Award-Winning Children’s Book Publisher Receives Six Nominations For Cyblis Awards
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PRLog (Press Release) - Nov. 11, 2013 - WINTER GARDEN, Fla. -- Florida Children’s book publisher, Pants On Fire Press, is pleased to announce thatTales from Farlandia: Ozette's Destiny by Judy Pierce, Resilient by Patricia Vanasse, How I Became a Teenage Survivalist by Julie L. Casey,I Am Currency by Whitney Grady, Paranormal Properties by Tracy Lane and A Butterfly Without Wings by David M. F. Powers have been nominated for the 2013 Cybils Awards, or Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards.

Scout Pictures of St. Joseph has received an award for Best Western film from the 2012 Bare Bones International Film Festival in Muskogee, Okla., for the film production company’s latest film “Reckoning.” The film was produced in 2011 at Western Frontier Adventure in Easton, Kan.

Many local filmmakers from the St. Joseph area were involved with the project headed up by Jim Conlon, who co-produced along with Larry Culbertson of Western Frontier Adventure. Conlon also edited the film. The film was directed by John Morris of St. Joseph. The film stars Stan Rippey of Mound City, Mo., Justin Rother of Craig, Mo., Julie and Jonn Casey of Union Star, Mo., and Joey Culbertson and Carol and Vane Huggins of Easton.

The announcement came April 22 during the festival’s gala awards ceremony at the Roxy Theater in Muskogee. Three other western films were also nominated in the same category. “Reckoning” also was nominated in the Best Costuming category.

Scout Pictures has won awards for previous projects including “The Scout” (2001), “Scout 2” (2004), “St. Joseph, Days of Civil War” (2007), “Days of the Pony Express” (2009) and “Hell Hole” (2009). A “Reckoning” trailer is available for viewing at the Scout Pictures website at www.scoutpictures.net. For more information on the Bare Bones International Film Festival, visit www.barebonesfilmfestivals.org.

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Local mom makes it easy for parents to find resourcesSylvia Anderson
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When Julie Casey started home schooling her children 11 years ago, it was a trend still considered on the fringe and resources were hard to find. But these days home schooling is almost mainstream, and thanks to her new website, resources can be easily found by clicking a mouse.

The website, www.theconnectedhomeschool.com, includes information on everything from home-school laws to a kids’ page full of educational games. And it comes at a time when home schooling is the fastest-growing area in education, she says, increasing an estimated 20 percent a year. Exact figures are hard to come by since Missouri does not require home-schools register with the state. But individual groups are watching numbers going up.