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Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Highlighting Changing Landscape of Rural America Coming to Brookfield.
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The Smithsonian Museum on Main Street exhibit, “Crossroads: Change in Rural America,” will be on view from February 4 through March 17 in Brookfield. Photo credit: Katelyn Galloway Submitted by Katelyn Galloway The Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street, in cooperation with Missouri Humanities Council, presents “Crossroads: Change in Rural America.” The exhibition examining the evolving landscape of rural American opens at the February 4, 2024, “Crossroads” will be on view through March 17, 2024, at the Brookfield License Office. Main Street - Brookfield and the surrounding community has been expressly chosen by the Missouri Humanities Council to host “Crossroads” as part of the Museum on Main Street program—a state partnership to bring exhibitions and programs to rural cultural organizations. The exhibition will tour six communities in Missouri from 2023 through 2024. “Crossroads” explores how rural American communities changed in the 20th century. From sea to shining sea, the vast majority of the United States landscape remains rural with only 3.5% of the landmass considered urban. Since 1900, the percentage of Americans living in rural areas
dropped from 60% to 17%. The exhibition looks at that remarkable societal change and how rural Americans responded. Americans have relied on rural crossroads for generations. These places where people gather to exchange goods, services, and culture and to engage in political and community discussions are an important part of our cultural fabric. Despite the massive economic and demographic impacts brought on by these changes, America’s small towns continue to creatively focus on new opportunities for growth and development. “Crossroads’ allows us to reflect on Brookfield history, present and future and we are excited to explore what the future may hold for our community,” said Katelyn Galloway, Brookfield-Main Street Volunteer. “We want to convene conversations about what makes our community unique and have developed local exhibitions and public programs to complement the Smithsonian exhibition.”
Crossroads ... Cont. to pg. 11
The 2004 Class III District Championship basketball team was honored between the girls’ and boys’ games on Friday, January 5. This team holds school records as the only team to win a Class III District title and as the team to score the most points in a season. Pictured (L to R): Keith Smith, Assistant Coach Brian Quint, Ian Gilworth, Sterling Bradshaw, Kyle Fleshman and Ben Brummit. Not pictured: Kyle Hodges, Danny Burns, Brandon Thomas, Corey Mason and Shawn Caley. Head Coach Travis Evans joined the ceremony via video. Two players, Keith Smith and Kyle Fleshman returned to Putnam County to coach the girls’ and boys’ teams respectfully. Photo credit: Sarah M. Bradshaw
January 17, 2024
PC Extension Office Posts New Hours Submitted by Ashlyn Buford, 4-H Youth Educator Effective immediately, the PC Extension Office has new office hours! Monday: By appointment only- Please call our office, or email ashlynstout@missouri.edu if you need to make a Monday appointment Tuesday: 10am-6pm Wednesday: 9am-2pm Thursday: 9am-2pm Friday: 8:30am2:30pm With these being our set office hours, it doesn’t mean that is the only time the office will be open, but it does allow us time to be able to do our 4-H programming. These hours may also change again, as we are shifting around staff members to new positions!
It’s Krispy Kreme Fundraising Time Again!
Submitted by Ashlyn Buford, 4-H Youth Educator Putnam County 4-H and Extension will be having their Annual “Krispy Kreme” doughnut fundraiser but it will be a little later this year. Our 4-H kids along with the Putnam County University of Missouri Extension office will take pre-paid orders for the famous, melt in your mouth “Krispy Kreme” Doughnuts. The famous Original’s will sell for $15 per dozen and the Specialty doughnuts which includes Chocolate Iced, fluffy White Kreme filled, Lemon
filled or Raspberry filled for $17 per dozen. We also have Signature Coffee’s priced at $10 per bag. We will take orders now until February 4th by calling our office at 947-2705. This year our delivery date will be Tuesday, February 13th, from 8-10 pm. You may be dreaming about how great they taste if you have had them in the past or if you have never had them, you might be wondering, what is a “Krispy Kreme” Doughnut? Well, everyone has a favorite and several love the original glazed
yeast “Krispy Kreme” doughnuts, made from a recipe dating back to the 1930s, the Original Glazed doughnut has helped set them apart from all the others. But if you love filled doughnuts, they are the best! We have the Chocolate iced that is just a yeast doughnut with chocolate icing, no filling. Kremefilled is the white fluffy filling that is so yummy and Lemon-filled and Raspberry-filled is more a jelly type filling that people rave over. These doughnuts also freeze well by putting them individually in a zip lock bag and dropping them
in the freezer, take out of the freezer the night before you plan to eat one and put on the cabinet and the next morning put in the microwave for 8 seconds and they are perfect! Don’t put it off, give us call at 660-947-2705 to place your order for “Krispy Kreme” doughnuts or email ashlynstout@missouri.edu by February 4th! Thanks for your support to the Putnam County 4-H Program and to Putnam County Extension, we appreciate it!