From Bach to Rock.
As an infant, Craig Wingate was rocked to sleep nightly listening to Bach, Mozart, Beethoven or Vivaldi.
As a toddler, he loved to bang on Mom's aluminum mixing bowl with wooden spoons while listening to classical music. He began taking piano lessons from his mother at the age of seven, practicing at 6:30 in the morning or in the evening after baseball, basketball or soccer games.
After school, the house was always full of the music of numerous piano students parading in and out of the Wingate home in Camdenton, according to his mom, Judy. A self-described music junkie and now groupie as her son's musical career takes off.
Craig is a 1998 graduate of Camdenton HIgh School and the son of Mike and Judy Wingate and brother of Kyle Wingate. Mike was the former director of the Lake Area Vo-Tech prior to his death in 1997. Judy just retired from teaching elementary music in the Camdenton schools.
This weekend Craig will be returning "home" to visit with family and friends who are headed to the Shootout to hear him and the band known as Shaman's Harvest on stage performing their hit "Dargaonfly."
Pat and Ellie Madigan would like to announce the birth of their son, Thomas Ignatius Madigan.
Jessica Lynn Tolbert and Nathan Brent Merryman were united in marriage on June 12, 2010. The ceremony was held at First Christian Church in Hannibal, with pastor Steve Barker officiating the double-ring ceremony. Jessica is the daughter of Greg and Debbie Tolbert, of Lake Ozark.
Brent is the son of Tom and Rita Merryman, of Kinderhook, Ill.
Every once in a while, one is fortunate enough to stumble across one of those unique places that he or she will never forget; one of those places that seems to take people to a different world entirely, leaving them feeling like little kids again. The Butterfly Palace, located in Branson, just a short drive from the Lake of the Ozarks, is one of those places.
The Sonshine Ranch in Camdenton sits on 32 sprawling acres of Missouri wilderness complete with a spring-fed creek, in a peaceful valley near Ha Ha Tonka. The camp’s mission is to offer free, weeklong Christian summer camps for at-risk children ages 8 to 12 where they can experience love, find hope and grow in a relationship with Jesus Christ. Most of the children have one or both parents in prison and some come from abusive situations. These children are not at fault – they are the innocent ones.
The fortunate ones have a loving family member step in to care for them, but many are placed into the state system and are sometimes moved around from one foster home to another. They are at-risk to join a gang and participate in criminal behavior.
The Sonshine Ranch is specially designed to meet this need. Campers sleep in an 8-by-20 foot covered wagon in the open air. The camp has swimming, fishing, games, songs, puppet shows, arts and crafts, an obstacle course, and other traditional camp activities. However, the camp’s main emphasis is to present the Gospel and train the children to live their lives according to the word of God. Each child is given a Bible and taught how to use it.
Lake Live calendar for Friday, Aug. 20-Thursday, Aug. 26.
Packing a nutritious, delicious, energy-packed yet calorie controlled school lunch is not easy. But, if you take control of your kid’s midday meal you will help ensure optimum nutrition. Plus, if you cater to his likes and dislikes he may actually eat lunch.
A good lunch is a balanced one, formed around a dependable main course with nutrient-packed sides and a beverage added in. Here are the elements to a perfect lunch.
William and Joyce Stoner of Roach, Mo would like to announce the upcoming engagement and wedding of their daughter, Kathleen Amanda Stoner to Jason Andrew Gunter, son of Bill and Sherry Gunter of Hermitage.
Ruth and Tom Huckeby are celebrating 50 years of marriage this year.
B and B Farm, LLC, Russellville, Mo., has been certified to hold and instruct Girl Scout horse camps by the Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland.
Tom and Deeanna (Swartzbaugh) Murphy, of Osage Beach, will celebrate 50 years of marriage with a family dinner Aug. 28.
Bob and Betty McClure, of Roach, recently celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary.
Members of the local U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 30-05 at Lake of the Ozarks, are offering free zebra mussel inspections on boats starting on Wednesday, Aug. 11.
The inspections are being offered through a grant received by the Missouri Department of Conservation.
Freshwater lakes across Missouri including Lake of the Ozarks, Table Rock and Smithville are all involved.
Osage Beach Health Care Center was honored to help with a celebration on Aug. 6.
Al and Verna Rathert were the guests of honor at a celebration of their 60th wedding anniversary. The event was hosted by their children and families. Al and Verna were married on Aug. 5, 1950, at St Matthew Lutheran Church in St. Louis, with the Rev. Paul W. Streufert, (father of the bride) performing the ceremony.
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