BusinessSeptember 10, 2018
Business Notebook: Eric Woods uses old techniques, new technology to create poster for Shipyard Music Festival
It's a three-color poster, hand-printed and designed using pieces from the Southeast Missourian's letterpress collection, for the Shipyard Music Festival set for Sept. 22 on Ivers Square and the surrounding area. The festival will feature seven up-and-coming bands: Jamestown Revival, Vinyl Theatre, A Thousand Horses, *repeat repeat, Royal Teeth, Ryan Corn and Tow'rs. Food and drink vendors will be on site as well...
It's a three-color poster, hand-printed and designed using pieces from the Southeast Missourian's letterpress collection, for the Shipyard Music Festival set for Sept. 22 on Ivers Square and the surrounding area.
The festival will feature seven up-and-coming bands: Jamestown Revival, Vinyl Theatre, A Thousand Horses, *repeat repeat, Royal Teeth, Ryan Corn and Tow'rs. Food and drink vendors will be on site as well.
For an event on this scale, the poster needed to be equally impressive, said Gary Rust II, director of rustmedia, Shipyard's host.
It's not only physically hand-crafted, using a hand-operated press, said Eric Woods, designer and owner of Firecracker Press in St. Louis. The plates used to print each poster were hand-carved in the St. Louis studio, Woods said, one for each color: cyan, magenta and yellow.
Then each poster was printed with each plate, running through the press a total of three times each.
Woods also handled the design.
He has a strong background in both design and printmaking, having studied at the Art Institute of Kansas City after finding an interest in art while in high school in Jackson.
Woods later worked in graphic design, at the Southeast Missourian among other companies, and after he worked at a marketing firm in St. Louis and returned from his honeymoon to find he didn't have a job anymore, that's when he made the leap to owning his own business: Firecracker Press.
That was in 2002. In the years since, Woods and crew have worked to build a business entwining the long history and solid mechanics of printmaking with design elements and an eye to technology.
Where the poster's design was concerned, that meant taking elements from different cuts in the Southeast Missourian collection.
"Every element in that poster comes directly from the day I spent down there going through the paper's archives," Woods said. "Our job was to put it together to tell the story."
And, he said, "it's not easy to take a bunch of disparate elements and put it on a poster and communicate the right thing."
For one thing, the cuts, or original pieces, Woods used were not necessarily the right size for the poster -- the pieces are the size they were originally.
The resizing is done digitally, and the images built into a cohesive whole, then split into their respective color plates, which are then carved and inked and used to print each poster.
"It is a time-consuming process compared to today's 'push a button and watch it come out,'" Woods said, "but we feel very strongly that the time spent is reflected in the final product. People can see it is very special and needs a special place in your life."
Added Rust, "It's a neat partnering with the history of Cape."
The poster will be sold at the festival, and will be included in the VIP ticket package for Shipyard on Sept. 22.
More information about the festival can be found at shipyardfest.com.
Food Bank adds board members
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Danielle Poyner with Drury Southwest of Cape Girardeau, Mark Avery with Tyson Foods of Dexter, Missouri, and Marty Platz with Coast to Coast Signs of Scott City have joined the Southeast Missouri Food Bank Board of Directors, according to a recent news release.
"These companies have long been supportive of SEMO Food Bank's mission and we are delighted to welcome their representatives to our Board of Directors," Karen Green, Southeast Missouri Food Bank CEO, said in the release.
"With SEMO Food Bank distributing over 10 million pounds of food annually in 16 Southeast Missouri counties," Green continued, "much expertise is needed so the food bank will be able to continue helping over 60,000 people monthly. Our desire is to continue to serve in the future as long as we are needed."
Men's health clinic opens in Cape
Missouri Mens Health, a clinic that treats chronic symptoms associated with erectile dysfunction, opened Sept. 4 at 1417 N. Mount Auburn Road, Suite A, in Cape Girardeau, according to a recent news release.
The clinic's focus will be providing the latest treatments available in men's sexual health and wellness, also using WAVE Therapy technology for the permanent to semi-permanent treatment of erectile dysfunction, the release stated.
Co-founders Josh Stephens and Tony Thompson stated in the release they hope to provide a medical solution to Southeast Missouri for a problem common not only among older men, but men of all ages.
Charter launches Spectrum Mobile
Charter Communications Inc. recently announced the full market launch of Spectrum Mobile for new and existing Spectrum Internet subscribers in Southeast Missouri.
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The company completed a successful soft launch earlier this summer.
Spectrum Mobile allows customers to use their devices in a more flexible fashion, according to the release.
Customers may choose from unlimited data, or pay by the gigabyte, shared across all lines. Customers may change rate plans at any time, and interest-free monthly installment plans are available on select devices.
Spectrum Internet subscribers can sign up online, by calling (855) 251-3375 or by visiting the Spectrum retail store at 249 N. Main St. in Sikeston, Missouri, the release stated.
New office for Century 21 Ashland Realty
Century 21 Ashland Realty recently announced a new office building, open at 3125 E. Jackson Blvd. in Jackson.
"Century 21 Ashland Realty is excited to extend its presence to the Jackson area," broker/owner Tim Merideth said in the release. "This expansion will enable us to more conveniently serve our affiliated sales associates and the customers and clients they serve each and every day. We will also introduce area consumers to an array of specialty-market real estate services including the Century 21 Fine Homes and Estates and the Century 21 Commercial programs which focus on the luxury and commercial property real estate market segments respectively. This office is a sign of our commitment to continued growth in Jackson."
The new space is staffed by local residential and commercial real estate professionals and will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays, and after hours by appointment, according to the release.
Aspen Dental to open this week in Cape
A new Aspen Dental office will open this week at 3070 William St. in Cape Girardeau, according to a recent news release.
Led by Dr. Christian Torres-Diaz, who received his Doctor of Dental Medicine from the University of Puerto Rico, the practice will offer extended hours: 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fridays and select Saturdays.
Walk-in and emergency patients are welcome, the release stated.
AT&T releases capital expenditure updates
From 2015 to 2017, AT&T invested nearly $20 million in the Cape Girardeau wireless and wired networks, according to a recent news release.
Recent legislation in Missouri encourages companies to invest more in network infrastructure, Craig Unruh, president of AT&T Missouri, said in the release.
The groundwork AT&T has laid "will pave the path to 5G mobile services in the years ahead," Unruh added.
In 2017, AT&T made 11 wireless network upgrades in the Cape Girardeau area, the release stated.
In North America, the 4G LTE network covers more than 400 million people, according to the release.
And the FirstNet public-private partnership, a new communications platform for the public safety community, was formed about a year ago. It has since attracted governors from all 50 states, five territories and Washington, D.C., according to the release.
Ribbon cuttings
American RV Boat & Camper Storage will hold a ribbon cutting at 2 p.m. Friday at 1904 Merriwether St. in Cape Girardeau.
Business licenses
Danny Thor Welker applied for a license to operate Fandom Corner, a retail business, at 637 Broadway in Cape Girardeau. Opening date is listed as Oct. 3.
People on the Move
Ken Volkerding of Jackson, a financial adviser with Modern Woodmen Fraternal Financial, was Representative of the Month in the Missouri East Region for August.
Volkerding was also Life Leader and Life Application Leader in the Missouri East Region in August.
Volkerding joined Modern Woodmen in November 2004.
Kelly Darby of Jackson, a financial adviser with Modern Woodmen Fraternal Financial, was Life Application Leader in the Missouri East Region in August.
Darby has been with Modern Woodmen since November 2010.
Modern Woodmen is a fraternal life insurance society headquartered in Rock Island, Illinois. Modern Woodmen provides life insurance and annuity products to almost 770,000 members nationwide.
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