May 2022

Saturday, June 4 “Heritage Days At The Museum”

Are you ready to have some fun and learn about heritage arts? Join area artisans at the Ronald Wilder Traditional Arts Center on Saturday, June 4 to see looms, spinning wheels, inkle looms, forges, and other heritage tools in action? Or maybe you would like to see how it feels to throw a shuttle or draft some fiber? The Traditional Arts Center is located in the basement of the Bethel Black History Museum formerly the Bethel AME Church, acfross the street from the Grand River Historical Society, with plenty of on-street parking. There will be opportunities to learn, create and even purchase items from local artisans. Kid’s activities will include tie-dyeing, spindling, and more! And you won’t have to leave the site to find food thanks to Daniel Savage and the Elks who will be cooking up a storm with hot dogs and burgers and cool soda to wash it down. Lemonade will also be for sale – all proceeds going to the Museum to fund upcoming programs. Music and additional exhibits in the Bethel Black History Museum, so bring an instrument and “jam” with local musicians - the acoustics are amazing! Antique vehicles will also be on display as well as new exhibits at the main Museum building including a Jerry Litton exhibit. So bring the whole family on June 4 and celebrate our heritage at the Museum.

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Poppy Days Distribution

Unit 57 Green Hills American Legion Auxiliary distributed poppies on Thursday, May 26 at Prenger Foods in Bucklin in honor of present and past Veterans. Poppy Days was honored on May 27, this year. Two Unit 57 members Judy Dinneen and Connie Teeter are pictured helping with distributing.

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NIL Spat Between SEC Coaching Stars Wildly Entertaining

Why did they wait so long to allow college athletes to make a few bucks on the side? Think of all the wildly entertaining shenanigans we've missed out on over the years. Let's play the feud! Jimbo Fisher is downright livid at former boss Nick Saban for saying the Texas A&M coach bought himself the best recruiting class in the country after a free-for-all broke out in college athletics going by the deceptively boring acronym of NIL — Name, Image and Likeness.

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Tigers Tales

A crowd of local and area supporters of the University of Missouri-Columbia and fans of Tigers athletics mingle, schmooze, and visit during the May 18 Chillicothe stop on this spring’s and summer’s MU promotional “Come Home Tour.” Among the university delegation attending the event at the Blackwater Restaurant and Lounge in downtown Chillicothe was Desirée Francois-Reed (in background at far left, facing camera while chatting with long-time Chillicothe attorney Dave Macoubrie, whose son attended and played football at Mizzou in the late 1970s and early ’80s), who is nearing completion of her first year in the high-profile, high-pressure position of director of athletics. She made her first major coaching staff decision a couple of months ago, choosing to replace Cuonzo Martin as men’s basketball head coach and hiring Dennis Gates to try to revive the fortunes of the basketball Tigers. (Photo courtesy of Eric Turner)

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