On The Record

The History Museum for Springfield-Greene County has received a grant of $8,000 from the Missouri Humanities Council in support of the upcoming exhibit "Artistic Springfield: Then and Now." The exhibit tells the story of the area's history of the arts and their impact on individual lives and the community.

Mid-America Credit Union raised nearly $3,400 for the Children's Miracle Network during Mid-America's holiday fund raisers. Fund-raising activities included a silent auction in early December, and sales of paper links and candles.

Postal Federal Community Credit Union in Joplin celebrated in December the official opening of its new location at 20th and Connecticut streets with a ribbon cutting and a $1,000 donation to Children's Miracle Network.

Springfield Regional Opera has received a grant of $2,714 from the Community Foundation of the Ozarks for a youth opera education program. Funding makes possible the purchase of teachers' manuals and student handbooks for a hands-on program in which children write and produce their own opera. The project is a component of the ABCs of Opera, a comprehensive education program. Funds for the grant came from the Lorraine A. Sutkus and Nancy Weisacosky Scholarship and Teacher Award Funds, the Nathan and Esther Karchmer Fund and the Marie Rosalie Maser and John Maser Memorial Fund.