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Back in the Good Old Days EIGHTY YEARS AGO Jan. 31-Feb. 6, 1936 • Miss Maud Schwandt, graduate nurse, has been employed as a health nurse for the Monett public schools. She will be stationed at the high school, but will make regular visits to all the schools in the system, She will in no way serve as a physician, the school board stated, but as a nurse, rendering first aid in case of injury, examining students when necessary to guard against the spread of disease, skin infections and things of that sort.

• More than 700 guests attended the formal opening of the Farmers Exchange which dedicated the new building just completed at 108 Third St. The Farmers Exchange was organized in the fall of 1920, the original location being in the west part of town near where the V.B. Hall wholesale house is located. They moved to the Wimsatt building at Third and Broadway about 12 years ago.

SEVENTY YEARS AGO Jan. 31-Feb. 6, 1946 • F.A. Logan, 71, of Monett, retired on Jan. 31 after 52 years in railroading, 47 as a conductor.

Henry King, director of the “Jesse James” movie, selected Logan in 1938 as conductor in the film. He spent three weeks hobnobbing with such movie stars as Henry Fonda, Tyrone Power, Donald Meek and Slim Summerville.

• Judge Frank Thompson, trustee for the Frisco Railroad, said at a party at the Chamber of Commerce that Monett has an advantage for promoting industrial growth with the railroad, four truck companies, 12 daily

passenger trains and three bus lines operating here.

SIXTY YEARS AGO Jan. 31-Feb. 6, 1956 • Monett schools continue to maintain an AAA rating following an assessment by W.J. Willett, state board of education supervisor for southwest Missouri. He recommended hiring an additional music instructor for the elementary and junior high schools and that any additional teachers employed in elementary schools should have a master’s degree.

• Space has been doubled in the Verona High School gymnasium following the completion of the new concrete block building, which is reported to be one of the highest structures of its type in southwest Missouri.

Constructed entirely of interlocking blocks, the buildling is 32 feet high.

FIFTY YEARS AGO Jan. 31-Feb. 6, 1966 • First Finance Company held a grand opening at 409 E. Broadway. The office is staffed by Dave Whitlock, manager, assisted by Mrs. Fern Alyea and Mrs. Judy Lauderdale.

• The first substantial snowfall of the season blanketed the bi-county area with about two inches of snow on Feb. 1, which fell on top of about a quarter inch of ice from rapidly freezing rain. The snow resulted in tragedy on Feb. 1, when Rita Kay Lamp, 16, died in a sledding accident at the Monett City Park, hitting her head on a rock after her makeshift sled ran into the ditch at the bottom of the hill.

FORTY YEARS AGO Jan. 31-Feb. 6, 1976 • Jerry Jackson of Neosho has pur-

Fund drive chairmen for the 1956 North Barry County Red Cross Chapter campaign discussed plans for the year’s appeal on Feb. 2, 1956, in a meeting at the Gas Service Company in Monett. General chairman Milburn Walker explained Red Cross activities and how the drive, set to begin on March 1, would be conducted. Attending, pictured front row from left, were: Mrs. O.E. Parscale, Mrs. Russell Weisman, Milburn Walker, Kenneth McShane and T.M. Bentley. Back row: Harold Schuchman, Vernon Bradford, Joe Rowell, Ivan Helmkamp, Charles Dixon, M.C. Baum and Charles B. Main. File photo/The Monett Times chased a half-interest in Roderick Arms and Tool Corporation from Harold Schelin Sr. Leslie Arnold retained his half-interest in the company. Schelin and Arnold purchased the corporation from founder Claude Roderick in 1966.

Schelin, who has been associated with the company since 1953, is retired but will remain as a consultant.

• Members of the recently organized Lawrence County Civil Defense Unit held their first drill on Jan. 31, working with law enforcement, the ambulance service and the Tri-County Rescue Squad responding to three simulated emergencies.

THIRTY YEARS AGO Jan. 31-Feb. 6, 1986 • Wayne Self has been named manager of

the mozzarella line of at the Carthage division of Schreiber Foods. Self has been employed at Schreiber’s Monett facility since 1977. He has served as vice president of the Monett Jaycees.

• Operations of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Blue Goose incinerator in Verona was shut down for lack of funds to complete cleanup of contamination by dioxin.

TWENTY YEARS AGO Jan. 31-Feb. 6, 1996 • After the Clark Community Mental Health Center terminated its management contract with the BarryLawrence Association for Retired Citizens, a new agreement was signed with the Greater Ozarks Association for Retarded Citizens. John Foley, one

of Greater Ozarks’ top leaders, will head the management team.

• The Barry County Commission decided on Feb. 5 to place the issue of establishing an Enhanced 911 emergency telephone service proposition on the April 2 ballot. Lawrence County voters approves a similar countywide proposition in 1995.

TEN YEARS AGO Jan. 31-Feb. 6, 2006 • Ground was broken on Feb. 6 for the new cam-

pus of the Southwest Area Careen Center at Monett.

A large contingent of business leaders, Chamber of Commerce members and well-wishers turned out in the cold for the occasion.

• Facing a record backlog of orders, EFCO Corporation is proceeding with plans for a 76,370 square foot addition on the east side of its existing plant between Chapell Drive and Bridle Lane, necessitating the widening of Chapell Drive.

ON THE COVER: Dr. Shanna Chapman, doctor of nursing practice, certified family nurse practitioner and advanced practice registered nurse, has opened Chapman Medical Clinic at 101 N. Elm in Pierce City.

Chapman is pictured taking a pulse oximetry reading from a new patient, Penny Smith. Chapman hopes to improve access to medical care for residents in Pierce City and the outlying rural areas. Melonie Roberts/reporter@ monett-times.com

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Champan Medical Clinic open in Pierce City Doctor choses new location due to lack of local options

By Melonie Roberts

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new medical clinic has opened in Pierce City, providing affordable access to healthcare for residents in the city and outlying rural areas.

Dr. Shanna Chapman, doctor of nursing practice, certified family nurse practitioner and advanced practice registered nurse, opted to open her practice in Pierce City because there was no other local provider.

“I moved away, first to Springfield and then to Florida,” Chapman said.

“When I came back, I realized the access to care was unbelievably poor here, and I felt like I had something to offer.

“The reason we chose Pierce City is two-fold. There was no healthcare in Pierce City, and a lot of people are ending up being hospitalized because they can’t get in to be seen by their primary healthcare providers. We want to provide another option for those people.

It’s about taking care of the patients.”

Chapman said after graduating from Purdy High School, she stair-stepped her way over the years from being a registered nurse to acquiring her doctorate.

“I got my associates at Crowder College in Neosho,” she said. “I received my bachelor of science from Mizzou, my master’s from University of Missouri-Kansas City and my doctorate from University of Iowa. I’ve spent over 20 years in the medical profession and I want to make a difference. There is a big difference in good healthcare versus poor healthcare.”

Chapman offers primary care, preventative healthcare, suturing, well-woman exams, vaccinations and acute care treatment for walk-ins.

She is the only healthcare provider in Lawrence County to offer Missouri Healthy Women and Missouri Wise Woman exams, other than the Lawrence County Health Department Continued on Page 6

New patient Penny Smith, right, joked with Dr. Shanna Chapman about seeing “clear through to the other side” of her head during a routine ear exam at the newly-established Chapman Medical Clinic in Pierce City. Melonie Roberts/reporter@monett-times.com Chapman Medical Clinic, located at 101 N. Elm in Pierce City, is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, with the doctor on call for acute illness on nights and weekends so patients don’t have to incur a costly emergency room visit.

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MANUFACTURING POSITIONS AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY Southwest Missouri’s Largest Manufacturing Team wants you! Experience the perks of working for a leader in the window and door industry.

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EFCO Corporation offers: • Competitive Starting Salary • Shift Incentives • Departmental Incentive • Health/Dental/Life Insurance • Advancement Opportunities • Profit Sharing • 401(k) • Gainshare Incentive • Paid Vacation • Paid Holidays • Tuition Assistance • Safe Work Environment • People-Focused Culture Immediate openings on all shifts for entry level manufacturing positions.

We also have several Fork Lift/Side Loader Operator positions available.

George’s Inc. Cassville, MO is currently seeking qualified and dependable applicants for the following positions: Egg Pickup - Chick Delivery Drivers Chick Delivery Drivers and Egg Pick up Driver require a Class A CDL plus a good driving record. Interested applicants should apply in person at George’s Inc. Human Resources located at the intersection of Highway 37 and Highway W beside the community of Butterfield.

Apply in person. Or e-mail resumes to dan.halog@georgesinc.com for questions please call 417-442-3500 or visit our website at www.georgesinc.com George’s is an equal opportunity employer.

Some second shift positions will require training on first shift for up to one month.

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PUESTOS DE MANUFACTURACION DISPONIBLES INMEDIATAMENTE ¡El Equipo de Manufacturación más Grande del Suroeste de Missouri lo busca a usted!

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Hay algunos puestos de Segundo turno que requerirán entrenamiento en el primer turno por hasta un mes.

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Starting wage $10.10 per hour

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Russell Chapman, husband of Dr. Shanna Chapman, works at the newly-established Champan Medical Clinic in Pierce City, scheduling patients and filing online insurance claims. Chapman said as soon as the patient census picks up, additional staff will be added as needed. Melonie Roberts/reporter@monett-times.com

Clinic: Husband works at the clinic

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in Mt. Vernon. Insurances, both in-network and out-of-network, as well as Medicaid and Medicare, are accepted.

There is also a sliding scale for self-pay patients.

Chapman’s husband, Russell Chapman, works at the clinic scheduling patients and filing online insurance claims.

“We’re hoping to expand our practice and staff,” he said. “We’ll be able to add weekend hours at that point.”

“We treat everyone from babies to geriatrics,” Shanna Chapman said. “My goal is to keep people out of the emergency room, improve access to care and preventative medicines and improve health outcomes.”

Chapman said she will come in after hours or on weekends to keep patients

from winding up in the emergency room.

“We forward the office phones to our personal line, so if patients need to get ahold of us, they can,” Chapman said.

Chapman said right now, there are several cases of strep throat going around, as well as the seasonal flu and colds.

“We’ve also had two cases of whooping cough,” she added. “Most of our patients can be seen the same day they call for their appointments.”

Office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday through Friday, closed from noon to 1 p.m. for lunch. After hours and weekend acute care patients can typically be seen within an hour.

For more information, visit Chapman Medical Clinic on Facebook or visit www.chapmanmed.com.

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Fashion designers, NFL team up on 50 footballs for charity

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press

NEW YORK — Are you ready for some (bespoke) football? With Super Bowl 50 on the horizon, the NFL and the Council of Fashion Designers of America teamed up to deck out a half-century’s worth of pigskins to raise money for the league’s charitable foundation.

Rebecca Minkoff went with all-around spikes for her ball that would likely make a receiver weep. Her fellow designer, Nicole Miller, picked a Day of the Dead theme with a flowery skull face that had an upside-down heart for a nose.

Betsey Johnson, who marked 50 years in business last year, performed her signature splits at a party Wednesday night unveiling all 50 designer

balls. She propped her ball, adorned with little gold flowers, on two rednailed mannequin hands she had kept in her garden.

“They were kind of freaking people out, especially my granddaughters,” Johnson said of the hands she had pushed into dirt near a rosebush.

Other designers were in the tongue-in-cheek school of football design.

Kenneth Cole popped his pigskin into a black hightop shoe. For designer Rachel Roy, the project was an education.

“I can’t even tell you how much fun that was,” she said of her turn as a football designer. “This year I learned a lot about football. My daughter’s boyfriend is a quarterback, a freshman in high

school, but he plays varsity, so it’s really important in my family now.”

Roy wrapped her ball in three white leather strips against gold and black.

Miller did a helmet for the first CFDA-NFL collaboration last year. She found designing a football more challenging.

“I always loved Day of the Dead and I do Day of the Dead parties, so it’s perfect,” Miller said.

Is she a fan of the game? “My husband is, so I follow it a little bit. I always root for the underdog,” Miller laughed.

After entertaining the media with the splits on a red carpet set up at NFL headquarters in midtown Manhattan, Johnson declared herself a football fan.

“I’m a big football cheerleader,” she said. “I was head cheerleader at Syracuse University with the Orangemen. I saw Ernie Davis play. None of you youngins know who he is.”

Davis, for the record, earned the Heisman Trophy in 1961, becoming the first AfricanAmerican to win the award. He died of leukemia at age 23, shortly after being drafted out of Syracuse.

Steven Kolb, who heads the CFDA, said his group signed on to collaborate with the NFL in 2014 on designer helmets to mark the Super Bowl held in New Jersey, right in its own backyard.

The project was so successful the two organizations agreed on another round for charity to cel-

ebrate Super Bowl 50, to be held Feb. 7 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa ...

“The Super Bowl is iconic. It is up there with the Grammys, the Oscars,” Kolb said.

Kolb acknowledged that he doesn’t follow the sport all that much.

He’ll be rooting for the “underdog, always the underdog.”

Minkoff said she participated to please her hubby.

“This project was done out of my husband’s love of football. He’s from Seattle, so that’s his team,” she said. “We’re going to be having a Super Bowl party.”

The designer footballs went up for auction Wednesday and will remain up through Feb. 14 at Nflauction.nfl.com.

All 50 will be on display

in San Francisco from Jan. 30 through Feb. 7.

Proceeds from the auction will benefit, among other things, health programs for athletes, youth football and communities that support the game.

Rashad Jennings of the New York Giants was on hand to celebrate the fancy balls. He’s a fashion guy as well as a football player.

“I do enjoy fashion.

I think it’s an extension of who you are. People often see your clothes before they hear you speak,” he said.

So who’s going to win Super Bowl 50?

“More than likely the team that’s going to end with the most amount of points, I would say,” Jennings joked. “That would be my guess.”

School lunch directors who have lobbied against the standards endorsed the deal, saying it would help them plan meals that are more appealing to students. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has backed it as well, saying the compromise maintains most of the healthier school meal rules that have been phased in since 2012.

The rules set fat, sugar and sodium limits on foods in the lunch line and beyond. They require more whole grains, fruits and vegetables. Schools have long been required to follow government nutrition rules if they accept federal reimbursements

for free and reduced-price meals for low-income students, but the new standards are stricter.

The School Nutrition Association, which represents school nutrition directors and companies that sell food to schools, has said many of the standards are unworkable and lobbied to roll them back.

The compromise signals a truce between first lady Michelle Obama and congressional Republicans who have been at odds over the rules for more than two years. She has highlighted the standards as part of her campaign against childhood obesity and said she would fight

“to the bitter end” to keep them intact.

After the vote, Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow, the panel’s top Democrat, said they are talking to Senate leaders and House members to try and get the bill passed soon in both chambers.

The House has not yet introduced a bill.

“We’ve set the stage for doing this as quickly as possible,” Stabenow said.

The five-year legislation would direct the Agriculture Department to revise the whole grain and sodium standards within 90 days of the bill’s enactment, meaning

the new rules could be in place by next school year if Congress acted quickly.

The bill does not spell out what changes would be made, but all parties — including USDA and the School Nutrition Association — have agreed that the department will write rules that scale back the whole grain standards to require that 80 percent of grains on the lunch line must be whole grain rich, or more than half whole grain.

Currently, all grains are required to be whole grain rich, though Congress has allowed some schools to apply for waivers from that requirement. Some school nutrition directors

have said they have a hard time finding whole grain pastas, biscuits, grits and tortillas that kids will eat.

The agreement would delay stricter standards on sodium that are scheduled for the 2017 school year.

Those standards would go into effect in 2019, and a study would measure the benefits of the reductions.

Some schools have said they will have to take popular foods off the lunch line once the standards go into place.

The legislation would require the government to figure out ways to reduce waste of fruits and vegetables and put more resources into summer feeding programs.

Senate committee approves bill to make school lunches tastier

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press

WASHINGTON — School meals could become a bit tastier under legislation approved by a Senate committee.

The bipartisan measure approved by a voice vote Wednesday is designed to help schools that say the Obama administration’s healthier meal rules are too restrictive. Leaders of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee introduced the legislation Monday after negotiating an agreement to ease requirements for whole grains and delaying a deadline to cut sodium levels.

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SPRINGFIELD: The Springfield-Drury Civic Orchestra will perform Dvorak’s “Serenade for Winds” and Brahms’ “Serenade No. 2” at 4 p.m. on Sunday at Clara Thompson Hall at Drury University.

At the Gillioz Theater, 325 Park Central East, the Randy Rogers Band and William Michale Morgan perform at 8 p.m. on Thursday. Tech N9ne performs with Kriss Kaliko. Stevie Stone, Ces Cru and P.Win at 8 p.m. on Friday.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.: A Beatles tribute band plays the “Abbey Road” album at 8 p.m. on Saturday at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson.

At George’s Majestic Lounge, 519 W. Dickson, playing this week are American Aquarium and Troy Cartwright on Thursday; the Nace Brothers, the Boss Tweeds, the Ben Miller Band and Girls Guns and Glory on Friday; Cody Johnson on Saturday; Anthrax, Vore and Savage Spawn on Feb. 3, and Monte Montgomery on Feb. 4.

Pianist Michael Shuman plays 20th century works by Copland, Prokofiev, Cage, Part, Crumb and Myczynski with a multimedia light show at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the University of Arkansas Fine Arts Center, 340 N. Garland Ave. The University of Arkansas Inspirational Chorale, Schola Cantorum and Northwest Arkansas Community Gospel Chorus offers the music of the Black Church at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday at the Faulkner Performing Arts Center, 453 N. Garland.

Morton Feldman’s enigmatic and rarely heard String Quartet No. 1 will be played by an ensemble from the University of Arkansas at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 3 in the UA’s Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall at the UA Fine Arts Center.

JOPLIN: At the Downstream Casino, W.C. Edgar sings country music on Friday.

The Nace Brothers offer classic and variety rock on Saturday.

TULSA, Okla.: At the Hard Rock Casino in Catoosa, Kenny Rogers performs at 8 p.m. on Thursday.

The Eli Young Band plays red dirt country music at 7 p.m. on Friday at the BOK Center, 200 S. Denver.

At Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main, playing this week will be Madeon and Skylar Spence on Friday; Savoy, Crywolf and Code

Talkers on Saturday; the Paradox, Figure and Bear Grillz on Feb. 4.

BARTLESVILLE, Okla.: The John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band performs at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 2 at the Bartlesville Community Center, 300 S.E. Adams Blvd.

KANSAS CITY: Country music stars Joe Diffie, Lorrie Morgan and Mark Chesnutt perform at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at the Kauffman Center, 1601 Broadway.

The Kansas City Symphony plays Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 with pianist Jeremy Denk, Sibelius’ Symphony No. 7 and Scriabin’s “Poem of Ecstasy” at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday at the Kauffman Center, 1601 Broadway.

The St. Olaf Choir performs at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 1 at the Kauffman Center.

Blues singer Shemekia Copeland and Blind Boy Paxton perform at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at the Lied Center at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.

At the Argosy Casino, the Mikey Needleman Band plays Friday and Saturday.

Twice on Sunday performs Saturday and Sunday.

A tribute concert to Journey is offered Saturday and Sunday at the VooDoo Lounge at Harrah’s Casino.

At the Midland Theater, 1228 Main, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats play at 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 1. Lamb of God plays at 7 p.m. on Feb. 2.

COLUMBIA: At the Blue Note, 17 N. Ninth St., the Schwag gives its Grateful Dead tribute concert at 9 p.m. on Friday.

Tech N9ne plays at 9 p.m. on Saturday.

LAKE OZARK: The Missouri Music Educators Association will have concerts by the best high school students in the state on Saturday at the Tan-Tar-A Resort. The AllState Band will play at 12:30 p.m., the AllState Jazz Band at 1:30 p.m., the All-State Orchestra at 2:30 p.m. and the All-State Choir at 3:30 p.m.

ST. LOUIS: At the Pageant, 6161 Delmar, Carnage, Valentino Khan and Kayzo play on Thursday. Railroad Earth and Cornmeal play on Saturday. Big Head Todd and the Monsters play at 8 p.m. on Feb. 4.

AREA THEATRE

A look at area events this week

By Murray Bishoff

AREA MUSIC

Go Guide

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SPRINGFIELD: Aaron Sorkin’s stage version of “A Few Good Men” will be offered at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday,

2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Landers Theater, 311 E. Walnut.

OZARK: A stage version of Charles Sheldon’s novel “In His Steps” runs through Feb. 6 at the Stained Glass Theater, 1996 Evangel.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.: The L.A. Theatre Works’ touring production of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” is offered at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Walton Arts Center.

The all-male dance ensemble Ballet Boyz performs at 7 p.m. Friday at the Walton Arts Center.

The world premier of Robert Ford’s play “Fault” opens at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4 at the Studio Theater, 505 W. Spring St., with shows running through Feb. 28.

JOPLIN: Kenneth Lonergan’s play “This Is Our Youth” runs at 7:30 p.m. Feb 2-6 at the Walton Theatre at Missouri Southern State University.

The stage version of “Seven Keys to Baldpate” by “Charlie Chan” creator Earl Derr Biggers is presented at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3 and 4, with shows through next weekend.

TULSA, Okla.: A touring production of Cyndy Lauper’s musical “Kinky Boots” is offered at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 2-4 with more shows next weekend in the Chapman Music Hall at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 110 S. Second St. Actress and singer Patti LuPone performs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at the Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center, 701 S. Main.

KANSAS CITY: Sesame Street Live presents “Make A New Friend” with seven shows Friday through Sunday at the Sprint Center, 1407 Grand Blvd.

At the Midland Theater, 1228 Main, Carnage, Jauz, Valentino Kahn and Kayzo perform at 8 p.m. on Friday; Madeon and Skylar Spence play at 8 p.m. on Saturday; Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats play at 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 1; Lamb of God, Anthrax, Deafheaven and Power Trip play at 7 p.m. on Feb. 2.

At the Starlight Theater in Swope Park, Vicki Quade and Maripat Donovan’s play “Late Nite Catechism” is presented at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Canadian actor Charles Ross presents his “One-Man Star Wars Trilogy” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday.

Wendy Lement and Bethany Dunakin’s “And Justice for Some: The 1858 Freedom Trial of Anthony Burns” has shows through Feb. 21 at the Coterie Theater at Crown Center, Grand and Pershing Road.

The Kansas City Repertory Theater presents “The Diary of Anne Frank” Friday through Feb. 21 at the Spencer Theatre, 4949 Cherry.

William Missouri Downs’ play “How to Steal a Picasso” runs through Feb. 14 at the

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Unicorn Theatre, 3828 Main.

The Quality Playhouse offers “In the Mood: Songs of the Great Band Leaders,” a revue of 1930s-1950s Big Band music runs through Feb. 21 at the Quality Hill Playhouse, 303 W. 10th St. COLUMBIA: A touring production of “Million Dollar Quartet” is offered at 7 p.m. on Feb. 3 at the Missouri Theatre, 203 S. Ninth St. ST. LOUIS: A touring production of “Million Dollar Quartet” is offered at 2 and 8 p.m. on Saturday at the Peabody Opera House, 1400 Market.

Disney on Ice presents “Treasure Trove” at 7 p.m. Thursday, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m., 3 and 7 p.m. on Saturday, and noon and 4 p.m.

Sunday at the Scottrade Center, 1401 Clark Ave. Disney’s “Newsies” is offered at 1 and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m.

Sunday at the Fox Theatre, 527 N. Grand.

At the Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington Blvd., Billy Child offers a tribute concert to Laura Nyro at 8 p.m. on Saturday.

The Momix dance company presents its “Alchemia” show at 8 p.m. on Friday and 2 and 8 p.m. on Saturday at the Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri.

Black Repertory Theater presents Dominique Morisseau’s “Sunset Baby” through Sunday at the Edison Theater at Washington University.

SPRINGFIELD: The Greater Springfield Garage Sale and Marketplace runs Saturday and Sunday

Thursday, January 28, 2016 • Page 9 at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds E*Plex.

The exhibit “The Electric Garden of our Minds: British/American Pop” runs through April 17 at the Springfield Art Museum, 1111 E. Brookside Dr. The Rock & Worship Road Show, featuring the Newsboys, Jeremy Camp, Mandisa, Phil Wickham, Family Force 5 and Audio Adrenaline, is offered at 7 p.m. on Feb. 4 at the JQ Hammons Arena.

EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark.: Mardi Gras activities start this week. The Eureka Springs Light and Sound Parade is offered at 7 p.m. on Saturday downtown. The Jokers Masquerade Ball is offered at 6 p.m. on Feb. 4 at the Ozarks Convention Center at the Best Western Inn of the Ozarks, 205 W. Van Buren.

TULSA, Okla.: Comedian Gabriel Iglesias performs at 8 p.m. on Feb. 4 at the Hard Rock Casino.

The Tulsa Boat and Travel Show runs Feb. 1 through next weekend at the River Spirit Expo at Expo Square, 4145 E. 21st St. KANSAS CITY: Chinese New Year is celebrated with dance and music from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Jan. 31 at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak St. COLUMBIA: The first celebration of MU-India Day, a celebration of India’s culture, with four special speakers and a performance of Indian culture, will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. on Saturday at the Anheuser-Busch Natural Resources Conservation Auditorium (the agriculture building) at the University of Missouri.

The Missouri State Historical Society offers a special exhibit, “In Sync with Thomas Hart Benton,” showing art relating to music, Feb. 2-4 at Gannett Hall at the University of Missouri, concluding with a concert featuring the 10-piece Black Big Band at 7 p.m. on Feb. 4 at the Missouri Theatre.

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Murray’s top picks for the week

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A touring production of the Broadway musical “Wicked” is offered at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4, with more shows through Feb. 14 at the Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts. This rewrite of the “Wizard of Oz” story has memorable songs, spectacle and a memorable ending, a worthwhile theater addition to the classic film. Shows may sell out as they have in other cities.

Few country music performers have shown the breadth or longevity of Roy Clark. The 82-yearold banjo giant performs at 6 p.m. on Sunday at the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Okla.

Clark’s presentation of “classic country” is more authentic than most, especially with his integration of bluegrass into his act.

3

For an afternoon of sheer delight, nothing will compare to the Barkus Pet Parade, a Mardi Gras tradition in the Soulard neighborhood of St. Louis, which will be held Sunday, starting at 1 p.m. from 12th and Allen and concluding in the Market Park. Dogs, and some cats, dressed in the most amazing outfits present a fabulous spectacle, and after the parade, you can get close to admire the presentation. The Weiner Dog Derby will be held after the parade in the park.

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Murray Bishoff is a veteran theatergoer, traveling weekends to many of the venues within driving distance, from Tulsa to St. Louis. From dance recitals to operas, he’s been there and shares his recommendations.

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Long marriage is left in limbo by wife’s attraction to women D EAR ABBY: After 27 years of marriage, my wife told me she is attracted to other women. To my knowledge, she has acted on this only once.

Every day I wonder where our relationship stands. One day she can’t see herself without me; the next, she says we should divorce. I don’t know if I should end this or wait to see where it goes.

I will need counseling if we divorce, but currently I can’t afford it. Yes, I love her, but what matters most to me is that she is happy.

I don’t have anyone else to talk to about this. Any suggestions? — MR. D. IN CALIFORNIA DEAR MR. D.: After 27 years of marriage I can only imagine how shocking your wife’s revelation must have been for you. That she is ambivalent about your marriage must be deeply painful because you are being treated like a yo-yo.

The book “The Other Side of the Closet,” by Amity Pierce Buxton, Ph.D., has been mentioned before in my column and has proven helpful to others in your situation. There is also a support group called the Straight Spouse Network (www. straightspouse.org), which offers emotional support after a wife or a husband comes out as yours did. Please don’t

Jeanne Phillips Dear Abby wait to read the book and visit the website. I think you will find them comforting.

DEAR ABBY: I have a large family consisting of many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Looking through my photo albums, I can’t complain that I don’t have enough photos of my children, but it’s a parade of tongues.

Their mothers all post photos on social media with their tongues hanging out.

The children then mimic their moms and their photos are disgusting as well. I would love to have photos of my children minus the slimy organ.

Is this accepted behavior in our society now? Please, can someone enlighten me as to the inspiration of this repulsive action? — CLOSED-MOUTHED IN THE SOUTH DEAR CLOSEDMOUTHED: I suspect it originated back in the 1970s when Gene Simmons of Kiss licked his way to the top of the music charts. Lately,

Miley Cyrus took up the torch and is keeping it burning brightly.

Children often stick out their tongues when they are forced to have their picture taken or are trying to be funny, but I don’t think Gene and Miley fall into that category. Quite the opposite, in fact.

DEAR ABBY: Sometimes I’ll call a close friend or business associate for lunch with the goal of having a quality one-on-one conversation on a wide range of topics. After the lunch is set, more than one of them has then invited other people I know, but with whom I do not have the same quality relationship. It is not a pleasant surprise.

I find it irritating, because it invariably changes the dynamic of

the conversation. I never say anything about it, but it bothers me. Is my reaction reasonable, or should I just roll with this? — THWARTED IN DALLAS DEAR THWARTED: Your reaction is perfectly reasonable. The first time it happened, you should have shared your feelings with the person who did it. It has happened again because you didn’t speak up.

Now you will have to warn the person you’re inviting in advance.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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