Dexter, Missouri – Who knew these folks could sing!!!! The Keller Public Library continued this week with the series of “Every Hero Has a Story”. This week included musical entertainment with our city officials and other local heroes.
This week’s presentation consisted of Fire Chief Don Seymore, Engineer Darryl Orr, Mayor Joe Weber, City Administrator Mark Stidham, Police Officer Lori O’Dell, Mary Ann Taylor, National Guard veterans Charles Cooper and Laura Cooper, and storyteller Kim Cook.
The Hero series continues each Wednesday morning at 11:00 a.m. until July 15th. On June 24th, live animals from Animal Tales will be on hand to present “Animal Avengers”. Should be an exciting story hour at Keller Public Library!!
Here are the Summer Reading Program dates for July and upcoming events the Library will host!
Summer Reading Program:
11:00 July 1 - "Super Magic Super Hero" with Super Reading Magician Marty Hahne
11:00 July 8 - "Heroes of the Wild!" - Agent Mark Reed, Missouri Department of Conservation
11:00 July 15 - "The Hero in You!" - Crafts and Ice Cream Sundaes
July 14 - 5:00 - 6:30 Chamber Business After Hours at the Keller Public Library
"Unlimited Possibilities @ Your Library"
Sikeston, Missouri - SEMO Electric Cooperative recently announced the winners of the Youth and C.Y.C.L.E. Tour contests.
Winners for the Youth Tour are Adrianna Gensler, Daria Kern and Tyler Battles from Bloomfield High School and Daniel Posch of Jackson High School.
The Youth Tour sends high school juniors to Washington D.C. for a week, where participants see monuments, tour museums and hear speakers such as the National Rural Electric Cooperative Associations CEO, JoAnn Emerson. A few hundred students from Missouri go on the trip where they will meet other students from across the United States.
The C.Y.C.L.E. Tour is a three-day, two night trip to Jefferson City. There, high school sophomores tour the capital building, go to the Missouri Supreme Court and hear national speakers. Winners of the C.Y.C.L.E. Tour are McKayla Hunt, Cole Nichols and Erin McCoy of Bell City and Kirsten LaBorde of Bloomfield.
SEMO Electric sponsors the contest each year and the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives facilitates the programs. Both contests are open to any high school sophomore and juniors whose parents are members of SEMO Electric Cooperative.
Photos above - Left to Right: Tyler Battles, Adrianna Gensler, Daria Kern and Kirsten LaBorde of Bloomfield.Photo below - Left to Right: Erin McCoy, Cole Nichols and McKayla Hunt of Bell City.
Submitted by Glen Cantrell, SEMO Electric Cooperative.
Dexter, Missouri – Keller Public Library’s Summer Reading Program is well under way with a record crowd in attendance on Wednesday, June 10th. More than 120 children and seventy-four adults were on hand to hear special guest, Kim Cook, read “New York’s Bravest” keeping with the summer reading theme of “Every Hero Has a Story”.
The Dexter Fire Department made an appearance as “Heroes to the Rescue!” Fire Chief Don Seymore, along with Asst. Chief Dave Rowe, and Firefighter Todd O’Dell invited the children outside after the inside program to see the big red ladder firetruck.
Children were invited to dress in their favorite hero costume as well as enjoy a run through the spray of water that came from the aerial ladder on the firetruck.
Several photos can bee seen on the ShowMe Times Facebook page under the Album, Keller Library Summer Reading Program June 10, 2015.
On Wednesday, June 17th beginning at 11:00 a.m. “The Heroes Around Us” will be the theme for this week’s program.
The book, "New York's Bravest" is available at the Keller Public Library along with many other books about firefighters. Here is a short paragraph about the book.
"In the 1840s, there was a real volunteer firefighter named Mose Humphreys whose bravery was reknown throughout New York City. Plays about him began being performed on Broadway in 1848 and over the years his strength and heroics took on larger-than-life proportions, much like those of Paul Bunyan. Mary Pope Osborne has honed down the legends about him to a brief, dramatic, sometimes comical, but ultimately moving text of picture book length. Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher’s stunning paintings capture this 8-foot-tall superhero rushing into burning buildings, saving babies and bankers, and wolfing down the feasts bestowed upon him by the grateful citizens of old New York–until the one big hotel fire after which he was never seen again. The author has included a historical note about the origins of this tall tale, and the book is dedicated to the 343 New York City firefighters who gave their lives to save others on September 11, 2001."
Owner, Alan Hueckel, is hosting a Grand Opening all day on Friday! Pro Wash is located on One Mile Road in Dexter.
"I am trying to help her out the best way I can," Hueckel said. "She is extremely talented and a good athlete. Her family are just good people."
Pro Wash is also having a fundraiser for MaKayla Waldner. In a previous article on the ShowMe Times Waldner is gearing up for a "dream come true" soccer tournament in Seattle, Washington. To read the complete article click HERE.
Pro Lub will gladly accept tips all day on Friday to help MaKayla cover expenses to travel to Seattle to play in the North American Soccer Cup National Championship where World Cup and Olympic scouts will be on hand checking out the talent. MaKayla is the best of the best ranked 90th out of 2,500 female soccer athletes in the nation.
Please stop by Pro Wash and celebrate their grand opening with a FREE car wash and donate a few dollars to help MaKayla land in Seattle! We wish her the best of luck and can't wait to hear all about her experience in a follow-up article in July.
Bloomfield, Missouri - The Modern Woodman will host a Matching Fund Spaghetti Dinner for the Bloomfield Area Nutrition Center (BANC) to help cover food supplies.
The event is scheduled for Thursday, June 11th from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Bloomfield Area Nutrition Center located at 509 N. Delaware St. in Bloomfield.
Cost is $7.00 for ages 11 and up and only $3.00 for children 10 and under. Carry-outs are available as well by calling (573) 895-2142.
You can eat delicious spaghetti with meat sauce, salad, garlic bread, dessert and a drink.
Local Modern Woodmen of America members are sponsoring this fundraiser and will match proceeds up to $1,000.
For more information contact Mary Thorn, Activities Coordinator at (573) 568-2489.
