SIKESTON, MO (KFVS) - The 38th Annual Regional High School Student Art Show will be Tuesday, January 8 at the Sikeston Depot Museum.

Twelve high schools are expected to participate in the art show.

January also brings two opportunities to participate in a very special silent auction for wonderful art pieces created for the "Band of Artists" exhibit held last Spring. These special wooden cutouts of musical instruments were turned into beautiful and fascinating works of art by students and teachers from Sikeston, Dexter, Notre Dame,  East Prairie, Poplar Bluff, New Madrid County Central and Charleston high schools. Proceeds from the auction will be split between the Depot and the high school art department which created the piece.

Bids will be taken during the Friday, Jan. 11, Downtown Gallery Walk (5-7:30 p.m.), and the Sunday, Jan. 20, awards reception (2-4 p.m.) for the Regional High School Student Art Show.    

(KFVS) - A viewer sent us this picture of their Doberman puppy Chiko dressed as "Santa Paws."

We want to see pictures of your kids or pets sitting on Santa's lap. The pictures will be featured online and maybe on-air.

You can e-mail the pictures to cnews@kfvs12.com or upload them by clicking here. Don't forget to include your name, where you're from and who's in the picture.

All pictures of children should have the approval of the parents or guardian before submitting.

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CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - The Cape River Heritage Museum will host a weekend for writers on November 30 and December 1.

On Friday, Nov. 30, the museum will launch the "Heartland Heritage Anthology 3: A Collection of Writings by Citizens of Southeast Missouri" with a reception from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Poet C.D. Albin of West Plains, Mo. will give a reading during this event.

On the following Saturday morning from 10 a.m. to noon, Albin will conduct a workshop called "Writing about the Home Place."

The Missouri Humanities Council has awarded a grant of $1160.38 to the Cape River Heritage Museum in support of the "Heartland Heritage Anthology" and the Writing about the Home Place Workshop. The MHC is the only state-wide agency in Missouri devoted exclusively to humanities education for citizens of all ages. It has served as a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities since 1971.