ISL providers create ordinary lives for extraordinary people. Photos by Anthony Jinson “Tay, can I show him my room?” Kevin directs his question to Vashante Vinyard, the house manager who lives in the home’s basement apartment with her two children. Vashante says yes, and Kevin and I start our tour of his bedroom. Kevin tells […]
Rummy finds family through Puppies for Parole. In May, when Dan and Judi Schoonover decided it was time to add a furry friend to their family, they had no idea they would find such a perfect fit through Puppies for Parole at the Algoa Correctional Center, a program in which inmates care for and train
This post is the final in a four-part series about creating a new entrepreneurship program, the Missouri Women’s Business Center, while simultaneously helping entrepreneurs start and grow their own businesses. Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. I think the best words of wisdom I received in launching the Missouri Women’s Business Center
It is said that love finds you when you stop trying to find it. Newlyweds Tim and Lisa Chancellor are a perfect example. The Chancellors’ love story began in 2012 with a little help from Match.com. Their shared love of traveling, outdoor activities, and riding motorcycles created an instant connection between them. Both competitive in
Exhibits feature the work of women master artists. The long struggle for women in the arts to receive equal representation in galleries is over. Columbia Art League Education Director Karen Shortt-Stout says that, at any given juried show at CAL, female artists today will outnumber male artists by a ratio of three to two. Orr
Kathleen Oglesby to wed Kory McDonald. photo by Scott Patrick Myers Photography February 16, 2015, was a day that Kathleen Oglesby will never forget. She was involved in a sledding accident that left her paralyzed. This past May, more than two years later, Kathleen experienced another memory-making day. Only this one had a much happier
Stephens College alumna creates line of luxury leather bags. In the fall of 2012, Ami Beck fell down the post-college rabbit hole of “what next.” Ami had graduated from Northwest Missouri State with a degree in psychology and a dream of design. After spending countless nights fantasizing about her own products and company, Ami found
Many homeowners have big plans for the changes they want to make to each room in their house. When it comes time to actually make those changes, however, money and time often dictate your ability to turn those hopes into reality. Take the formal dining room for example. This tends to be a room that quickly shows its age. Fortunately, this room also
