by ShowMeOzarksMagazine | Jun 29, 2020 | Featured, Magazine News
By Kathleen Swift • Photo by Artistic Expressions Photography “I’d wanted to be a fire fighter since I was a kid,” said Jimmy Burgess, “but my friends were joining the military, and up to that point, I had no plans. I joined the Air Force reserves and eventually ended...
by ShowMeOzarksMagazine | May 26, 2020 | Featured, Magazine News
By Kathleen Swift Photos by Artistic Expressions Photography Not all heroes wear capes; although, now days most of them do wear masks, and you can find a hero working in a hospital or in a grocery store or driving a truck. A hero might be a retired special education...
by ShowMeOzarksMagazine | May 11, 2020 | Featured, Magazine News
By Kathleen Swift • Photo by Mandy Edmonson Nick Edwards recently returned to Joplin, his hometown, to take the position of Joplin city manager. An alum of both Missouri Southern State University and Missouri State University, Edwards has deep roots in...
by ShowMeOzarksMagazine | Apr 29, 2020 | Featured, Magazine News
By Kathleen Swift Thanks all who entered Show Me The Ozarks Magazine’s 18th Annual Baby Contest and proved once again we do have the cutest babies here in the Four States! All of the entry fees from the contest go directly to our local Children’s Miracle Network...
by ShowMeOzarksMagazine | Mar 31, 2020 | Featured, Magazine News
By Kathleen Swift • Photo by Artistic Expressions Photography On April 1920, a group of Joplin businessmen organized to serve the community. The group formally became the third Kiwanis Club in Missouri May 17, 1920, joining groups in St. Louis and Kansas City. The...
by ShowMeOzarksMagazine | Mar 2, 2020 | Featured, Magazine News
The 10th annual Nature Photo Contest benefiting the Wildcat Glades Friends group garnered 72 outstanding entries this year. From idyllic landscapes to songbirds, waterfowl to rusty trucks, flowers to insects, nature and her beauty came alive in the photographs. Our...
