SULLIVAN – The Averi Budde Foundation will hold its fourth annual fundraiser – complete with trail rides, helicopter rides, a dinner and dance, and lots of other fun activities – on Saturday, Sept. 11, at Blue Springs Ranch in Bourbon. All proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit St. Louis Children’s Hospital. The Budde family started the foundation as a way to give back to the nurses, doctors, staff and families of the cardiac intensive care unit St. Louis Children’s Hospital for the care Averi, who was born with four heart defects, received there. Since being established in 2007, the Averi Budde Foundation has raised more than $65,000 for the hospital.....
SULLIVAN – After losing money in 2009, the Meramec Community Fair turned a profit this year. But not without a $35,000 shot in the arm from a city grant that may be ending. Final numbers are still being tabulated, but the Meramec Community Fair Board estimates a profit between $10,000 and $12,000, Board President Jim Bartle told the city council at it’s meeting last week. “I feel the fair was a great success for 2010,” he said, noting a combination of factors led to that success. That wasn’t necessarily the case in 2009 when the fair lost roughly $30,000. That fair was poorly attended when temperatures hovered near 100 degrees and heat.....
SULLIVAN – The great-granddaughter of an alleged Franklin County serial killer was in Sullivan recently during a trip to Missouri visiting with fans of the book she wrote about her infamous relative. Author S. Kay Murphy, who wrote “Tainted Legacy: The Story of Alleged Serial Killer Bertha Gifford” about her great-grandmother, was at the home of Marilyn and John Batten on Monday, Aug. 9, to speak with more than two dozen people about the book. Published in December 2008, the book explores whether Gifford, a middle-aged farmwife, was a selfless saint who voluntarily cared for the ill trying to nurse them back to health or a minister of death whose crimes would qualify her as America’s first female serial killer. Marilyn Batten’s book club recently read......
BOURBON – Sporting a nose ring and several self-inked tattoos, Erika Carrico is already working toward becoming a tattoo artist. The 18-year-old Borgia High School grad will attend East Central College in the fall seeking a fine arts degree and eventually hopes to attend the Kansas City Art Institute in pursuit of a body-art career. Carrico, who says she’s always been artistic, keeps a sketchbook of drawings she hopes will one day be inked as tattoos. “I draw a lot,” said Carrico, who also paints. Right now, she’s perfecting several flower designs. She’s essentially creating her own style of tattoos. The art classes she plans to take.....
SULLIVAN – Local painter Laura Dickerson was looking forward to showing off her artwork at the upcoming third annual Sullivan Area Fine Art Festival. But that won’t happen because it’s been canceled. “I was so bummed,” Dickerson said when she learned the festival scheduled for early October had been called off. Dickerson and other artists said the festival was a good way for them to get exposure. “It was good for the local community to see what has been going on with the arts,” she said, adding that it was also a chance for artists to see one another’s work. “When I went to the first annual one I saw what other artists were.....
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