NSC June 8, 2011

Resident Sue Beal waits for Bingo to start. (Submitted photo)

Lucinda Kendall, resident council president, all smiles as she heads to our monthly Resident Council Meeting. (Angie Hudson photo)

Retiring barber LeRoy Hefner cuts hair for his last customer in Advance--T.J. Seger, the grandson of Manning Whitaker, who was Hefner's first customer when he came to Advance 40 years ago. Hefner has cut hair for 4 generations of customers in Advance. (Madeline DeJournett photo)

Residents Henry Ash and Josie Roberts enjoy each others' company at dinner Thursday evening. (Angie Hudson photo)

Advance Community Library volunteer Diane Reeves plays an introductory song to open up the "One World, Many Stories" summer reading program on Thursday, June 2, 2011. Her helper, Neeley Bollinger (back) watches. Children participating (in random order) are Ally Jo VanGennip, Isabelle Hurd, Josh Rogers, Meg Garner, Gus Garner, Jed Garner, Samantha Hahn, and Bethany Hahn. The program takes place at 4 p.m. every Thursday until Aug. 4. There will be no program on July 7. (Madeline DeJournett photo)

Carol Moreland, 911 Administrator Stoddard County, visited with kindergarten and first grade students at Advance Elementary on Friday, April 15. She discussed 911 safety and students got to practice making telephone calls to 911 with pretend "emergencies." (Amy Gilmore photo)

Junior Scout Troop 40096 is currently working on their Bronze Award, the highest award for Junior Scouts. The scouts placed two large barrels filled with flowers outside the Bloomfield Area Nutrition Center. The scouts will care for the flowers over the summer. Pictured are (from back left) leaders Christy Slaughter and Tracey Tippen, Megan Slaughter, Lauren Tippen, Tiffany Evans, Kaitlyn Fincher, Hazel Williams BANC board president, (from front left) Allison Statler and Katie Oliver. (Submitted photo)

Only a pile of debris remains of what once was a horse barn on the property of Elderland Farms just northwest of Bloomfield following the storms that ripped through the area recently. A horse was removed from the barn just before the storm hit the are near Bloomfield and was reportedly not injured. Winds that accompanied the storm were estimated to be around 70 mph and caused the most damage in the area northwest of town. (Submitted photo)

Hazel Williams is pictured here with State Rep. Billy Pat Wright (R-159) and is being presented with a resolution in honor of being named the Bloomfield Woman of the Year at the April Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce banquet. (Submitted photo)

Advance Firefighters, Tim Liley and Brad Moore give kindergarten and first grade students from Advance Elementary a demonstration at the Advance First Station on Friday, April 15. Students got to see the new fire shed and check out all the tools that the fire trucks are equipped with to handle fires and emergencies. (Amy Gilmore photo)

After 20 years in the position of controller, Vickie Corlew has been named the local hospital's new Chief Financial Officer. (NOREEN HYSLOP-nhyslop@dailystatesman.com)

Spectators watch the much anticipated arrival of a Union Pacific steam engine that is making its way through Southeast Missouri following the UP Excursion online contest earlier this year. (NOREEN HYSLOP-nhyslop@dailystatesman.com)