CONTENTS Volume 77 | JANUARY 2024 | Number 1 8 18 44 8 Bender of glass Columbia couple keeps history alive through neon signs 14 100,000-mile man Rod Williams pounds the pavement around Warrensburg 18 From trees to pies One family's two pecan businesses span five generations 32 Best of Rural Missouri Vote for your Show-Me State favorites ON THE COVER 36 Glass compositions Marthasville artist creates fused and stained glass 44 Painterly realism The heroic art of Kyle Carroll Burger aficionados flock to the west side of the Lake of the Ozarks for the over-the-top, piled-high burgers at Taboo Burgers, Grill and Ice Cream. Read about it on page 28. JANUARY 2024 | RURALMISSOURI.COOP 3 IN EVERY ISSUE 4 Cooperation 5 Perspectives 14 Neighbors 25 Recipes 28 Eats 40 Outdoors 47 Just4Kidshttp://www.RURALMISSOURI.COOP