Callaway event to host pirate, steampunk festivals

It may be surrounded by farmland, but a small fairground just outside Kingdom City soon will be host to clanging swords, dashing air captains, flying arrows, gypsy dancers, clever minstrels, Nerf gun battles and even fire dancers.

Boys and girls - of all ages - who loved "Treasure Island" and spent long summer afternoons playing at being a buccaneer will find themselves right at home as Boster Castle puts on the first Central Missouri Pirate Fest and Steampunk Sci-Fi Fest June 10-12.

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.