Nostalgia

Some people wonder where I get ideas for my "Mid-Missouri memories." One of those sources is in town right now, and like most people in Sedalia, there are a lot of memories through those gates of the Missouri State Fairgrounds. As someone who grew up in Sedalia, it would be strange if I didn’t have a lot of merry-go-round and roller coaster memories from that yearly event. The main memories I have however, have nothing to do with fair rides.

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Brian Dick of Dick's Barber Shop in historic Downtown Sedalia had to pay up a bet up to World War II veteran Walter "Mac" McBride. Mac has been going to Dick's Barber Shop for years, and when Brian's dad Frank Dick retired, he told Brian that he never once got a free haircut from Frank. This was about four years ago, and Mac asked Brian when he would give him one. Brian told Mac when he turns 100 years old, he would give him a free haircut.

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Rummaging through my files the other day, I ran across a memory that I wrote around 11 years ago when my granddaughter Shelbi, the daughter of my oldest son Darren and his wife Terrinda, was the only little one for my wife and I to spoil

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One thing that a lot of people around here take for granted is that there's so much history and culture in our area.  In fact, several families and groups have lived in our area for hundreds of years.  That's something that the Windsor Septemberfest celebrates, while also championing the now and working for the future. 

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Folks, I know that I'm a nerd.  I've accepted that.  I think most of you out there who have read what I've written or heard what I've said on the air have also come to accept that.  It's part of who I am.  So when I hear about stuff like The Hain House, I get extremely excited.  And once you find out more about it, I think you guys will get excited too!

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July has two very important anniversaries for me this year. One anniversary July 29,  marks 53 years that I have been married, and the other on July 10 is for eight years behind this KSIS microphone. After 53 years of marriage, I think I am starting to get the hang of that one. As for the radio, you the listener are my ultimate judge, but if you have enjoyed hearing and reading my mid-Missouri Memories these eight years half as much as I have enjoyed writing and bringing them to you on the radio both here on KSIS and my prior years with KDRO, then I am a happy man.

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Here in our area, we're always looking for new, fun and inventive ways to entertain ourselves.  After awhile, the movies, video games and even sporting events can get a bit old.  It's good every now and then to try something new. The Lyceum Theater not only has something new, but something very fun as well! 

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Something big is coming to the Liberty Center.  This October they're going to be presenting the Great American Trailer Park Musical.  Fred Norman, the director of the show, came in to talk to us about getting YOU to audition!

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Last weekend, the annual Woolery Pow Wow was held at the Agriculture Building on the Missouri State Fairgrounds.  We have a lot of Native American history and lineage in our area, and it means a lot to so many people.

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Every year, the Missouri State Fairgrounds are filled with Native American Pride. People from all over our area and the surrounding states come in for the Robert Woolery Sr Memorial Pow Wow. We have a lot of Native American history and lineage in our area, and it means a lot to so many people.

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