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A record number of entries made this year’s Bakersfest car and motorcycle show one of the best ever, according to organizers. The car show, which had 104 entries this year, was one of the main attractions at Bakersfield’s annual fall festival that was held...
Who will be the 2024 Hootin an Hollarin queen? The 2024 Hootin an Hollarin queen pageant will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21, on the Gainesville square. This year’s candidates, pictured at the top of this page during a dress rehearsal last week, are: from left, back row: Whitney Jarvis, Ella Sue Barber, Katie Valentin, Isabelle Martin, Aubrey Luna and Cami Strain. Middle row: Cheyenne Wachtel, Lakely Anderson, Tatiana Sepulveda, Bianca Colon. Front row: Catelyn Plummer, Emma Veach, Kaylee Watkins, Whitley Tetrick. Another candidate, Khloe Simmons, is not pictured because she was unable to make the dress rehearsal that night. The pageant is directed by Jerri Sue Crawford, Tiffany Pleasant and Becki Strong. Square dance instructors Kyle and Kelly Pompei have also helped the girls learn the square dance that is part of the show.
Welcome to the 63rd celebration of Hootin an Hollarin, one of the longest-running festivals in Missouri.
For the next three days, the Gainesville square will be transformed from its normal quiet, week-day business tempo into a vibrant mixture of music, talented crafters, old-time demonstrators and...
Dawna Dimirsky
Dawna, infant daughter of Wasola residents Darci and Jordan Dimirsky, is currently on a ventilator in the pediatric intensive care unit of Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City with serious injuries she sustained in a Sept. 7 crash on Highway 5 at Wasola.
Dawna's grandmother, Lisa Pellham, told...
The Theodosia Volunteer Fire Department will offer 10 flavors of hand-dipped ice cream from this Hometown Hardware trailer at the Hootin an Hollarin festival Sept. 19-21.
There are three new food and drink vendors who will attend this year’s Sept. 19-21 Hootin an Hollarin festival on the square in Gainesville.
Tin Lizzie’s Tonic Truck made its Hootin an Hollarin festival debut a few years ago and will return this year with its variety of fun and flavorful...
Former Gainesville resident Chris Berger and wife Amanda (pictured second and third from left) have eight children and have been foster parents for years. He has been named the new executive director for FosterAdopt Connect in Springfield.
Editor’s note: This article is being reprinted with permission from the Springfield News-Leader.
After nearly three decades working on behalf of children as a Missouri teacher and superintendent, Chris Berger has taken on a new role.
Berger became executive director of FosterAdopt Connect,...
Dr. Bob Main
During this year’s festival, the Hootin an Hollarin committee will dedicate the festival stage to the late Dr. Bob Main in honor of the nearly 40 years of service, assembling the festival stage and helping to lay the square dance platforms each year.From now on, the stage will now be known as the “...
For years, Phyllis Hollingsworth, 90, has enjoyed painting artistic pictures depicting memories of her childhood homes as well as natural and landscape scenes. She and her daughters, Rhonda Suter, left, and Glenda Douglas are shown here with a few of the dozens of beautiful pictures she has created through the years.
Now that Phyllis Fox Evans Hollingsworth is several months into her 91st year, she's starting to slow down a bit after a lifetime of hard work and creativity.
Her family says she still accomplishes more than most women half her age, but they're thankful that, a few short years ago, she at least...
Some of the Flotsam Farm “Seed to Syrup” sorghum project participants are pictured here after harvesting the cane. Pictured, from left, are: Lindsay McMahon, Clark Tolton, Dottie, Eliza Tolton, Jeffrey Goss, Dez Fleck, Tom Kennedy and Zea LaMair Tumminia.
This Thursday evening, a group of local Ozark County kids (and any community members who would like to join them) will enjoy the sweet success of their hard work over the last two and a half months when piles of fluffy pancakes are served up with their own homegrown and homemade sweet sorghum syrup...
Hootin an Hollarin car show organizers Mike and Heather Gardner will be bringing their 1926 three-door Gardner Roadster to display at the Hootin an Hollarin car show and to drive in the festival’s parade. The one-of-a-kind vehicle was manufactured by a St. Louis-based automobile company that shares the couple’s last name. Gardner Motor Car Co. operated from 1920 to 1931. Information about the unique and well-kept ride will be available at the car show.
Hootin an Hollarin is just around the corner, slated for Sept. 19-21.
The Ozark County Times official Hootin an Hollarin festival guide, an 84 page glossy-covered magazine-style publication that features all there is to know about this year’s festival, will be inserted into all newspapers with...
The Ozark County Commissioners approved the Agri-Ready County designation and spoke about the new striping for the parking spaces during recent meetings.
Representatives from Missouri Farmers Care presented a sign that recognized Ozark County for the new designation of an Agri-Ready County.
“It’s...