Events

Gospel singing March 24 at Bertrand church

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Thursday, March 21st, 2013, 3:28pm

Gospel singing March 24 at Bertrand church

BERTRAND, MO (KFVS) - A gospel singing event at Abundant Grace Church will be Sunday, March 24 during the 6 p.m. service.

The church is located on Hwy. 62 West, next door to Bertrand Nursing Home.

For more information, you can call 573-683-1342.

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5KFVS celebrating 5 years, share your race pictures with us!

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013, 3:00pm

5KFVS celebrating 5 years, share your race pictures with us!

The 5KFVS Run/Walk will be May 18 in downtown Cape Girardeau, Mo.

This year, to celebrate the 5th year, we're adding a 12K!

Have you ran the 5KFVS, or even ran all five years? We want to see your photos from past events!

Send your photos to cNews@kfvs12.com or click here to upload them. Don't forget to include your name and where you're from.

We'll share the pictures online and possibly on-air!

You can click here to visit the 5KFVS website where you can find more information and the sign-up form for this year's race.

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5th grade English class uses 'Mississippi County Times' for teaching

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013, 3:12pm

5th grade English class uses 'Mississippi County Times' for teaching

CHARLESTON, MO (KFVS) - The local newspaper can be used for many things, from wedding announcements to sports scores - and at Hearnes Elementary, can also be used for teaching.

Carla Kelly, fifth grade reading teacher, is using newspapers to teach her students the value of "informational text," a type of non-fiction or fact.

Kelley's first lesson was on the parts of a paper and how to find information. The class will use news stories as writing prompts, search for context clues in the text, identify vocabulary words, and much more in the weeks to come.

According to Kelley, informational text is part of a major shift in today's Missouri Common Core Standards, which states that reading text will help students "be better readers in all content areas."

Students will use "The Mississippi County Times" newspaper as an informational text in upcoming lessons. (Photos by: B.J. Babb)

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Lenten Season fish fry events in the Heartland

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Monday, March 18th, 2013, 2:34pm

Lenten Season fish fry events in the Heartland

We're working on compiling a list of fish fry events in the Heartland.

If your community has one or more fish fry events, feel free to send us the information to C/O Amber Ruch, County News Digital Producer, at aruch@kfvs12.com or fax it to 335-7723.

Make sure and include the following:

Dates and times
Location
Prices
Menu

If you have picture(s) from the events, we'd love to see those as well! You can include the picture in the e-mail with the information above or send the picture(s) to cNews@kfvs12.com.

Perryville, Mo.

Homemade desserts are the pride of Sacred Heart's Annual Fish Fry in Du Quoin. (Source: Sacred Heart)

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Hearnes Elementary celebrates Pi Day

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Sunday, March 17th, 2013, 11:37am

CHARLESTON, MO (KFVS) - Jamie Barber's 5th Grade math students celebrated "Pi Day" by eating pie and studying the number in class.

It was held on March 14 or 3/14 which are the first numbers of pi (3.141592...), the mathematical term for the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.

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