CONTENTS Volume 73 | MARCH 2020 | Number 3 14 24 56 20 Miracle of music Tunes and talent in Golden City 24 Slice of happiness Columbia shop makes pies like Grandma used to 28 PumpTrakr Farmer creates 21st-century solution to age-old problem 32 Missouri on a mission Co-op linemen bring power to village in Guatemala 46 The mentor and the migrants Kathy Freeze builds a purple martin paradise 50 "Tuskegee of the Midwest" The brief, brilliant history of the Dalton Vocational School IN EVERY ISSUE 4 Cooperation 5 Perspectives 10 Community 14 Eats 41 Recipes 46 Outdoors 54 Events 56 Neighbors 58 Just4Kids ON THE COVER Residents of Trapichitos, Guatemala set poles by hand to assist linemen from Missouri's electric cooperatives who brought electricity to them for the first time. See story on page 32. MARCH 2020 | RURALMISSOURI.COOP March20_Contents.indd 1 3 2/7/20 3:04 PMhttp://www.RURALMISSOURI.COOP