C Y K M C Y K M C Y K M C Y K M USPS-299800 Vol.136, No. 50 Bevier, MO, 63532 • 12 Pages • 2 Sections • 75 Cents Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Subscribers to the Home Press are the nicest people! This week we salute Bruce Latchford Callao, MO e Macon County Serving Macon County Since 1876 BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT Page 3A HUD, VA TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING AND SUPPORT FOR HOMELESS VETS IN MISSOURI PLS BUILDERS, LLC MIKE COOK 314-660-1812 NEW CONSTRUCTION • REMODELING DECKS • WINDOWS • DOORS • & MORE! email - [email protected]BOBBY RICHARDSON 660-651-9421 FREE ESTIMATES • FULLY LICENSED AND INSURED Macon ................... $3.31 Clarence ................ $3.31 Marceline .............. $3.32 Moberly ................. $3.29 Kirksville............... $3.24 Columbia ............... $3.39 The Clarence Home- coming opened on Wednesday evening with a puppet show followed by a magic show featuring Magician Tim Worstell. Children were excited to volunteer to help the ma- gician with some pretty amazing tricks. Some may be still trying to figure out how he did some of them. Wednesday’s family fun night continued with Heartlands’ Finding Beth- el and a performance by Christian Recording Artist Caleb Rowden. Thursdays activities in- cluded the baby show, al- ways a popular event, and the queen contest, little Mr. and Miss Clarence pageant. Friday night those at- tending enjoyed ice cream while helping to support the local “Helping Hands” group and two free shows by Nashville Star Andy Gibson. Saturdays events start- ed early with a Farm- ers Market, flea markets, kids games, horseshoe tournament, card tourna- ment, petting zoo, tractor show and a parade. Those in the mood for more ice cream could attend the ice cream supper given by the United Methodist Church. Saturday evening’s main attraction was Nashville Recording Star Katie Ar- miger. Each evening of the Clarence Homecoming was lots of fun with rides and games provided by Kenny’s Funland. There were opportunities to eat the great hamburgers and Tenderloins prepared by the various clubs and orga- nizations in the CYMO’s cook stand. Rain Didn’t Stop Clarence Crowd Home Instead Senior Care® fran- chises in Missouri are sponsoring a free Family Caregiver Support Web Seminar to provide families with in- formation about caring for loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease. The seminar is scheduled for Wednesday, June 27, at noon CDT. Participants may pre-register at Care- giverstress.com/familyeducation. The program is part of a monthly series that has been developed in coopera- tion with the American Society on Ag- ing (ASA), which deals with a wide range of topics of interest to families caring for seniors. Pre-registration will be required for all seminars. “We are pleased to offer this con- tinuing education program for family caregivers, designed to provide valu- able information that can help bet- ter equip them to care for their loved ones,” said Jeff Huber, president and chief operating officer (COO) of Home Instead, Inc., the franchisor of the Home Instead Senior Care net- work. “So many family caregivers are lacking the resources they need to cope with this fulfilling, yet stressful job. All topics provide the perspective of professionals who have background in and knowledge of the issues facing families caring for aging loved ones.” Topics include balancing work and at-home care, senior cognitive issues and helping seniors with finances – all issues that family caregivers often deal with daily. For the schedule of additional monthly topics, visit Care- giverstress.com/familyeducation. FREE WEB SEMINAR FOR MISSOURI FAMILIES FOCUSES ON CARING FOR A LOVED ONE WITH ALZHEIMER’S U.S. Housing and Urban Develop- ment Secretary Shaun Donovan and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki announced today that HUD will provide 25 vouch- ers to the St. Louis Housing Authority to supply housing and case management for homeless veterans in Missouri. The housing authority will work with the St. Louis VA Medical Center to pro- vide case management. This funding is part of a total $75 million the Obama Administration is investing this year to house 10,450 homeless veterans who might otherwise be living on the streets. The permanent supportive hous- ing assistance announced today is pro- vided through HUD’s Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program (HUD- VASH), a program administered by HUD, VA, and local housing agencies to provide permanent housing with case management and other supportive ser- vices for homeless veterans across the country. “Our latest count shows that home- lessness among veterans has fallen by Total 2012 $75 million investment will house 10,450 12 percent,” said Donovan, who an- nounced $2.5 million in additional fund- ing today. “Thanks to HUD, VA and lo- cal public housing authorities working collaboratively with VA medical cen- ters, we’re offering homes, along with critically needed supportive services, to veterans who sacrificed themselves for all Americans.” “Through HUD-VASH we will ac- complish our goal – to prevent and eliminate veteran homelessness by 2015 and improve quality of life for vet- erans,” said VA Secretary Shinseki. “No one, especially veterans who have faith- fully served our country, should become homeless. VA is committed to providing veterans and their families with access to affordable housing and medical ser- vices that will help them get back on their feet.” “Since 2008, these grants have re- duced the number of homeless veterans in Missouri and one day we will see all veterans living in homes and with the dignity they deserve,” said Great Plains Regional Administrator Derrith Watch- man-Moore. This funding to local housing agen- cies is part of the Obama Administra- tion’s commitment to end Veteran and long-term chronic homelessness by 2015. Opening Doors: Federal Strate- gic Plan to Prevent and End Homeless- ness serves as a roadmap for how the federal government will work with state and local agreements to con- front the root causes of homelessness, especially among former servicemen and women. HUD’s annual “point in time” estimate of the number of home- less persons and families for 2011 found that veteran homelessness fell by nearly 12 percent (or 8,834 people) since Janu- ary 2010. Earlier this year, HUD and VA an- nounced $72.6 million in HUD-VASH funding to public housing agencies in all 50 states and the District of Colum- bia to house more than 10,000 homeless veterans. VA Medical Centers (VAMC) provide supportive services and case management to eligible homeless vet- erans. More photos from the Clarence Homecoming on page 6B. POSTAL RESIDENT ECRWSS US POSTAGE PAID QUINCY, IL PERMIT #108
The Clarence Home-coming opened on Wednesday evening with a puppet show followed by a magic show featuring Magician Tim Worstell. Children were excited to volunteer to help the ma-gician with some pretty amazing tricks. Some may be still trying to fi gure out how he did some of them.
Wednesday’s family fun night continued with Heartlands’ Finding Beth-el and a performance by Christian Recording Artist Caleb Rowden.
Thursdays activities in-cluded the baby show, al-ways a popular event, and the queen contest, little Mr. and Miss Clarence pageant.
Friday night those at-tending enjoyed ice cream while helping to support the local “Helping Hands” group and two free shows by Nashville Star Andy Gibson.
Saturdays events start-ed early with a Farm-ers Market, fl ea markets, kids games, horseshoe tournament, card tourna-ment, petting zoo, tractor show and a parade. Those in the mood for more ice cream could attend the ice cream supper given by the United Methodist Church. Saturday evening’s main attraction was Nashville Recording Star Katie Ar-miger.
Each evening of the Clarence Homecoming was lots of fun with rides and games provided by Kenny’s Funland. There were opportunities to eat the great hamburgers and Tenderloins prepared by the various clubs and orga-nizations in the CYMO’s cook stand.
Rain Didn’t Stop Clarence Crowd
Home Instead Senior Care® fran-chises in Missouri are sponsoring a free Family Caregiver Support Web Seminar to provide families with in-formation about caring for loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease.
The seminar is scheduled for Wednesday, June 27, at noon CDT. Participants may pre-register at Care-giverstress.com/familyeducation. The program is part of a monthly series that has been developed in coopera-tion with the American Society on Ag-ing (ASA), which deals with a wide range of topics of interest to families caring for seniors. Pre-registration will be required for all seminars.
“We are pleased to offer this con-tinuing education program for family caregivers, designed to provide valu-able information that can help bet-ter equip them to care for their loved ones,” said Jeff Huber, president and chief operating offi cer (COO) of Home Instead, Inc., the franchisor of the Home Instead Senior Care net-work.
“So many family caregivers are lacking the resources they need to cope with this fulfi lling, yet stressful job. All topics provide the perspective of professionals who have background in and knowledge of the issues facing families caring for aging loved ones.”
Topics include balancing work and at-home care, senior cognitive issues and helping seniors with fi nances – all issues that family caregivers often deal with daily. For the schedule of additional monthly topics, visit Care-giverstress.com/familyeducation.
FREE WEB SEMINAR FOR MISSOURI FAMILIES FOCUSES ON CARING FOR A LOVED ONE WITH ALZHEIMER’S
U.S. Housing and Urban Develop-ment Secretary Shaun Donovan and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki announced today that HUD will provide 25 vouch-ers to the St. Louis Housing Authority to supply housing and case management for homeless veterans in Missouri. The housing authority will work with the St. Louis VA Medical Center to pro-vide case management. This funding is part of a total $75 million the Obama Administration is investing this year to house 10,450 homeless veterans who might otherwise be living on the streets.
The permanent supportive hous-ing assistance announced today is pro-vided through HUD’s Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program (HUD-VASH), a program administered by HUD, VA, and local housing agencies to provide permanent housing with case management and other supportive ser-vices for homeless veterans across the country.
“Our latest count shows that home-lessness among veterans has fallen by
Total 2012 $75 million investment will house 10,450 12 percent,” said Donovan, who an-nounced $2.5 million in additional fund-ing today. “Thanks to HUD, VA and lo-cal public housing authorities working collaboratively with VA medical cen-ters, we’re offering homes, along with critically needed supportive services, to veterans who sacrifi ced themselves for all Americans.”
“Through HUD-VASH we will ac-complish our goal – to prevent and eliminate veteran homelessness by 2015 and improve quality of life for vet-erans,” said VA Secretary Shinseki. “No one, especially veterans who have faith-fully served our country, should become homeless. VA is committed to providing veterans and their families with access to affordable housing and medical ser-vices that will help them get back on their feet.”
“Since 2008, these grants have re-duced the number of homeless veterans in Missouri and one day we will see all veterans living in homes and with the dignity they deserve,” said Great Plains Regional Administrator Derrith Watch-
man-Moore.This funding to local housing agen-
cies is part of the Obama Administra-tion’s commitment to end Veteran and long-term chronic homelessness by 2015. Opening Doors: Federal Strate-gic Plan to Prevent and End Homeless-ness serves as a roadmap for how the federal government will work with
state and local agreements to con-front the root causes of homelessness, especially among former servicemen and women. HUD’s annual “point in time” estimate of the number of home-less persons and families for 2011 found that veteran homelessness fell by nearly 12 percent (or 8,834 people) since Janu-ary 2010.
Earlier this year, HUD and VA an-nounced $72.6 million in HUD-VASH funding to public housing agencies in all 50 states and the District of Colum-bia to house more than 10,000 homeless veterans. VA Medical Centers (VAMC) provide supportive services and case management to eligible homeless vet-erans.
More photos from the Clarence Homecoming on page 6B.
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This week’s photo is from 1996 and you may see this couple when you’re out and about as they still reside in Macon Coun-
ty. Who are they?
Last week’s photo was of the “Cul-ver Hotel” in Clarence, MO. Several
guessed “The Old Hotel”, however the Name was not guessed correctly.
Captain James E. Wilt, commanding offi cer of Troop B, Macon, announces Troop B offi cers will be participating in Operation C.A.R.E. during the 2012 July Fourth holiday weekend. Operation C.A.R.E. (Combined Accident Reduction Effort) is a national traffi c enforcement program aimed at making holiday weekends safer. During this enforcement
Troop B Offi cers To Participate In Operation C.A.R.E., “20-Mile Trooper” Enforcement Operation, And DWI Saturation Over The 2012 July Fourth Weekend
operation, all available troopers will be assigned to patrol Missouri highways, not only aggressively enforcing traffi c laws, but also to be available in the event motorists experience any type of emergency. In addition to Operation C.A.R.E., Troop B offi cers will participate in a “20-Mile Trooper” enforcement operation on Tuesday, July 3, 2012, and Sunday, July 8, 2012. During this added
enforcement operation, which will be conducted on U.S. Highways 36, 63, and 61 throughout the Troop B area, troopers will be stationed in 20-mile intervals to provide additional manpower during the peak travel days of the holiday period. Also, sometime during the holiday period, a DWI saturation will be held in Monroe and Ralls counties.
Saturday evening 6:00 PM, June 9, 2012 the annual Relay For Life of Macon County began at the Macon County Fairgrounds. The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Macon County celebrates the lives of hundreds
Bucklin Legion Opens Macon County Relay For Life
of local residents who have survived cancer, while offering the hope of fi nding a cure. To honor the incredible strength and courage of cancer survivors, all area survivors were invited to unite in a “Survivors’ Lap.” The
survivors’ lap took place directly after the opening ceremony performed by The American Legion, Bucklin, Missouri Green Hills Post 57 and Sons of The American Legion Squadron 57.
Ralph Thomas, Post 57 Commander leads the Bucklin, Missouri Legionnaires and Sons of the American Legion to open the Macon County Relay For Life Ceremony.
Residents of Macon County made a giant step toward a cure for cancer on June 9-10, 2012 when they walked throughout the night during the Amer-ican Cancer Society Relay For Life. Just four teams and 35 participants came together during this year’s Relay to raise in excess of $25,238. Money raised during Relay For Life helps fund the American Cancer Society’s research, education, advocacy and service programs. The American Cancer Soci-ety is the largest nonprofi t supporter of new cancer research and the largest voluntary health organiza-tion fi ghting cancer in our country.
“We appreciate all the support we received from each of the teams, as well as from our sponsors,” said Judy Wilson, event chair. “We are especially grateful to the many vol-unteers and their families for all of the hard work it takes to make this event happen.” The ConAgra Employees’ team earned the top fundraising place as a large team (more than 15 team members) at the event, raising $4,655. Macon Jaycees were rec-ognized as the top fun-draising small team (15 or fewer team members), raising $4,811. The sec-ond place, small team, was the Macon Police & Fire Personnel Team rais-ing $3918. During the past couple of weeks, a new team was being formed in memory of Tony Levett
American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Macon County Raises $25,238 for the Fight Against Cancer
and they raised $250 for this year’s event and hope to return next year as a fully developed team.
According to Wilson, more funds are expected to be turned in during the coming weeks as teams fi nalize invoices and other donations are collected. Wilson hopes to exceed $26,000 in the coming weeks prior to fi nishing the 2012 event activities.
The Relay began its of-fi cial ceremonies at 6pm at a new location this year, the Macon County Fair-grounds, when approxi-mately 75 cancer survi-vors kicked off the event by walking the fi rst lap. During the evening, sever-al people were recognized for their hard work and commitment in the fi ght against cancer. Judy Wil-son, event chair, honored the Randy Johnson Me-morial Fund by presenting them with a Community Support Award.
In addition, Macon County’s Hero of Hope for 2012 was announced. Judy Wilson presented the unique award to Amy Korman as she continues her battle with cancer. A special recognition also took place this year at Ma-con’s event. Each year, the American Cancer Society recognizes 28 cancer sur-vivors in each of its divi-sions. The High Plains Di-vision includes Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Okla-homa, Texas and Hawaii/Guam.
Macon’s own Debbie Wiggans has been honored
as a 2013 High Plains Re-lay For Life Hero of Hope. Wiggans will attend train-ing and learn more about how to present her story and will speak at many Relay events across the region during 2013. She is recognized as a Hero of Hope not only because of her battle with cancer but also because she has formed a cancer survivor’s support group here in Ma-con.
The Luminaria Cer-emony at 9:00pm illumi-nated the entire track as participants lit luminaria candles in memory of those who’ve lost the bat-tle to cancer and in sup-port for those still fi ghting the disease. Approximate-ly 300 luminaria were sold at this year’s event. Clos-ing the event, a special video created by Sharon Kennison was presented including photos of many area survivors and cancer victims. It was a tribute to those in
Macon County who have fought the tough bat-tle against cancer.
At the closing ceremo-ny, teams received recog-nition for their hard work and fundraising achieve-ments. Each participant has been given the chal-lenge to encourage others to participate in the event next year, either through forming a team, becoming committee volunteer or other volunteer position. A wrap up celebration for teams and committee members will be held in the near future.
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BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT3AWednesday, June 20, 2012
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Premier Veterinary Services is located at 1119 S. Missouri St. Macon, MO. Randy Miller, DVM and Neal Roetemeyer, DVM opened the offi ce in June of 2011. The two have a combined 20 plus years expe-rience and work with all types of animals from your smallest pet to your largest farm animal.
Neal has worked in the area and with the local sale barn for years as well as practicing in Shelbina, MO. Once Randy graduated in May of 2011 the two decided to open a business together in Macon to better serve those clients here verses them having to drive.
Premier Vet has just celebrated their fi rst year in busi-ness and very glad to be in Macon and are very thank-ful for all the support from their friends and customers. They now have a new “haul in” facility for larger ani-mals and can treat them at their offi ce as well as on lo-cation. The offi ce also carries supplies, medicines and food for your animals.
The two DVM team agree the best way to run their business is to focus on quality, compassion and caring. “And to be honest with people” says Randy.
Neal will tell you his favorite thing about his profes-sion is the day to day differences. “ The days are never the same”, however Randy will say he loves the con-stant learning and researching that keeps their profes-sion interesting.
Premier Veterinary Services is open Monday – Fri-day 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and Saturday 8:00 am – Noon
You can call for appointment (660)395-8387. If there is an emergency after hours leave a message and the phone will go directly to them and they will call back immediately.
Everyone enjoys trying new recipes. You may fi nd something new to add to your weekly menu. We love to hear from our readers! Please submit your favorite recipe and we will publish it in one of our issues. Mail to Home Press South, PO Box 65, Bevier, MO 63532 Attn: Reader’s Kitchen
From the Editors Desk
1 ½ cup fl our1 tsp. salt2 tsp. baking powder1 egg½ cup milk
Mix dry ingredients then add egg & milk. Stir well, drop by teaspoon into boiling broth. Cook until tender.
1 15 ½ oz. can whole kernel corn - drained1 14 ½ oz. can cream style corn1 8 oz. box Jiffy corn mufffi n mix1 cup sour cream½ cup (1 stick) butter, melted
In a large bowl mix all ingredients together. Pour into a greased casserole dish and bake at 350 degrees for45-60 minutes, or until golden brown.
1/3 cup sugar1 heaping tablespoon cocoa 1 tablespoon and 2 teaspoons milk 1 scant tablespoon butter or margarine 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Mix sugar, cocoa and milk in 1 quart glass measuring cup. Microwave on high 1 minute. Stir down sides of cup and microwave 40 seconds more. Add butter and vanilla. Beat until thick and eat. Let set and cut into squares or eat warm right out of the bowl.
6 cups fresh spinach, rinsed and dried1/2 cup dried cranberries1/2 cup walnut halves1 tomato, sliced1 pound top round steak, thinly sliced1 pinch salt1 pinch ground black pepper
Arrange spinach on a large plate. Sprinkle with cran-berries and walnuts, and arrange tomato slices on top. Set aside. In a non-stick skillet (or a regular skillet coated with non-stick spray) cook steak over medium heat until no pink remains and steak is thoroughly cooked. Arrange cooked steak over salad. Sprinkle salt and pepper on top, and drizzle with your favorite dressing. Note: Use a light fl avored dressing. Citrus dressings taste especially good on this salad!
FAITH
GABBY SAYS....
From the Desk of the Worship CenterA Favorite Place
Jesus had a favorite place that he went to pray; this is recorded in John 18:2: And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus often times resorted thither with his disciples.
I would like to talk to you about your favorite place. Do you have one reserved for prayer? Ju-das knew when Jesus had an opportunity he would be in the garden praying.
Jesus was in a great depression. He was very heavy in his Spirit; and He went to the garden to pray, because this was His favorite place. Jesus asks us to have a place where we can be alone for such times as this. There is a place to go when the heaviness of our condition comes crashing in on us?
Haldor Lillenas wrote:“Sweet hour of prayer,
sweet hour of prayer,That calls me from a
world of care.
And bid me at thy Fa-thers throne
Make all my wants and wishes known.”
Jesus asked us to come unto him all that are weary and heavy laden; he said he would give us rest. Could we say, “I will meet you at the same place as before” or do we have a place?
Jesus said while in his place of prayer, “Abba Fa-ther all things are possible unto thee”.
When in prayer is there anything more important to know than this? You don’t need a prayer closet or the church alter. You can pray while under the steering wheel or push-ing the grocery cart. The place reserved for God is in the heart of man.
All I need to know is all things are possible unto thee God. This ves-sel we call our body can and should be the house of prayer.
Pastor Ron Thomason
Dear Editor, For the past couple
of months your readers have purchased your lo-cal paper and read the editorials written by Mis-souri native and current Wisconsin resident, Jim Coin, under “Coin Oper-ated”. I’m sure that you have enjoyed his articles as much as I have. It’s quite possible that you may have also wondered just exactly who is this Jim Coin.
If I may, please let me share with you who I see Jim Coin as; but fi rst, let me explain how I know this kind gentleman. Jim’s signifi cant other, Vickie, is my boss of the past ten and a half years. It is through her that I have come to know Jim.
Jim was fi rst my co-worker. As time passed we came to know each other better and he has become a true friend. In addition to being a writer of editorials here in the newspaper Jim has been quite the poet, often shar-ing his writings on many a card or note he has given out. Jim has been the creator of the quite fabulous game of “Let’s Make a Deal or No Deal” which has brought with it many rounds of laughter here in our offi ce.
From his articles you have probably discov-ered that Jim has his hands in many activities. Jim is an ice hole hunter and fi sh boil connoisseur. He is always social and doesn’t know a stranger.
Jim Coin is a father, grandfather, partner to Vickie and a friend. Jim is so much more though. He is a handyman, gar-dener, fi sherman, come-dian and mechanic. He is “Chef Jimmy”, (that’s pronounced Zjhim May), who makes the most awesome gourmet grilled cheese sandwich
you have ever tasted. If you are lucky he just may share one with you some-day. Mr. Coin is also an entrepreneur; owner of JC’s Trees.
During the summer you can fi nd Jim perched upon “Buck”, his mean garden tractor; a real pulling machine. To be a member wasn’t enough, he is also President of the garden tractor club.
The writer you have come to love, Jim Coin, is a true shopper. He loves the thrill of the hunt. Many weekends you can fi nd him rum-maging through the goodies at garage sale, hunting for that hidden treasure in some store or hoping to fi nd a bargain in a small, local shop.
Jim loves his poodles, Harley Davidson’s and great tasting bologna. He can lose a day eye-balling a fi ne classic car or a beautifully restored tractor. Mr. Coin is a for-mer Marine and a man who has a true love and respect for his country.
In closing, as we near Father’s Day Sunday, I fi nd it appropriate to ex-plain that he has become a surrogate father to me and G.P. to my children. You see, my own father passed many years ago. My father in law passed shortly thereafter and my children have been with-out a Grandfather until recently. Thank good-ness for Jim, G.P. What a phenomenal job he does as a surrogate. I know we couldn’t have asked for a better one.
I know that I haven’t covered all that is Jim Coin. My hope is that you will get to know him yourself someday so that you can see fi rsthand who Jim is.
Heather M. Goodwin, WIWhen my children asked me what I wanted to be called when I became a grandma, I chose “gram-my”. Why? Because I would be an award win-ning grandma. Our three year old old granddaughter, Emmie Lou does indeed call me Grammy, however our three year old grand-son Joshua calls me Gab-by. This came about when Joshua was 21 months old and I went to North Caro-lina to spend a few weeks visiting. Every morning he would wake up and at-tempt to say good morning Grammy (so sweet is my Joshua), one morning he
The wonders and woes of long distance grand-parenting
said Gabby and it came out loud and clear so it stuck. Those who know me well think he had other reasons, but Joshua and I know the truth.
Since that time they have moved to DC (specif-ically Maryland) and with each visit home, phone call, Skype visit, or our visit to their home hearing Joshua say Gabby always makes my heart happy. In May our daughter gave birth to a baby girl Maria Grace and I’m counting on Joshua to teach her the proper way to say Gabby.
Patty Greenwood
If you know of some-one who possesses the following characteristics contact Jim Walker (660) 768-5638, Kara Cook (660) 346-9248 or Mela-nie Thurnau (660) 676-7437 for more informa-tion.
The characteristics are:1) Possess a spirit of
Recommendations for the Callao Harvest Fiesta “Spirit Award” being accepted
generosity, leadership and overall civic goodwill.
2) Is a Macon County Resident.
The committee will accept recommendations until July 23rd and the award will be presented during the 57th annual Callao Harvest Fiesta, August 3rd and 4th.
Bucklin High School Class of 1962 had their 50 year class reunion at Bucklin’s Tall Pauls March 26, 2012 prior to the annual Bucklin Alumni Banquet. FRONT ROW: Lois (Judas) Stone, Belita (Sappington) Amen, Judy (Herriman) Niemeier, Kay (Bragg) Wier, Judy (Summerfi eld) Oyer, and Janet (Head) Daniels. BACK ROW: Winston Bailey, Charlene (DeGeare) Rettman, Tom Bunton,James Bradley, Leroy Miller, Marvin Mendenhall, and Gary Kitchen. Spouses attending were Myrna Bailey, Connie Mendenhall, Jim Wier, and Bill Daniels. Photo by Jim Wier.
Changes are coming about quickly. My daughter and son-in-law are expect-ing their second child, a girl, on June 21. They cur-rently have a three-year-old little girl that is very excit-ed to be a big sister. There is no better feeling than be-ing a grandparent! I am so fortunate and thank God every day for them.
Also, the paper is grow-ing so fast! Patty Green-wood has joined our Home Press family. For those that don’t know Patty, she has lived in Macon County for years and has raised her family in the Anabel area. She and her husband have a farm East of Macon. In addition to having a new staff member, he have grown from my dining room table to a small 12 X 14 offi ce and now, we’re due to move into our new offi ce at 111 N. Rollins St. in Macon by July 1. Also, our fi rst “Fourth of July” issue will be sent to every household in Macon and Shelby County! I am so ex-cited. I ask that you don’t forget to come see us after July 1- we will have coffee and cookies waiting!
Fair time has also rap-idly approached. I can re-member, from my child-hood, how exited we would all get when the homecom-ing came to town. Howev-er, it was also a full week
that I couldn’t ride my bike to the drug store to get a va-nilla Dr. Pepper or a cherry Coke (my parents wouldn’t allow me to go close to town during that week). My mom would drive us by to see the progress of al the rides as they were coming up. We could hardly wait!
Something I could nev-er understand about the week of the fair was my mother requiring us to take a nap. We’d never needed one any other week of the year, so we would argue, to no avail. Then, when I became a parent, I under-stood. I would try anything to stay home during the week of the fair. In that one week, a parent could clean their house, fi nish all the yard work, and the kids wouldn’t fi ght. Any other week of the year? Forget it! Now, here we are as grand-parents, excited once more to watch the grandkids ride the rides. It’s so funny how things come around.
Oh my gosh! I’ve be-come my mother!
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If you visit the Macon County Historical Society Museum you’re sure to see Ralph Klusman there, in or around his tool room. Ralph has been collecting tools for over 40 years and enjoys sharing them with the visitors of the Historical Society. He loves telling stories about how each tool was used and often has a personal story to use as an example.
Whether talking about his over 1000 hammers or explaining the 54 wood plane, from his plane collection, he makes it interesting for the listener. It is evident Ralph enjoys his “job” as he loves sharing his knowledge with individuals and group tours. Ralph has all types of tools in his personal collection which he rotates in and out at the museum.
When asked how many tools in all he wasn’t able to say because
Ralph Klusman, The Tool Man, At The Macon County Historical Society Museum
the number is so vast. His collection contains tools as old as the early 1800’s. As for a favorite, he can’t name just one, he has many, some for each type of tool. Ralph said the tools given to him by family and friends are the most special, he doesn’t collect for the monetary value, he collects for the pleasure. I asked what his wife thinks of all his tools. Ralph smiled and said “she doesn’t know about all of them”.
Ralph and his wife collect many antiques, including furniture and gas engines. They even have a beautiful wool lap robe in a sleigh at the museum.
If you’ve never been to the Macon County Historical Society Museum you are missing out, the hours are Thursday and Friday 2:00 - 4:00pm and Saturday 10:00 - 12:noon, and I encourage you to check it out.
A Pest Management Workshop will be held Monday, June 25 from 6:30-9:00 pm, at the Missouri Department of Conservation Building at 3500 S. Baltimore, in Kirksville. The workshop is sponsored by University of Missouri Extension and the Missouri Department of Conservation and is open to all
Pest Management WorkshopTo Be Held June 25
interested persons. Workshop topics include: Trees Pests; Pests You May Encounter Outdoors (snakes, ticks, etc.); and Fruit and Vegetable Pests. There is no cost to attend, and you may pre-register by calling the Adair County Extension Offi ce at 660-665-9866 or email [email protected].
Captain James E. Wilt, commanding offi cer of Troop B, Macon, announces the results of the “Click It Or Ticket” enforcement operation held in Adair County from May 21, 2012, through May 31, 2012. The “Click It Or Ticket” campaign is part of a national effort focusing on seat belt violations in an effort to raise seat belt use and awareness. Members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol have taken a zero tolerance stance on those who choose not to wear their seat belts, meaning if a motorist is stopped for some other traffi c violation and found not to be in compliance with
Results Of “Click It Or Ticket” Enforcement Campaign Conducted
Missouri’s seat belt law they will receive a ticket. As a result of this enforcement operation, offi cers made a total of 97 arrests and issued 99 warnings. Of those arrests, 50 individuals were cited for seat belt violations. “Without a doubt, the use of seat belts saves lives,”
stated Captain Wilt. “We hope enforcement operations such as these help encourage motorists to take a few extra seconds to buckle their seat belts.” For further information please contact: Sergeant Brent J. Bernhardt (660) 385-2132.
by Jean Ray
I am now fi fteen. I have two sisters and both sisters have two children. I loved them all. On the weekends, I would take one in a pram and walk about six miles to my Gran’s house. Although I really wanted to be with my Gran, as soon as I arrived, she would shout out for Lizzie or Nancy (my father’s sisters) to bring me a apple and a couple of bob, which is thirty cents. I was smart enough to know that the visit was over- no matter how much I wanted to stay. I continued to make this trip to Granny’s Green Grocery Shop- each time with a different child in the pram.
When I was fairly young, I remember my mum saying, “You make your bed,
My Mom, and my sisters Kathy and May
you lay in it.” I didn’t understand what she meant until I was older. She meant this for my sisters. I realized it when one of my sisters was walking the streets with her two little girls. They had nowhere to go. My sister had been boarding with a mean mother-in-law while her husband was away in the army. After a while, she couldn’t take it anymore, so she left. I remember giving her what I had to purchase potatoes and oxos (buillion cubes) so that she could fi x a hot meal.
At the end of the day, she had to go back to her mean mother-in-law. “You make your bed, you lay in it.”
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COMMUNITY NEWS6A Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Macon Home Press • South Edition • hpsouth.com
The Crush went 5-0 to take home the championship in the USSSA 14U Summer Sizzler tournament in Nevada, MO last weekend. Team members are (front, left to right): David Keller, Dane Robertson, Ben Bolden, Bailey McDannald. Second row: River Wright, Garrett West, Jace Brown, Abraham Rodriguez, Trae Brownell. Back row: Coaches John Wright and Jimmy Brownell (not pictured: coach Vernon Robertson.)
THE CRUSH CRUSHED FIVE TO TAKE HOME CHAMPIONSHIP
IN USSSA 14U SUMMER SIZZLERTOURNAMENT
The 12th annual report on vehicle stops in Mis-souri includes analysis on more than 1.6 million stops by 631 law enforce-ment agencies, including racial and ethnic infor-mation about drivers who were stopped. In 2000, the state began requiring the attorney general to gather and report the data.
“One of the best uses of these reports is as a spring-board for dialogue and communication between law enforcement agen-cies and the communities they serve,” said Attorney General Chris Koster in a prepared statement. “It is vital that Missouri law en-forcement agencies con-tinue to review the rates of stops and searches and to continue their outreach efforts.”
The Attorney General reiterated that the dispar-ity index for any commu-nity is not conclusive evi-dence of racial profi ling.
The report uses a “dis-parity index” to report how much a racial group is under/over represented as a percentage of that group’s population. Dis-parity index = (propor-tion of stops / proportion of population). A value of
Report details 1.6 million stops by Missouri law enforcement agencies
1 represents no disparity; values greater than 1 indi-cate over-representation, values less than 1 indicate under-representation.
The overall number of stops reported increased in 2008, after experiencing a decrease in 2007. As it has in the past, the disparity index for African-Amer-ican drivers continues to be of signifi cant concern. The disparity index for African-American drivers increased slightly from 1.58 in 2007 to 1.59. At the same time, the dispari-ty index for Hispanic driv-ers decreased from 1.0 in 2007 to .95 in 2008. Both groups continue to have search rates signifi cantly higher than that of white drivers.
Attorney General Koster noted that, “the disparity index for Af-rican-American drivers continues to be of signifi -cant concern.” He cites as a “disturbing trend” that African-American drivers were stopped 27 percent more often than their pop-ulation would suggest in 2000 and 61 percent more often in 2010 and that the numbers are a defi nite in-dicator that further inquiry is appropriate.
Koster thanked and commended law enforce-ment agencies for their willingness to compile information for the re-port. He noted that 96 percent of state agencies submitted information. Twenty-fi ve agencies did not respond in 2011, an increase over the 24 de-partments that failed to report in 2010. The At-torney General’s offi ce has submitted the names of those agencies that did not respond to the Gover-nor, as required by law.
It was also explained that the report contains information on vehicle stops from 631 law en-forcement agencies, so each individual com-munity can examine its own data and situation. For example, it is helpful to compare departments of a similar size or from similar geographic areas. Additionally, factors such as crime patterns or the existence of an interstate highway in a given region may affect data samples. Koster noted that general statewide trends do not necessarily refl ect trends for individual depart-ments, which should be considered on an individ-ual basis.
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RACIAL PROFILING DATA/2008 Agency: Population:
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1BWednesday, June 20, 2012Macon Home Press • South Edition • hpsouth.com
FOR RENTFOR SALE
FOR RENT: 10’x10’, 10’x5’, 5’x5’ and 10’x20’. La Plata Storage. Call 332-7630 or 332-7599._____________________FOR RENT: 4 bed-room / 2 bath home on nice shaded lot. $400 a month, Deposit and refer-ences required. 660-346-8808 Clarence, MO
WANTED TO BUY: Horses of any type, broke or unbroken. Call 660-651-4525 or 660-384-1038
Country Living
A little later we ended up with Gander, a
male, yellow Labrador retriever, again. He
was a wonderful dog. I really don’t remember
him going through that “puppy stage” of
chewing on everything.
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by Carrie Chiarottino
Before Jeremy and I were married in 2000, he wanted to get a dog. He ended up getting a beauti-ful, male, yellow Labrador retriever. He named his dog Cracker when he would go on over the road trips Memphis and I would baby sit the pup. He didn’t have Cracker very long and he was hit by a truck. What a sad day. A little later we ended up with Gan-der, a male, yellow Labrador retriever, again. He was a wonderful dog. I really don’t remember him going through that “puppy stage” of chewing on everything. He was a very smart dog. He had gone duck hunting many times and was wonderful with the kids. About the time Gabe was born we got another dog Maggie, a black Labrador retriever. She was just a puppy and was so tiny. She stayed in the house until the temper-atures outside continued to remain warm. So there we had it, two kids, and two dogs. Gander lived to be twelve and passed away not long ago. He had a great life. We all cried at the loss of our beloved friend. We actually had him longer than we had our old-est son. Mag-gie was getting older too, which we both real-ized. She ended up throwing us a curve ball. A few months af-ter Gander died, she had a pup-py. She hadn’t had puppies in years. We know it was not Gan-der’s pup but none the less it was a puppy and only one. I had said long ago I would like to someday have a chocolate Lab. I got my wish. Maggie is black and the father of the pup is black. She ended up having a chocolate Lab pup. We were so excited. He stayed in the house all through his little puppy stages. He was
a little stubborn to potty train but we got there. I’m not exactly sure my family is responsible enough to have an inside dog. Finally the weather warmed up and it was out to the pen for Hoss. At fi rst he stayed out there during the day when I had to work and the kids were at school. We would let him in when we got home. We realized he was not an inside dog that could be left alone. He would chew up Garet’s army men, he would drag Memphis’ dirty clothes all over the house, and he would chew on me and Gabe’s shoes. Basically if anything was on the fl oor he was chewing on it. He would jump on the kids if they were on the couch. I’m not a big fan of animals in the house and don’t like animals on the furniture at all. So Hoss started staying outside. I had to pen him up to work in the garden because he would follow me and step on every plant I stuck in the ground. I made
the mistake of leaving out the plastic pots plants come in and he had those all over the yard by morning. He chews on ev-erything. I told my sister he would chew the siding off the house if he could fi gure out how to get it started. We put our pool up and he stands with his back feet on the ground and his front feet on the top edge of the pool look-ing over the edge. To my surprise it still holds water. He even chews on the cats. He doesn’t hurt
them and they usually run from him but they will be all wet. I’m reminded of that show Marley and Me. Nothing is safe with Hoss around. I hope soon he will be out of this stage. It’s kind of a love hate re-lationship. I love him and don’t want to be without him then other times……. That’s life in the Country.
Illinois Bend Sew n SOS is a group of ladies that work on projects for the church, both Sew and SOS have delivered several “ditty” bags to people in hospitals waiting with a patient, and have sewn new chair cov-ers for the basement folding chairs. They have also planned and held a very successful one day Bible School with the help of many others. Sew n SOS meet at the church on Thursday mornings for Bible study and to work on various projects. BOTTOM ROW L to R: Mary Lou Wait, Jane Ray, Carol Ogle, Peggy Turner and Neva Atteberry TOP ROW L to R: Candy Wait, Linda Mansfi eld, Gail Brown, Julie Fast, Janis Mitten and Lois Davison
ILLINOIS BEND SEW N SOS
Highway Patrol Set To Participate In National Effort—Operation Dry Water—To Crackdown On Impaired Boaters
Colonel Ronald K. Replogle, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the Patrol’s participation in Operation Dry Water.
Operation Dry Water is a national campaign in which marine law enforcement offi cers from across the coun-try coordinate special patrols during the last weekend in June to achieve a high visibility of boating under the infl uence enforcement. Troopers will focus their efforts over the weekend of June 22-24, 2012, to detect and ap-prehend intoxicated operators.
Missouri boat operators found to have a blood alco-hol content of .08% will be arrested for boating while intoxicated. A vessel operator with a blood alcohol concentration above the legal limit runs a signifi cant-ly increased risk of being involved in a boating crash. Last year in Missouri, just over half of the fatal boating crashes had alcohol as a contributing factor.
Boating in Missouri is a fun and enjoyable experience for the vast majority of the boating public. To ensure the safety for all people on the water, boaters should desig-nate a sober operator for their vessel anytime their plans include alcohol.
For further information please contact:Captain J. T. “Tim” Hull 573-526-6115
What’s Happening?June22-30 Maples Repertory Theatre29-30 Show Me Show Down
July1-14 Maples Repertory Theatre-Rumors3-7 Vandalia Area Fair4 “I Love America Festival” Boone County Fairgrounds4 Chamber of Commerce Fireworks8-15 Town & Country Fair11-13 Lolli Exotic Sale16-21 NEMO Fair Kirksville17-21 Montgomery County Fair20-31 Mables Repertory Theatre-Marvelous Wonderettes26-28 Macon County Flywheel
August1-5 Maples Repertory Theatre-Marvelous Wonderettes5 Fayette Festival of the Arts8-11 Bevier Homecoming9-19 Missouri State Fair23-25 Lolli Western Artifacts24-25 Demolition Derby25 Crossroads Cruisers Car Show25 Fork & Cork & Run30 The Great Pershing Balloon Derby31 LaPlata Soybean Festival31 New Cambria Fall Festival
September13 Northeast Missouri Old Threshers-Shelby County Fairgrounds15 Red Barn Arts & Crafts Festival – Kirksville22 Old Fashioned Saturday & Pumpkin Fest - Salisbury26-29 Lolli Exotic Sale29 Civil War Remembrance
October5 Macon Homecoming7 Immaculate Conception Octoberfest12-28 Maples Repertory Theatre-Driving Miss Daisy19-31 Maples Repertory Theatre-Honky Tonk20 Rotary Shrimp Fest27 Cole’s Bike Shop Toy Run
December1 Christmas in Bevier1 Women of Today Craft Show1-9 Maples Repertory Theatre-Burglar’s Holiday5-7 Lolli Exotic Sale8 Callao Country Christmas
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COMMUNITY NEWS2B Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Macon Home Press • South Edition • hpsouth.com
MEC Nominating Committee--Nominees for directors of Macon Electric Cooperative were selected as provided by the By-Laws of the Cooperative at a meeting of the Nominating Committee, Tuesday evening, June 12, 2012, at the Macon Electric Cooperative Offi ce, Business Highway 36 East, Macon, Missouri.Nominated from the Northern Area: Kemper V. Walker, Linda D. Smoot. Nominated from the Northeastern Area: Harold E. Beach, Jamie N. McWilliams. Nominated from the Southeastern Area: Curt F. James, George Philip Saunders. One director will be elected for the Northern Area, Northeastern Area and Southeastern Area for a three year term at the Annual Membership Meeting to be held at the Macon County Fairgrounds on Tuesday, August 14, 2012.Members of the Nominating Committee were: Charles Keel Watson, Paula J. Thompson, Paul M. Echternacht, W. David Jones, Larry W. Myers, Tony L. Killen, Judith Wilhoit, Don Toso, Mary Ann Malloy, Robert W. Jobson, Chris Chesher, Kevin L. Fischer, Penny S. Hicks, Beverly J. Davis, Mary Carol Almond, Janean Faux, Karen DeWeese.
Macon Electric Cooperative Nominating Committee
The annual Malloy-Mendenhall reunion was held Saturday, June 9, 2012 at the Bucklin Community Building. Marvin Mendenhall was emcee for the afternoon. Jennifer (Johnson) Heck asked the blessing for the noon meal. Jennifer is the daughter of Mary Frances (Mendenhall) and Gary Wayne Johnson.
After dinner a silent auction, old family pictures to share, pictures taken and a lot of visiting was enjoyed by the large crowd.
A moment of silence to honor those who have passed away since the last reunion was observed; they are Erma Malloy, Merrill Greer, Marceda (Mendenhall) Switzer and Joe Mendenhall’s granddaughter.
Those attending were: Sarah Greer, Randy and Mary Malloy, Frances Bigger, Junior and Elaine Malloy, Peggy Finney and Lonnie and Linda Hensley from Bucklin. Marvin and Connie Mendenhall, Van Buren, Ar.; Wayne and Maurice Musholt, Sun City Center, Center, Fla.; Elaine Johnson, Macon. Mo.; Sam and Robin Jones, Ethel, Mo.; Deanna Jones, New Bloomfi eld, Mo.; Mary Ann Malloy and Glenda Wood from New Cambria, Mo.; Keith and Sherrill Rowland, Smithton, Mo.; Brad and Donna Rowland and Brady, Sedalia, Mo.; Dana and Sydnee Goings, Columbia, Mo.; Gelenne Rasmann, Hot Springs Village, Ark.; Hettie Maschmann, Deep River, Ia; Pat McBurney, Cedar, Ia; Joe and Debra Mendenhall and Jessia, Wheatland, Mo.; Jim Mendenhall and family, Lenexa Ks.; Tom
Mendenhall, Clinton, Mo.; Mickey and Dawn Mendenhall and Meriah, DeSoto, Ks..; Rhonda Hedrick and Natalie, Brookfi eld, Mo.; Ron Bryant, Colona, Ill.; Willis and Nan Bryant, Geneses, Ill.; Bill and Swanie Bailey, Springfi eld,
Mo.; Marilyn White, Springfi eld, Mo.; Nadine Thurman, Clarence, Mo.; Charles and Janet Kelley, Macon, Mo.; Gary and Frances Johnson, St. Joseph, Mo.; Jennifer, Gabrielle and William Heck, Mound City, Mo and Cade Johnson, St.
Joseph, Mo.The families expressed
gratitude to Maurice (Bigger) Musholt for all the time she spent organizing the reunion.
The Malloy-Mendenhall Annual Reunion was held June 9, with family members visiting from all over the region.
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Wednesday afternoon, June 13, 2012, at the Jacksonville, Mis-souri Veterans Cemetery members of The American Legion Bucklin Green Hills Post 57 and Sons of The American Legion Squadron 57 had the privilege to conduct mili-tary rites for United States Navy Veteran Gordon Olson of Colum-bia, Missouri. Olson served twen-ty-fi ve years in the U.S.Navy from 1944 to 1969, as a com-bat veteran in World War Two, Ko-rean and Vietnam Wars. While un-der fi re in Vietnam, on the attack transport USS Pickway, Gunner’s Mate First Class Gordon Olson re-ceived the superior performance commendation. Olson served his last three years of duty as a train-ing administrator at the DeLavea-ga Naval Reserve Training Center, Santa Cruz, California; retiring in 1969.PHOTO POST 57 COLOR GUARD: Richard Jackson-rifl e guard, Frank Williams (World War Two veteran)-USA fl ag, Clark Balfour-Missouri fl ag- Philip Casady-POW/MIA fl ag, James Lee Jenkins-American Le-gion fl ag, Glen Kitchen-rifl e guard, and Donald Fosse-bugler.
LEGION HONORS NAVY WAR HERO
MACON ELKS LODGE #999 DONATIONS
Macon Elks Lodge #999 Donates to Ma-con County Head Start
Pictured is Cecil Ar-nett, Exalted Ruler of the Macon Elks Lodge, presenting a check for $200 to Dana Kirks Mangerof, DCS Macon County Head Start as part of the Gratitude Grant Macon Elks Lodge receives for the community from the Elks National Foun-dation for meeting its $4.50 per capita do-nation to the Elks Na-tional Foundation.
Macon Elks Lodge #999 Donates to Ma-con County Sheltered Workshop
Pictured is Cecil Ar-nett, Exalted Ruler of Macon Elks Lodge #999, presenting a check for $200 to Cindy Schaefer, Ex-ecutive Director of the Macon County Sheltered Workshop. The funds are part of the Gratitude Grant Macon Elks Lodge re-ceives for the commu-nity from the Elks Na-tional Foundation for meeting its $4.50 per capita donation to the Elks National Founda-tion.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUSSELL
Russell Liebhart cel-ebrated his 88th birthday on the 15th day of June. It is never too late for a good wish so we are send-ing this good neighbor up north of town a belated Happy Birthday wish.
Russell’s address is 19162 Highway 129, Bucklin, MO. 64631 if you would like to send a belated wish as well.
CWF BRUNCHSixteen congregations
were represented as ladies registered at the Bucklin Christian Church for the annual CWF brunch on June 12, 2012. Marj King was in charge of the regis-tration table. Pearl Miller and Patsie Hughes had decorated the tables using a patriotic theme. CWF President, Patsie Hughes, introduced Valeta Ware to accompany at the piano as Marilyn Dowell led the group in singing, Victory In Jesus. Jean Still wel-comed the guests and Judy Bakke asked the Lord’s blessing on the brunch. Following the meal Doris Noah introduced guests who were attending the annual brunch for the fi rst time. The door prize was awarded to Virginia Al-gaier, Marceline Christian Church. Emily Switzer gave the morning devotion using thoughts from the booklet, My Soul Thirsts for God. She closed her meditation by reading a portion of the 101th Psalm Travis and Nicole (Miller)
Fritts daughter, Madelyn Fritts, played a piano solo. Lily King sang God Bless America. Betty Shoemak-er presented the program she had prepared with a cast that included Betsie Ross, George Washington and members of the army from the Revolutionary War. Cast members were Heath St. Dennis, Eden St. Dennis, Haley Herington, Lily King and Kate Cupp. The program closed with Lily King leading in the pledge of allegiance and the group singing the Star Spangled Banner. (Who knew the Star Spangled Banner was not adopted as the National Anthem until 1931! ) Patsie Hughes of-fered the benediction.
FAMILY MEMBER-SHIP
If you are interested in the success of the Buck-lin Homecoming here is a good way to get involved. Betty Shoemaker, Vice President of the Buck-lin Community Associa-tion, is chairperson of the membership committee. For twenty fi ve dollars you will be given a fam-ily membership. A large poster with names of all members will be dis-played at the community building during the home-coming. Contact Betty if you would like to join the “homecoming team”.
ON THE MENDHank Noah was in Co-
lumbia for a medical pro-cedure June 13, and will return next week for fur-ther treatment.
Sue Behrman had sur-
gery in Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St.
Louis, Tuesday, June 12, and is expected to re-main a patient there for a couple of weeks. The ad-dress is Mo. Baptist Medi-cal Center 3015 N. Ballas, St. Louis, Mo. 63131 ( her room number is not avail-able at this time).
Larry Kinnison is hav-ing a series of chemother-apy treatments at a clinic in Columbia this month.
David Molloy, a neigh-bor from New Boston, is home recuperating from knee surgery.
LouEtta Saltsider had shoulder surgery last June 7, and is doing therapy at home..
Johnny Cupp is dealing with health problems. He is confi ned to his home. If you would like to send a card the address is 10502 Atlantic Loop, Bucklin, Mo. 64631.
A SAD TALEIt all started one pretty
June afternoon with a new stair railing at the front porch. Rick thought it looked so pretty perhaps they shouldwash the up-stairs window and paint the frame. So far so good. Rickclung to the window frame and was painting (here is where the trouble begins) a sudden gust of wind blew the paint can over. The paint spilled all over the shingles on the porch roof. Quickly a hose was hooked up to wash the paint off. Alas, more trouble.
The water and paint splattered all over the stairs below, the new rail, the fl ower bed and to make a bad matter even worse onto the lovely Jeep in the drive.
According to wife, Pat-
by Jayne Roberts
by Jayne Roberts
Macon County Cow-boy Church met Thurs-day evening, June 7, at the 36 & 3 One Stop Cafe in Callao. Brother Jim Fitzgerald had the open-ing prayer, and asked for prayers and concerns. He also brought the message, and Genny Wright led the group in singing hymns.
They will meet at the same place June 21. Ev-eryone is welcome
GOOD INTENTIONS CLUB
Nine members were present for the May 17 meeting. President, Mar-iam Farrington opened the meeting with roll call which was answered by telling your high school weight at graduation. There were many pounds different from the present day we are afraid.
Minutes were read from the previous meeting and approved. The trea-surer’s report was given.
Violet Watson said fi ve
sympathy cards had been sent and one get well card.
A lap robe had been given to Cheryl Satterth-waite’s mother, Mary Lott, and she thanked the ladies for that.
“Happy Birthday” was sung to Shirley Kindle.
The business meeting was adjourned and work continued on lap robes.
Ken Mantle, minister of the Callao Christian Church stopped in for a visit.
Two representatives from CVTV intervied club members and the in-terview can be seen on CVTV in June and tapes may be purchased at the offi ce.
Next meeting will be June 7 when members will work in the morning and go to lunch in Callao be-fore going home.
If you have news for the Home Press South or Callao Chatter email to [email protected] or contact Jayne Rob-erts of Callao, MO
ti, they spent several hours with soapy water and all is pretty well taken care. All is well that ends well. Just another day in the life of our neighbors, the happy Gilmores. Oh, when you pass their house on Lath-rop Street you will no-tice speckles on the porch roof but it may be best not mention them.
ODDS ‘N ENDSJuly 8th is the BCA fi sh
fry in the park. A pie auc-tion follows dinner and that is always a good time. Price of the full fried fi sh dinner is $8.00 for adults and $5.00 for children un-der 12 years of age. Serv-ing starts about 11:30 till 12:30 or so. Tables will be set up to make eating in the shade of the park more pleasant. Mark your cal-endar now for July is right around the corner.
Someone thought they spotted a weed in Phil-lip Casady’s big garden. Closer inspection proved that is not true.
If you know a rain dance we would appreci-ate you coming to Linn County and trying it out. As of today (June 14) we are dry. Hopefully by the time this paper gets to your hands next week we will have had a healthy rain.
Do you have an item to share? If so please call 660 695-3600, email [email protected] or just come by our house any-time with your news.
Every article is wel-come and just what it takes to make the news newsy.
The was held at the Bucklin Community Building in the park on May 28, 2012. Those attending were Earl, Frances and Cary Hass, Sioux Falls, S.D.; Larry P. Apel, Cary, N. C. ; Virgil and Mary Enyeart, Keytesville, Mo.; Richard and Peggy Slater, Holt, Mo.; David, Lynn and Tressa Akins, Tonnie and Doris James, Todd, Jill, Brady, Benett and Brice Duncan, Ray Patricia, Cassandra, An-drea and Patrick Peterson all from New Cambria, Mo.; Roy Wright, Bryan Wright, Charles and Patsie Hughes, Frances Bigger and Dena Peterson from Bucklin, Mo.; Melissa James, Lonnie , Jennifer, Madison, Mikey and Mickey Spiess from Columbia, Mo.; Tracey and Cathy Carlson, Marguerite Slater, Dean and Kelley Enyeart, Roberta Neal, Joe and Brandi Wright and their children Sarah, Warner and Joe Wright all from Marceline, Mo.
Lunday- ApelReunion Held
The American Red Cross Bloodmobile was in La Plata on Monday, June 11th for a local drive. Sherry Pippin was there volunteering her plasma for the cause.
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Monday, June 25thSwedish Meatballs with gravy, mashed potatoes,
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Roast Turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, bread, pumpkin bar and milk.
Wednesday, June 27thChicken fi llet, baked potato, mixed vegetables, hot
Friday, June 29thSoft tacos (beef) with lettuce, tomato and cheese, refried beans, Spanish rice, applesauce and milk.
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COMMUNITY NEWS5BWednesday, June 20, 2012
Macon Home Press • South Edition • hpsouth.com
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The North Dollar General in Kirksville began a soldier care box drop off program several weeks ago. Since then Manager Shannon Doyle ,Employees and Customers have collected over 500 items of food and snacks. The care boxes are going to an Army Unit deployed to Afghanistan. Gail Brown pictured packing boxes is the mother of one of the soldiers. She and her husband Dickie are fairly new to La Plata where he is the City Manager. The Illinois Bend Church also has a church member who is employed by the North Dollar General. It is believed that this is a unique partnership of a Dollar General Store and a Church collecting and sending Care Boxes to deployed soldiers.
In other news the Church just held its fi rst Vacation Bible School since the church was reopened. It was well attended and enjoyed fully. The following Sunday 60 people attended the breakfast ,baptism,VBS event and worship. The Men’s ‘Builders Group’ held a cook out with 14 in attendance. The Legacy Group is planning the September Church Reunion. The Terrifi c Tuesday Chapel is enjoying weekly gathering which is open to anyone seeking prayer and fellowship. The Woman’s ‘Sew and SOS’ Group is making hospital Ditty Bags and Church Welcome Kits. The church is planning its annual picnic fellowship, blue grass music and worship for June 27th. Duane and Peggy Turner are making their special homemade ice cream for the Picnic. The last Saturday of the month is ‘Willow Bend’ prayer breakfast for the community. All these plus other events are on facebook and open to anyone.
Illinois Bend Church Sends Soldier Care Packages
Pictured is Gail Brown in fellowship Hall of The Illinois Bend Church putting together a care package to be sent to an Army Unit stationed in Afghanistan.
7:00-9:00 a.m. Biscuits & Gravy Presbyterian Church
8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Mile Walk Lisa Lene, Jan & Tammy
(Register at Bandstand)
9:00 a.m. Bake Sale Atlanta Fire Department
(donations)
10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Food Stand in Park Bulldog Backers
9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Dunk Tank.....3 Balls for $1.00 Charlie Thompson & Mark McIntyre
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Cake Walk Atlanta Fire Department
10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. (In Legion Building)
Silent Auction Seibert Club
Raffle Sale (One Rifle & One Shotgun) La Plata Fire Department
Raffle Sale (50/50) La Plata Fire Department
T-Shirt Sale ($15.00) La Plata Fire Department
1:00 p.m. - til gone Homemade Ice Cream
1:30-3:30 p.m. 3 on 3 Basketball Christine Mcintyre & Helpers
4:00 p.m. Live Auction Doug Vaughn, Ewing Fire Chief
5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Steak Sandwiches or Plates Men’s Golf Association
8:00 p.m. Music Shows On Stage
First Aid/EMS Provided by Macon County EMSLocated in City Council Chambers (North Side of Square)
BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIRS - SPEND THE DAY IN THE PARK & HELP OUT A FRIEND
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COMMUNITY NEWS6B Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Macon Home Press • South Edition • hpsouth.com
Clarence Homecoming A Success Despite Rain
And Around She Goes: The Merry Go Round is just one of the rides the chil-dren enjoyed during the homecoming.
Horseshoe Tournament Winners, A Class - Wade Liebhart, 1st, Junior Nute, 2nd, and larry McAfee, 3rd (not pictured).
Horseshoe Tournament Winners, B Class - Roger Johnston, 1st, Keven Tim-brook, 2nd, John Harrelson, 3rd.
Horseshoe Tournament Winners, C Class - Eric Greenwood, 1st, David Hig-gins, 2nd, Kaylee Johnston, 3rd.
