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Summer 2010
Lopez Unveils New Sculpture
The talented John Lopez will be once again joining us at the
museum throughout the Boss Cowman Celebration. Friday July 9th, he will unveil
his latest work of art as well as talk about his new book. John's book, "In
Fields of Iron" tells about this local artist's life and how he came to make his
amazing and unique sculptures.
John spent many years with bronze and within the last few
years experimented with scrap metal sculpture with great success. His impressive
pieces have become wildly popular. Faith, SD and Hill City, SD have purchased
some of John's work to display in their parks and other public areas as well as
Bear Country, USA. Interest is widespread for these singular pieces of art that
are so intricately designed and executed. The unveiling will be at noon on
Friday at the Grand River Museum and John will be available to anyone wishing to
discuss his pieces or his book. Everyone is welcome to join us for this special
event.
Star Quilt
This star quilt and many other great prizes
will be available to Grand River members.
We will once again be drawing for a beautiful hand quilted
queen size star quilt from our list of museum members. Be sure to stop in at the
museum and see it on display and buy a membership. Phyllis also draws for many
other door prizes so you want to be sure to get your membership so you can be
included. Phyllis also has an excellent gift shop with many, many books from
local authors and many gift items for you readers and shoppers.
Remember that we do not charge admission and the only way to
keep the doors open is with your memberships and other donations. Stop in and
see us!
Grand River Museum Membership
Many of you have been asking about your annual dues and if
we have sent a notice to you. We appreciate all the help from you our dedicated
donors. We do not send out special reminders when the year is up as we do not
want you to feel obligated to donate at a certain time, but we do send out forms
and reminders in our newsletters. We appreciate all of you and the help you have
given to the Grand River Museum.
You may fill out a form by clicking
here, or just send your name, complete address and
phone number with your check to:
Grand River Museum
114 10th Street West
Lemmon SD 57638
A Big 'Thank You' to all of our Donors for your Support!
We Need More Art Entries!
While we've had several entries in our Kids Art Contest, we
still want to see more! Don't forget to send in your entries. We will be using
them all as display material in the museum and in other aspects.
The entries that we have already received are great - very
original and cute. Who knows, one day you could become famous with your start at
the Grand River Museum!
Visitors
Children from
Hettinger Baptist Church School
visited the museum
This fun group of kids from the Hettinger Baptist Church
School stopped in to the Grand River Museum for a visit in May.
These kids were very enthusiastic and really enjoyed their
time here at the museum. Their favorite part of their visit was the "Scavenger
Hunt" which was a big hit.
Theatre Room
The Grand River Museum will begin our latest project this
summer. We have a room on the west wing of the museum that is perfect for a
theatre room.
The museum owns some excellent Answer's In Genesis DVD's
from Ken Ham's Creation Science Museum in St. Petersburg, Kentucky that will
serve well for this purpose. While this project requires funding we know that it
will be a popular feature for our visitors.
We have taken out a small loan to help purchase supplies to
get started this summer but once again we need your memberships and donations
for support. These special projects aren't possible without your help.
Wild Bill Hickok Exhibit
This is one of the framed exhibits
that will reside at the Grand River Museum
courtesy of the City of Deadwood
and the Deadwood Historic Preservation Commission .
We are excited to announce that this summer we will have an
exhibit on display of the history of Wild Bill Hickok. This special display is
on loan from the City of Deadwood and the Deadwood Historic Preservation
Commission and consists of information and pictures of Wild Bill's rise to
stardom, his family, the trial of Jack McCall, Mt. Moriah Cemetery and more. It
consists of six framed exhibits and six notebooks of additional information.
We believe our guests will enjoy checking out this display
about a well-known historical figure from the late 1800's. Wild Bill Hickok,
born James Butler Hickok, was a famous figure from the American Old West that
made our area famous. He was a man of contradictions as a gunfighter and a
lawman. We are expecting this special exhibit by the end of June and through
July.
'In Fields of Iron' sculptures by John Lopez
Check out John Lopez's new book
available at the Grand River Museum.
The author will be available to talk Friday, July 9th at noon.
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