Dexter, Missouri – Want to earn some Ride Coupons at the Stoddard County Fair and support your local food bank?
On Wednesday, September 17th bring 3 boxes of Macaroni & Cheese to the Stoddard County Fair and receive 3 Ride Coupons. Limit is 6 boxes per person.
All the food will go to the Stoddard County Gospel Mission to be distributed in our county!
Also on Wednesday night several events are planned. The Sheep and Goats judging will be at 6:00 p.m. Tyler Feller and Kryst Lyke with the Youth Ministry will be on the Midway at 6:00 p.m. Professor Farquar and Polecat Annie will also provide entertainment.
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Dexter, Missouri - The 87th Annual Stoddard County Fair is this week. Tinsley Amusements will be on the Midway nightly with gates opening at 5:00 p.m. except Saturday when the gates will open at 11:00 a.m. and rides begin at 1:00 p.m. All events will be at 7:00 p.m. unless otherwise stated.
The ShowMe Times will be at the Fair each week night except Friday (DHS Football @ Caruthersville) night taking photos and will post Fair Photo Albums on our Facebook page. We'll see you at the Fair and the Parade!!
Monday, September 15
All exhibits (except Livestock) Judged
Livestock Entries accepted (12 Noon – 8 PM) Large Animals
Livestock Entries accepted (4 PM – 8 PM) Small Animals
Tuesday, September 16
Parade, Downtown Dexter (5:30 PM)
Queen’s Contest, Arena B, Directly after the parade
Chicken Catching & Youth Games, Arena A, Directly After Parade
Bill Hulvey & Side Street Band – Midway 7 PM – Professor Farquar & Polecat Annie
Wednesday, September 17
Sheep and Goats Judging (6 PM)
Youth Ministry, Midway, 6 PM –Tyler Feller & Kryst Lyke
Nightly - Professor Farquar & Polecat Annie
Thursday, September 18
Cattle, Hogs and Equine Judging, Arena A (6 PM) Blend (Acappella) - Midway 7 PM
FFA Tractor Rodeo, Arena A, 7 PM Karaoke, Arena B, 7 PM
Nightly - Professor Farquar & Polecat Annie
Bracelet Night - $25 EACH (5:30 PM – 10:30PM)
Friday, September 19
Rickie Lee Tanner – Midway 7 PM
Bootheel Tractor Pulls, Arena A, 7 PM
Karaoke, Arena B, 8 PM
Nightly - Professor Farquar & Polecat Annie
Saturday, September 20
Buyers Breakfast (8 AM)
4H & FFA Livestock Auction, Livestock Barns (9 AM)
Stoddard County Youth Pageant, Midway (10 AM)
Bracelet Afternoon - $20 EACH (1PM -5PM)
4-H/FFA Public Speaking Contest, Midway, 2 PM
Youth Games, Arena B, - 3 PM
Demolition Derby, Arena A, 7 PM
Anna Catherine DeHart, Midway, 4 PM
Maggie Thorn, Midway, 6 PM
Neil E. Boyd, Midway, 8 PM
Karaoke, Arena B, 8 PM
Nightly - Professor Farquar & Polecat Annie
Livestock Check Out (8 AM – 1 PM)
Exhibits MUST be picked up Noon to 4 PM/Exhibit Barn A
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Dexter, Missouri – The Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) has teamed up with Southwest Elementary this year to host their Annual TRASHBAG “FUN”draiser!
They have had great success the past two years with last year selling through the T.S. Hill Middle School Students. This year the littlest of Bearcats will be selling trash bags from September 8th – September 26th. You still have time to purchase these colorful bags at a very special price!
White – 15 Gallon
Yellow – 39 Gallon
Breast Cancer Pink – 39 Gallon
Blue – 55 Gallon
Each roll is only $10 and deliveries will be made in early October.
Who can resist these awesome students raising money for a good cause!
Shown in the photo are: Adaline Prance, Isabella Pittman, and Kate Nichols. These girls look like beautiful little princesses caring their pretty trash bags! Who wouldn't want colorful trashbags to make your trash look a little more attractive. Besides October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and everyone needs to PINK OUT!
All proceeds got to fund students at Southwest, Central, and T.S. Hill Middle School. Please help them make this the best year ever!
The fun run/ walk is being hosted by Dexter Project Prom and sponsored by First National Bank. All monies raised will benefit Project Prom 2015.
Dana Adams from First National Bank tells the Show Me Times, “Last year, we had just over 200 participants. We are hoping for more this year.”
For those unfamiliar with a Color Burst Run, this is a 5k run/walk with stations set up throughout the race where participants are showered with colored powder. At the end of the run, the participants will be multicolored and smiling. It is a really fun event.
Registration forms for the run can be picked up at DHS. Registrations will be taken all the way up until race time, but registrations received by 9-12-2014 will receive a Bearcat Color Burst t-shirt and swag bag.
United States of America - In memory of the nearly 3,000 people who were killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, each year in the United States we observe Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance.
On October 25, 2001, the U.S. House of Representatives Joint Resolution 71 was approved. Resolution 71 requested that the President designate September 11 of each year as “Patriot Day”. President George W. Bush signed the resolution into law on December 18, 2001 (as Public Law 107-89).
On this day, it is asked by the President, that the American flag be flown at half-staff at individual American homes, at the White House and on all United States government buildings and establishments at home and abroad. The President has also asked Americans to observe a moment of silence beginning at 8:46 A.M.(Eastern Daylight Time), the time the first plane struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. He also strongly encourages Americans to use the Corporation for National and Community Service to find and volunteer for service opportunities.
It was on September 10 of 2012 that President Obama issued a proclamation renaming the day as Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance, in reference to both Public Laws 107-89 and 111-13 (the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act).
“As we join in serving causes greater than ourselves and honoring those we lost, we are reminded of the ways that the victims of 9/11 live on — in the people they loved, the lives they touched, and the courageous acts they inspired. On Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance, we pledge to carry on their legacy of courage and compassion, and to move forward together as one people.”
