Submitted by Jill Temples
SMT Writher
Dexter, Missouri- The 2013 Stoddard County Fair Queen Contest
Tuesday, September 17 at 7:00 p.m. or immediately following the Stoddard County Parade. The Contest will take place at the Stoddard County Fair Grounds in Arena B.
Requirements for the contest:
-Contestants must attend a Stoddard County High School or reside within Stoddard County. Home school contestants must reside in Stoddard County.
-Contestants shall be single, shall never have been married, nor had a marriage annulled, nor have cohabited with a male in lieu of a marriage contract.
-Contestants who are pregnant or have been pregnant are ineligible.
The 2013 Queen agrees to be available to attend and perform her duties at the 2013 Stoddard County Fair. She is also required to assist with the SCF Children’s Pageant the Saturday of the fair.
Upon crowning, queen will receive a list of duties for fair week. The Queen must also understand that her duties will include presenting ribbons, trophies, and attending other activities that will be held at the fairgrounds during the year (Demo Derby, Tractor pulls, etc.) as designated by either the Fair Board or the Pageant Directors.
The 2013 Stoddard County Fair Queen will receive a $150 cash prize along with her crown, trophy, sash, and flowers.
The entry fee for all contestants is $20.00. Forms may be picked up throughout the county at local businesses. For a list of businesses you may call Ashley Huey Jarrell at 573-421-7300 (cell) after 5 p.m. or Toni Holman at 573-703-6765. Forms can also be emailed or find them on the website at http://www.stoddardcountyfair.com/queen.html
Entry forms must be received by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, September 13th. Cash or money orders only. There will be no entries accepted at the door. Forms can be dropped off at The Bunny Patch in Dexter or mailed to:
Stoddard County Fair Pageant
c/o Ashley (Huey) Jarrell
18215 County Road 426
Bloomfield, MO 63825
Submitted by Jill Temples
SMT Writer
Dexter, Missouri- This year marks the eighty-sixth year of the Stoddard County Fair. The Stoddard County Fair works to do many things for the surrounding communities. The fair supports our youth, promotes community spirit, enhances Stoddard County’s image, and also showcases the agriculture in the county.
The members of the Stoddard County Fair board that help organize and prepare for the fair are listed below:
President- Don Parks
Vice-President- Kevin Holman
Treasurer- Jeanie Huey
The Stoddard County Fairboard Scholarship Program has awarded over $33,500 in scholarships to graduates of the county since the 1980s. The only criteria to be eligible for the scholarship is the student must have exhibited in 3 of the 5 years from the eighth grade through the twelfth grade.
Listed below in alphabetical order are the scholarship recipients from 2000 to 2012:
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Megan Agey |
Andrew Kestner |
The 2013 Stoddard County Fair will begin on Sunday, September 15th and end on Saturday, September 21st. The gates will open at 6:00 p.m. every day, except on Saturday when the gates will not open until 1:00 p.m. All events below will start at 7:00 p.m. unless noted otherwise.
Sunday, September 15th
All exhibit (except Livestock) entries accepted from 1:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Monday, September 16th-
All exhibits (except Livestock) judged
Large Livestock Entries will be accepted from 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Small Livestock Entries will be accepted from 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, September 17th-
The Parade in Downtown Dexter will begin at 5:30 p.m.
Main Stage – Queen Pageant will begin directly after the parade
In Arena A - Chicken Catching & Youth Games directly after the parade
In Arena B – TBA
Ground Act – Magic Mike (Magician) at 6:30 p.m.
Midway – Justin Heskitt Band Performs at 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, September 18th-
Sheep and Goats Judging will begin at 6:00 p.m.
Midway – Church Services will begin at 6:00 p.m.
Arena A – TBA
Arena B – TBA
Ground Act –Magic Mike (Magician) at 6:30 p.m.
Midway –Fuse Worship /Tyler Feller /Kryst Lyke at 7:00 p.m.
Ground Act –Magic Mike (Magician) at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, September 19th-
Arena A- Cattle, Hogs and Equine Judging at 6:00 p.m.
Arena A –FFA Tractor Rodeo at 7:00 p.m.
Arena B – Karaoke at 7:00 p.m.
Midway – Flashback at 7:00 p.m.
Ground Act- Magic Mike (Magician) at 6:30 p.m.
Bracelet Night - $20 EACH from 6:00 p.m.- 10:00 p.m.
Friday, September 20th-
Arena A –Antique Tractor Pull at 7:00 p.m.
Arena B- Karaoke at 7:00 p.m.
Midway- Blackjack Billy at 7:00 p.m.
Ground Act - Magic Mike (Magician) at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 21st-
Buyers Breakfast at 8:00 a.m.
Livestock Barns- 4H & FFA Livestock Auction begins at 9:00 a.m.
Main Stage- Stoddard County Youth Pageant begins at 10:00 a.m.
Main Stage- 4-H/FFA Public Speaking Contest begins at 3:00 p.m.
Arena B- Youth Events at 3:00 p.m.
Arena A – Demo Derby at 7:00 p.m.
Arena B – Karaoke at 7:00 p.m.
Midway –Maggie Thorn 5-7 p.m. & Anna Katherine DeHart 8-10 p.m.
Ground Act - Magic Mike (Magician) at 2:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 22nd-
Livestock Check Out 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Exhibits MUST be picked up Noon to 4 PM/Exhibit Barn A
Submitted by Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
news@showmetimes.com
Dexter, Missouri - Want to show your Bearcat Spirit? Are you ready for the Super Bearcat Football Homecoming Celebration?
Our Bearcats play the New Madrid Eagles on Friday, Oct. 4th. Regional Healthcare Foundation is sponsoring a pregame and post-game tailgate event in the parking lot of the Bearcat Event Center beginning at 4pm.
Today is the deadline to rent a tailgate space with table and chairs at a cost of $100.00.
You will still be able to rent a tailgate space without table and chairs at a cost of $80.00 until September 27, 2013. Booth Spaces are 18’x20’.
We invite businesses, class reunions, civic groups and individuals to join us and help kick off the Super Bearcat Homecoming Events.
Food, music, games will all be part of the fun. Contact Lisa Thrower at the Regional Healthcare Foundation at 573-624-1607 or visit our website at www.regionalhf.org for more information and an application.
Thank you,
Lisa Thrower, RHF Director
Submitted by Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
news@showmetimes.com
Jefferson City, Missouri - The official 2013 Missouri State Highway Map is hot off the presses and available free of charge.
The map features up-to-date route information and its cover celebrates the Missouri Department of Transportation's centennial of service.
"MoDOT has been around for a hundred years and we want to celebrate that fact with the citizens of Missouri," said Dave Nichols, director of MoDOT.
"The cover features the new Christopher S. Bond Bridge in Kansas City and has inset pictures dating back to the times when Missouri still had mud roads."
In addition to showing 33,891 miles of state-maintained routes (252 more than the last map), this edition displays several new features, including the Chicago to Kansas City Expressway (Missouri Route 110), the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge (opening in early 2014), an updated Katy Trail inset and the newly signed US Bike Route 76 Transamerica Trail in Missouri.
State parks, conservation areas, historic sites, hospitals, airports, Amtrak stations, colleges, universities and other destinations also are displayed on the map.
Other helpful bits of information include easy-to-locate emergency telephone numbers, and contact information for the Missouri State Highway Patrol and MoDOT district offices. The 2013 state highway map was printed on recycled paper using soy-based ink. It was printed by a St. Louis, Mo. company, Universal Printing.
To request a free map, contact MoDOT at 1-888-Ask MoDOT or visit www.modot.org. Sidebar: State Map History
The first Missouri road map, so far as State Highway Commission files reveal, was put out in 1851 by the federal government. Primary consideration was given to steamboat travel.
The first road map put out by the State of Missouri was in 1918. The map was printed in black and white with no photos.
25,000 copies of the 1924 map were printed, and the supply was quickly used up. That's compared to the 2.7 million printed this year.
To cover printing costs, the department sold the early maps to any individual, firm or company at cost, then allowed them to resell the maps for 25 cents to "make a fair profit."
There are two versions of the 1939 map. The maps have the same cover, but carry different information on the back.
The 1942 and 1944 maps have the same cover.
There was no map printed in 1943 because of World War II.
The 1966 map caused a bit of a stir because the cover featured two women in shorts.
A special map was printed in 2004 to commemorate the Lewis and Clark bicentennial.
Check out images from Missouri's official state highway maps here www.modot.org/historicmaps/index.htm.
Submitted by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Writer
Sikeston, Missouri - Neal E. Boyd, of Sikeston, will be announcing at the Bootheel Conservative Republicans meeting in Sikeston being held at the Sikeston Public Library, that he will run again for the 149th State Representative seat that will be vacated by current Rep. Steve Hodges-D of East Prairie in 2014.
Please join him on September 10, 2013 at 6:00 p.m.
Boyd, then a newcomer political campaigning, lost to Hodges, then a three term incumbent, in November 2012. “It was a learning experience as former Rep. Peter Myers told me it would be,” Boyd said. “This time will be a very different challenge. We need jobs and I will fight for new job opportunities for the area and its citizens.”
Boyd, 37, is best known as the 2008 winner of America’s Got Talent, but he has twenty plus years of public service experience having been a former Chairman of the Southeast Missouri State University College Republicans, an intern in the District offices of Senators Bond and Ashcroft, volunteered on the campaigns of former Congresswoman JoAnn Emerson, State Rep. Peter Myers and Lanie Black, to name a few. Most notably he was appointed to two statewide gubernatorial (Governors Blunt and Nixon) Workforce Commissions and Boards, MTEC in 2007 and MoWIB in 2009.
Boyd is also a small business owner as partner in Cox and Boyd Insurance Solutions.
In his 2012 campaign for the 149th, Boyd was endorsed by both the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Missouri Right to Life.
“We have many challenges in this district, but having grown up here, I believe in the potential of Southeast Missouri and our citizens. I believe we will overcome this severe poverty crisis with the right ideas and new opportunities for jobs.”
Campaign Information can found at:
nealeboydformissouri.com or Neal E. Boyd for Missouri on Facebook
Correspondence, Endorsements and Donations can be sent to:
Friends of Neal E. Boyd
PO BOX 454
Sikeston, MO 63801
