Church and Dexter Outreach Church,” Anderson said. “We get along very well and they help us and we help them whenever it is needed. One of our missions is to pool resources from existing groups to accomplish common goals.”

Current goals include promoting develop-ment of family housing to build community growth; develop ade-quate daycare facilities; encourage and promote business opportunities and provide equipment and volunteers for tree trimming and brush hauling.

Officers of the group are Anderson, direc-tor, and Thompson, secretary-treasur-er; governing board members Brian Stone,

Rick Koeppen, Gail Killman, Anderson and Thompson.

“DCIF is a non-profit organization created for the growth and pro-motion of the Dexter community,” said

Anderson. “Join our Facebook page to share your thoughts and to see the vision as it unfolds. It also explains in more detail the Dillons/Amazon Smile program.”

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In late September each year, a group of antique camping trailers make their way to Dexter to partic-ipate in a vintage camper contest and show.

Shannon Martin of Stone Barn Farm sponsors the event, which took place Sept. 29. Martin said she started the contest four years ago as a promotional event.

“I think Dexter is a great little town,” she said. “We wanted to bring people to Dexter. That’s kind of how this started.”

Martin loves vintage campers — two of the approximately 15 camp-ers on display Saturday were hers.

“I’m just a fanatic about vintage campers,” she said. “I love history. I love old things and I love to go camping.”

Martin said the small antique camping trailers come from all over the state. Visitors are encouraged to explore the inside of each camp-er, take pictures and then vote for

their favorite.In the 2017 contest, Martin

said Sandy and Elson Preuss of Stuartgart, Kan., were award-ed first place. Philip and Verna Sibona of Fort Scott took second, and Charlie and Toni Johns of Coffeyville placed third.

The vintage campers come in all shapes and sizes. Some are fully restored; others are a work in prog-ress.

Whether showroom fresh or rough and ragged, the owners love to talk about their trailers and are happy to answer questions and have visitors take a look inside.

Most of the owners will tell you their camper has undergone mas-sive renovation. Some were found in salvage yards awaiting demoli-tion. Others were abandoned and deteriorating in backyards and pas-tures.

Many owners have photo albums on display that chronicle the resto-ration process.

Antique campers get new purpose

Photo by JOHN SHELMANA vintage camper owned by Phil and Verna Sibona of Fort Scott received a lot of atten-tion during an annual vintage camper show in September at the Stone Barn Farm in Dexter. The fully restored 1964 Comet won second place in last year’s competition.

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