Kerrice Mapes
Job @ seveneightfive: Owner/publisher/crazy idea generator
Occupation: Marketing coordinator by day (@Family Service & Guidance Center)
Alias: Social raven by night
Fave place(s) in Topeka: RowHouse Restaurant, the Gazebo at Lake Shawnee, my “office” at Varsity Blues, TCT, Oakland during Fiesta, Westboro on First Friday, Tacos el (Sol or Mexicana), Holiday Park
Charities I Support: Topeka AIDS Project, Family Service & Guidance Center, Susan G. Koman Breast Cancer Research, Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation for Breast Cancer Research, March for Dimes, Topeka Civic Theatre
Don’t tell anyone but…: I never shut up, even while sleeping. I’ve even been known to speak in Spanish while snoozing.

LeahSewell

Job @ seveneightfive: Editor-in-Chief

Occupation: Mother of two kids under the age of 3, general do-gooder.
Alias(es): poet, writer, cook
Fave places in Topeka: the RowHouse Restaurant, the table in the nook at Kaner Coffee, the Topeka State Hospital grounds, the capitol, Porubsky’s, Topeka Library, Edgewood Park, Warehouse 414, Tuptim Thai House, Blackbird Cafe, Jayhawk Theatre, the Topeka Farmers Market
Causes I Support: the Topeka Writers Workshop, Heartland Visioning, Jayhawk State Theater of Kansas, ReThink Topeka and March of Dimes
Don’t tell anyone but… I know all eight verses of the Itsy Bitsy Spider song.

Ande Davis
Job @ seveneightfive: Managing Editor and Snack Food Tester
Occupation: Communications Specialist, Social Media Guru, English Teacher
Alias: Vigilante justice
Fave Place(s) in Topeka: Warehouse 414, Morgan Hall @ WU, Public Library, Kansas Avenue, Expocentre Ice Rink, Bobo’s Drive-In, bed
Charities I Support: CASA, Topeka Youth Hockey Association, United Way
Don’t tell anyone but…: My dream job is to be a hermit.

Erin Leigh Wynkoop
Job @ seveneightfive: Marketing Specialist/Writer
Occupation: Retail
Alias: Wouldn’t you like to know…
Fave place(s) in Topeka: Collins Park, Chez Yasu, PT’s, Aaron Douglas Mural, The Boobie Trap, Warehouse 414, Daddy Cakes, East Side Mexican food, Seabrook, the Mulvane
Charities I Support: United Way, Topeka AIDS Project, Family Service & Guidance Center, Chords and Oil Artist Collective
Don’t tell anyone but…: I pretty much kick ass at life, but I’m sure everyone already knows that.

Contributors

Account Executives: Kerrice Mapes and Matt Porubsky
Writers: Macie Smith, Cale Herreman, Alice Hunt, Nick Leach, Matt Porubsky, Leah Sewell, Dennis Etzel Jr., Nathan Schroeder, Melissa Sewell, Boone Smith, Kristen Veverka, Janice Watkins, Lyle Vaughn and Tom Wah.

Photographers: EJ Drake, Adam Koger, Colin MacMillan, Brie Martin and David Kitchner.

Poetry Editor: Dennis Etzel Jr.

Copy Editor: Melissa Sewell

Bar Wars: Jared Hitchens [owner], Kerrice Mapes, Sarah Hitchens, Erin Wynkoop, Tish Colon

Web site: Jay Bachman, Leah Sewell, Kerrice Mapes, Ande Davis

The Psychic Chicken: Ruprecht Roosterdamus, Gary Piland

Distribution: Ryan McClure, Missy Sewell

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