🌱 When and where Hollister’s record-setting StateoftheOzarks Farmers Market meets
Hollister, Missouri Patch AM: a 4 min readHey hey Hollister! Your one-stop source for local news is here. Continue reading for all the updates. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- When and where Hollister’s record-setting StateoftheOzarks Farmers Market meets
- How Hollister families can tap into free summer reading prizes
- When a Hollister teacher rode up to Garber in 1908
Today's riddle: Why did the boss deny a raise to the can of paint? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Friday: An afternoon shower or two, with a high of 87 and low of 68 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Increasing cloudiness, temps: high: 85, low: 62.
- Sunday: Breezy with sun and clouds, with a high of 87 and low of 69 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Record crowd on opening day at StateoftheOzarks Farmers Market (bransonglobe.com) — Hollister residents can now visit the rebranded StateoftheOzarks Farmers Market, which just saw a record opening-day crowd and 17 vendors after years as the Hollister Farmers Market. The market runs Wednesdays and Saturdays May through October at Vintage Paris Coffee, with a Saturday-only Food & Craft market expected to continue through the winter months. 
• Library launches summer reading program for all ages (bransonglobe.com) — Families in the Hollister and Branson school districts can join the Library Center of the Ozarks’ free Summer Reading Challenge starting June 1, with prizes and special programs for all ages. Residents in the library district, including Hollister, are urged to sign up for a no-cost library card to access books, events, and activities aimed at preventing summer learning loss.
• Memories from the Homestead: A look back at the Garber notes from J.K. Ross, September 1908 (bransonglobe.com) — A nostalgic history column revisits 1908 notes from the Garber and Roark communities, including a mention of teacher Gertie Oliver coming up from Hollister to start classes at the Fronaberger School. It traces local farm work, family moves around southwest Missouri, and land that later became part of Shepherd of the Hills State Park, setting up a deeper profile of Oliver next week.
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🗓 Events Nearby
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RecPlex - Pickleball Open Play →
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Open Gym →
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Youth Volleyball Games →
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Branson High School Graduation; 7:30 p.m.
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Hoops Midwest Basketball Tournament →
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Baseball v Neosho
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Aaron Wayne Comedy Hypnosis →
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District Soccer @ Ozark
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Friday May 15
Saturday May 16
Monday May 18
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🗞 Nearby News
Branson
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- Branson pledges voter control if tourism tax expands beyond roads and utilities (bransonglobe.com)
- Robert Peterson and The Crusade Announce First-Ever Live Branson Concert at Hughes Brothers Theatre (jubileecast.com)
Ozark
- Chadwick Flyer Bridge ribbon-cutting held in Ozark (ozarksfirst.com)
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