| Miscelania is where you'll find treasurers from auctions and e-bay
Miscelania, located at 525 W. Coates, next to Phelps Radio and TV, is one of the newest businesses to open on Coates Street in Moberly. Owners Donna Yates and Thomas Evans opened Miscelania in November. Thomas is continuing his career as a mail carrier while Donna pursues her dream of being a full-time business ownerDonna says, “I collect everything!" She loves to go to auctions and also buys and sells some of her treasurers on e-bay. Just this week a customer drove from Jefferson City to purchase a “treasure" she posted on e-bay. .
MOA hosts Burnside Expedition Symposium
In February, 1862 the famous Union Gen. Ambrose Burnsides made Civil War history in northeast North Carolina. With an assault on Confederate strongholds on Roanoke Island and other area outposts, Burnside had successfully captured the region and placed it under federal control. Friday and Saturday historians will gather at Museum of the Albemarle to discuss "this often overlooked aspect of the American Civil War," according to a museum brochure. Overlooked but significant — northeast North Carolina served as a launching point for Union attacks on interior North Carolina and parts of Virginia — scholars will discuss various aspects of the "Burnside Expedition." The event's keynote speaker is Dr. Richard A. Sauers, "a recognized authority on the Burnside Expedition and author." Sauer's books include "A Succession of Honorable Victories: The Burnside Expedition in North Carolina." The two-day MOA event will kick off Friday at 6 p.m.
Teen's baseball fantasy comes true
HILLCREST -- Justin Topa's bedroom pays homage to his sports heroes -- all 6,000 of them. The 15-year-old Chenango Valley student guesses he has at least that many autographs from professional athletes. He earned the autographs, his mother Karen said, approaching professional athletes with a pen. Topa, who plans to make 2007 his third year as a batboy with the Binghamton Mets, is headed to Florida today to meet Yankee's shortstop Derek Jeter. Topa won the trip after entering a contest conducted by Upper Deck Entertainment, the sports trading card company. "I couldn't believe it at first," Topa said of winning. "I was very excited." Topa said he has been collecting baseball and hockey memorabilia since he was 5. It's a passion he shares with his father, Bob Topa, and a pursuit that has netted more than 100,000 baseball cards, more than 100 signed baseballs and an expansive collection of bats, hockey sticks, jerseys and bobble heads.
Beaver Dam man bound over in arson case
JUNEAU A Beaver Dam man accused of starting a fire that destroyed his town of Westfield home last year has been bound over for trial. Paul Minnig, 39, appeared in Dodge County Circuit Court on Thursday for a preliminary hearing. Minnig is charged with arson, possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of marijuana. According to the criminal complaint, the state Fire Marshall was called in to investigate a suspicious fire that destroyed the town of Westford home on Nov. 12. The Randolph Fire Department had been paged to the residence shortly after 8 p.m. to extinguish a fire that had apparently started from a wood-burning stove. Six hours later, the Fire Department was called again to the home, which was fully engulfed in flames. Randolph Fire Chief Paul Nelson said firefighters had searched the house the first time for any hot spots using three thermal imaging cameras.
Annual Middle Eastern festival showcasing culture and artistic ...
"Diverse Faces and Places of Monroe," is the theme for this year's festival, which opens Feb. 1 with a reception at the Monroe County History Center, 202 E. Sixth St. Organizers are asking those who attend to submit photographs of community faces of Monroe County from the past. Photos will be preserved and archived. This free event is scheduled from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. An exhibit of books and manuscripts on Middle Eastern arts and culture also opens on Feb. 1 at the IU Fine Arts Library, 1133 E. Seventh St. A selection of artists' books from Spector, an artist and critical writer who also chairs the Department of Art at Cornell, will accompany this exhibition. Iraqi music group Salaam will join Windfall Dancers, Bloomington's original contemporary dance ensemble, to kick off festival entertainment with Arabian Nights concerts, Feb.
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