Innovation at the Center

$4 • APRIL 2009 Innovation at the Center By Bill Krasean INSIDE THIS ISSUE The Answer is Blowin’ in the Wind Where There’s a Willow There’s a Way A Natural Alternative "("RAND!MY-ACK %NCOREPDF!- Ebiilcrqrob+ # - 9 #- -9 #9 #-9 + TebkÛk^k`fîjôhbqpe^sbkbôab^qe FqÒpklq^pqo^qbdvqe^q`^k_bq^hbkifdeqiv+ bumbofbk`bp%p^vqebm^pqbfdeqjlkqeplo Lo b^pfiv bub`rqba+ ?rq fq fp qeb jlpq pl&)fqÒpk^qroîclofksbpqlo`lkÛabk`bql qfjb*qbpqba^kaÛk^k`fîiv*plrkat^vql _bpe^hbk+PljbÜbbqebjôhbqîqldbqebo+ òb^qb^kaprpq^fktbîqe+>kafqÒpte^q Vbq)abpmfqbprèqovfkdqfjbp)jôhbqp Dobbkib^c Qorpq) pqolkd ^ka pq^_ib ^ka efpqlof`îiv obtôa fksbpqlop tel illh bkarofkd)albpmôqf`riôivtbii+Qla^v _bvlka qeb jljbkq ^ka pq^v cl`rpba fp^kbta^v+Dfsbrp^`îi^katbÒiiebim lk ilkd*qboj lmmloqrkfqfbp ^ka obpriqp+ vlrj^hbqebjlpqlcfq+ Cfk^k`fîPb`rofqvcoljDbkbo^qflkqlDbkbo^qflk /..plrqeolpbpqobbqhî^j^wll)jf16--4ttt+dobbkib^cqorpq+`lj/36+055+65--5--+1.3+1222 "("RAND!MY-ACK %NCOREPDF!- Ebiilcrqrob+ # - 9 #- -9 #9 #-9 + TebkÛk^k`fîjôhbqpe^sbkbôab^qe FqÒpklq^pqo^qbdvqe^q`^k_bq^hbkifdeqiv+ bumbofbk`bp%p^vqebm^pqbfdeqjlkqeplo Lo b^pfiv bub`rqba+ ?rq fq fp qeb jlpq pl&)fqÒpk^qroîclofksbpqlo`lkÛabk`bql qfjb*qbpqba^kaÛk^k`fîiv*plrkat^vql _bpe^hbk+PljbÜbbqebjôhbqîqldbqebo+ òb^qb^kaprpq^fktbîqe+>kafqÒpte^q Vbq)abpmfqbprèqovfkdqfjbp)jôhbqp Dobbkib^c Qorpq) pqolkd ^ka pq^_ib ^ka efpqlof`îiv obtôa fksbpqlop tel illh bkarofkd)albpmôqf`riôivtbii+Qla^v _bvlka qeb jljbkq ^ka pq^v cl`rpba fp^kbta^v+Dfsbrp^`îi^katbÒiiebim lk ilkd*qboj lmmloqrkfqfbp ^ka obpriqp+ vlrj^hbqebjlpqlcfq+ Cfk^k`fîPb`rofqvcoljDbkbo^qflkqlDbkbo^qflk /..plrqeolpbpqobbqhî^j^wll)jf16--4ttt+dobbkib^cqorpq+`lj/36+055+65--5--+1.3+1222 JOHN GILROY PHOTOGRAPHY The Park Club building and cityscape, 2004 We invite you to join The Park Club and discover its unique history and rich tradition;where business and culture meet in the heart of downtown Kalamazoo. HISTORY The Park Club of Kalamazoo celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2004.The Club was originally located in the Balch home on the corner of Rose and South Streets. In the late 1920s, the growing club purchased the William S. Lawrence Queen Anne style mansion. Located right next door, it was built in 1898 and remains the Club’s home today. SERVICES The Park Club is a private, social dining club serving lunch and dinner daily, as well as providing meeting space, banquets and catering for its members.The twelve unique dining rooms offer a variety of settings to suit any occasion, from small and intimate personal affairs to corporate meetings and large gatherings of all kinds. MEMBERSHIP Our members and guests enjoy the finest in hand-crafted food, select wines and person- alized service in an historic setting.The Park Club offers several membership categories to suit various personal and professional levels of Club use and activity. Membership is open to men and women 21 years of age and over. We hope you will join us today. The Park Club A SECOND CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE www.parkclub.net (269) 381-0876 • 219 West South Street, Kalamazoo, Mich. 49007 FROM THE PUBLISHER LET ME TELL YOU about our Web site. We’ve had one for several What you’ll find there are archived issues of Encore from both this years, and it would seem nowadays that you can’t do business season and the past several years in complete, readable format, without one. available for review from anywhere in the world. Web site visitors As we close in on the end of the 36th season for from other states or countries can learn a lot about our way of life Kalamazoo’s Encore magazine, I began to here, which might just dispel some stereotypes about Americans reflect on the magazine’s many changes — that have led to some of the world’s problems. Visitors can see and that reflection led me to this topic of our faces, learn of our occupations, hobbies and lifestyles — and on-line publication. feel that they have been welcomed into our community and While Encore Publishing Group is lives. And if their curiosity is piqued by reading an article from JOHN GILROY PHOTOGRAPHY in the business of producing local, hard- Encore, they can learn even more by linking to other sites from copy, reading material, an on-line presence additional publications we have had a hand in producing, such The Park Club building and cityscape, 2004 is just one more arrow in our quiver in as the Kalamazoo Public Schools’ Excelsior or programs from the Rick Briscoe familiarizing others with Kalamazoo. That Gilmore Keyboard Festival, the Michigan Festival of Sacred Music, anyone throughout the world has been able to get a glimpse or the Classic Car Club of America Museum. into the lives of our area’s residents by reading complete copies We know for a fact that paper copies of Encore magazine of every Encore magazine is a definite plus for southwest have found their way to all sorts of locations around the world, Michigan and leaves me just a little bit awe struck at the and it always makes us proud. However, it is even more rewarding e invite you to join The Park Club and discover its potential power of the Internet. Besides the obvious, which knowing that through our Web site we can even more consistently W is helping to produce a revenue stream for advertisers, the showcase Kalamazoo worldwide and do our part to help maintain unique history and rich tradition;where business and Web site does, especially during these tough economic times, the positive reputation the area has earned. permit us to do our part in telling the world that this little corner of Michigan is a great place to live. culture meet in the heart of downtown Kalamazoo. If you haven’t visited Encore’s Web site, please take a moment to do so by going towww.encorekalamazoo.com. Rick Briscoe Publisher HISTORY The Park Club of Kalamazoo celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2004.The Club was originally located in the Balch home on the corner of Rose and South Streets. In the late 1920s, the growing club purchased the William S. Lawrence Queen Anne style mansion. Located right next door, it was built in 1898 and remains the Club’s home today. SERVICES The Park Club is a private, social dining club serving lunch and dinner daily, as well as providing meeting space, banquets and catering for its members.The twelve unique dining rooms offer a variety of settings to suit any occasion, from small and intimate personal affairs to corporate meetings and large gatherings of all kinds. MEMBERSHIP Our members and guests enjoy the finest in hand-crafted food, select wines and person- alized service in an historic setting.The Park Club offers several membership categories to suit various personal and professional levels of Club use and activity. Membership is open to men and women 21 years of age and over. We hope you will join us today. The Park Club A SECOND CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE www.parkclub.net (269) 381-0876 • 219 West South Street, Kalamazoo, Mich. 49007 APRIL 2009 • ENCORE 5 COMMITTED TO YOUR SUCCESS 7jâY^c\gZaVi^dch]êh WITH WACHOVIA Attention to detail and understanding our clients’ needs are the foundation of our service. VFW"O UTF F8 T U . J D I J H OB " W FVOF . P[BBMB, M BNB [ PP *. r VP1 DBVO EB FJUJSVDF4 J U J TF EOB FDOBSVTO* DVEPS1 U T 50/ %&364/* :# *%' $ 30 :/" -"3&%&' 5/&./3&70( :$/&(" r :". &40- &6-"7 r 50/ " 401&% * 5 '0 30 5/"3"6( %&& :# " ,/"# 30 :/" ,/"# '" ' * - * " 5 & OJBPS$BWIBPFB àBLBOOFBBFOFBESLSFFTHSBT $*FN. - TFJUJSVDF4BJWPIDB8 $1*4SFCNF. $-- MàGBLOBCOPOFUBSBQFTBEOBSFMBFESFLPSCEFSFUTJHFSBTJ OPJUBSPQSP$BJWPIDB8GPFUBJ -- TFJUJSVF PD8 ¥ WPIDB8 J B VDF4 S J U J F T - $- < >W " CONTENTS MAGAZINE Publisher 8 Richard J. Briscoe Editor The SOUTHWEST Penny Briscoe MICHIGAN Assistant to the Publisher INNOVATION Ronald Dundon CENTER is creating Copy Editor Volume Issue 36 8 April 2009 COMMITTED TO YOUR Cherri Glowe a renaissance, of sorts, Poetry Editor in the field of science. SUCCESS Theresa Coty O’Neil Contributing Writers Jessica English Bill Krasean Larry B. Massie Theresa Coty O’Neil Photo: Rick Briscoe Ann Rohrbaugh Robert M. Weir 18 Contributing Poets It’s all about renewable Caire Olds energy for Michigander Bim Willow SPECIALS RICH VANDER VEEN. Cartoonist 5 FROM THE PUBLISHER Craig Bishop Feature Photographer 10 TRIVIA PURZOOT John Gilroy 26 GREEN TIPS Designer Brakeman Take Care of Our Water! 27 WHAT’S WORTH READING Encore magazine is published 36 nine times yearly, September Enjoying the Food Memoir through May. Copyright 2009, Rustic twig furniture-making Encore Publishing Group, Inc. fitsB IM WILLOW’S 28 GUESS WHO All rights reserved. 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