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Meet us at the fair! Rising temperatures and kids complaining about school starting back up can only mean one thing: It’s time for the Missouri State Fair. Join us Aug. 11-21 in Sedalia for the state’s most tradition-rich event that the whole family will enjoy. Besides the big-name concerts, free entertainment and agricultural competitions and exhibits, make sure to stop by the Missouri’s Electric Cooperatives Building to chat with electric cooperative employees and the Rural Missouri staff. The magazine will have on display some of its award-winning photography, favorite articles from the past and “Online Extras” from the magazine’s digital edition. Perhaps no addition to the Rural Missouri booth has been more engaging than the “People from our Pages” showcase. Each day, a person or organization featured in the pages of the magazine will be on hand to meet with visitors and display the talent or the cause that made them a subject in Rural Missouri. Back by popular demand are the folks from the PHARM Dog program, cowboy mounted shooters and the people from P.E.T. who will showcase N E W S their mobility wheelchairs. From recent articles, watch artist Jim Peters paint a Missouri landscape, see a bird of prey up close from professional falconers and marvel at the photography of Mike McArthy. For more information on Rural Missouri’s presence at the State Fair, visit www.ruralmissouri.coop/statefair.php. B R I E F S mitting stories, scans of documents, photos or videos for a chance to win one of more than a 100 historyrelated prizes. The Missouri State Archives is hosting the contest, which is open until Aug. 31. Currently, the archives hold more than 338 million pages of paper, 500,000 photographs, 9,000 maps, 199,000 reels of microfilm and more than 1,000 audio and video items. Explore the archives online at www.missouridigitalheritage.com or www.greatmissouritreasurehunt.com for more information. ing some of our history by applying for an apprenticeship through the Missouri Folk Arts Program. Apprentices will work under master folk artists to conserve the state’s cultural legacy. The application deadline is Sept. 1. Graduate student internships also are available. For more information, call folk arts specialist Deb Bailey at 573-8823653 or visit http://maa.missouri. edu/mfap/programs.html. Retail relief As summer comes to a close and classes start back up, parents once again find themselves stocking up on school supplies. Luckily, a little pocketbook relief is on the way the first weekend of August at retail stores across the Show-Me State for the Sales Tax Holiday, Aug. 5 to 7. The state’s 4.225 percent sales tax will not be assessed on certain purchases made in Missouri such as clothing, school supplies and personal computers. 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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Rural Missouri - August 2011

Rural Missouri - August 2011
Comments
Columns
Stop and smell the barbecue
2011 Missouri Youth Tour
The fight on Bloody Hill
Missouri snapshots
Out of the Way Eats
Eight seconds to win
Hearth and Home
News Briefs
Touring history
Marketplace
Around Missouri
Neighbors
Just4Kids

Rural Missouri - August 2011