Big top coming to Auxvasse

Circus to put on benefit show for community hall

October 4, 2012 at 6:00 a.m. | Updated October 4, 2012 at 6:00 a.m.

Four-year-old Thayne Nevels from Auxvasse visited the Kelly Miller Circus Clowns in Casey's General Store in Auxvasse Wednesday morning. The clowns started out their day with a "Meet and Greet" at United Security Bank, following with a visit to Casey's and onward to put a show at Auxvasse Elementary School for students K-5.

A popular circus act that helps in fundraising efforts for local communities has returned to Callaway.

The Kelly Miller Circus, an Oklahoma-based group founded in 1938 that has performed in recent years in New Bloomfield, returns to put on a fundraiser show Oct. 17 for the Auxvasse Community Hall.

Show times are at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. at the Auxvasse Lions Club Grounds. Advance tickets cost $10 for adults and $6 for children, or $15 for adults and $7 for children at the door.

Tickets can be bought at United Security Bank or Casey's General Store in Auxvasse, Hickman's IGA in Mexico, Pick-A-Dilly in Kingdom City or Moser's in Fulton.

Auxvasse Community Hall Association treasurer Dianna Huls said the circus had approached the community hall committee about putting on the show. A portion of the ticket sales will go to restoration of the city's community hall, which is rented out for various events.

"It needs lots of repairs, it's a really old building," said Huls. "The first thing is the roof, it's leaky. Then we'd like to get a new stove, also, but we have to get the roof fixed first."

To help the tornado-stricken people of Dumas and surroundings, donations can be made to the Delta Area Disaster Relief Fund, care of the Delta Area Community Foundation, P.O. Box 894, Dumas, AR, 71639, or through the Arkansas Community Foundation, 700 S. Rock St., Little Rock, AR, 72202.