This Saturday, September 28, the Independence Public Library presents Sunflowers and Stories, an event for the whole family. Starting at 10:30, hear "pioneer folktales" with professional storyteller, Rosie Cutrer, followed by outdoor activities starting at 11:30. Activities include crafts, snow cones, flower bingo, sidewalk chalk art, free books, a sunflower seed spitting contest, a plant giveaway sponsored by Hassellmen's, and AWOL cats and dogs you can adopt. Attendees will receive a coupon for 1 free pie pumpkin from Reichenberger's Farm's Corn Maze. At 1:00pm, adults can attend a Storytelling Workshop with Rosie Cutrer. Sunflowers and Stories will go on rain or shine.Rosemary Cutrer has been telling stories professionally for the past seventeen years at festivals, schools, libraries and museums. She has been a performer at the Cape Girardeau Storytelling Festival, Downs Storytelling Festival, the Choctaw Land Run Festival, the Homestead National Monument and the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival. Before becoming a full time storyteller she was an elementary classroom teacher for twenty-three years. Rosie learned the art of storytelling from participating in workshops throughout the U.S. and has received personal coaching from national storytellers Bill Harley and Milbre Burch.
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