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Through-December 31 • The City of Osage Beach Holiday Lights will be open for the season from 5-9 p .m . daily . Festive light displays are set up along a drive-through route at the Osage Beach City Park . Free to enter .

Through-Jan. 1 • The city of Versailles will light up its park for the Unity Circle of Lights . This small display is located the the intersection of Highways 5 and 52 .

Through-Jan 2. • The Laurie Enchanted Village of Lights drive-through holiday light park will be held each night during the holidays . Open from 5-9 p .m . at the Laurie Fairgrounds . Donations are accepted .

4 & 5 • A dinner theater production of “The Man Who Came to Dinner” will be held at the Camden County Museum at 7 p .m . This event had been postponed in November . Doors open at 5:30 p .m . and dinner is served at 6 p .m . Cost is $15 per person . Call 573346-7191 ext 8 for reservations .

5 • The annual Eldon Lighted Christmas Parade will be held at approximately 5:20 p .m . Staging will be at S . Maple Street by the South Elementary School .

5 • The Lake of the Ozarks Swing Dance Club will present their Jingle & Mingle Christmas Social & Dance at Ozark Yacht Club in Lake Ozark . Social hour with dancers will be at 7 p .m ., followed by dancing until 10:30 p .m . Members and Sister Club Members are $7 per person and Non-members and guests are $10 per person . A mix of music is played (swing, cha cha, country, nightclub two-step, waltz and others) Cash bar . For more information, go to www .LakeOzarksSwingDance .com, their Facebook page .

christmas on the square in camdenton will include a parade and activities for children

on the courthouse lawn. MiTCH PRENTiCE PHOTO

be held at Margaritaville Lake Resort from 9 a .m .-3 p .m . Attendees are encouraged to wear masks and social distance . Vendors will be capped at a maximum of 80 with larger booth space for distancing .

5 • A Bluegrass Martins concert will be held at the Royal Theatre in Versailles starting at 7 p .m . Tickets are $10 for adults, and $5 for children ages 3-18 . For more information, go to www .theroyaltheatre .com .

5 • Christmas on the Square will be held at the Camdenton Square . Starting at 10 a .m . there will be games, ornament making, prize drawings, craft tables, music, cookies, a petting zoo, food and other activities . The event and all activities are free . 12 • The 31st annual Kiwanis Christmas for Kids will be held at the Lodge of Four Seasons Campana Hall . Cocktails at 5:30 p .m ., followed by dinner at 6:30 p .m . Sponsorships available . Tickets are $70 per person . plus a new, unwrapped toy ($20+ value) or a $20 cash donation . For more information, email dawn .waldron@ edwardjones .com or 573-3481450 .

12 • The Jingle Bell 5K will be held at Bob Shore Stadium in Camdenton at 8 a .m . This is a fundraiser 5K being sponsored by the Camdenton Bands . Registration is $20 (by Dec . 5) and includes a long sleeve shirt that will be available for pick up at the event . Day of registration is $25 . For more information, email jennifer . risner@camdentonbands .org and dzanaboni@camdentonschools .org or go to the Facebook event page .

12 • The Lake Ozark Christmas Parade will be held from 1-3 p .m . along the Bagnell Dam Strip . The parade lineup will be at Route 242 at HH, turning right to proceed down Bagnell Dam Blvd .

14 • A blood drive will be held at the Eldon Community Center from 2-7 p .m . Held by the American Red Cross .

19 • A celebration of the Christmas season will be held at the Camden County Museum in Linn Creek . An Old Tyme Christmas is a full day of fun starting with breakfast with Santa from 9-11 a .m . Crafts, goodies and lunch from 11 a .m .-2 p .m . and a performance by the Young Museum Players at 2 p .m . Donation for the play is $5 per family . For more information call 573-346-7191 .

by Charis Patires

A Pirate’s Life for Me

Captain Scalawag releases new activity book for buccaneers

Every time Tim Williams, better known as Captain Scalawag, sails the high seas for his interactive pirate treasure hunt stage show, dozens of crew members tag along for an adventure down the Gravois Arm of the Lake. Taking off from Jolly Rogers Grub N Grog onboard the 65-foot Calypso pirate ship they’ll have to make landfall to hunt for buried treasure.

For nearly 20 years, Williams has been playing this character making appearances at local events, libraries, school assemblies, charity events and pretty much everything inbetween. It all came to a standstill earlier this year due to COVID, so Williams had to think of other creative ways to continue to reach his audience and entertain fans.

With the help of his friend and award-winning illustrator Glen Mullaly (and Glen’s wife Joanne), Williams published a pirate-themed activity book full of puzzles, pictures to color and characters. “Captain Scalawag’s Treasure Chest” can be found on Amazon for $7.95.

Williams is quick to credit Mullaly, saying the book would not exist without his contribution.

“Glen was kind enough to be willing to put together many of the illustrations he had already done along with some new pirate-themed illustrations and content,” Williams said. “I readily admit that the book would not exist if it weren’t for Glen’s talent and kindness in allowing this pirate to shanghai his work and to add a few ideas of my own. I cannot thank him enough.”

Mullaly has worked on everything from “Star Wars,” “My Teacher is an Alien,” “Sixth-Grade Alien” book series and “McDonald’s Fun Times.” (Glenmullaly.com and on Facebook Glen Mullaly Illustration.)

“This has been an incredibly difficult and strange year, to say the least,” Williams said. “So while I wasn’t able to appear and pirate (this year), I have never stopped looking toward the horizon. I hope somehow this book, so wonderfully illustrated by Glen, inspires children of all ages to use their imagination and their creativity, to hope for a better tomorrow and to look forward to many happy adventures ahead.

As we pirates say, “Fair winds and following seas always! Now bring me that horizon!”

Williams has lived in the Lake area for most of his life, except for a few years going to college to earn a degree in television and film and working for a short time for the state of Missouri in the Missouri Film Office. Locally he has been seen performing for the Lake Area Performing Arts Guild’s stage productions, as the Scarecrow in “The Wizard of Oz,” Lazer Wolf in “Fiddler on the Roof,” and Willy Wonka in “Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka.”

Q&a with capt. scalawag

What gave you the inspiration for this book, and why did you write it?

I always enjoyed books growing up, including coloring and puzzle books when I was younger. It’s also really important to me that children learn to use their imaginations and be creative. The book was a way to blend those things together in that it is a coloring book, a sketchbook and a puzzle book all in one. Plus, it has pirate themed content, which is something near and dear to me black heart!

What types of things are featured in the book?

The book is filled with wonderful coloring pages, illustrated puzzles and brain teasers as well as guided sketch pages, allowing kids of all ages to use their imagination and draw something in the book. There is, of course, a Captain Scalawag pirate thread throughout, even showing you how to make your very own pirate hat. I’m also proud of the Captain Scalawag original poem “The Sea Beastie” that Glen illustrated so well. We tried to put something in the book for everyone to enjoy. As Glen so aptly put it on the title page, “A practical compendium of fantastical diversions, enigmatic amusements and hue-rrific pursuits!”

What are your future plans? Do you have other books in mind you want to complete?

I do have plans for a few more books. I have two pirate-themed storybook ideas I’m working on as well as a book of illustrated spooky poems based on characters from my “Castle Vlad” show. I also write, produce, direct, perform and edit an Internet micro-series called “Castle Vlad,” which is a fun-filled throwback to horror-hosted shows of the 60s and 70s. It’s as if Vlad the Impaler of history is a vampire hosting a low budget TV show for KRYP-TV and trying to figure out how to navigate this century and eventually take over the world with his castle of monsters. It’s a little spooky but also hopefully funny and for all ages. Find it on Facebook at Castle Vlad or on YouTube search Neatocoolville - KRYP-TV - Castle Vlad. And, it seems I’m always working on ideas, props and a script for the interactive pirate stage show and treasure hunt at Jolly Rogers. I write a new script for it every year.

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