorcycling through the Ozarks.",p:17,x:646,y:1532,w:277,h:22},
{t:"Page 18 Both Sides of the Bridge June  2009",p:18,x:169,y:1609,w:444,h:29},
{t:"EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS",p:18,x:243,y:384,w:373,h:31},
{t:"COMING TO TANEYCOUNTY",p:18,x:243,y:416,w:397,h:31},
{t:"Missouri’s Attorney General",p:18,x:281,y:447,w:319,h:29},
{t:"Chris Koster is saying loud and",p:18,x:243,y:475,w:360,h:29},
{t:"clear --NOT IN OUR STATE!",p:18,x:243,y:504,w:333,h:29},
{t:"Calling Sunshine Law violations “A",p:18,x:243,y:532,w:405,h:29},
{t:"slap in the face of democracy,” the",p:18,x:243,y:561,w:386,h:29},
{t:"Show Me State AG issued march-",p:18,x:243,y:590,w:382,h:29},
{t:"ing orders  for Public Education",p:18,x:243,y:618,w:363,h:29},
{t:"Director Tom Durkin to visit every",p:18,x:243,y:647,w:394,h:29},
{t:"county in Missouri and hold",p:18,x:243,y:675,w:322,h:29},
{t:"Sunshine Law educational meet-",p:18,x:243,y:704,w:373,h:29},
{t:"ings. It’s a tall order and Durkin",p:18,x:243,y:732,w:371,h:29},
{t:"has been traveling the state doing",p:18,x:243,y:761,w:388,h:29},
{t:"exactly that.",p:18,x:243,y:790,w:142,h:29},
{t:"We had an opportunity to",p:18,x:303,y:818,w:291,h:29},
{t:"attend one this month in",p:18,x:243,y:847,w:283,h:29},
{t:"Springfield. Sponsored by the",p:18,x:243,y:875,w:336,h:29},
{t:"University of Missouri Extension",p:18,x:713,y:385,w:376,h:29},
{t:"Office. The staff did an excellent job",p:18,x:713,y:413,w:410,h:29},
{t:"accommodating the large turnout",p:18,x:713,y:442,w:380,h:29},
{t:"that included attendees from local",p:18,x:713,y:471,w:389,h:29},
{t:"government offices, law enforce-",p:18,x:713,y:499,w:365,h:29},
{t:"ment, media, private business and",p:18,x:713,y:528,w:392,h:29},
{t:"everyday citizens wanting to stayed",p:18,x:713,y:556,w:407,h:29},
{t:"informed.",p:18,x:713,y:585,w:108,h:29},
{t:"Similar informational meetings",p:18,x:751,y:613,w:358,h:29},
{t:"are planned for Taney County this",p:18,x:713,y:642,w:392,h:29},
{t:"summer, and it is time well spent",p:18,x:713,y:671,w:382,h:29},
{t:"for anyone desiring to learn about",p:18,x:713,y:699,w:387,h:29},
{t:"Missouri’s Sunshine Law governing",p:18,x:713,y:728,w:405,h:29},
{t:"the state’s open meetings and",p:18,x:713,y:756,w:337,h:29},
{t:"records law.",p:18,x:713,y:785,w:134,h:29},
{t:"Whether you are unfamiliar with",p:18,x:751,y:814,w:378,h:29},
{t:"the law, need a good refresher, or",p:18,x:713,y:842,w:377,h:29},
{t:"seek an authoritative clarification of",p:18,x:713,y:871,w:414,h:29},
{t:"specific applications of the law, the",p:18,x:717,y:899,w:396,h:29},
{t:"educational meetings are a perfect",p:18,x:717,y:928,w:392,h:29},
{t:"opportunity to sharpen your knowl-",p:18,x:717,y:956,w:405,h:29},
{t:"edge base.",p:18,x:717,y:985,w:116,h:29},
{t:"Durkin’s background as a teacher",p:18,x:747,y:1014,w:383,h:29},
{t:"serves him well in his post, and his",p:18,x:717,y:1042,w:402,h:29},
{t:"quick-witted personality keeps the",p:18,x:717,y:1071,w:393,h:29},
{t:"session from becoming anything",p:18,x:717,y:1099,w:365,h:29},
{t:"close to pedantic, boring or overly",p:18,x:717,y:1128,w:382,h:29},
{t:"complicated. ",p:18,x:717,y:1157,w:148,h:29},
{t:"The meetings are structured so",p:18,x:755,y:1185,w:356,h:29},
{t:"that a portion of the seminar is",p:18,x:717,y:1214,w:356,h:29},
{t:"spent on Durkin’s presentation,",p:18,x:717,y:1242,w:359,h:29},
{t:"then opens up for questions and",p:18,x:717,y:1271,w:365,h:29},
{t:"discussion. He covers a complex",p:18,x:717,y:1299,w:362,h:29},
{t:"subject in a clear and straight for-",p:18,x:717,y:1328,w:389,h:29},
{t:"ward manner. Whether you are con-",p:18,x:717,y:1357,w:410,h:29},
{t:"ducting public meetings ",p:18,x:717,y:1385,w:279,h:29},
{t:"covered by the Sunshine Law, or",p:18,x:717,y:1414,w:370,h:29},
{t:"are a citizen trying obtain public",p:18,x:717,y:1442,w:372,h:29},
{t:"information,  you should come away",p:18,x:717,y:1471,w:410,h:29},
{t:"understanding your rights, but also",p:18,x:717,y:1500,w:405,h:29},
{t:"be less likely to enter into a need-",p:18,x:713,y:1528,w:385,h:29},
{t:"Missouri Attorney General ",p:18,x:314,y:1525,w:261,h:22},
{t:"Chris Koster",p:18,x:380,y:1550,w:123,h:22},
{t:"Page 19 Both Sides of the Bridge June 2009",p:19,x:1201,y:1605,w:438,h:29},
{t:"Tom Durkin",p:19,x:303,y:675,w:112,h:22},
{t:"Missouri AG Office",p:19,x:267,y:700,w:184,h:22},
{t:"Public Education Director",p:19,x:234,y:724,w:250,h:22},
{t:"less confrontation, an",p:19,x:194,y:762,w:245,h:29},
{t:"embarrassing moment of",p:19,x:194,y:791,w:283,h:29},
{t:"misconception, or court",p:19,x:194,y:820,w:264,h:29},
{t:"action that could have",p:19,x:194,y:848,w:252,h:29},
{t:"been avoided.",p:19,x:194,y:877,w:154,h:29},
{t:"Durkin covers rules for",p:19,x:232,y:905,w:263,h:29},
{t:"requesting public records,",p:19,x:194,y:934,w:293,h:29},
{t:"costs that may be associ-",p:19,x:194,y:963,w:282,h:29},
{t:"ated with those requests,",p:19,x:194,y:991,w:286,h:29},
{t:"types of meetings that can",p:19,x:194,y:1020,w:300,h:29},
{t:"be closed to the public and",p:19,x:194,y:1048,w:301,h:29},
{t:"the records that can be",p:19,x:194,y:1077,w:262,h:29},
{t:"withheld under the law.",p:19,x:194,y:1105,w:271,h:29},
{t:"Dates for the seminars",p:19,x:232,y:1134,w:260,h:29},
{t:"will be announced. For",p:19,x:194,y:1163,w:259,h:29},
{t:"more information call ",p:19,x:194,y:1191,w:253,h:29},
{t:"573-751-8843.",p:19,x:194,y:1220,w:159,h:29},
{t:"Access the State of",p:19,x:223,y:1248,w:214,h:29},
{t:"Missouri Attorney",p:19,x:194,y:1277,w:205,h:29},
{t:"General’s website at",p:19,x:194,y:1306,w:230,h:29},
{t:"http://ago.mo.gov/sun-",p:19,x:194,y:1334,w:250,h:29},
{t:"shinelaw/",p:19,x:194,y:1363,w:108,h:29},
{t:"The site also contains",p:19,x:232,y:1391,w:247,h:29},
{t:"a link to frequently asked",p:19,x:194,y:1420,w:293,h:29},
{t:"questions about the",p:19,x:194,y:1448,w:223,h:29},
{t:"Sunshine Law. ",p:19,x:194,y:1477,w:175,h:29},
{t:"Page 20 Both Sides of the Bridge June  2009",p:20,x:167,y:1607,w:444,h:29},
{t:"From Harry Styron’s online magazine",p:20,x:167,y:177,w:775,h:54},
{t:"Insightful thoughts about",p:20,x:207,y:231,w:800,h:81},
{t:"our tourist-based economy",p:20,x:207,y:319,w:839,h:81},
{t:"Styron is with the law firm of Styron & Shilling in",p:20,x:697,y:482,w:417,h:22},
{t:"Branson representing land developers of residential,",p:20,x:669,y:506,w:427,h:22},
{t:"commercial and resort real estate; small municipalities;",p:20,x:669,y:531,w:454,h:22},
{t:"and a variety of businesses and individuals engaged in",p:20,x:669,y:555,w:447,h:22},
{t:"manufacturing, real estate brokerage, banking, sales",p:20,x:669,y:580,w:426,h:22},
{t:"and marketing, tourism, resort management, and web",p:20,x:669,y:604,w:437,h:22},
{t:"commerce.",p:20,x:886,y:629,w:90,h:22},
{t:"Considering that long",p:20,x:925,y:653,w:177,h:22},
{t:"freight-train like string of",p:20,x:886,y:678,w:209,h:22},
{t:"clients and Styron’s longtime",p:20,x:886,y:702,w:239,h:22},
{t:"involvement with the area’s",p:20,x:886,y:727,w:227,h:22},
{t:"economic movers and shak-",p:20,x:886,y:751,w:230,h:22},
{t:"ers, we thought his observa-",p:20,x:886,y:776,w:231,h:22},
{t:"tions on our tourist-based",p:20,x:886,y:800,w:209,h:22},
{t:"economy were particularly",p:20,x:886,y:825,w:219,h:22},
{t:"credible and worth passing",p:20,x:886,y:849,w:220,h:22},
{t:"along. Here is Harry’s piece,",p:20,x:886,y:874,w:235,h:22},
{t:"reprinted with permission",p:20,x:886,y:898,w:210,h:22},
{t:"from",p:20,x:886,y:923,w:39,h:22},
{t:"(www.styronobserver.com) --",p:20,x:886,y:947,w:241,h:22},
{t:"link to Harry’s blog:",p:20,x:886,y:972,w:167,h:22},
{t:"http://olp09.wordpress.com",p:20,x:886,y:997,w:202,h:20},
{t:"\"Ozarks Law & Economy\" blog ",p:20,x:886,y:1019,w:242,h:20},
{t:"Is Tourism Impoverishing? ",p:20,x:886,y:1065,w:242,h:22},
{t:"by Harry Styron. ",p:20,x:886,y:1090,w:108,h:15},
{t:"Many community leaders",p:20,x:914,y:1106,w:209,h:22},
{t:"are jealous of the sales tax",p:20,x:886,y:1131,w:217,h:22},
{t:"revenue and economic activi-",p:20,x:886,y:1155,w:242,h:22},
{t:"ty generated by tourism.",p:20,x:886,y:1180,w:200,h:22},
{t:"They wish that their own",p:20,x:886,y:1204,w:206,h:22},
{t:"communities had some of",p:20,x:886,y:1229,w:211,h:22},
{t:"what Branson and other",p:20,x:886,y:1253,w:196,h:22},
{t:"tourist towns have (the",p:20,x:886,y:1278,w:188,h:22},
{t:"municipal revenue, the per-",p:20,x:886,y:1302,w:226,h:22},
{t:"ceived business opportuni-",p:20,x:886,y:1327,w:219,h:22},
{t:"ties, and options for shop-",p:20,x:886,y:1351,w:214,h:22},
{t:"ping, dining, entertainment",p:20,x:886,y:1376,w:222,h:22},
{t:"and outdoor activities), but",p:20,x:886,y:1400,w:221,h:22},
{t:"not the other stuff (the sea-",p:20,x:886,y:1425,w:222,h:22},
{t:"sonal economy, the high per-",p:20,x:886,y:1449,w:238,h:22},
{t:"centage of residents who",p:20,x:886,y:1474,w:203,h:22},
{t:"move in and move out, the",p:20,x:886,y:1498,w:220,h:22},
{t:"number of business failures,",p:20,x:886,y:1523,w:231,h:22},
{t:"the constant need to expand",p:20,x:886,y:1547,w:228,h:22},
{t:"schools, the high sales taxes, the traffic snarls, the",p:20,x:1185,y:838,w:411,h:22},
{t:"disorder of constant construction projects, etc.).",p:20,x:1185,y:862,w:391,h:22},
{t:"Living and working in Branson has been good",p:20,x:1213,y:887,w:381,h:22},
{t:"for me and my family. I’ve been able to develop a",p:20,x:1185,y:911,w:412,h:22},
{t:"law practice that is largely limited to real estate,",p:20,x:1185,y:936,w:395,h:22},
{t:"construction, and local government issues. My wife",p:20,x:1185,y:960,w:424,h:22},
{t:"has been able to work in a well-managed school",p:20,x:1185,y:985,w:396,h:22},
{t:"system with nice physical facilities. Our children",p:20,x:1185,y:1009,w:402,h:22},
{t:"have been able to build on the basic public educa-",p:20,x:1185,y:1034,w:412,h:22},
{t:"tion they received in Branson and pursue higher",p:20,x:1185,y:1058,w:395,h:22},
{t:"education elsewhere. We enjoy the proximity of",p:20,x:1185,y:1083,w:393,h:22},
{t:"national forests and clean streams. We have",p:20,x:1185,y:1107,w:358,h:22},
{t:"received excellent medical care. Still, when I try to",p:20,x:1185,y:1132,w:419,h:22},
{t:"sort out what the economic development priorities",p:20,x:1185,y:1156,w:413,h:22},
{t:"should be for Branson or any other community in",p:20,x:1185,y:1181,w:407,h:22},
{t:"the Ozarks, I’m finding that promotion of tourism",p:20,x:1185,y:1205,w:410,h:22},
{t:"is not at the top of my list.",p:20,x:1185,y:1230,w:217,h:22},
{t:"When I look around me–whether at a checkout",p:20,x:1212,y:1254,w:386,h:22},
{t:"line at the grocery store or convenience store or in",p:20,x:1185,y:1279,w:414,h:22},
{t:"the halls of the courthouse–I’m struck by the",p:20,x:1185,y:1303,w:369,h:22},
{t:"impoverished appearance of many of those I see. I",p:20,x:1185,y:1328,w:415,h:22},
{t:"think why so many? In other parts of the Ozarks,",p:20,x:1185,y:1352,w:403,h:22},
{t:"outside the tourism centers, I don’t see so many",p:20,x:1185,y:1377,w:393,h:22},
{t:"people, poor-looking or otherwise, or quite so",p:20,x:1185,y:1401,w:376,h:22},
{t:"much activity. I wonder if less tourism is preferable",p:20,x:1185,y:1426,w:425,h:22},
{t:"to more. When I see the massive tax-supported",p:20,x:1185,y:1450,w:386,h:22},
{t:"investment in and around Branson in roads, utili-",p:20,x:1185,y:1475,w:403,h:22},
{t:"ties, shopping centers, and the convention center, I",p:20,x:1185,y:1499,w:416,h:22},
{t:"wonder what the local government options should",p:20,x:1185,y:1524,w:411,h:22},
{t:"be for protecting the public’s investment in these",p:20,x:1185,y:1548,w:402,h:22},
{t:"Branson Attorney Harry Styron and his family have",p:20,x:198,y:484,w:425,h:22},
{t:"created a new online magazine, The Styron Observer",p:20,x:167,y:508,w:434,h:22},
{t:"and Commercial Appeal. Considering the abundant pre-",p:20,x:167,y:533,w:459,h:22},
{t:"occupation with local economic stimulus and develop-",p:20,x:167,y:557,w:448,h:22},
{t:"ment, a piece Styron wrote for the magazine should",p:20,x:167,y:582,w:425,h:22},
{t:"grab some attention.",p:20,x:167,y:606,w:167,h:22},
{t:"Page 21 Both Sides of the Bridge June 2009",p:21,x:1199,y:1603,w:438,h:29},
{t:"facilities and obtaining the benefits that these",p:21,x:211,y:181,w:372,h:22},
{t:"projects were intended to provide.",p:21,x:211,y:205,w:280,h:22},
{t:"From the back of my mind, the term “sunk-",p:21,x:239,y:230,w:359,h:22},
{t:"cost fallacy” keeps pinging. Our local leaders face",p:21,x:211,y:254,w:414,h:22},
{t:"very difficult choices regarding which facilities",p:21,x:211,y:279,w:389,h:22},
{t:"local governments can continue to support and",p:21,x:211,y:303,w:384,h:22},
{t:"how to allocate the support that is available. I",p:21,x:211,y:328,w:375,h:22},
{t:"admire them for rising to the challenges and vol-",p:21,x:211,y:352,w:402,h:22},
{t:"unteering their energies. My view is that we’ve",p:21,x:211,y:377,w:388,h:22},
{t:"spiraled too widely in promoting tourism and",p:21,x:211,y:401,w:372,h:22},
{t:"chasing sales tax revenues, trying to protect the",p:21,x:211,y:426,w:390,h:22},
{t:"costs that we’ve sunk into tourism by taking on",p:21,x:211,y:450,w:390,h:22},
{t:"additional projects. The last big TIF projects",p:21,x:211,y:475,w:365,h:22},
{t:"(Branson Landing and the Branson Hills commer-",p:21,x:211,y:499,w:412,h:22},
{t:"cial area) seem to be to sucking revenues from",p:21,x:211,y:524,w:383,h:22},
{t:"retailers and others outside the TIF district and",p:21,x:211,y:548,w:384,h:22},
{t:"have created large continuing fixed costs in infra-",p:21,x:211,y:573,w:408,h:22},
{t:"structure and marketing.",p:21,x:211,y:597,w:200,h:22},
{t:"We have also increased the population, first in",p:21,x:239,y:622,w:380,h:22},
{t:"construction workers, then in service workers,",p:21,x:211,y:646,w:379,h:22},
{t:"even though this kind of development appears to",p:21,x:211,y:671,w:401,h:22},
{t:"be impoverishing and puts us relatively behind",p:21,x:211,y:695,w:385,h:22},
{t:"other areas according to a 2003 report from the",p:21,x:211,y:720,w:388,h:22},
{t:"Missouri Department of Economic Development’s",p:21,x:211,y:744,w:414,h:22},
{t:"Missouri Economic Research and Information",p:21,x:211,y:769,w:379,h:22},
{t:"Center (MERIC). This report indicates that aver-",p:21,x:211,y:793,w:401,h:22},
{t:"age wages paid to tourism workers amounted to",p:21,x:211,y:818,w:394,h:22},
{t:"68% of the average wages for all workers in the",p:21,x:211,y:842,w:395,h:22},
{t:"Springfield region (which includes Branson and",p:21,x:211,y:867,w:394,h:22},
{t:"the Table Rock Lake area). In other words, the",p:21,x:211,y:891,w:383,h:22},
{t:"larger the tourism sector in a local economy, the",p:21,x:211,y:916,w:396,h:22},
{t:"larger the number of poor people, many of whom",p:21,x:211,y:940,w:406,h:22},
{t:"come from elsewhere to take low-skill, low-wage",p:21,x:211,y:965,w:407,h:22},
{t:"jobs. With the population growth, we have to",p:21,x:211,y:989,w:371,h:22},
{t:"expand our school facilities and operating costs,",p:21,x:211,y:1014,w:396,h:22},
{t:"and our medical providers have to treat more",p:21,x:211,y:1038,w:370,h:22},
{t:"uninsured people. Next, another MERIC report",p:21,x:211,y:1063,w:387,h:22},
{t:"“Target Missouri 3,” doesn’t identify tourism as a",p:21,x:211,y:1087,w:408,h:22},
{t:"priority but includes this key finding:",p:21,x:211,y:1112,w:307,h:22},
{t:"A common practice in economic development is to",p:21,x:239,y:1138,w:372,h:20},
{t:"craft public policies to support an economy’s “target",p:21,x:211,y:1161,w:391,h:20},
{t:"industries”. It is assumed by policy makers that public",p:21,x:211,y:1183,w:404,h:20},
{t:"investments in these target industries will create eco-",p:21,x:211,y:1205,w:393,h:20},
{t:"nomic growth and wealth for the region. Although this",p:21,x:211,y:1227,w:402,h:20},
{t:"development approach is supported by a segment of",p:21,x:211,y:1249,w:384,h:20},
{t:"economic theory, oftentimes the methods used to identi-",p:21,x:211,y:1271,w:411,h:20},
{t:"fy target industries are simplistic and politically driven.",p:21,x:211,y:1293,w:412,h:20},
{t:"When targeted industries are identified using political",p:21,x:211,y:1315,w:399,h:20},
{t:"rather than empirical justifications, development agen-",p:21,x:211,y:1337,w:408,h:20},
{t:"cies run the risk of investing scare resources into",p:21,x:211,y:1359,w:362,h:20},
{t:"groups of industries that will produce little to no eco-",p:21,x:211,y:1381,w:396,h:20},
{t:"nomic benefits.",p:21,x:211,y:1403,w:111,h:20},
{t:"Our current local political leaders are not",p:21,x:239,y:1425,w:338,h:22},
{t:"responsible for creating the situation that we’re in.",p:21,x:211,y:1450,w:415,h:22},
{t:"As they make difficult choices during an especial-",p:21,x:211,y:1474,w:413,h:22},
{t:"ly difficult time, we should support them in mak-",p:21,x:211,y:1499,w:405,h:22},
{t:"ing choices that may not seem politically expedi-",p:21,x:211,y:1523,w:404,h:22},
{t:"ent, if those choices are based on careful analysis.",p:21,x:211,y:1548,w:411,h:22},
{t:"Blog Harry Styron at http://olp09.wordpress.com ",p:21,x:730,y:179,w:767,h:40},
{t:"His law firm website is: www.styronlaw.com",p:21,x:730,y:223,w:666,h:40},
{t:"Page 22 Both Sides of the Bridge June 2009",p:22,x:168,y:1609,w:438,h:29},
{t:"brother's spine (subluxation)",p:22,x:781,y:309,w:219,h:21},
{t:"was putting pressure on the",p:22,x:781,y:332,w:211,h:21},
{t:"nerves  going to his bladder,",p:22,x:781,y:770,w:219,h:21},
{t:"causing a lack of communica-",p:22,x:781,y:793,w:232,h:21},
{t:"A Doctor's Confession to the Branson Residents",p:22,x:321,y:144,w:1108,h:136},
{t:"Dear Friends,",p:22,x:167,y:309,w:104,h:21},
{t:"Confessions are tough, yet",p:22,x:193,y:332,w:205,h:21},
{t:"they often help promote a better",p:22,x:167,y:355,w:248,h:21},
{t:"understanding by erasing miscon-",p:22,x:167,y:378,w:261,h:21},
{t:"ceptions.  I want t to tell you a",p:22,x:167,y:401,w:236,h:21},
{t:"story, and confession that I have.",p:22,x:167,y:425,w:254,h:21},
{t:"My story is that as a small",p:22,x:188,y:448,w:204,h:21},
{t:"child I was considered \"hyper\".  I",p:22,x:167,y:471,w:259,h:21},
{t:"had a speech impediment and",p:22,x:167,y:494,w:228,h:21},
{t:"regularly had some type of ear",p:22,x:167,y:517,w:236,h:21},
{t:"infection, cold or flu.  My family",p:22,x:167,y:540,w:256,h:21},
{t:"always used the \"traditional\"",p:22,x:167,y:563,w:222,h:21},
{t:"form of medicine for treating any",p:22,x:167,y:586,w:258,h:21},
{t:"and all health ailments that we",p:22,x:167,y:609,w:236,h:21},
{t:"had.  By no means were we fre-",p:22,x:167,y:632,w:247,h:21},
{t:"quently running to the medical",p:22,x:167,y:655,w:237,h:21},
{t:"Doctor, yet we thought that",p:22,x:167,y:678,w:211,h:21},
{t:"everything that was wrong with",p:22,x:167,y:701,w:244,h:21},
{t:"our health was \"normal\", with",p:22,x:167,y:724,w:232,h:21},
{t:"one exception.  My older brother",p:22,x:167,y:747,w:255,h:21},
{t:"wet the bed.  What was as a small",p:22,x:167,y:770,w:263,h:21},
{t:"child considered a minor problem",p:22,x:167,y:793,w:260,h:21},
{t:"became very embarrassing for",p:22,x:465,y:309,w:233,h:21},
{t:"him as he became older.  ",p:22,x:465,y:332,w:197,h:21},
{t:"We tried the",p:22,x:496,y:355,w:94,h:21},
{t:"\"traditional\" routes",p:22,x:465,y:378,w:146,h:21},
{t:"of medication, and",p:22,x:465,y:401,w:144,h:21},
{t:"the old adage that he",p:22,x:465,y:425,w:160,h:21},
{t:"would grow out of it",p:22,x:465,y:448,w:159,h:21},
{t:"was not true either.",p:22,x:465,y:471,w:147,h:21},
{t:"After years of frus-",p:22,x:465,y:494,w:149,h:21},
{t:"tration a friend rec-",p:22,x:465,y:517,w:150,h:21},
{t:"ommended that we",p:22,x:465,y:540,w:147,h:21},
{t:"try a chiropractor.",p:22,x:465,y:563,w:137,h:21},
{t:"My parents were",p:22,x:465,y:586,w:129,h:21},
{t:"skeptical, but des-",p:22,x:465,y:609,w:140,h:21},
{t:"perate.  We went to",p:22,x:465,y:632,w:149,h:21},
{t:"the chiropractor who",p:22,x:465,y:655,w:160,h:21},
{t:"did a thorough neu-",p:22,x:465,y:678,w:152,h:21},
{t:"rological evaluation,",p:22,x:465,y:701,w:158,h:21},
{t:"and x-rayed his",p:22,x:465,y:724,w:119,h:21},
{t:"spine.  He showed",p:22,x:465,y:747,w:142,h:21},
{t:"my parents the x-rays and",p:22,x:465,y:770,w:200,h:21},
{t:"explained that the rotation in my",p:22,x:465,y:793,w:252,h:21},
{t:"tion to flow between his brain",p:22,x:1082,y:309,w:232,h:21},
{t:"and his bladder. (Much like",p:22,x:1082,y:332,w:212,h:21},
{t:"stepping on a garden",p:22,x:1149,y:355,w:160,h:21},
{t:"hose and cutting off the",p:22,x:1149,y:378,w:182,h:21},
{t:"water supply to the gar-",p:22,x:1149,y:401,w:184,h:21},
{t:"den will ultimately",p:22,x:1149,y:425,w:145,h:21},
{t:"cause the garden to",p:22,x:1149,y:448,w:149,h:21},
{t:"whither and spoil.)  My",p:22,x:1149,y:471,w:182,h:21},
{t:"brother then received",p:22,x:1149,y:494,w:164,h:21},
{t:"his first chiropractic",p:22,x:1149,y:517,w:155,h:21},
{t:"adjustment.  After a",p:22,x:1149,y:540,w:152,h:21},
{t:"few adjustments he no",p:22,x:1149,y:563,w:173,h:21},
{t:"longer wet the bed!",p:22,x:1149,y:586,w:150,h:21},
{t:"Releasing the pressure",p:22,x:1149,y:609,w:173,h:21},
{t:"on the nervous system",p:22,x:1149,y:632,w:172,h:21},
{t:"(taking your foot off",p:22,x:1149,y:655,w:158,h:21},
{t:"the hose), had allowed",p:22,x:1149,y:678,w:174,h:21},
{t:"his body to heal itself",p:22,x:1149,y:701,w:167,h:21},
{t:"without the need for",p:22,x:1149,y:724,w:156,h:21},
{t:"medical intervention.  I",p:22,x:1135,y:747,w:180,h:21},
{t:"later learned that chiropractic",p:22,x:1082,y:770,w:226,h:21},
{t:"adjustments could help the body",p:22,x:1082,y:793,w:250,h:21},
{t:"heal from many different symp-",p:22,x:1372,y:309,w:246,h:21},
{t:"toms by removing the interfer-",p:22,x:1372,y:332,w:237,h:21},
{t:"ence to the organs or body",p:22,x:1372,y:355,w:205,h:21},
{t:"parts…. it wasn't just for help-",p:22,x:1372,y:378,w:236,h:21},
{t:"ing kids with bed-wetting like I",p:22,x:1372,y:401,w:243,h:21},
{t:"thought as a kid. ",p:22,x:1372,y:425,w:133,h:21},
{t:"I later became a wellness",p:22,x:1398,y:448,w:194,h:21},
{t:"chiropractor and realized that",p:22,x:1372,y:471,w:226,h:21},
{t:"the health problems I had as a",p:22,x:1372,y:494,w:232,h:21},
{t:"\"normal\" child could have been",p:22,x:1372,y:517,w:244,h:21},
{t:"helped and possibly eliminated,",p:22,x:1372,y:540,w:244,h:21},
{t:"as I have helped children and",p:22,x:1372,y:563,w:226,h:21},
{t:"adults of all ages overcome a",p:22,x:1372,y:586,w:225,h:21},
{t:"near endless array of symp-",p:22,x:1372,y:609,w:214,h:21},
{t:"toms.  My confession is this; I",p:22,x:1372,y:632,w:234,h:21},
{t:"helped them, never healed",p:22,x:1372,y:655,w:202,h:21},
{t:"them.  A power much greater",p:22,x:1372,y:678,w:225,h:21},
{t:"than me does all of the healing.",p:22,x:1372,y:701,w:243,h:21},
{t:"I simply remove the spinal",p:22,x:1372,y:724,w:206,h:21},
{t:"interferences that are prevent-",p:22,x:1372,y:747,w:231,h:21},
{t:"ing their bodies from function-",p:22,x:1372,y:770,w:238,h:21},
{t:"ing correctly in the first place-",p:22,x:1372,y:793,w:235,h:21},
{t:"and their health is naturally",p:22,x:1372,y:816,w:211,h:21},
{t:"restored.",p:22,x:1372,y:839,w:66,h:21},
{t:"We have come to a time",p:22,x:1398,y:862,w:186,h:21},
{t:"when we absolutely should not",p:22,x:1372,y:885,w:239,h:21},
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{t:"Page 23 Both Sides of the Bridge June  2009",p:23,x:1190,y:1609,w:444,h:29},
{t:"It all started with the idea of donut",p:23,x:239,y:601,w:333,h:21},
{t:"holes. Not the little round pieces of dough",p:23,x:210,y:627,w:403,h:21},
{t:"extracted with loving care from the center",p:23,x:210,y:653,w:399,h:21},
{t:"of a donut, deep fired and sold as a bite-",p:23,x:210,y:680,w:386,h:21},
{t:"sized delicacy. I'm talking about circular",p:23,x:210,y:706,w:382,h:21},
{t:"space, the actual round mass of atmospher-",p:23,x:210,y:732,w:414,h:21},
{t:"ic pressure in the middle of a donut. The",p:23,x:210,y:758,w:388,h:21},
{t:"type you can look through.",p:23,x:210,y:784,w:258,h:21},
{t:"If I could afford analysis, I'd probably",p:23,x:239,y:810,w:360,h:21},
{t:"put the idea off on my old man, blame my",p:23,x:210,y:836,w:404,h:21},
{t:"father for it. You see, he was fond of donut",p:23,x:210,y:863,w:407,h:21},
{t:"shops. One in particular we patronized had",p:23,x:210,y:889,w:415,h:21},
{t:"a caricature of a jolly baker on the wall,",p:23,x:210,y:915,w:375,h:21},
{t:"holding up a donut like the Holy Grail.",p:23,x:210,y:941,w:374,h:21},
{t:"Around the caricature were the words \"As",p:23,x:210,y:967,w:404,h:21},
{t:"You Ramble Through Life, Keep Your Eye",p:23,x:210,y:993,w:399,h:21},
{t:"Upon the Donut and Not Upon the Hole\" -",p:23,x:210,y:1019,w:408,h:21},
{t:"or something pretty close to those words.",p:23,x:210,y:1046,w:394,h:21},
{t:"Donut wisdom.",p:23,x:210,y:1072,w:148,h:21},
{t:"My father was an eye doctor whose pas-",p:23,x:239,y:1098,w:384,h:21},
{t:"sions included fishing and travel, and I was",p:23,x:210,y:1124,w:416,h:21},
{t:"frequently by his side. Fishing always",p:23,x:210,y:1150,w:360,h:21},
{t:"involved a road trip around the Great",p:23,x:210,y:1176,w:360,h:21},
{t:"Lakes Region of my childhood. Sometimes",p:23,x:210,y:1203,w:406,h:21},
{t:"driving far north into Canada where roads",p:23,x:210,y:1229,w:407,h:21},
{t:"ended and travel to fishing camps was",p:23,x:210,y:1255,w:367,h:21},
{t:"accomplished by boat. It was land inhabit-",p:23,x:210,y:1281,w:404,h:21},
{t:"ed by wolves and loons.",p:23,x:210,y:1307,w:230,h:21},
{t:"We were trolling fishermen, the eye doc-",p:23,x:239,y:1333,w:386,h:21},
{t:"tor disdaining fishing from shore, docks or",p:23,x:210,y:1359,w:408,h:21},
{t:"bridges for shrimpy-sized prey. We were",p:23,x:210,y:1386,w:387,h:21},
{t:"our own version of Captain Ahab, stalking",p:23,x:210,y:1412,w:406,h:21},
{t:"fresh water behemoths, in deep water from",p:23,x:210,y:1438,w:411,h:21},
{t:"moving boats, in search of fierce-looking",p:23,x:210,y:1464,w:387,h:21},
{t:"Muskellunge or Northern Pike with razor-",p:23,x:210,y:1490,w:404,h:21},
{t:"sharp teeth.",p:23,x:210,y:1516,w:111,h:21},
{t:"The \"Doc\" as friends and family called",p:23,x:239,y:1543,w:365,h:21},
{t:"him, would travel any distance, rough any",p:23,x:210,y:1569,w:405,h:21},
{t:"country, construct any bait-looking con-",p:23,x:700,y:600,w:379,h:21},
{t:"traptions in anticipation of landing the",p:23,x:700,y:626,w:368,h:21},
{t:"\"big one\".",p:23,x:700,y:652,w:91,h:21},
{t:"PRACTICAL JOKER",p:23,x:707,y:705,w:234,h:24},
{t:"He possessed two personality traits I",p:23,x:729,y:735,w:351,h:21},
{t:"remember most, a dry, practical joker's",p:23,x:700,y:761,w:368,h:21},
{t:"sense of humor, and an absolute fearless-",p:23,x:700,y:787,w:392,h:21},
{t:"ness in confronting new people and expe-",p:23,x:700,y:813,w:398,h:21},
{t:"riences.",p:23,x:700,y:839,w:71,h:21},
{t:"In those days, my mother had a full-",p:23,x:729,y:865,w:348,h:21},
{t:"length coat made from squirrel or rabbit",p:23,x:700,y:891,w:383,h:21},
{t:"or some other lowly varmint. It was a",p:23,x:700,y:918,w:358,h:21},
{t:"poorer person's version of mink coat",p:23,x:700,y:944,w:348,h:21},
{t:"glamorized by Hollywood films. Fur coats",p:23,x:700,y:970,w:403,h:21},
{t:"were in style then, and the wearer suffered",p:23,x:700,y:996,w:408,h:21},
{t:"no danger of drowning in ketchup, red",p:23,x:700,y:1022,w:372,h:21},
{t:"paint, or public lynching.",p:23,x:700,y:1048,w:240,h:21},
{t:"One night, I caught the Doc with his",p:23,x:729,y:1075,w:347,h:21},
{t:"head in our hall closet snipping some fur",p:23,x:700,y:1101,w:391,h:21},
{t:"from the inside of the coat. He held a fin-",p:23,x:700,y:1127,w:393,h:21},
{t:"ger to his lips, and I kept quiet as a church",p:23,x:700,y:1153,w:405,h:21},
{t:"mouse, wondering what he was up to.",p:23,x:700,y:1179,w:365,h:21},
{t:"Down in our basement, he cemented",p:23,x:729,y:1205,w:350,h:21},
{t:"the fur onto a worn, old Muskie plug and",p:23,x:700,y:1231,w:396,h:21},
{t:"stuck the invention into his tackle box.",p:23,x:700,y:1258,w:367,h:21},
{t:"Later in the season, when he landed a",p:23,x:729,y:1284,w:360,h:21},
{t:"trophy-sized Muskie and we'd docked,",p:23,x:700,y:1310,w:371,h:21},
{t:"someone asked, \"What'd ya catch'em on?\"",p:23,x:700,y:1336,w:398,h:21},
{t:"The Doc opened his tackle box, which",p:23,x:729,y:1362,w:361,h:21},
{t:"to me looked as big as a plumber's tool-",p:23,x:700,y:1388,w:379,h:21},
{t:"box, and rummaged around. He pulled",p:23,x:700,y:1414,w:375,h:21},
{t:"out the varmint fur fish lure, and held it",p:23,x:700,y:1441,w:382,h:21},
{t:"up. The thing had never felt moisture",p:23,x:700,y:1467,w:357,h:21},
{t:"from a raindrop, let alone a river or lake.",p:23,x:700,y:1493,w:389,h:21},
{t:"Fishermen studied it with amazement.",p:23,x:700,y:1519,w:367,h:21},
{t:"\"What is it?\" a fellow behemoth-catcher",p:23,x:729,y:1545,w:375,h:21},
{t:"asked.",p:23,x:700,y:1571,w:60,h:21},
{t:"\"Secret,\" the Doc said, poker-faced, and",p:23,x:1201,y:600,w:373,h:21},
{t:"put the thing away.",p:23,x:1171,y:627,w:183,h:21},
{t:"AN EXERCISE IN PATIENCE",p:23,x:1171,y:679,w:333,h:24},
{t:"Fishing and travel filled my summer",p:23,x:1201,y:709,w:349,h:21},
{t:"memories. Travel, to the eye doctor, was",p:23,x:1171,y:735,w:382,h:21},
{t:"never a means to an end, a way to get from",p:23,x:1171,y:761,w:412,h:21},
{t:"point A to point B. It was an exercise in",p:23,x:1171,y:787,w:373,h:21},
{t:"patience for the family, which included my",p:23,x:1171,y:813,w:409,h:21},
{t:"mother and younger brother.",p:23,x:1171,y:840,w:276,h:21},
{t:"Motoring with the Doc was like being",p:23,x:1201,y:866,w:360,h:21},
{t:"driven to Wonderland by the Mad Hatter.",p:23,x:1171,y:892,w:397,h:21},
{t:"The Doc satiated himself with the road, as",p:23,x:1171,y:918,w:401,h:21},
{t:"if duty-bound to memorize every quarter-",p:23,x:1171,y:944,w:400,h:21},
{t:"mile of those old two-lane highways. He",p:23,x:1171,y:970,w:386,h:21},
{t:"drove at least 10 mph under the posted",p:23,x:1171,y:996,w:374,h:21},
{t:"speed limit, tooling along in our rocket-like",p:23,x:1171,y:1023,w:413,h:21},
{t:"muscle car, all chrome and fenders and",p:23,x:1171,y:1049,w:373,h:21},
{t:"white-walled fat tires.",p:23,x:1171,y:1075,w:207,h:21},
{t:"Aline would form at our rear bumper.",p:23,x:1200,y:1101,w:367,h:21},
{t:"Sooner or later, someone would honk in",p:23,x:1171,y:1127,w:381,h:21},
{t:"irritation, stomp on the gas to risk life and",p:23,x:1171,y:1153,w:402,h:21},
{t:"limb by passing us, exhausting that cheap",p:23,x:1171,y:1180,w:399,h:21},
{t:"gasoline like water through a fire hose.",p:23,x:1171,y:1206,w:371,h:21},
{t:"\"Fool,\" the Doc would exclaim, or he'd",p:23,x:1201,y:1232,w:366,h:21},
{t:"utter his favorite \"Hothead!\"",p:23,x:1171,y:1258,w:269,h:21},
{t:"continued on page 25",p:23,x:1257,y:1531,w:237,h:27},
{t:"Page 24 Both Sides of the Bridge June  2009",p:24,x:169,y:1609,w:444,h:29},
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{t:"Actor Robert Westenberg -- make that Professor",p:24,x:247,y:464,w:396,h:22},
{t:"Westenberg --and his actress/singer wife Kim Crosby can be",p:24,x:216,y:488,w:497,h:22},
{t:"seen joining Cathy Rigby in Peter Pan, now playing at the",p:24,x:216,y:512,w:483,h:22},
{t:"Mansion Theater in Branson. Westenberg and Crosby are",p:24,x:216,y:537,w:470,h:22},
{t:"Springfield, Mo., residents where the couple live with their",p:24,x:216,y:561,w:486,h:22},
{t:"children. Westenberg teaches theater at Drury University in",p:24,x:216,y:586,w:487,h:22},
{t:"Springfield.",p:24,x:216,y:610,w:96,h:22},
{t:"Playing dual roles as Captain Hook and also Mr.",p:24,x:835,y:463,w:399,h:22},
{t:"Darling, it is Westenberg’s role as the scoundrel Hook",p:24,x:801,y:488,w:444,h:22},
{t:"that pirates considerable audience applause, second",p:24,x:801,y:512,w:422,h:22},
{t:"only to Rigby’s Pan.",p:24,x:801,y:537,w:168,h:22},
{t:"Rigby’s international fame as a Olympic Gold gym-",p:24,x:829,y:561,w:428,h:22},
{t:"nast, and her theatrical career need no introduction.",p:24,x:801,y:586,w:422,h:22},
{t:"What is noteworthy to Branson audiences is her por-",p:24,x:801,y:610,w:433,h:22},
{t:"Page 25 Both Sides of the Bridge June 2009",p:25,x:1197,y:1605,w:438,h:29},
{t:"The Doc would sing while he",p:25,x:239,y:207,w:280,h:21},
{t:"drove. He had a God-awful",p:25,x:210,y:233,w:262,h:21},
{t:"voice, all gravel and rasp. We'd",p:25,x:210,y:259,w:297,h:21},
{t:"join in out of self-defense, hop-",p:25,x:210,y:285,w:296,h:21},
{t:"ing it would keep him from",p:25,x:210,y:312,w:264,h:21},
{t:"doing one of his drive-by",p:25,x:210,y:338,w:240,h:21},
{t:"stranger assaults. It never did.",p:25,x:210,y:364,w:287,h:21},
{t:"They went something like this:",p:25,x:210,y:390,w:293,h:21},
{t:"Suddenly the Doc would turn",p:25,x:239,y:416,w:284,h:21},
{t:"off the highway and pull into",p:25,x:210,y:442,w:280,h:21},
{t:"someone's driveway, farm, facto-",p:25,x:210,y:469,w:312,h:21},
{t:"ry, residence, business, whatever.",p:25,x:210,y:495,w:315,h:21},
{t:"\"Dad, do you know these",p:25,x:239,y:521,w:241,h:21},
{t:"people?\" The answer was always",p:25,x:210,y:547,w:312,h:21},
{t:"no. He had spotted a sign, plant,",p:25,x:210,y:573,w:310,h:21},
{t:"machine, animal, whatever - and",p:25,x:210,y:599,w:312,h:21},
{t:"wanted more information about",p:25,x:210,y:625,w:305,h:21},
{t:"it.",p:25,x:210,y:652,w:18,h:21},
{t:"He'd park, open the car door,",p:25,x:239,y:678,w:279,h:21},
{t:"and approach. We'd all shrink",p:25,x:210,y:704,w:286,h:21},
{t:"down in our seats, praying he",p:25,x:210,y:730,w:285,h:21},
{t:"wouldn't wave at us to join him.",p:25,x:210,y:756,w:307,h:21},
{t:"The times when I skulked along,",p:25,x:210,y:782,w:311,h:21},
{t:"the intro went something like",p:25,x:210,y:809,w:281,h:21},
{t:"this.",p:25,x:210,y:835,w:40,h:21},
{t:"Hello, I'm Dr. So and So, from",p:25,x:239,y:861,w:286,h:21},
{t:"Such and Such. I was passing",p:25,x:210,y:887,w:280,h:21},
{t:"through and noticed your (fill",p:25,x:561,y:209,w:284,h:21},
{t:"in the blank), tree, tractor, hors-",p:25,x:561,y:235,w:301,h:21},
{t:"es, factory, large dandelions -",p:25,x:561,y:261,w:277,h:21},
{t:"whatever.\"",p:25,x:561,y:288,w:100,h:21},
{t:"Years later, I realized three",p:25,x:590,y:314,w:253,h:21},
{t:"things about these embarrass-",p:25,x:561,y:340,w:284,h:21},
{t:"ing moments. First, I never",p:25,x:561,y:366,w:256,h:21},
{t:"remember anyone",p:25,x:561,y:392,w:172,h:21},
{t:"telling the Doc to get",p:25,x:561,y:418,w:199,h:21},
{t:"lost or mind his own",p:25,x:561,y:444,w:198,h:21},
{t:"business. People",p:25,x:561,y:471,w:155,h:21},
{t:"were flattered that",p:25,x:561,y:497,w:175,h:21},
{t:"someone took",p:25,x:561,y:523,w:132,h:21},
{t:"genuine interest in",p:25,x:561,y:549,w:177,h:21},
{t:"their lives.",p:25,x:561,y:575,w:99,h:21},
{t:"Secondly, I had",p:25,x:561,y:601,w:144,h:21},
{t:"unwittingly received",p:25,x:561,y:627,w:198,h:21},
{t:"a priceless education",p:25,x:561,y:654,w:198,h:21},
{t:"in geography, math sci-",p:25,x:561,y:680,w:222,h:21},
{t:"ence, politics, (fill in the",p:25,x:561,y:706,w:227,h:21},
{t:"blank).",p:25,x:561,y:732,w:65,h:21},
{t:"Whether on the road to fish,",p:25,x:590,y:758,w:268,h:21},
{t:"or vacation, the Doc would rise",p:25,x:561,y:784,w:298,h:21},
{t:"very early to find a donut shop.",p:25,x:561,y:811,w:302,h:21},
{t:"Feeling grown-up, I'd tag along",p:25,x:561,y:837,w:301,h:21},
{t:"while my mother and brother",p:25,x:561,y:863,w:282,h:21},
{t:"slept in at some roadside motel.",p:25,x:561,y:889,w:303,h:21},
{t:"Soon, we'd be munching",p:25,x:946,y:209,w:234,h:21},
{t:"donuts, the Doc having already",p:25,x:916,y:235,w:300,h:21},
{t:"engaged the place in conversa-",p:25,x:916,y:261,w:293,h:21},
{t:"tion. Before leaving, we had",p:25,x:916,y:287,w:266,h:21},
{t:"learned a baker's dozen facts and",p:25,x:916,y:314,w:316,h:21},
{t:"figures about the time and place",p:25,x:916,y:340,w:307,h:21},
{t:"we were at. Sometimes",p:25,x:1014,y:366,w:218,h:21},
{t:"we'd hold up our",p:25,x:1040,y:392,w:165,h:21},
{t:"donuts and say",p:25,x:1069,y:418,w:146,h:21},
{t:"to each other,",p:25,x:1069,y:444,w:127,h:21},
{t:"\"Keep your",p:25,x:1092,y:471,w:107,h:21},
{t:"eye on the",p:25,x:1092,y:497,w:97,h:21},
{t:"donut.\" We'd",p:25,x:1092,y:523,w:124,h:21},
{t:"laugh. ",p:25,x:1092,y:549,w:64,h:21},
{t:"The third",p:25,x:1121,y:575,w:89,h:21},
{t:"thing  I realize",p:25,x:1092,y:601,w:137,h:21},
{t:"now is, ",p:25,x:1092,y:627,w:74,h:21},
{t:"perhaps we'd",p:25,x:1069,y:654,w:128,h:21},
{t:"kept our eye on",p:25,x:1069,y:680,w:149,h:21},
{t:"the hole, zeroing-in",p:25,x:1032,y:706,w:185,h:21},
{t:"on the sights and sounds",p:25,x:964,y:732,w:237,h:21},
{t:"along the road. The Doc had",p:25,x:916,y:758,w:271,h:21},
{t:"taught me an important benefit",p:25,x:916,y:784,w:298,h:21},
{t:"of travel - getting out, seeing the",p:25,x:916,y:811,w:309,h:21},
{t:"world through another's point of",p:25,x:916,y:837,w:313,h:21},
{t:"view, leaving petty frets and",p:25,x:916,y:863,w:270,h:21},
{t:"worries at home for a spell. ",p:25,x:916,y:889,w:266,h:21},
{t:"LOOKINGTHROUGH",p:25,x:1266,y:207,w:265,h:24},
{t:"THE HOLE",p:25,x:1266,y:237,w:128,h:24},
{t:"One day, my 8-year-old",p:25,x:1296,y:267,w:223,h:21},
{t:"daughter walked by on her way",p:25,x:1266,y:293,w:304,h:21},
{t:"out to play. I stopped her.",p:25,x:1266,y:319,w:244,h:21},
{t:"\"What would you see if you",p:25,x:1296,y:345,w:265,h:21},
{t:"looked at the world through a",p:25,x:1266,y:371,w:286,h:21},
{t:"donut hole?\" I asked.",p:25,x:1266,y:398,w:200,h:21},
{t:"\"Are you writing about this or",p:25,x:1296,y:424,w:288,h:21},
{t:"something?\" she said. I said yes.",p:25,x:1266,y:450,w:306,h:21},
{t:"\"Through the hole in a donut?\"",p:25,x:1266,y:476,w:295,h:21},
{t:"She repeated.",p:25,x:1266,y:502,w:128,h:21},
{t:"She studied me for a moment,",p:25,x:1296,y:528,w:287,h:21},
{t:"maybe wondering what little",p:25,x:1266,y:554,w:276,h:21},
{t:"spring or lever, deep inside me",p:25,x:1266,y:581,w:295,h:21},
{t:"had twisted and broke off this",p:25,x:1266,y:607,w:287,h:21},
{t:"time.",p:25,x:1266,y:633,w:47,h:21},
{t:"\"You'd see a lot of living",p:25,x:1296,y:659,w:231,h:21},
{t:"things\" she said and took off to",p:25,x:1266,y:685,w:296,h:21},
{t:"play.",p:25,x:1266,y:711,w:44,h:21},
{t:"I'm gonna hit the road with",p:25,x:1296,y:738,w:262,h:21},
{t:"my family this summer. I might",p:25,x:1266,y:764,w:302,h:21},
{t:"even drive below the speed limit",p:25,x:1266,y:790,w:311,h:21},
{t:"at times to slow down the hot-",p:25,x:1266,y:816,w:291,h:21},
{t:"heads. We'll stop and get some",p:25,x:1266,y:842,w:293,h:21},
{t:"donuts too.",p:25,x:1266,y:868,w:107,h:21},
{t:"trayal of the impish Pan. Rigby exhibits on-stage ener-",p:25,x:167,y:950,w:450,h:22},
{t:"gy that could almost rival E=MC2.",p:25,x:167,y:975,w:287,h:29},
{t:"Crosby’s fine portrayal of Mrs. Darling --the balm",p:25,x:201,y:1006,w:414,h:22},
{t:"that keeps Mr. Darling somewhat soothed--adds to a",p:25,x:167,y:1030,w:429,h:22},
{t:"long list of Crosby’s theater accomplishments. Born in",p:25,x:669,y:952,w:449,h:22},
{t:"Ft. Smith, Ark., she grew up in Springfield, attended",p:25,x:669,y:977,w:432,h:22},
{t:"Southern Methodist University and the Manhattan",p:25,x:669,y:1001,w:412,h:22},
{t:"School of Music. She is a former America’s Junior",p:25,x:669,y:1026,w:417,h:22},
{t:"Miss. ",p:25,x:669,y:1050,w:49,h:22},
{t:"She appeared in the Broadway Production of",p:25,x:703,y:1075,w:369,h:22},
{t:"Jerry’s girls (1985-86), then created the role of",p:25,x:669,y:1099,w:386,h:22},
{t:"Cinderella in Stephen Sondenheim’s Into the Woods. It",p:25,x:669,y:1124,w:450,h:22},
{t:"was in this production that she met her husband, actor",p:25,x:669,y:1148,w:444,h:22},
{t:"Robert Westenberg who starred opposite her as",p:25,x:669,y:1173,w:387,h:22},
{t:"Cinderella’s Prince. Her next Broadway role was in the",p:25,x:669,y:1197,w:454,h:22},
{t:"1992 revival of Guys and Dolls where she was a",p:25,x:669,y:1222,w:399,h:22},
{t:"replacement for Sarah Brown. She also reprised the",p:25,x:669,y:1246,w:424,h:22},
{t:"role of Cinderella at the benefit performance of Off-",p:25,x:669,y:1271,w:430,h:22},
{t:"Broadway performance of Into the Woods (1997). ",p:25,x:669,y:1295,w:413,h:22},
{t:"She played Anne Boleyn, Katherine Howard and",p:25,x:697,y:1320,w:401,h:22},
{t:"Jane Seymour in Six Wives, and Marsius in Philamon..",p:25,x:669,y:1344,w:449,h:22},
{t:"Crosby starred as Laurey in the national tour of",p:25,x:703,y:1369,w:390,h:22},
{t:"Oklahoma opposite John Davidson and Jamie Farr. She",p:25,x:669,y:1393,w:456,h:22},
{t:"also toured for two years with Fred Waring and His",p:25,x:669,y:1418,w:423,h:22},
{t:"Young Pennsylvanians. ",p:25,x:669,y:1442,w:196,h:22},
{t:"Her regional theater credits include Sally Durant",p:25,x:697,y:1467,w:399,h:22},
{t:"Plummer in Follies (2005) and Lily Garland in On The",p:25,x:669,y:1491,w:453,h:22},
{t:"Twentieth Century and Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady",p:25,x:669,y:1516,w:452,h:22},
{t:"at the Muny in St. Louis opposite Westenberg. She",p:25,x:669,y:1540,w:417,h:22},
{t:"continued on page 30",p:25,x:892,y:1580,w:178,h:20},
{t:"Kim Crosby",p:25,x:332,y:1584,w:115,h:22},
{t:"Robert Westenberg",p:25,x:1278,y:1559,w:188,h:22},
{t:"Page 26 Both Sides of the Bridge June 2009",p:26,x:167,y:1609,w:438,h:29},
{t:"Who’s New News",p:26,x:167,y:140,w:831,h:149},
{t:"Inside Dining",p:26,x:1352,y:1596,w:115,h:20},
{t:"The Floating Cafe",p:26,x:1171,y:610,w:310,h:41},
{t:"Feels Like It’s A World Away - ",p:26,x:1171,y:656,w:399,h:30},
{t:"But It’s Just 5 Miles Down the Road ",p:26,x:1171,y:689,w:475,h:30},
{t:"Weezie's, opened in Ozark, six years ago,",p:26,x:227,y:436,w:341,h:22},
{t:"and Josie Wodtke, has launched her second",p:26,x:200,y:460,w:355,h:22},
{t:"shop, Weezies II, here in Branson.  Wezzie's",p:26,x:200,y:485,w:363,h:22},
{t:"isn't a thrift store, although thrifty shoppers",p:26,x:200,y:509,w:356,h:22},
{t:"will be thrilled. Josie has negotiated with",p:26,x:200,y:534,w:338,h:22},
{t:"select upper-end retailers to buy their unsold",p:26,x:200,y:558,w:366,h:22},
{t:"merchandise at the end of the season, at",p:26,x:200,y:583,w:327,h:22},
{t:"deeply discounted prices. ",p:26,x:200,y:607,w:213,h:22},
{t:"Shoppers can regularly find bargains such",p:26,x:228,y:632,w:345,h:22},
{t:"as designer dresses retailing at $500, on sale",p:26,x:200,y:656,w:365,h:22},
{t:"at Weezie's II for less than $100, blouses,",p:26,x:200,y:681,w:340,h:22},
{t:"jeans, evening dresses, shoes and handbags,",p:26,x:200,y:705,w:360,h:22},
{t:"all at similar savings. Weezie's also carries",p:26,x:200,y:730,w:350,h:22},
{t:"gently used, fine apparel, so many one-of-a-",p:26,x:200,y:754,w:363,h:22},
{t:"kind treasures can also be found. ",p:26,x:200,y:779,w:275,h:22},
{t:"“I love beautiful clothes, and so this is just a lot",p:26,x:228,y:803,w:393,h:22},
{t:"of fun” said Josie. “I have already met a lot of real-",p:26,x:200,y:828,w:424,h:22},
{t:"ly great people here in Branson, and I'm looking",p:26,x:669,y:334,w:398,h:22},
{t:"forward to becoming a part of the Historic",p:26,x:669,y:358,w:348,h:22},
{t:"Downtown Branson",p:26,x:892,y:383,w:164,h:22},
{t:"community.” If you have",p:26,x:892,y:407,w:205,h:22},
{t:"clothing you may want",p:26,x:892,y:432,w:189,h:22},
{t:"to sell, call Josie for an",p:26,x:892,y:456,w:190,h:22},
{t:"appointment 417-239-",p:26,x:892,y:481,w:182,h:22},
{t:"1944. Items should be in",p:26,x:892,y:505,w:203,h:22},
{t:"“like-new” condition,",p:26,x:892,y:530,w:177,h:22},
{t:"less than two years old,",p:26,x:892,y:554,w:193,h:22},
{t:"clean and pressed, with no",p:26,x:892,y:579,w:218,h:22},
{t:"visible flaws, or stains. ",p:26,x:892,y:603,w:194,h:22},
{t:"Weezie's II Upscale Retail",p:26,x:914,y:628,w:216,h:22},
{t:"is located at the northeast",p:26,x:892,y:652,w:209,h:22},
{t:"corner of Pacific and",p:26,x:892,y:677,w:172,h:22},
{t:"Business 65.  Open Monday",p:26,x:892,y:701,w:232,h:22},
{t:"through Saturday 10 am to ",p:26,x:892,y:726,w:225,h:22},
{t:"6 pm.",p:26,x:892,y:750,w:47,h:22},
{t:"Josie Wodtke",p:26,x:701,y:778,w:118,h:20},
{t:"Weezies II Upscale Retail ",p:26,x:167,y:305,w:450,h:41},
{t:"Big On Style - ",p:26,x:167,y:351,w:190,h:30},
{t:"Small Dent in your Wallet",p:26,x:167,y:384,w:333,h:30},
{t:"Learning that the restaurant at the marina at",p:26,x:1230,y:748,w:360,h:22},
{t:"Indian Point was open again was happy news to",p:26,x:1202,y:773,w:395,h:22},
{t:"us. It had always been one of our favorite get-",p:26,x:1202,y:797,w:379,h:22},
{t:"aways and we saddenned when it closed last year.",p:26,x:1202,y:822,w:410,h:22},
{t:"Now reopenned under Chef/Owner Todd Fuller,",p:26,x:1202,y:846,w:394,h:22},
{t:"the cafe on the water is better than ever. Fuller",p:26,x:1202,y:871,w:383,h:22},
{t:"has extended the hours of operation, opening",p:26,x:1202,y:895,w:369,h:22},
{t:"early (7 a.m) and remaining open seven days a",p:26,x:1202,y:920,w:384,h:22},
{t:"week for lunch and dinner. The cafe closes at",p:26,x:1202,y:944,w:372,h:22},
{t:"8:30 p.m.  Whether you arrive by boat or auto to",p:26,x:1202,y:969,w:400,h:22},
{t:"the restaurant on the water, the restaurant is",p:26,x:1202,y:993,w:358,h:22},
{t:"down-home cozy, unpretensious providing a",p:26,x:1202,y:1018,w:364,h:22},
{t:"peaceful respite to enjoy a homecooked meal, or",p:26,x:1202,y:1042,w:399,h:22},
{t:"just a cup of coffee and homemade cobbler. ",p:26,x:1202,y:1067,w:364,h:22},
{t:"Fuller pride’s himself in cooking his food",p:26,x:1230,y:1091,w:342,h:22},
{t:"fresh to order, and sitting right on the water with",p:26,x:1202,y:1116,w:400,h:22},
{t:"a cup of coffee is a great place to leasurely linger",p:26,x:1202,y:1140,w:406,h:22},
{t:"while he does that.",p:26,x:1202,y:1165,w:154,h:22},
{t:"We sampled the fried chicken (fresh as prom-",p:26,x:1230,y:1189,w:375,h:22},
{t:"ised, juicy and tender served with mashed potoa-",p:26,x:1202,y:1214,w:402,h:22},
{t:"toes and salad and bread; and the hamburger",p:26,x:1202,y:1238,w:366,h:22},
{t:"Outside Dining",p:26,x:1308,y:561,w:131,h:20},
{t:"Page 27 Both Sides of the Bridge June 2009",p:27,x:1198,y:1611,w:431,h:29},
{t:"Tammy Hillgardner is ready to  take your order",p:27,x:193,y:612,w:410,h:20},
{t:"CHALLENGEDEPOT",p:27,x:691,y:345,w:365,h:41},
{t:"Making a Strategic Move",p:27,x:691,y:391,w:323,h:30},
{t:"steak with brown gravy, mashed potatoes and",p:27,x:198,y:655,w:374,h:22},
{t:"salad. The hamburger steak was great quality,",p:27,x:198,y:680,w:375,h:22},
{t:"lean, fresh, ample-sized and tasty. The breakfast",p:27,x:198,y:704,w:395,h:22},
{t:"menu includes a potato hash with peppers,",p:27,x:198,y:729,w:349,h:22},
{t:"onions and bacon or sausage.",p:27,x:198,y:753,w:240,h:22},
{t:"Service from our waitress Tammy,  could not",p:27,x:226,y:778,w:371,h:22},
{t:"have been better.",p:27,x:198,y:802,w:138,h:22},
{t:"When Mike Mitsak and his mother, Corrine,",p:27,x:713,y:451,w:365,h:22},
{t:"decided they wanted to make a change, they didn’t",p:27,x:686,y:475,w:418,h:22},
{t:"waste any time.",p:27,x:686,y:500,w:128,h:22},
{t:"With the exception of his time in the Navy,",p:27,x:713,y:524,w:355,h:22},
{t:"Mitsak has spent his entire life in the Baltimore area",p:27,x:686,y:549,w:431,h:22},
{t:"of Maryland,. So you would expect a cross-country",p:27,x:686,y:573,w:422,h:22},
{t:"move to be a challenge. Not so for the Mitsaks. They",p:27,x:686,y:598,w:437,h:22},
{t:"methodically did their research. They took various",p:27,x:686,y:622,w:414,h:22},
{t:"ascpects into consideration,",p:27,x:686,y:647,w:226,h:22},
{t:"weather, local economy,",p:27,x:686,y:671,w:198,h:22},
{t:"cost of living, and jumped",p:27,x:686,y:696,w:215,h:22},
{t:"on the internet.",p:27,x:686,y:720,w:124,h:22},
{t:"They looked at a few",p:27,x:702,y:745,w:174,h:22},
{t:"areas, Texas, South",p:27,x:686,y:769,w:157,h:22},
{t:"Carolina, Mike even con-",p:27,x:686,y:794,w:210,h:22},
{t:"sidered Alaska, but  that",p:27,x:686,y:818,w:198,h:22},
{t:"locale left Corrine cold.",p:27,x:1186,y:221,w:195,h:22},
{t:"They came to Branson",p:27,x:1208,y:246,w:185,h:22},
{t:"on a working vacation",p:27,x:1186,y:270,w:183,h:22},
{t:"January 18, 2009, which",p:27,x:1186,y:295,w:201,h:22},
{t:"was their first time in the",p:27,x:1186,y:319,w:207,h:22},
{t:"Show Me State, to check",p:27,x:1186,y:344,w:205,h:22},
{t:"out the area up close and",p:27,x:1186,y:368,w:204,h:22},
{t:"personal. Moving quickly,",p:27,x:1186,y:393,w:215,h:22},
{t:"they opened their shop,",p:27,x:1186,y:417,w:192,h:22},
{t:"Challenge Depot, May 2nd.",p:27,x:1186,y:442,w:227,h:22},
{t:"But first they had to",p:27,x:1214,y:466,w:165,h:22},
{t:"close their shop in ",p:27,x:1186,y:491,w:156,h:22},
{t:"Cambridge Maryland, a book store called Never on",p:27,x:1186,y:515,w:423,h:22},
{t:"Tuesday (closed on Tuesdays) before relocating.",p:27,x:1186,y:540,w:397,h:22},
{t:"They sold everything in Maryland, making a clean",p:27,x:1186,y:564,w:416,h:22},
{t:"break, downsizing and simplifying their lives.",p:27,x:1186,y:589,w:377,h:22},
{t:"Mike Mitsak",p:27,x:1476,y:457,w:103,h:20},
{t:"Table Rock Lake does not have many waterside",p:27,x:714,y:176,w:393,h:22},
{t:"restaurants, let alone one right on the water, and",p:27,x:686,y:201,w:395,h:22},
{t:"that makes the cafe a pleasant and different get-",p:27,x:686,y:225,w:393,h:22},
{t:"away. The pace is slower than the hustle-bustle of",p:27,x:686,y:250,w:410,h:22},
{t:"the strip. ",p:27,x:686,y:274,w:77,h:22},
{t:"Page 28 Both Sides of the Bridge June 2009",p:28,x:167,y:1609,w:438,h:29},
{t:"Their store is full of unusual and nostalic games for kids of all ages.",p:28,x:1012,y:303,w:561,h:22},
{t:"Backgammon is Mike's personal favorite, but he also enjoys puzzles, and",p:28,x:985,y:328,w:603,h:22},
{t:"suduku. Over 100 games are currently in stock with more arriving every",p:28,x:985,y:352,w:595,h:22},
{t:"week.  Located on Commercial Street in downtown Branson, The",p:28,x:985,y:377,w:539,h:22},
{t:"Challenge Depot is a fun addition to the historic district.",p:28,x:985,y:401,w:463,h:22},
{t:"APRICOTLANE",p:28,x:984,y:484,w:275,h:41},
{t:"About one year ago, an idea was planted that Tracy Boyce nutured",p:28,x:1021,y:582,w:548,h:22},
{t:"into a blossoming business. At the time, Tracy was running Elite",p:28,x:984,y:608,w:531,h:22},
{t:"Landscapes. She enjoyed what she was doing, but felt there was some-",p:28,x:984,y:633,w:583,h:22},
{t:"thing else, something more in-tune with her love of fashion, style and",p:28,x:984,y:657,w:573,h:22},
{t:"design. So, her bother-in-law, Bob Boyce is now running Elite Landscapes",p:28,x:984,y:682,w:614,h:22},
{t:"Page 29 Both Sides of the Bridge June 2009",p:29,x:1199,y:1609,w:438,h:29},
{t:"and Tracy’s career has taken a new",p:29,x:188,y:676,w:287,h:22},
{t:"path, or lane... Apricot Lane.",p:29,x:188,y:700,w:236,h:22},
{t:"Apricot Lane is not a chain, but a",p:29,x:210,y:725,w:275,h:22},
{t:"franchise. Giving Tracy the support",p:29,x:188,y:749,w:291,h:22},
{t:"she needs and the flexibility she",p:29,x:188,y:774,w:263,h:22},
{t:"wants.",p:29,x:188,y:798,w:52,h:22},
{t:"“They have the contacts and the",p:29,x:216,y:823,w:263,h:22},
{t:"sources, and I can pick and choose",p:29,x:188,y:847,w:285,h:22},
{t:"the items that I want to sell in my",p:29,x:188,y:872,w:276,h:22},
{t:"store.” ",p:29,x:188,y:896,w:58,h:22},
{t:"Apricot Lane has an urban feel to it,",p:29,x:204,y:921,w:298,h:22},
{t:"but the music doesn’t blare and their",p:29,x:188,y:945,w:300,h:22},
{t:"isn’t an overwheming cologne in the",p:29,x:188,y:970,w:301,h:22},
{t:"air that some retailers favor.  Full of",p:29,x:188,y:994,w:297,h:22},
{t:"unique items, Tracy has done a great",p:29,x:188,y:1019,w:301,h:22},
{t:"job with her selections.",p:29,x:188,y:1043,w:190,h:22},
{t:"“My goal is to have a store that a",p:29,x:216,y:1068,w:273,h:22},
{t:"mother and daughter can shop in,",p:29,x:188,y:1092,w:274,h:22},
{t:"both feel comfortable, and both find",p:29,x:188,y:1117,w:297,h:22},
{t:"something they like. So, the 15 to 50",p:29,x:188,y:1141,w:303,h:22},
{t:"year old is really my customer.”",p:29,x:188,y:1166,w:263,h:22},
{t:"Apricot Lane also carries men’s",p:29,x:188,y:1190,w:261,h:22},
{t:"clothing and accessories.",p:29,x:188,y:1215,w:204,h:22},
{t:"Apricot Lane is a family affair,",p:29,x:215,y:1239,w:255,h:22},
{t:"with Tracy’s twin neices, Ashley",p:29,x:188,y:1264,w:268,h:22},
{t:"Robertson and Amanda Brown, as",p:29,x:188,y:1288,w:281,h:22},
{t:"store managers, and step-son Tommy",p:29,x:188,y:1313,w:305,h:22},
{t:"Boyce is a sales associate.",p:29,x:188,y:1337,w:215,h:22},
{t:"After spending ten years as the",p:29,x:215,y:1362,w:254,h:22},
{t:"bookkeeper at Boyce Excavation, and",p:29,x:188,y:1386,w:311,h:22},
{t:"then moving on to Elite Landscaping,",p:29,x:188,y:1411,w:309,h:22},
{t:"Tracy knows how to dig in and oper-",p:29,x:188,y:1435,w:305,h:22},
{t:"ate a successful business.",p:29,x:188,y:1460,w:207,h:22},
{t:"Apricot Lane is located on",p:29,x:215,y:1484,w:218,h:22},
{t:"Branson Landing.",p:29,x:188,y:1509,w:146,h:22},
{t:"Tracy Boyce",p:29,x:299,y:613,w:109,h:20},
{t:"Page 30 Both Sides of the Bridge June 2009",p:30,x:167,y:1607,w:438,h:29},
{t:"played Marian in The Music Man (2004) and",p:30,x:807,y:252,w:370,h:22},
{t:"Guinevere in Camelot (2002) at the Muny",p:30,x:807,y:276,w:346,h:22},
{t:"and Maria in West Side Story at the",p:30,x:807,y:301,w:288,h:22},
{t:"Springfield Little Theatre. She played Anne",p:30,x:807,y:325,w:359,h:22},
{t:"in A Little Night Music at the Berkshire",p:30,x:807,y:350,w:324,h:22},
{t:"Theatre Festival and Cinderella in Into the",p:30,x:807,y:374,w:348,h:22},
{t:"Woods at The Old Globe Theatre; Hope",p:30,x:807,y:399,w:325,h:22},
{t:"Langdon in Something’s",p:30,x:807,y:423,w:197,h:22},
{t:"Afoot at The",p:30,x:807,y:448,w:101,h:22},
{t:"Birmingham Theatre,",p:30,x:807,y:472,w:175,h:22},
{t:"The Mysteries and",p:30,x:807,y:497,w:150,h:22},
{t:"What’s So Funny at The",p:30,x:807,y:521,w:196,h:22},
{t:"American Rep; Jessie",p:30,x:807,y:546,w:177,h:22},
{t:"Pullman in Georgia",p:30,x:807,y:570,w:162,h:22},
{t:"Avenue at The",p:30,x:807,y:595,w:116,h:22},
{t:"Goodspeed in Chester,",p:30,x:807,y:619,w:185,h:22},
{t:"Ct.. ",p:30,x:807,y:644,w:34,h:22},
{t:"Crosby’s television",p:30,x:835,y:668,w:157,h:22},
{t:"credits included Jane",p:30,x:807,y:693,w:172,h:22},
{t:"Porter in Tarzan in Manhattan; The Cosby",p:30,x:807,y:717,w:349,h:22},
{t:"Mysteries; The Guiding Light, and All My",p:30,x:807,y:742,w:345,h:22},
{t:"Children.",p:30,x:807,y:766,w:76,h:22},
{t:"She has sung concert with major orches-",p:30,x:841,y:791,w:334,h:22},
{t:"tras both in the U.S. and abroad and toured",p:30,x:807,y:815,w:354,h:22},
{t:"frequently wit the ensemble Broadway",p:30,x:1230,y:250,w:317,h:22},
{t:"Nights.",p:30,x:1230,y:275,w:58,h:22},
{t:"Robert Westenberg was born in Miami",p:30,x:1269,y:299,w:318,h:22},
{t:"Beach, Fla., and attended California State",p:30,x:1230,y:324,w:342,h:22},
{t:"University, Fresno. He made his Broadway",p:30,x:1230,y:348,w:354,h:22},
{t:"debut in the 1983 revival of Zorba. He",p:30,x:1230,y:373,w:318,h:22},
{t:"received a Tony Award nomination and won",p:30,x:1230,y:397,w:363,h:22},
{t:"a Drama Desk Award for his",p:30,x:1349,y:422,w:234,h:22},
{t:"performance in Stephen",p:30,x:1349,y:446,w:195,h:22},
{t:"Sondheim’s Into the Woods.",p:30,x:1349,y:471,w:229,h:22},
{t:"He also starred with Mandy",p:30,x:1349,y:495,w:228,h:22},
{t:"Patinkin, Daisy Eagan,",p:30,x:1349,y:520,w:188,h:22},
{t:"Alison Fraser and Rebecca",p:30,x:1349,y:544,w:220,h:22},
{t:"Luker in the original produc-",p:30,x:1349,y:569,w:239,h:22},
{t:"tion of the Secret Garden",p:30,x:1349,y:593,w:208,h:22},
{t:"Westerberg’s film credits",p:30,x:1372,y:618,w:205,h:22},
{t:"include Mr. and Mrs. Bridge",p:30,x:1349,y:642,w:234,h:22},
{t:"and The Ice Storm. He has",p:30,x:1349,y:667,w:217,h:22},
{t:"made guest appearances on",p:30,x:1349,y:691,w:224,h:22},
{t:"Third Watch and Law & Order: Special",p:30,x:1230,y:716,w:325,h:22},
{t:"Victim’s Unit.",p:30,x:1230,y:740,w:110,h:22},
{t:"Westenberg was in the national tour of",p:30,x:1263,y:765,w:317,h:22},
{t:"The Full Monty.",p:30,x:1230,y:789,w:132,h:22},
{t:"continued from page 25",p:30,x:809,y:198,w:215,h:22},
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