shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com June 4, 2019 • Page 9 Stewart Is South Dakota Poet Laureate PIERRE, S.D. – Governor Kristi Noem today announced that Christine Stewart, an English professor at South Dakota State University, has been named as the next South Dakota Poet Laureate. Stewart, who begins her four-year term July 1, will be the state’s seventh poet laureate. She will take over the position held by University of South Dakota English Professor Lee Ann Roripaugh. “Christine’s passion for poetry is inspiring,” said Noem. “I look forward to the ways she will incorporate the themes of South Dakota into her work and promote the importance of creative expression.” “As South Dakota’s Poet Laureate, I will promote the reading and writing of poetry in our state,” said Stewart. “I plan to edit an anthology of poems about South Dakota by South Dakotans and use it to initiate conversations about poetry in schools and communities.” In her new position, Stewart will make appearances at poetry readings and literary events, including October’s South Dakota Festival of Books. The South Dakota State Poetry Society selected Stewart after a statewide search and then made a recommendation to Noem, who officially appointed her to the position. “Christine is a talented poet and teacher. We were impressed with her ambitious plan for bringing poetry to all South Dakotans,” said Bruce Roseland, president of the South Dakota State Poetry Society. “I have known Christine for a number of years and can assure everyone that her approach to sharing poetry is warm, personable and dynamic.” Stewart, who writes as StewartNu?ez, has published five volumes of poetry: “Postcard on Parchment” (2008), “Keeping Them Alive” (2011), “Snow, Salt, Honey” (2012), “Untrussed” (2016) and “Bluewords Greening” (2016). She teaches creative writing courses and is coordinator of South Dakota State’s creative writing program. This spring, Stewart won the 2018 Whirling Prize in Poetry from Etching Press for “Bluewords Greening,” in which she describes her experiences as a woman coping with miscarriages and as a mother raising a child with disability. Her older son, Holden, has a rare form of epilepsy known as Landau-Kleffner Syndrome. A native of Des Moines, Iowa, Stewart earned a bachelor’s degree in English education and writing from the University of Northern Iowa in 1995. After teaching for two years at Tarsus American College in Turkey, she attended Arizona State University and completed a master’s degree in literature in 2000. She received her doctorate in creative writing from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2007. LOW MILES! Dave Coulier casinos, nightclubs, and theaters. He lives in Los Angeles. Reiser has been voted one of the Comedy Club’s Top 100 Comedians of all time. He co-created and starred in the critically-acclaimed NBC comedy, “Mad About You,” which garnered him multiple Emmy, Golden Globe, American Comedy Award and Screen Actors Guild nominations. More recently, he earned acclaim for his supporting role in the 2015 Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award-winning film, “Whiplash.” He co-created and produced the seven-episode, “There’s … Johnny!” on Hulu. The series intertwines authentic footage from “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” with the story of a 19-year-old Andy from Nebraska who stumbles into a job at the iconic show. “Decider,” an entertainment and pop culture site about streaming entertainment, described “There’s … Johnny!” as an “antidote to 2017 cynicism.” Reiser joined the cast of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” for the series’ second season, which was released in October, and recently renewed for a third season. In a role created with him in mind, Reiser played Dr. Owens, a high-ranking member of the Department of Energy brought to a small town to investigate supernatural situations. He has also collaborated on the critically-acclaimed hit Amazon series, “Red Oaks,” in which he plays Doug Getty, president of a New Jersey country club in an ‘80sthemed setting. His performance was described as “one of his absolute finest, not just of late, but of ever.” The show’s third and final season premiered in October. 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We are excited to host the One Book South Dakota author Kent Nerburn on Saturday, June 15, at 2 p.m. at the Yankton Community Library. Several copies of his book, “Neither Wolf Nor Dog,” are available at the library. In addition, we will be showing the movie on Monday, Aug. 26, and hosting a follow-up book discussion with Jamie Sullivan in October. We will be giving away signed copies of Nerburn’s book throughout the summer! New this year, our Pup-up Library at the Dog Park will be on Tuesday, June 18, at 6 p.m. Bring your furry friends along to hear our guest speaker and have the opportunity to check out some caninerelated books! Everyone is welcome to come to see “The Rope Warrior” on Monday, June 10, at 10:30 a.m. He will put on a good show as he demonstrates some amazing jump rope tricks. We have other special performers and presentations throughout the summer for the whole family including The Omaha Zoo presentation on June 24 at 11 a.m., Storyteller Will Stuck on July 8 at 6 p.m. and a “Red Beard, Blue Beard” musical performance on July 22 at 6 p.m. Be sure to check our Facebook page and pick up a calendar at the library for a full listing of events. And don’t forget to practice your special talents (or just come and watch!) for our Talent Show at the end of July. It is sure to be a busy summer full of fun activities and excitement at the library. And most importantly-don’t forget that the library is full of a Universe of Stories that can take you anywhere from the comfort of your own home! Another season of summer reading is upon us. We are excited to offer another fun-filled summer to our community that includes space-themed crafts, activities, special performers and so much more! Summer is a good time to sign up for a library card or make sure your library cards are all updated, especially if you have children that may be coming to the library on their own or with babysitters or grandparents. It’s also a good idea to add any authorized users that may be using your library card this summer. All ages of readers (from Birth to 99) can register for our Summer Reading Programs on Beanstack. There is a link to Beanstack on our website (library.cityofyankton. org). Our youngest readers (Birth-5th Grade) will get a Reading Chain at registration and will earn special beads throughout the summer. We will also offer programs nearly every day of the week during June and July, including crafts, Legos, activities, movies and more! There will be door prizes given out at some of the programs throughout the summer — so come when you can to enjoy the activities and have the opportunity to Paul Reiser win special prizes. the modern-day descendants of the Our Teen and Adult mysterious Romanov dynasty. readers will have chalReiser also co-stars in the action- lenges to complete during comedy, “The Spy Who Dumped Me.” the summer. Some of the Other movie credits include “War on challenges are to attend Everyone,” “The Book of Love,” “The library events, while Little Hours,” “I Do….Until I Don’t,” others are reading chal“Diner,” “Bye Bye Love,” “The Marlenges to encourage you rying Man,” “Aliens,” “One Night at to maybe pick up a book McCool’s”, and “Beverly Hills Cops I outside your comfort zone! and II.” For each of the challenges His book, “Couplehood,” sold completed, participants over 2 million copies and reached will earn a chance in our the number one spot on the New prize drawings for gift York Times bestseller list. He has cards, tote bags, and other also authored two other bestsellfun goodies. Our Grand ers, “Babyhood” and “Familyhood,” Prize for each of the Teen about his life as a father. A music and Adult groups will be graduate of the State University of an Amazon Fire! New York at Binghamton, he coOn Monday, June 3, the wrote the “Mad About You” theme library will host our Sumsong, “The Final Frontier.” He also mer Reading Kick-Off Party released an album of original songs from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. with British songwriter Julia FordThere will be free crafts ham called “Unusual Suspects” in and games available for 2011. He and his family live in Los the family. Rolling Waiters Angeles. Food Truck will also be “We couldn’t be happier with present with kid-friendly our headliners for the Friday and foods to purchase, so Saturday Great American Comedy come hungry! Dana Schmidt is director of the Yankton Community Festival shows,” said Lisa Wattier, The seventh annual Library. executive director. “With their long Cemetery Walk, in partreputations of providing good, clean entertainment, we are really excited M I S S O U R I VA L L E Y to welcome them to the Johnny Carson stage.” The annual festival opened in 2008 to honor the legacy of Norfolk’s favorite son, Johnny Carson, who was host of NBC’s “Late Night Show Starring Johnny Carson” for over 25 years. The Great American Comedy To place your ad call... 605.665.5884 Festival is also made possible with the support of the Nebraska Arts Council and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. For tickets and information, visit www.greatamericancomedyfestival. com. Headliners Announced For The 12th Annual Great American Comedy Festival NORFOLK, Neb. — Officials of the 12th Annual Great American Comedy Festival recently announced the names of headliners for the Friday Showcase and Saturday Gala at the Johnny Carson Theatre. Dave Coulier, perhaps best known as “Joey” in the hit ABC-TV series, “Full House,” is the headliner for the Friday, June 14, Comedy Showcase. Paul Reiser, nominated for multiple awards over his 30-plus year career, will headline the Saturday, June 15, Festival Gala. The festival kicks off Thursday, June 13, with the traditional family Comedy Magic Show. All shows are at 7 p.m. at the Johnny Carson Theatre except an Adults-only Late Night Show at Divots Friday at 10:30. The 12th annual Great American Comedy Festival is presented by Nucor Steel Nebraska, Nucor Cold Finish Nebraska, Nucor Detailing Center, and Vulcraft Nebraska. Coulier’s “Full House” aired for 192 episodes from 1987-1995. It can now be seen on “Nick at Nite.” Additionally, the show runs worldwide, syndicated in over 100 countries. Coulier followed this success by hosting his second prime-time hit series, “America’s Funniest People,” which ran on ABC for four seasons. He is also co-starring in “Fuller House,” which began on Netflix in 2016. He has also hosted ABC’s “World’s Funniest Videos” and his own series, “Out of Control,” for Nickelodeon. Dave hosted “Animal Kidding” on the Animal Planet Network. He also appeared on VH1’s #1 rated series, “The Surreal Life,” and hosted multiple seasons of “America’s Most Talented Kids” for the i Network. Coulier also starred in two movies, “Shredderman” for Nickelodeon and “The Family Holiday,” which aired on Lifetime, and co-starred in The Disney Channel’s highest rated movie, “The 13th Year.” He has also had great success doing voice-overs for TV, including many Saturday morning cartoon favorites and HannaBarbera’s “Scooby Doo” and Jim Henson’s “The Muppet Babies.” He has performed his clean stand-up on “The Tonight Show,” HBO’s “Detroit Comedy Jam” and HBO’s Comic Relief at Radio City Music Hall. He continues to sell out shows at colleges, corporate events, Yankton Community Library MV Shopper CLASSIFIEDS IN PRINT & ONLINE Congratulations FABRIC SPECIALS! 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