By Annabeth Miller,
ShowMe Times Editor
Start Super Bowl weekend this Friday with a “super bowl” of chicken and dumplings!
Steaming bowls of chicken and dumplings – and all that goodness will be served this Friday, Feb. 3 at Dexter’s First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) at its annual Chicken and Dumpling Feed.
The men of the church – with help from the ladies – will be serving chicken & and dumplings, green beans, cole slaw, desserts and drinks.
Serving will be held from 11 a.m. until 7 pm. at the church at 224 E. Stoddard Street in Downtown Dexter. Tickets are $7 for adults and $2 for children age 10 and younger. All proceeds will go towards the church building fund.
What’s Happening
- WHAT: Chicken & Dumpling Feed
- DATE: Friday, Feb. 3
- WHEN: 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
- WHERE: First Christian Church
- ADDRESS: 224 E. Stoddard Street
- COST: $7 adults, $2 children 10 and younger
By Annabeth Miller,
ShowMe Times Editor
Missouri has a great heritage of conservation, and a great heritage of naturists who take amazing photographs of the ShowMe State’s natural wonders.
So it only seems “natural” for the Missouri Department of Conservation to celebrate its 75th anniversary with a photo contest.
The MDC invites photographers to enter its 75th Anniversary Photo Contest. Photo-bugs are encouraged to get out their cameras and serve photo files for their best images that celebrate Missouri’s natural wonders. Winners will be featured in the October issue of the Missouri Conservationist, as well as on the MDC website and other media.
A full list of rules and guidelines can be found on the MDC website. Entries will only be accepted via Flickr, an Internet photo sharing service. Photographers currently not on Flickr will find it easy to join. Just go to the75th anniversary photo contest Flickr site for more information.
There are seven categories you can enter:
- Mammals
- Plants
- Reptiles and Amphibians
- Insects and Spiders
- Birds
- Outdoor Recreation
- Habitats and Landscapes
Entries will be accepted through May 15. After that date, a panel of photography and nature experts will select the best entry in each category. These category winners will be posted on the MDC website starting July 1, when the public can vote for their favorite. The photo with the most votes will be named “Best of Show.” All seven winners will be displayed in the October magazine and other MDC media.
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By Annabeth Miller, SMT Editor
It may have been cold and wet outside Thursday evening, but inside Central Elementary School, the action things were busy, hectic and a little warm for the Parent Night opening the annual Scholastic Book Fair.
Parents and students flocked to Central, as well as Southwest Elementary, for the Parent Night to kick off the annual book fair. The thee for Book Fair this year is “Book Fair Luau – It’s A Reading Celebration!” From “Dewey the Library Cat” to cookbooks to the tale of four little girls in “Shoe-La-La” to a book on America by Callista Gingrich, wife of the Presidential candidate – hundreds of books were just ready for new readers.
The Books Fairs in the Dexter schools will be held through Feb. 6 at Southwest, Central and Middle schools and are administered by each building’s PTO. Proceeds will be used to purchase library materials in the schools.
Each year Scholastic Book Fairs, in partnership with schools across the country, hosts more than 120,000 book-sale events that give more than 35 million students and their families access to thousands of affordable and educational products, helping foster a lifelong love of reading.
