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Inside 10 leT’s get ready to relay In its 20th year, Relay for Life of Marion County returns to Hannibal after a stint at the county fairgrounds. this issue 24 TWAIN ON MAIN Hannibal hooks trifecta of fiction with festivities to welcome the summer season. MAY 2016 2 Letter to our readers 18 BoutIques with BenefIts 33 BEST BETS Among the hannibal Regional Auxiliary’s many com- special deals, and dollars off 9 In a pIckLe and more munity services are a pair of boutiques. Races, games, volleyball and more will take over Flower 34 PARKS AND REC eVENTS City Park, all in an battle childhood cancer. 20 as easy as a-B-c upcoming events and available facilities 14 Wood I? Wood you? Be on the lookout for the early warning signs of potential 37 LocaL caLendar Alliance Art Gallery honors Missouri woodworker and skin cancer. events from around the area lifelong artist. 21 BIg nIght of musIc hannibal Jaycees’ tanyard Garden welcomes back the 43 socIaL medIa addIctIon 16 noW hear thIs how do you know if you’re out of control? May is Better hearing Month, and ear-valuations are epic Music showcase. encouraged. 44 a Boy and hIs shoVeL 22 HittIng the links Hick Finn digs himself into a hole, for good reason. Missouri sports hall of Fame celebrities will be on hand for June 8 golf tournament. 21st Annual Hannibal Cannibal 5/10/15K RUN AND 5K WALK nd July 2 at 7:00 am Ocial Sponsor: ADVANCE During National Tom Sawyer Days in Hannibal, MO PHYSICAL THERAPY $25 until June 20th Register online at hannibalcannibal.com All proceeds benefit the Back to BETTER Campaign. Hospital Foundation hrhf.org | 573-629-3577 Hannibal Magazine May 2016 1 LETTER TO READERS Twain on Main Hannibal kicks off summer M A G A Z I N E General Manager: Ron Wallace full of fun Editor: Don Crim Contributing Writers: ay’s Twain on Main event opens the area’s Hick Finn Megan Duncan festival season, bringing residents and Patrick Keyser Lisa Marks Kathryn McDaniel Mary Lynne Richards visitors alike to Historic Downtown Han- nibal for two days celebrating Northeast Copy Editing and Design: Missouri’s most famous local son. Nancy Hadler Andres Martinez Artisans and craftsmen will be on hand Contributing Photographs: to ply their wares, and food and drink vendors will have a nearly Steve Bohnstedt Phil Carlson Munimaginable number of items sure to satisfy. Michael Kipley Erik Spence It’s a scene that will be repeated several times throughout the Cover Photo: Erik Spence summer and into the fall: people coming together to celebrate the area’s heritage. Advertising Director: Thanks to the work of local volunteers Tom Van Ness 217-221-3309 and committees, these annual celebrations are more important than many of us realize. Advertising Sales: First, they keep alive traditions that might Becky Terwelp otherwise be lost to time. From folk musi- 217-221-3335 cians to vendors who prepare culinary treats Local Magazine Distribution: that remind us of our grandmothers, they Learning Opportunities help us stay connected with our past. Quality Works, Inc. 111 South 10th They also bring a much-appreciated infusion of cash into the Hannibal, Missouri local economy — motels, gas stations, retail outlets, restaurants and 573-221-5991 of course the aforementioned artisans and craftsmen. And just as important, let’s face it: they’re just darn fun. What’s Join Hannibal Magazine on Facebook Read Hannibal Magazine online at not to love about catching up with old friends, eating a lot — maybe hannibalmagazine.com too much — good food and enjoying the sunshine? I know I enjoy it, and I’m sure you do, as well. Here at Hannibal Magazine, we are proud to support these fine Submit events and calendar items events, and we do our best to promote them. to [email protected] by Keep reading, and we’ll keep you in the know about all the fun May 1 to be included in June issue. coming this summer. Copyright © 2016 by Hannibal Magazine Published monthly by Quincy Media, Inc. 130 S. 5th St., P.O. Box 909, Quincy IL 62301 217-223-5100 [email protected] Ron Wallace 2 May 2016 Hannibal Magazine Embracing Mark Twain By Lisa Marks Photos by Phil Carlson e who live in Hannibal are his death, Mark Twain is still an internationally known celebrity. completely surrounded by Recently, a family from Russia visited the Hannibal History Muse- Mark Twain. His likeness and um, and they were eager to share how much people in their country those of his most beloved love Twain’s books, especially “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.” They fictional characters are were delighted to be in Hannibal and see for themselves Twain’s everywhere — in our grocery beloved hometown, the setting of this most-cherished classic book. stores and gas stations, our It is easy to take for granted those things that are in abundance restaurants and shopping around you. No doubt, folks in southern Arizona don’t give a second centers. His name is attached to decades-old Hannibal institutions thought to dining al fresco. Missourians are accustomed to a sum- such as the Mark Twain Hotel, Mark Twain Dinette, Mark Twain mer night’s abundance of fireflies; visiting Californians perhaps WCave and Mark Twain Riverboat, as well as local taxi services, title have read about lightning bugs, and would be delighted to actually companies, tire repair shops, etc. see the bright insects. Visitors to Hannibal’s historic Main Street often chuckle at the Those living in Twain’s Hannibal perhaps should step back and numerous references to Twain found throughout Hannibal; little do reflect on the importance of the legacy of the town’s native son. they know that Hannibalians have, for years, grumbled about the Hannibal should be proud to be the setting for two of the most same thing. important works in American literature, the aforementioned Tom Yet if you step outside of Hannibal, outside of the Twain bubble, Sawyer and “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Twain’s books his name is revered, elevated to the highest level of respect and honor. Not only is he an American icon; to this day, 106 years after continues on 4 ➤ Hannibal Magazine May 2016 3 have been published in more than 70 languages, and since it was go to hell,” in his mind Huck has made the decision to condemn first published in 1876, Tom Sawyer has never been out of print. his own soul in order to do what he believes is morally correct. Millions have read the tales of life in Hannibal in the 1840s, have This is not only a seminal imagined themselves playing pirates on Jackson’s Island or trick- moment in 19th century ing their friends into whitewashing the fence along the dusty American literature; that sidewalks of Hill Street. same internal struggle Central themes resonates as part of the American experi- In writing on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Twain’s ence here in the 21st death in 2010, James M. Cox, a well-respected Twain scholar, century. Twain may wrote that Mark Twain “…remains as central as ever not only in have sugar-coated his American literature but in American life.” The reason he is still stories with humor, but so relevant to modern society is because the central themes of they strike at the very heart his books – socioeconomic bias, racism, greed associated with of human nature and the divi- capitalism, cynicism of the government and political systems – sions within society. are at the forefront of issues still discussed in America. History does seem to repeat Take, for example, the scene in Huckleberry Finn when Huck itself, and Twain’s social is faced with a moral dilemma. Should he turn in the runaway commentary is slave, Jim, to his owner, or help Jim escape to freedom? Twain just as thought- demonstrates Huck’s internal struggle of racist inclinations provoking stemming from his upbringing versus his own moral compass and sense of right and wrong. 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