The Entertainer

Vicksville Missouri was a slice of Americana, a stolen canvas from Rockwell's Collection. Flowers and elms lined the main thoroughfare, Mayfair Way, and a sunflower covered twenty foot by thirty foot sign painted by the fifth graders of Amerson School greeted visitors. Entering the town, hidden behind the row of densely planted elms just beyond the colorful welcome sign was Vicksville's police station manned by portly Sheriff Bill Maitland who prided himself in running a crime-free town. Ne...