Overheard

Add another magazine to the list of startups this year. There’s already Signature magazine, the impending Boomer publication, and now comes Stim Magazine. Aimed for publication the third week of September, organizers say Stim is in response to Springfield’s “burgeoning cultural scene.” A small graphic design studio called 2and2is5 Design is behind the pub, which will be uniquely printed in a 5-by-7 inch size. Topics will range from music and art to theatre and poetry. Last year, Downtown Now and Go magazines were added to the bill. Springfield’s magazine market is getting crowded.

Cabinet Maker Closes Shop

Prestige Cabinets is shutting down a 30-employee shop on East Division as it prepares to open a plant in Columbus, Kan. Company officials cite the need for a larger facility and say the 3110 E. Division St. shop is “landlocked.” Prestige Cabinets is a subsidiary of RSI Holdings Corp., a $700 million company that purchased Prestige two years ago. The Springfield location is known as RSI Home Products. An unspecified number of Springfield employees will be transferring to the Columbus location, which is set to open Nov. 1.

Moxie Turns 1

Downtown Springfield’s Moxie Cinema is on the verge of its first birthday.

Dan and Nicole Chilton, owners of the movie house at 408 W. Walnut, have a week of festivities planned to celebrate the Sept. 21 anniversary. Highlights include a teaming up with The Skinny Improv on Sept. 14 to roast horror film “Manos: Hands of Fate” in the fashion of “Mystery Science Theater 3000,” a birthday concert at Moxie featuring Cindy Woolf, JR Top and Nathaniel Carroll and a naming rights auction on eBay of Moxie’s Cinebar. For more information on the birthday celebrations, call Moxie at (417) 429-0801 or visit www.moxiecinema.com.

Yum! Construction

Springfield-based Ozark Restaurants Inc. has begun construction of its Yum! Brands Inc. franchise restaurant, a combination KFC and Long John Silver’s at Chestnut Crossing. The development is at the southeast corner of Chestnut Expressway and North West Bypass in west Springfield. An official ground-breaking ceremony is scheduled for Sept. 14. Completion is scheduled for early December. General Manager Lisa Gott she plans to hire about 30 people. Ozark Restaurants Inc. owns and operates 43 restaurants in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Illinois.

Slice of Nice

A year after Hurricane Katrina, Springfield-based Convoy of Hope continues to work along the Gulf Coast. Convoy teams have already impacted more than 1,600 homes and even more lives. Yet the organization stresses that help is still needed, pointing to the thousands of homes that have not been touched since the hurricane, leaving thousands of families in uncertainty. Convoy officials say the region remains in desperate need of skilled laborers, and they are accepting volunteer teams to help the rebuilding efforts. Interested teams should contact jmurphy@convoyofhope.org.