Arcadia Valley Chamber of Commerce News

Arcadia Valley Chamber
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Arcadia Valley Mountain Music Fall Festival & Parade
October 19, 20 & 21, 2012
6:00 pm
6:00 pm
8:00 pm
FRIDAY NIGHT - 19th
Viewing of Parade Floats
“Pickers” at the Gazebo
Legends Show w/Country Gold
at the “Arcadia Valley Jamboree” w/admission
10:00 am
10:00 am
11:00 am
1:00 pm
2:00 pm
2:15 pm
3:00 pm
3:30 pm
4:15 pm
4:45 pm
6:00 pm
7:00 pm
SATURDAY - 20th
Annual Fall Festival Parade (starts in Pilot Knob)
Country Fire Cloggers (there will be a break during parade)
George Portz & Friends of Bluegrass with Fiddle Contest
High School Dance group followed by The Greers
Country Fire Cloggers
Open Range
Contra Dancing (audience participation)
The Greers
Contra Dancing (audience participation)
Open Range
Fall Festival Queen Voting & Coronation of Queen at high school
Friends Pickin’
at “Arcadia Valley Jamboree” w/admission
SUNDAY - 21st
Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War 1861 - 1865
An Afternoon of Civil War Music and Art
Inside this issue:
12:00 pm
Business Spotlight
2
Reed Springs
2
RVRA
2
Amtrak
3
Fall Beauty
3
Civil War Music & Arts
3
Calendar of Events
4
1:00 pm
2:45 pm
Chicken & Dumpling Dinner Fundraiser
Artisan Demonstrations begin w/salute and Firing by Sons of
Union Veterans
Civil War Music Concert featuring the “Pilot Knob Mountain Boys”
Civil War Music Concert - Sweetwater Holler
WE THANK OUR FESTIVAL SPONSORS:
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Arcadia Valley Chamber
Business Spotlight:
The Butterfly Inn
The Arcadia Valley Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting
in Centerville, MO, at the recently opened bed and breakfast
establishment owned by Ron and Terry Haskell.
Ron and Terry gave us a tour of the B & B and informed us that there
would be a wedding held that weekend at the beautiful Reed Springs
located just a short distance from the
B & B. The wedding couple would be
spending their wedding night at The
Butterfly Inn. If you are driving through
Centerville, stop by and visit with the
Haskells. They are a wonderful couple
and we welcome them to the Arcadia
Valley Chamber of Commerce.
Reed Springs
This 56 degree spring is channeled into small lakes, with
waterfalls, which eventually empty into the Black River. It is not
known how far into the hills this beautiful spring starts, but it has
served the area surrounding Centerville in the most useful ways in
every era of its time. In 1881, Nathaniel Scott built the dam and
grist mill to grind the corn into meal and wheat into flour. Shortly
thereafter a saw mill was erected supplying much needed lumber to
early settlers to build their homes. Sometime before 1915, Dr. Shy
had the idea of generating electricity from its water power, so they
took off the overshot wheel, installed a turbine and ran electric lines
into town. Though the lights were bright at the mill, but dim in
town, this supplied the towns’ electric until 1929. The original
building and wheel were taken apart, board by board and sent to
San Francisco for exhibition at the 1939 Worlds Fair. This
display is now in storage at the Smithsonian Institution in
Washington D.C.
DID YOU KNOW . . . there is a website called www.missouri-vacations.com that features
almost anything you would want to know about the Arcadia Valley Region and the Black River
Recreation Area. It is fascinating to view and you will learn a lot about our area. I discovered the
information about Reed Springs on this site. Thank you RIVER VALLEY REGION ASSOCIATION for making this website possible.
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Amtrak Update
There has been much skepticism about the Arcadia
Valley getting an Amtrak station stop at Whistle
Junction, but the Our Town Tomorrow organization
and the City of Arcadia are working very hard to
bring this train stop to fruition.
At the present time, an engineering firm, Engineering Surveys and Services, is preparing the platform
design plans for the station platform. Survey work
has been done. To get final approval from Union
Pacific for the station stop, the platform design
plans have to be done. Amtrak has already given
their approval. The cost of design plans will be
$13,000 and to date we have received $5,590 in
contributions from our community.
On September 27th, Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson met with OTT and the City of Arcadia about the
project. She also visited the AV Chamber of Com-
A Beautiful Time of the Year!
Fall is one of the most beautiful
seasons of the year in the Missouri
Ozarks. We live in one of the most
scenic areas of the United States.
Take time to enjoy it! Take a drive
to enjoy the many colors our hills
and dales are graced with, or hike
some of the best trails in Missouri.
merce Visitor’s Center and IC Historical Society
Museum. She is very excited about the project
and will be working closely with us to seek funding for the construction of the platform once it is
approved.
OTT is still needing to raise the remaining amount
due for the design plans. If you would like to
help, please send your contribution to Our Town
Tomorrow, P. O. Box 225, Ironton, MO 63650.
The way to happiness:
Keep your heart free from
hate, your mind from
worry. Live simply, expect
little, give much. Scatter
sunshine, forget yourself,
and think of others.
An afternoon of Civil War Music & Art on Sunday October 21 takes
place on the grounds of the Iron County Courthouse from 12 noon
Taum Sauk Mountain State Park
until 4:00 p.m. At noon, the Gen. McCormack Camp No. 215 of the
Elephant Rocks State Park
Sons of Union Veterans will perform a drill to begin the afternoon
Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park
devoted to Iron County’s rich Civil War history. Artisans practicing
Millstream Gardens Conservation Area
their Civil War-era crafts will begin demonstrations at noon and
Buford Mountain State Forest Hiking Trail continue throughout the afternoon. Spinning, weaving, soapBell Mountain Wilderness Area & Trail
making, battlefield sketching, quilting, and knitting are among the
Sutton Bluff Recreation Area
arts featured, as well as displays on Civil War-era military and ciCrane Lake Conservation Area
vilian clothing. Musicians for the afternoon will be the Pilot Knob
Marble Creek Recreation Area
Mountain Boys and Justin & Julia Dill. The afternoon events are
Silver Mines Recreation Area
sponsored by the Mineral Area Council on the Arts.
Here are just a few:
Arcadia Valley Chamber of Commerce
P. O. Box 343
Ironton, MO 63650-0343
Location: 630 S. Hwy 21, Arcadia, MO
Phone & FAX: 573-546-7117
E-mail: [email protected]
www.arcadiavalley.biz
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
This newsletter is
brought to you by:
October 19-21 - A. V. Fall Mountain Music Festival
& 150th Anniversary of Civil War Celebration
October 19-21 - 2nd Annual Candlelight Tours of Historic Arcadia Academy
October 20 - AVHS Fall Festival Parade and Coronation
October 24-26 - 2nd Annual Candlelight Tours of Historic Arcadia Academy
November 2 - Real Guitar Heroes - Arcadia Academy
November 9 - Murder on the Oriental Rug ~ Murder Mystery Dinner Theater
November 10 - Liverpool Legends, Centenne Center, Farmington
November 19 - 22 - AVHS Thanksgiving Tournament
November 23 - Downtown Christmas Open House
December 1 - Kiwanis Annual Pancake Breakfast with “the Grinch”
December 1 - Christmas Parade with “Santa Coming to Town”
December 7 - Piano Wars: Christmas Edition - Arcadia Academy
Arcadia Valley Jamboree Show Schedule can be viewed at www.avjamboree.com
SPECIAL NOTE:
If you are interested in
promoting your business in
the newsletter or if you
have any items of interest,
please contact
Carol Kelsheimer at
(573) 546-3546
or by email at
[email protected].