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Festus High School End-Of-Year choir concert

Posted May 16, 2013 at 3:50 pm

Mixed and concert choirs performed Tuesday (May 14) at Faith Baptist Church in Festus

Steve Taylor photos

 

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    Mastodon Fair attracts 1,500 non-extinct creatures

    About 1,500 people turned out March 23 to view the projects and participate in the activities at the 34th annual Mastodon Arts and Sciences Regional Fair, held at the Field House on Jefferson College’s Hillsboro campus.

    The fair is held during the college’s spring break every year, and involves more than 3,000 students from local schools and home-school groups. Projects are collected and judged early in the week, then displayed for the public on the weekend.

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    60 kids, 1,720 eggs

    About 120 people turned out for an Easter egg hunt held Saturday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Otto.

    That included more than 60 children who participated in the egg hunt, said Murel Warren, an elder at the church.

    Warren said he was pleased with the participation, considering the weather.

    “It was good for how breezy and cool it was,” Warren said.

    Fortunately, the rain in the forecast held off.

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    Sharing the art of the snowman

    Chrissy Reiter, art teacher at Crystal City High School, spent her snow day building a snowman with daughter, Molly Reiter, 3, left. It also was a snow day for Josie Belle Reiter, right.

    Send your snow photos to nvrweakly@aol.com.

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    Windsor to present ‘Beauty and the Beast’

    Windsor High School will perform Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” Thursday through Sunday, Feb. 21-24, in the school’s Performing Arts Auditorium, 6208 Hwy. 61-67, in Imperial.

    Shows will be at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and at 3 p.m. on Sunday.

    Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for students, faculty and staff.

    Tickets go on sale today (Feb. 14). A ticket

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    Twin City Days 2012

    Great effort from Leader photographers Ted Howell, Matt O’Harver, Ashley Cooper, Sherree Faries Fite and Corri Biesemeyer.

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    Arnold’s Sept. 11 memorial service

    Arnold’s second annual Sept. 11 memorial service drew a crowd of about 75 people to the city’s monument that honors 9/11 victims, located outside the Arnold Recreation Center, 1695 Missouri State Road.

    Ted Howell photos

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    Sept. 11 memorial service draws dozens to monument at Arnold Recreation Center

    Arnold’s second annual Sept. 11 memorial service drew a crowd of about 75 this morning (Sept. 11) to the city’s monument that honors 9/11 victims, located outside the Arnold Recreation Center, 1695 Missouri State Road.

    The monument contains a piece of steel from the World Trade Center in New York City, which was destroyed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack. The city obtained the steel last year in time for a ceremony observing the 10th anniversary of the attack.

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