Miss Able

03/28/2022

Today is the 90th anniversary of Monkey Island!

11/04/2020

This is the twenty-first episode of Six Table Stories. “Six Table Stories” are completely mythical, and all involve the people in a completely mythical small community known as Six Table. All the stories were written by James D. Fischer. Some of the stories began as short plays, some have been w...

11/03/2020

This is the twentieth episode of Six Table Stories. “Six Table Stories” are completely mythical, and all involve the people in a completely mythical small community known as Six Table. All the stories were written by James D. Fischer. Some of the stories began as short plays, some have been wres...

11/03/2020

In Grandfather We Trust is a story from the book Tales of What May Come, which presents future possibilities: strange new sources of knowledge, coming family issues, future dystopia, new laws and new crimes, and the trend toward educational provincialism. In each story lies a kernel of current truth...

11/03/2020

Playwright and author Octavio Solis received the Distinguished Achievement in the American Theater Award at the Inge Theater Festival in Independence, Kansas in May 2019. On Saturday, May 25, 2019, Octavio Solis and Liz Duffy Adams engaged in a conversation about his career at the Independence Publi...

11/02/2020

If you're the kind of reader who likes the occasional creepy, skin-crawly type of story that makes you look back over your shoulder or sleep with the lights on you'll enjoy these "disquieting" tales. Homicidal maniacs, twisted doctors, murderous misogynists, assorted tortured souls and even evil inc...

10/13/2020

This is the nineteenth episode of Six Table Stories. “Six Table Stories” are completely mythical, and all involve the people in a completely mythical small community known as Six Table. All the stories were written by James D. Fischer. Some of the stories began as short plays, some have been wre...

07/16/2020

Trixie the Library Cat is wearing her mask. Please wear yours!

04/26/2020

It's a zoo, a park, and a Kansas attraction that shouldn't be missed.

03/02/2020

Miss Able is part of Independence, Kansas history. Come celebrate with us.

01/03/2020

New year is starting off right. Just got an email that “A Fable about Miss Able” was accepted for the 2020 Readers Choice Awards under children’s book category! Please share and vote. You can only vote one time. Click on link and then Go to Children’s books and vote for my book! Please do not vote more than once because they will check. The contest goes until November! Let’s get a win for Miss Able and the people of Independence!! God is good!

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07/14/2019

Kim Po***ck McGrath posted the following on her page today: .Coming soon..after a year in the making... A book about our own Miss Able! Presented by Kim Po***ck McGrath and Mark Metcalf.. with a special appearance from Mickey Mantle and that big cement wall! "A Fable About Miss Able" and 2nd part of the book is the non-fiction part about Miss Able by Mark Metcalf! We are so excited!!

06/21/2019

The summer 2019 edition of Southeast Kansas Living magazine is officially on its way to subscribers and newsstands! We hope you all enjoy it. Happy summer, SEK! ☀️😎

06/04/2019

It was all monkey business around Independence Saturday for the first ever Miss Able's Summer Blastoff Festival which began with a Blastoff Breakfast at the Ind

06/04/2019

No matter if you enjoy taking or just watching images of space, NASA has a treat for you. They have made their entire collection of images, sounds, and video available and publicly searchable online. It’s

06/02/2019

This little girl wanted to introduce Miss Able to her mommy, so she grabbed Able by the hand and took off across the park. What a memory! Photo by Steve McBride.

06/01/2019

Tonight at 6:00 we’ll be showing Night at the Museum: Battle at the Smithsonian, staring Miss Able (among others). It’s free and it’s cool! Join us. Blastoff this Summer with Miss Able!!

06/01/2019

Going on now at the library.

06/01/2019

Come see Miss Able today during Miss Able's Summer Blastoff 2019!!

05/30/2019

Be sure to check out this video from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History!

05/28/2019

05/28/2019

Here are the park hours, do you can visit the birthplace of Miss Able.

Check out the hours for Riverside Park! Make sure to get out and enjoy this Independence treasure!

05/28/2019

Today is the day: 60 years since Miss Able was launched into space! What a better way than to learn about everything Miss Able than a dedicated exhibit at the Independence Historical Museum and Art Center! You can see this exhibit from now until Saturday, June 8! You can also join Miss Able herself for a Blastoff Breakfast THIS SATURDAY at the Museum!

05/24/2019

Don’t miss a Conversation with Octavio Solis, this year’s recipient of the 2019 Distinguished Achievement in the American Theater from the William Inge Theater Festival. Join us at the Independence Public Library, Saturday morning at 10:00-11:30.

05/23/2019

05/22/2019

The countdown is on to Miss Able's Summer Blastoff!

Grab your friends and family and meet at the Riverside Park oval next Saturday, June 1 at 10 a.m. for a Morning Monkey Run/Walk. What a perfect way to kick-off a great day of fun as we celebrate Miss Able. Watch our page every day as we start our countdown to Miss Able’s Summer Blastoff.

05/13/2019

Miss Able was seen visiting with her old pal Humpty Dumpty.

05/06/2019

Guess what? The Kansas Museum of History has picked an exhibit to represent Montgomery County history, and the exhibit is on display now and until February 2020. It is Miss Able !!! https://www.cjonline.com/news/20190313/kansas-museum-of-history-exhibit-features-stories-from-105-counties

One of the first two American animals to survive a space flight was born in Kansas.The U.S. space program in May 1959 used a Jupiter rocket to send into

05/05/2019

Last Friday there was a lecture at the New Mexico Museum of Space History called "Able and Baker". The purpose of the lecture was to "learn why their mission was so important...". http://www.nmspacemuseum.org/content.php?id=614

America’s new space darlings, Able and Baker, are introduced to the press after their successful flight aboard a Jupiter rocket on May 28, 1959. (Courtesy US Army)

05/04/2019

The "Living" story in the Independence Daily Reporter today was all about Miss Able. It was a wonderful article!