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ASHLAND - The Paramount Arts Center's Paramount Players invited young princesses and princes from the Tri-State to be their guests Saturday at a tea party with Belle, the Beast and others from Disney's "Beauty and the Beast."

The party included tea and snacks, an autograph book and pen, and a light-up rose. There was also the opportunity to get photos with the characters.

The Paramount Players' performance of the classic opens at 7:30 p.m. March 31, with two followup performances at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. April 1.

Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature, the stage version includes all of the songs written by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman, along with new songs by Menken and Tim Rice. The original Broadway production ran for more than 13 years and was nominated for nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

Tickets are $30 for adults and $15 for students. The matinee tickets on April 1 are $20 for adults and $12 for students. Tickets are $2 extra the day of show, plus fees.

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Each little Princess was formally introduced, then had Fairy Godmother dust sprinkled on her before being escorted by a young butler to her table at the Princess Tea Party in Palmyra. Later each princess was given a crown to wear and pages to color before being served tea and cookies by servers wearing black and white maids' uniforms. The tea party had 240 guests.

Each little Princess was formally introduced, then had Fairy Godmother dust sprinkled on her before being escorted by a young butler to her table at the Princess Tea Party in Palmyra. Later each princess was given a crown to wear and pages to color before being served tea and cookies by servers wearing black and white maids' uniforms. The tea party had 240 guests.

A total of $3,098 was raised for Relay For Life at this 12th annual tea party, which was Saturday morning, March 18, in the Sesquicentennial Building in Palmyra's Flower City Park. The total was reported by Yvonne Goellner, who chairs the fund-raiser each year, with the assistance of Carolyn Carpenter. We have raised over $40,000 in 12 years, Yvonne said, adding, we usually raise $3,000 each year.

She explained the tea party is funded by donations only, because, we wanted all to be able to attend. It's more about cancer awareness and making sure no matter how old they are, they are aware and help support it.

Yvonne founded the tea parties 12 years ago after her 2-year-old daughter, Emily,was diagnosed with what was described as terminal cancer. Her daughter is now in total remission, she said, by the grace of God and is a 17-year-old Palmyra High School junior. Yvonne enjoyed sprinkling her Fairy Godmother dust on Emily during the tea party.

Emily was among the queens hosting the tea party, and her brother, Brandon, was one of the butlers escorting the princesses.

Yvonne had a second reason to raise awareness about cancer her husband, Paul, is a 20-year cancer survivor.

This was not the only Palmyra family with both male and female members participating. Aiden Schaefer - wearing his crown as the Littlest Mr. Marion County - escorted each of his sisters, Autumn Schaefer and Lilly Borrowman, to their table. Their brother, Jonathan Borrowman, also served as a butler.

Some of the tea party's servers included two generations, such as Brittani Binson and her mom, Barb Binson.

A total of 21 queens in evening gowns hosted the tables, with 10 reigning queens and 11 former queens and other young ladies. Gracie Bross of Palmyra, who was crowned 2017 Miss Jesse James' Teen elsewhere in Missouri, hosted a table, as did Chloe Dent, a former Miss Mark Twain Outstanding Teen.

One family group included perhaps the youngest princess attending the tea party. She was Carissa Conrad, almost 2 months old, held by her mother, Stephanie, and accompanied by her sisters, Lydia, 2, and Adelyn, 6.

Most of the little princesses wore fancy gowns, and some were from literature. Among them was Natalie Vandiver, 7, wearing a Rapunzel wedding dress. She arrived with her sister, Sophia Vandiver,

After the tea was served, 2016 Miss Marion County Amanda Lewis played two songs on her violin.

While she was doing so, Annie Sodari of Palmyra enjoyed leading the music while Annie's sisters, Angie and Addie, watched.

See photo gallery for more pictures of the tea party.

Reach reporter Bev Darr at bev.darr@courierpost.com.

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(Left to right) Lillian Cadmus, Melissa Cadmus and Carol Cadmus show off some of the tea cups at the event. (Photos by Joseph Hopper)

The annual Arts on Grand event, Alice's Tea Party, created in honor of Joanne Schar's mother-in-law Alice, drew approximately 50 people to enjoy the art and a beverage in one of Alice's signature tea cups Sunday afternoon.

This year's event, delayed from a previous date due to weather, met during the Iowa Watercolor Traveling Show, allowing participants to enjoy many watercolor pieces adorning the walls at Arts on Grand.

"I just thought this wonderful watercolor exhibit is still on, and it's a great way to share the exhibit," Schar said.

The Mad Hatter (H. Schar) and company (Sky) show off their tea cup holding etiquette.

Schar shared that the idea for the annual event came about from a pragmatic solution.

"She (Alice) had collected all these teacups. When she died, I had to figure out, what am I going to do with all these tea cups? A year later I thought, let's do something fun. Alice was such a wonderful, fun loving person, so let's have a tea party. And when we call it Alice's Tea Party, it invokes all the crazy stuff from 'Alice in Wonderland,'" Schar said.

As more people filed in to enjoy the art and refreshments, music played from a piano and characters such as the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland poured tea.

(Left to right) Shirley Clark, Violet Reason and Lavonne Peterson sit down to enjoy the artwork and conversation.

Schar noted that Alice's Tea Party was a way to spread benevolence in the community.

"I think as we are a place that honors arts and culture, it is important to include people in things that don't cost money, that encourage conversation and friendliness and part of the joy in our Spencer community, so if I can do that a little bit, things like Alice's Tea Party are one of the ways in which I can," Schar said.

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Then-Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) at a 2014 hearing. CREDIT:CSPAN2

As a Newt Gingrich revolutionary in 19951996, freshman Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) earned the moniker Congressman Clueless from Texas Monthly. The magazine noted that his harebrained ideas and headline-making gaffes have made him the laughingstock of his own party. After losing re-election, he returned to Congress in 2013 and proceeded to again provide a non-stop barrage of extremist comments. Still, business PACs showered him with tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions.

On Thursday, Stockman was arraigned in federal court on felony charges of conspiring to funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars in charitable donations for his own personal use. Told by the presiding judge that he would need to have counsel by 2 p.m. on Friday, Stockman observed, Ill have to hustle with that.

Yeah, you will, the judge responded. These are serious charges.

Stockmans first term in Congress was notable for his headline-grabbing claim that the federal government executed Branch Davidian cult members who actually died after cult leader David Koresh set his compound ablaze rather than surrendering to the FBI. These men, women and children were burned to death because they owned guns that the government did not wish them to have, Stockman wrote in Guns and Ammo magazine. He also authored a 1995 bill to force an investigation into whether Alfred Kinseys landmark 1948 and 1953 reports on human sexuality are erroneous, wrongfully obtained by reason of fraud or criminal wrongdoing or both.

When he ran again in 2012, he had not moderated at all. He boasted of endorsements from some of the most far-right fringe members of the GOP and the Constitution Party including Reps. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) and Louie Gohmert (R-TX), the Gun Owners of America, Ted Nugent, and Citizens Unitedbut also mainstream organizations like the National Rifle Association. The National Federation of Independent Business even spent a few hundred dollars in support of his candidacy.

Once again, his extremism was on immediate display after he was re-elected. He brought Ted Nugent as his guest to the presidents State of the Union address. He mocked climate science as global wobbling and the new fad thing. He mocked a female colleagues outfit. He said that people on food stamps are too self-indulgent to buy healthy meals, told a reporter that if he admitted he likes ceramics the public would think Im a fag for sure, and tweeted that the Boston Marathon bomber though [sic] he could escape in a backyard boat after hearing Gore speak on global warming. He claimed that Obama was trying to flood Texas with illegals to make it into a blue state.

Though he again became a national laughingstock over his second term in the House, that didnt stop Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Halliburton, and Phillips 66, Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers, the National Association of Realtors, AT&T, Comcast, Bayer, Boeing and Lockeed Martin, Altria, and a host of other corporations from kicking in $1,000 or more in PAC contributions toward what they likely assumed was his re-election.

In December 2013, he unexpectedly opted against seeking re-election and challenged Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in a quixotic and unsuccessful GOP primary.

Since his overwhelming 2014 defeat, Stockman has continued to demonstrate his judgment in full view of the world:

Now, if convicted, he could face time in federal prison. And the corporate PACs that bankrolled his political career will likely take no responsibility for their role in putting him and many more who share his fringe ideology into public office.

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