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.

Leah Sewell

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 Kansas State Hospital grounds, the capitol, Porubsky’s, Topeka Library, Edgewood Park, Warehouse 414, Tuptim Thai House, the Topeka Farmers Market
Causes I Support: the Topeka Writers Workshop, Chords and Oil Artist Collective, the Porubsky Documentary Foundation, Heartland Visioning, 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/Photog/Professional Eavesdropper
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.

Alice Hunt
Job @ seveneightfive: Web editor
Occupation: Grad student (Rock Chalk!), retail maven, jill-of-all-trades.
Alias: Web wonder by night.
Fave Place(s) in Topeka: I love the Topeka Shawnee County Library and Ensley Garden at Shawnee Lake. For studying, though, Classic Bean in Fairlawn Plaza is the best.
Charities I Support: Topeka Literacy Council, Helping Hands Humane Society.
Don’t tell anyone but…: I have a tattoo of a Celtic trinity symbol on my right hip.

Contributors

Account Executives: Kerrice Mapes, Morgan Lynn, Erin Wynkoop
Writers: Larissa Amundson, Amber Bonnett, Macie Smith, Matthew Briden, Cale Herreman, Alice Hunt, Nick Leach, Robin Murphy, Matt Porubsky, Nathan Schroeder, Melissa Sewell and Tom Wah.
Photographers: Sarah Carson, EJ Drake, Amber Farmer, Nathan Faul, Melissa Harms, Adam Koger, Colin MacMillan and Micah Rolfs.
Copy Editor: Melissa Sewell
Bar Wars: Jared Hitchens [owner], Kerrice Mapes, Sarah Hitchens, Erin Wynkoop, Tish Colon
Web site: Jay Bachman, Alice Hunt, Kerrice Mapes
The Psychic Chicken: Ruprecht Roosterdamus, Gary Piland
Distribution: Ryan McClure, Missy Sewell