Rep. Hansen visits Paris, discusses issues facing Monroe County

Lewis and Clark Conference Band members.. Eight members of the Paris R-II band was selected to be Lewis and Clark Conference Band mem-bers. The band members practiced all day at then performed in the Conference Band Concert at night on Monday, Feb. 4. Left to right, Danielle Wheelan, Katie Otto, Caitlyn Nobis, Quin Bartels, Rae Graupman, Chrisee Wheeler, Hannah Bartels and Makenzie Fox. APPEAL PHOTO

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Hickman announces sale of four stores

City of Paris stills adds days to utility payments

Mark Your Calendars!Wednesday, Feb. 20

Paris R-II FFA Breakfast6-8:30 a.m.

Jim Hickman, President, Hickman’s IGA, and Rich Ni-ernann Jr., President and CEO Niemann Foods Inc., an associ-ate owned company, jointly an-nounce the signing of a purchase agreement where NFI will ac-quire four Hickman stores. The stores are located in Mexico, Vandalia, Bowling Green and Winfield, all in Missouri.

Following a due diligence pe-riod, the transfer of ownership is expected on or before April 1. “After 54 years of operating our stores the time was right to re-view our operations in mid-Mis-souri. I am very proud of all our associates and the relationships we have built in the communities. NFL is a successful company and is held in the highest regard in the industry. I know that the Nie-mann group will be a good fit for our employees and the towns we serve “ said Jim Hickman,

NFL plans to meet with the Hickman associates this week to discuss the change in ownership. The stores will remain open and will continue to operate as IGA’s during the transition. “We are ex-cited to expand our presence in Missouri and Jim and his team have been great to work with, We are pleased to build on the Hick-man tradition of quality products and great customer service. To-day, more than ever, we know folks need low prices... we will deliver that!’ says Rich Niemann.

NFI will begin a major reno-vation of the Mexico store later this year along with remodels at the other locations. With the

Paris, Perry stores not included in sale

anticipated sales growth there is potential job growth in all four communities and the surround-ing areas. Jim Hickman will re-main involved with the stores as a consultant. The Perry and Paris Hickman IGA’s are not part of this transaction. Niemann foods has expanded its presence in Missouri recently, adding an Ace Hardware and County Market in Palmyra, and adding pharmacies in Palmyra, Canton and Lewis-town, all in the last three years.

Niemann Foods, founded in 1917, headquarter in Quincy, Ill., is an associate owned company providing employment to over

5,000 associates, in Illinois, Mis-souri, and Iowa. NEI operates 100 retail locations including, County Markets, Save A Lots,

County Market Express & Pick A Dilly Convenience stores, Pet Supplies Plus and Ace Hardware stores.

Winter Courthouse Wonderland...Residents awoke to a soft blanket of snow covering the ground Sunday morning, Feb. 3 as forecasted flurries turned into between a 1 1/2 - 2 inch total accumulation throughout the area. APPEAL PHOTO

During their largest meeting to date, on Thursday, Jan. 24, “9-12 We the People of Monroe Coun-ty” had a standing room only au-dience, of approximately 100 in-dividuals on hand to hear Monroe County Sheriff David Hoffman discuss gun control and carry and conceal regulations.

The group was founded by Ron and Martha Staggs and the orga-nization has nine principles and 12 core values. These principles are introduced by Martha Staggs at the beginning of every meeting and are:

1. America Is Good.

2. I believe in God and He is the Center of my Life.

3. I must always try to be a more honest person than I was yesterday.

4. The family is sacred. My spouse and I are the ultimate au-thority, not the government.

5. If you break the law you pay the penalty. Justice is blind and no one is above it.

6. I have a right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, but there is no guarantee of equal re-sults.

7. I work hard for what I have and I will share it with whom I want to. Government cannot force me to be charitable.

8. It is not un-American for me to disagree with authority or to share my personal opinion.

9. The government works for me. I do not answer to them, they answer to me.

The 12 values are: honesty, reverence, hope, thrift, humility, charity, sincerity, moderation, hard work, courage and personal responsibility.

Their mission is to educate, in-form and participate in discus-sion how to put America back on the straight and narrow!

“Freedom is precious and we have to remain vigilant,” said Ron.

After listening to Sheriff Hoff-man (covered in last week’s ar-ticle) Martha discussed local is-sues.

“We want to do something in this community,” said Martha.

She discussed several projects including CPR training, Red Cross certifications, and possible training on emergency and disas-ter training.

“This group is going to be about solutions,” said Martha. “We need to stick together; work to-gether; and figure things our to-gether.”

Martha then introduced new 40th District Representative Jim Hansen (R-Frankford) to the as-sembled.

“I just want to know what can we do for Monroe County?” asked Martha for Rep. Hansen.

“I am pleased to be here to-night,” said Rep. Hansen. “I have been to every meeting of this group since February 2012, I have not missed a one.”

“We need good sheriffs in all our counties and I will do every-thing I can to help them,” said Rep. Hanson. “They are out there protecting us and you never know what is going to happen.”

Rep. Hansen discussed various legislation including House Bill 170 which specifies that a federal official must not enforce a fed-eral firearm law when the firearm is manufactured and remains in

The City of Paris is still provid-ing an extension for late penalties on utility bills which are due in the months of January and Febru-ary. Bills due between Jan. 15-31 may be paid until Friday, Feb. 8, and bills due between Feb. 15-29 may be paid until Friday, March

8, without late penalties. Any utility bill which is not

paid by the above listed dates will be assessed a 10% penalty and is subject to disconnection for non-payment at 1:00 p.m., on that date.

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ized that after the end of the two week period and the final day before the late afternoon game there was an enormous amount of talk and even the most non-football fan that followed some of the conversation was now almost an expert in football talk – at least regarding Baltimore and San Francisco.

So that got me thinking even more. Maybe we need “Super Bowl” like conversations regarding local issues. We could schedule an “Economic Development Super Meeting XXIII” for two weeks from now and smother the air waves, newsprint and water cooler chat about nothing but economic development for Monroe and sur-rounding counties. Come meeting time everyone at the meeting would be an economic development “expert.”

We could do the same thing for education. During lulls in KRES basketball coverage the announcers could fill the time with com-prehensive coverage of education issues leading toward “Education Summit XLVIII”, including testing, block scheduling, teacher eval-uation procedures and numerous other topics regarding the educa-tion of our most precious youth, Cell phones would also be perfect venues to send mass text messages in the two week period regard-ing other education related topics.

The two week mass market plan could really be adapted to any issue facing our local community. We could even try to cover any costs with the sale of tremendously overpriced advertising sold in small minute blocks.

If nothing was resolved at said meeting we could always schedule another meeting later in the year, add another roman numeral to the end and start all over again.

Who knows it might work!!!Have a great week!

Just Ask Dave...A long, long, long, pre-game show!

I was starting to watch the beginning festivities for Super Bowl XLVII af-ter waking up to find a snowy ground covered filled Sunday morning. Sal-ly asked me how long does it take to talk about one game? I quickly an-swered that there were many points of view and different tact’s that the conversations could take. Of course the real answer was it fills television time and there is a lot of superfluous talk. But examining it closer I real- Publisher David Eales

Dave

With the continuing emphasis on test results on all levels of edu-cation in America, some new research is taking aim at reducing student stress at test time. Parents and teachers can verify that tests can create severe anxiety in some students, which can result in their performance being less than their true ability and knowledge of the subject matter. Researchers have been at work to develop some so-lutions to help kids manage their fears and stress at test time. Many of these new ideas are yet unfamiliar to parents and teachers.

But some relief of stress seems more necessary in light of the No Child Left Behind Act which has led to important exams in all of our public schools. Poor performances here can have real conse-quences on students that do not perform well as well as on teachers and schools. Test anxiety can have long term results causing re-duced motivation and disengagement from school or learning itself.

To reduce the nervousness at test time, which can reduce problem solving ability, it is necessary to free up the students memory bank where facts and ideas are stored some of which is used up by stress and not available fully for the test. One new method is to have stu-dents spend some time writing down their feelings just prior to tak-ing a test. The practice, called expressive writing, is the same that is used to treat depression. The text anxiety can be more critical for girls and minority students who fear that a poor performance will confirm negative assumptions about their group of people. For ex-ample, girls are poor at math or black or Latin students aren’t smart enough for college material.

Other researchers have students write pre-test about something they value and why it is important to them. This values affirmation exercise was shown to improve scores for many students. Persistent anxiety in those for whom these kinds of exercises don’t work can still be addressed by a professional in mental health.

This stress can be seen in very young students and intervention has been successful in using stress reduction techniques like tensing and relaxing groups of muscles and focus on breathing.

New focus on how students prepare for tests now suggest some emphasis on the physical aspects of the test and the time limits in-volved by using a similar situation as the test within the time allot-ted.

It is clear that a student with reduced stress can test more accu-rately and up to his or her real ability. We should encourage efforts to help them do so.

The Other Stress Tests

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75 Years Ago Feb. 10, 1938

50 Years Ago Feb. 7, 1963

25 Years Ago Feb. 11, 1988

Letter to the Editor

The Dance Calling Contest. The annual contest for dance callers and square dancers will be held in the Opera House next Tuesday night, February 13. There will be at least two sets of dancers while some half dozen callers have en-tered, several asking that their names not be mentioned, so that no publicity is given the entrants, All those who attended the dance and calling contest last year will remember the fun and entertain-ment. A fine feature picture will also be shown.

House a Regular Chicken Shower. The appeal of the Daughters of the King Class for material for a chicken dinner for inmates of the Christian Or-phans Home in St. Louis resulted in a regular shower of fat hens, Wednesday. Forty-one had been sent in before night.

Want Good Roads to Good Schools. Oscar Hopper, Floyd Newman, Jo Branham, Charley Holohan and others from the Middle Grove vicinity appeared before the county court, Monday, to petition for one of the road outfits for the coming season. They were enthusiastic about the consolidated high school and the district schools in their commu-nity. The county, they believe, should encourage such enterpris-es by co-operating with them in their efforts to improve the roads as to make every schoolhouse easy of access to both patrons and pupils.

Bought Stavely Property. Jim Dry, salesman for the Noel Ford Motor Co. in Paris, this week bought the late Harry G. Stavely property two doors west of the Paris library, for an an-nounced price of $2,250, from the ex-ecutor, Lynn Stavely, who is here this week settling up business affairs of his fathers estate. Dry plans to move at once and to paint and otherwise condition the property.

Hannibal Chemist for Paris. E. E. Wolfe, chemist of Hannibal, was in Paris Saturday afternoon inspecting the water plant and supply in an effort to improve the water. He will make frequent test hereafter and attempt to prevent the unsavory tastes that have gotten into the water at various times during the last few years.

Wolfe will make regular monthly visits to Paris, Mayor Guy Reed said Monday.

Prison Teams May Play Here. Charles Dry this week received a let-ter from Leroy Munyon, recreational director of the state prisons at Jeffer-son City asking for playing dates for two prison baseball teams that will be organized during the coming sea-son. One team will be from the honor farm and will be allowed to play out-side games, the prison team to get 40 percent of the gate fee, the home team 60 percent. The other team will be al-lowed to play only inside the prison walls and $10 and two meals will be given the prison officials to teams playing them there. It is expected that both teams will be played by Paris if the local boys organize. It is probably that they will, as a meeting was held in Hannibal Sunday to again organize the league in which Prison played last year.

I believe when we married it is good to look back

over the years and see how much you have grown. Sometimes we need to stop focusing on the present negative aspects of our marriage and instead look back and see how far we have come. My husband and I have been through some hard times as I am sure a lot of you have and I’m sure more hard times lie ahead but I am going to make it an ef-fort to remember how much we have grown.

I can remember the time I was pregnant with our first child. We were both clueless on the whole being pregnant thing. I had nev-er been pregnant and he had nev-er lived with a pregnant woman. I was about five days away from my due date so I was in rare form. My husband decide to go to church service that night and I decided to stay home. (Looking back, I can see why he wanted to get out of the house.) It seemed like he was gone forever. I start-ed getting mad because it was taking him so long to get home and the longer he was gone the more mad I became. I was ex-periencing a roller coaster of emotions(hormones) so when he walked in smiling and hum-ming, it ticked me off even more. I couldn’t believe he had the nerve to be happy and smil-ing and humming when I was stuck here at home by myself. Well, needless to say I was not very nice to him and I might have had a little(big) attitude. He realized that he could not do or say anything right this night so he decided to go to bed.

While he was asleep I started having contractions. I was not sure if they were false labor pains

or the real ones. They seemed to be getting more frequent. As they kept coming I started mak-ing loud sighs thinking it would wake up my husband. I started getting more and more annoyed that he was sleeping while I was going through this alone. Then to top it off I could hear his loud snoring which was aggravating me even more. You might be asking why didn’t I go wake him up and tell him I was in labor-the answer is that would have been easy and during the first couple years of our marriage I only did things the hard way.

As my contractions became more frequent so did my sighs and moans but the only sound coming from my husband was ZZZZZZZZZ….SNORE…ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ…..SNORE. Well I decided I was going to call the hospital and see what I should do. The nurse told me to drink 32 oz. of water and take a shower. She said if the contractions did not stop or slow down then I needed to come to the hospital. I got off the phone and instead of waking up my husband and telling him what was going on I let out another loud sigh and moan and headed towards the bathroom.

When I pulled back the shower curtain there was a huge spider on the wall. Now on a normal day I would have just killed it and been done with it but we all know by now this was not a normal day. I instead walked into the bedroom, turned on the lights and said in a not so nice or pleasant voice, “Wake up, I need you to kill this spider in the bathroom!!!!” He then got out of bed shaking his head. I know he wanted to give an ear-ful but instead walked into the bathroom and took care of the

My! How We’ve Grown

by Lisa TaltonJust a Thought

Fine for Feeding Uncooked Gar-bage. In magistrate court at Paris on Saturday, three Monroe City men were tried for feeding un-cooked garbage, other than that from their own table, to hogs.

The two men were fined $5 and $12.10 cost on the charges.

The practice of feeding raw garbage to hogs is a violation of a state law, administered by the agriculture department. It was

made a law to prevent the eating of infected meat by humans, or the spreading of disease from animals to other animals or to humans.

So far as known this is the first case of its kind in Monroe County.

Those who feed garbage can use their own without cooking it or can use other garbage if it is first cooked to kill all germs.

Freezing Stopped Water for Many. During the below zero weather of the last two weeks, hun-dreds of people inside Paris were out of water because of freezing of pipes, most in service lines run-ning to homes or inside the homes. These were quickly put back into service.

The largest and most difficult break was in a 2-inch city water line near the Russell Cain place in southwest Paris, a line that runs out and west and services many families.

It froze on January 27 and re-mained out early this week, put-ting many homes out of water.

Because the ground was fro-zen solid, the mechanical digging machines could not be used. City men dug out a part of the line and replaced, then it broke in another place. It is expected the entire line will have to be dug out in order to repair it.

On Monday, with some of the out of water people having to carry water from a distance, the city put in a hydrant to shorten their dis-tances until the damage could be repaired.

Another break occurred west of the schoolhouse, where three fami-lies were thrown out of water for several days.

Rotunda Getting New Coat of Paint. The rotunda of the Monroe County courthouse in Paris is get-ting a facelift thanks to a new coat of paint which workmen began putting on this week.

Currently, the second floor of the rotunda is getting painted and court-house custodian Ronnie Fields said visitors should be on the alert be-cause of the work. All offices on all floors will remain open throughout the work and only minor inconve-nience should occur because of the painting.

Ambulance District to Ask for Levy Hike. Citing rising expenses and de-clining revenues, the Monroe County Ambulance District will ask voter in April to approve a 15 cent hike in the district’s operating levy.

“We were getting by with what we’re getting.” Faye Eckman, ad-ministrator explained. “We ran with two ambulances until we had to quit operating one in the middle of 1987. We couldn’t afford the repairs, the insurance or the cost of staffing the second ambulance.” She noted that insurance cost have tripled, while new wage and hour regulations had made the cost of hiring extra employ-ees impossible.

Since Monroe County is one of the few counties in the state without a hospital it is vital that the ambulance district be able to respond as quickly as possible and provide trained per-sonnel to every call.

Because of the lack of adequate funding, the local ambulance district has lost seven employees over the last few months.

If the levy fails, the district may have to discontinue to practice of having on-call personnel at the head-quarters, resulting in slower response to emergencies.

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Dear Editor, I read with a great amount of interest the My Turn column in the

Jan. 31 edition of The Appeal. I am sure that everybody abhors the senseless violence that has been inflicted on so many innocent citi-zens in our country. I also favor actions or legislation that would help stem this tide of unspeakable violence. I would refer you to the article on the front page of The Appeal where our sheriff brought to light a significant problem we face, not only in Monroe County, but through-out our nation – a severe lack of mental health resources for those in need. It seems most of these atrocious acts of violence have been committed by individuals suffering from KNOWN mental health is-sues. It would suggest to me that had the individuals with known mental health issues and their families received appropriate treatment the 20 children and 6 teachers in Sandy Hook and even representa-tive Gifford and her associates would have been spared such horrible consequences. This would be a common sense, logical step we should take in our war against violence. As to a suggestion that we ban high capacity magazines, are we saying we will accept up to 10 casualties from a deranged lunatic with only a ten round magazine? This is an example of a emotional response to a very serious issue that does not address the real problems we are facing. To attempt to resolve

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The Monroe Manor Spotlight is on Elsie Siron No one was expecting her

birth 87 years ago, but sev-en years after she was born a Presbyterian minister picked her out of a crowd at a church revival, laid his hand on her blonde head and proclaimed someday she would do the Lord’s work.

Elsie Knight Siron says she hopes she has fulfilled the reverend’s prophecy, and wishes she still had her identical twin sister, born 25 minutes before her, to share the bounty the Lord has delivered her.

Bert and Clara Knight weren’t expecting twins when the girls were born in their Brimfield, IL, home August 5, 1925. They were quite pleased when Edith was born and flabbergasted when Elsie appeared. Edith and Elsie were identical and as they grew up they

Edith (left) and Elsie Knight, at ages 19, on Elsie’s wedding day, Nov. 19, 1944. SUBMITTED PHOTO

The Reverend Elsie Knight Siron, at age 87, on Thurs-day, Jan. 24, 2013. SUBMITTED PHOTO

could fool teachers and even boy friends when they switched names, and did so when the mood struck. The twins were the fourth and fifth children of eventually seven siblings the Knights raised in the small village west of Peoria.

ParentsClara McFarland Knight

was the descendant of a long line of Scottish Pres-byterian ministers. Accord-ing to family lore one of the McFarland preachers was burned at the stake because he refused to de-nounce Christ as his Lord and Savoir. As a young woman she performed in the Peoria Opera House for three years and never lost her ability to carry a tune. She was the librarian for the Brimfield library and encouraged her children to be readers from age four.

During the Depression, she served as a midwife, help-ing deliver babies when doctors weren’t available or affordable.

Elsie’s father was a black-smith, working for almost a half century for one of Peoria’s largest companies, Caterpillar. Bert Knight was a WWI veteran that served in France. He nev-er told his children of his battlefield experiences, but proudly marched in every 4th of July parade in Peo-ria. Elsie remembers her father handing all his chil-dren small flags and allow-ing them to march along beside him and the other Doughboys.

The twins graduated from Brimfield High School in 1943 and neither went far from home; Edith married a local farmer and Elsie went to clerk in a Brim-field grocery. It wasn’t long before she met Bill Siron, who was driving for a wholesale grocer out of Galesburg, IL. Mr. Siron asked her out the first time they met, she declined, but he was persistent and she says she finally accepted a supper invitation to keep him from bothering her.

Life with BillIt wasn’t long before

the Brimfield girl and the Galesburg boy was a cou-ple – speeded up after dis-covering they had a mutual occurrence in their respec-tive childhoods; like Elsie, Bill had been told by a pas-tor when he was a young-ster he’d grow up to serve the Lord.

Elsie married her truck driving boyfriend in her parents’ home November 19, 1944. They couldn’t afford a honeymoon and so after the wedding she

moved in with him at Galesburg.

Bill Siron was a native of Clapper, MO, in east-ern Monroe County, and within four years of marry-ing, moved Elsie and their then-two children back to his home place to farm. Unfortunately, he broke his leg in an accident and the farm work fell to his town-girl wife. Elsie said she quickly learned how to har-ness horses, mend fence, milk cows and plant crops, things she’s still proud of doing to this day.

MinistrySome time after the birth

of their only daughter, in 1950, the family moved back to Illinois and in 1960, after three years of study, Bill and Elsie fulfilled the ministers’ prophecies and both became ordained Pentecostal preachers. The family, with an additional child, returned to Monroe County to permanently stay in 1963, establish-ing the Goss Pentecostal Church, where Elsie and Bill served as co-pastors.

The Sirons were working ministers. Elsie says they didn’t want to live off their parishioners, so both had employment. Bill traveled the state retailing Warsaw Feed and wholesaling Me-chanics Choice bolts, and Elsie worked a Paris gar-ment factory. The couple spent time developing youth groups and counsel-ing young ministers. She said Bill’s heart was as big as all outdoors; he bought a widow an air-conditioner before his own family had the luxury and more bags of groceries went to the needy of Monroe County courtesy of Bill than can be accounted for.

Elsie claims to have been very athletic growing up and loved doing summer-saults. In 1990, on her 65th birthday, she was dared by an old friend to attempt the gymnastic feat once again. She said she didn’t hesitate a second, went head-over-heels for 10 feet before deciding she if she went it farther it would be showing

off.Immediate and extended family

Bill died in 2004 and shortly thereafter Goss Pentecostal dissolved. El-sie continued to live in their rural Monroe Coun-ty home, comforted by her grown children and ever growing family. The Sirons’ children, Steve, Dan, Brenda and young Bill, produced seven grandchildren and now Elsie has 17 great-grand-children. She began volun-teering at Monroe Manor, helping the activities de-partment and visiting with residents. She enjoyed pro-viding stuffed animals and other gifts that the Manor used as bingo prizes.

The Sirons’ oldest son, Steve, 67, is a retired truck driver and still lives in Goss; Dan, 65, lives in Jefferson City and retired from the Audrain Coun-ty Road & Bridge crew; Brenda, 63, has been an employee of Audrain Med-ical Center for 40 years and works at AMC’s Paris of-fice as a clerk, and the fam-ily’s youngest, Bill, died at age 49, in 2006, of a heart condition.

Mrs. Siron has a brother living in Georgia and a sister in Florida. Her late sister Jean Moore worked for the Chicago Tribune and was a published au-

thor. Jean’s husband, A.C. Moore, was a photogra-pher and the film editor of the popular outdoor TV program Wild Kingdom, in the 1960s. One of her late brothers, Bob, was a high school principal and spent 43 years in education. El-sie’s twin, Edith, died in 2008. Elsie said she and her sister had such a con-nection, more than once as adults they had unsched-uled visits and found one another wearing the exact same clothes.

TodayElsie Siron sits in her

north-facing Monroe Man-or room, surrounded by pictures, stuffed animals and mementos and still fol-lows her mother’s advice; she is an avid reader. She became a Monroe Manor resident in June of 2012. She enjoys bingo and is pleased Steve and his wife, Patty, volunteer in the eve-nings to help her and other residents play the game. She’s very appreciative when anyone takes time to stop and visit with her and is delighted to show her decorations and family pic-tures. She says everyone at the Manor is very caring and appreciates the staff and all they do for the resi-dents; she says she feels at home.

Written and Submitted by Denny Hollingsworth

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soes together the fairy tales of Cinderella and Snow White. The cast of char-acters includes: Goldie Miner, a prospector from the hills, played by Karla Salmons; Sluice Foot Sue, an ex-dance hall queen and present villainess, Trisch Vessar; Black Jack Ket-chum, the notorious high-wayman, played by Larry Sims. Auntie Lope, a prim and proper wife, is por-trayed by Sara Littrell. Her children are Jackie Lope, played by Donald Fowler; Candy Lope, Yvette Wan-drey, and Ellie Lope, Sara Agnew. The poor servant girl Ashabelle Pitts, is played by Lauren Holder. Cpt. Earnest Lee Feel-

Time is getting short to purchase your advance tickets for the Madison Sweetheart Banquet, sched-uled for Sunday, February 17. Advance tickets will be sold for $10 each until Tuesday, February 12. Af-ter that date any remaining tickets will be sold at the door for $12.00 each. Re-served seats are available for $1 each until Febru-ary 12. The doors of the Madison Area Community Center will open at 4 p.m., and a buffet meal will be served at 5 p.m. The melo-drama, Belle of the Ball, by Craig Sodaro, will begin at 6 p.m.

The play is set in 1875 in Fort Madison and las-

goode, a part-time hero, is performed by Christion Hulen. The sign girl who announces scene changes is Taylor Salmons. Keith Duvall is the director.

You may purchase your tickets at the Madison Area Community Center, or by calling the center, 291-5478; or Twana Hu-len, 291-4282. Tickets are also available at the First Christian Church in Madi-son, the Holliday Christian Church, and from Judy Harmon in the Monroe County Assessor’s office.

Proceeds from this event go to the First Christian Church of Madison and the Madison Area Community Betterment Association.

Belle of the Ball cast, left to right: Seated - Sara Agnew, Yvette Wandrey, and Don-ald Fowler; seated, Sara Littrell, and Lauren Holder; standing, Karla Salmons, Trisch Vessar, Larry Sims, and Christion Hulen. Not pictured - Taylor Salmons. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Grow Mid-Missouri is seeking to partner/connect local investors, Venture Capitalists, Banks, High Net-worth Individuals, and anyone interested in invest-ing or lending money to lo-cal businesses. Interested individuals and organiza-tions will be connected to screened investment/lend-ing opportunities based on a profile matching system. Both the businesses seek-ing funding and the lend-ing/investing parties will complete profiles based on their needs and funding preferences. Only Grow Mid- Missouri‘s Investor Coordinator is able to view and match the businesses to funding sources, to ensure any match is confidential and all profile information is kept private.

Additionally, Grow Mid-Missouri will host regular investment forums to al-low the 10 most promising businesses to meet with 10 investors during a speed-pitching session; those with completed profiles will have the first opportu-nity to participate in these forums.

This extraordinary op-portunity is designed to increase the growth of new and existing businesses within the Moberly and

surrounding areas includ-ing all of Randolph Coun-ty, Cooper County, Monroe County and Howard Coun-ty. Grow Mid-Missouri is backed by Moberly Area Economic Development, Moberly Area Chamber of Commerce and Moberly Area Community College and is a collaborative effort being led by community members in the surround-ing areas to positively im-pact the local economy. Will you join the move-ment by becoming an In-vestor/Lender to help grow your community, support local businesses, and in-crease your investing/lend-

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American Red Cross lists local blood drives in February

spider. My husband was now up so I told him what was going on and how he might have to drive me to the hospital.

He did take me to the hospital that night and our beautiful daughter was born. We can laugh about it now and see how im-mature we were and how much we lacked commu-nication during those first years of our marriage. I know now that I should have just went into the

bedroom, woke him up and told him I needed him. I should have told him I was scared and wanted him to be there for me.

Our communication has grown leaps and bounds since then and I am glad we decide daily to stick out this things called marriage.

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this complex challenge to our society requires a logical, sensible approach to help solve the problem. Are we as parents desensitizing our children with horribly violent video games and movies form Hollywood? Are fostering a generation of children that do not know how to be a functioning citizen in social settings because we rely on texting, Internet dating, and video conferencing instead of old fashion face to face interactions? Are these not ques-tions we need to consider and address in our changing society? And lastly I do not feel that I need to “justify” my right/desire to possess an AR 15 with a thirty round magazine (which I use in competitive shooting events) any more than I need to “justify” why I ride a Harley or prefer a pickup versus a sedan.

Thank you,Gary Hulen, Paris

Letter to the EditorContinued from page 2

February is Black His-tory Month, and in the spirit of Dr. Charles Drew, a black surgeon and blood specialist who became the first medical director of an American Red Cross blood bank in 1941, the Red Cross reminds all eligible donors how important it is that donors are as diverse as the patients who need their help. Drew’s pioneer-ing work in blood collec-tion and transfusion laid the foundation for modern blood banks.

All patients are matched by blood type and Rh fac-tor prior to transfusion. For some patients, addi-tional red cell markers in donated blood also have to be matched. These markers are determined by ethnicity and are best found in a di-verse donor base. For more information and to make an appointment to donate, vis-it redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS.

Upcoming blood donation opportunities

Monroe CountyThursday, Feb. 28, from

1-6 p.m. at First Bap-tist Church, 106 N. Main Street, in Paris.

Ralls CountyTuesday, Feb. 19, from

2-6 p.m. at Olivet Christian Church, 200 N. Foster in Center.

Shelby CountyMonday, Feb. 18, from

2-6 p.m. at VFW Hall, Highway 151 in Clarence.

Tuesday, Feb. 19, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at South Shelby High School, 4154 Highway 36 West in Shelbina.

How to donate bloodSimply call 1-800-RED

CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment or for more information. A blood donor card or driv-er’s license or two other forms of identification are required at check-in. Indi-viduals who are 17 years of age (16 with parental con-sent in some states), weigh at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. High school stu-dents and other donors 18 years of age and younger also have to meet certain height and weight require-ments.

About the American Red Cross

The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and pro-vides emotional support to victims of disasters; sup-plies about 40 percent of the nation’s blood; teaches skills that save lives; pro-vides international human-itarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a not-for-profit organiza-tion that depends on vol-unteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org or join our blog at http://blog.red-cross.org.

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Corps Hunter Education Class set for March 8, 9

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will spon-sor a Hunter Education Course on Friday, March 8, from 5-9 p.m., through Saturday, March 9, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the M.W. Bou-dreaux Memorial Visitor Center, 12 miles south of Monroe City.

Class registration must be made on-line at the Mis-souri Department of Con-servation web site: www.mdc.mo.gov go to “Hunt-er/Bowhunter Education” under Regs and areas, then “Find a Hunter Ed Class” under Hunter Education and Safety, then go to “Hunter Education Class-room Course” and register at the March 8th date. In-cluded in the training will be gun safety, firearm and ammunition information, the role of the hunter, wild-life management, ethics and hunter preparedness.

Those successfully com-pleting the course will re-ceive a Missouri Conser-vation Heritage Card from the Missouri Department of Conservation. The class is offered to anyone eleven years or older. Participants should bring to class on

Friday their social security number, hunting/fishing license, youth tags, and/or heritage card, and on Sat-urday bring their lunch. Parents are encouraged to accompany their children during the registration pro-cess that occurs on March 8 to insure the registration forms are completed ac-curately. Class size will be restricted to twenty. On Saturday, March 9, the hunter education class will end at approximately 3:00 p.m. A voluntary shooting exercise will be conducted at the shooting range for participants of the Hunter Education class at approxi-mately 3:00 p.m. Students wanting to participate with the shooting exercise must successfully complete the class, and arrange for their own transportation from the M.W. Boudreaux Me-morial Visitor Center to the Shooting Range. No trans-portation will be provided. Missouri Department of Conservation will provide firearms and ammunition.

Hunter education train-ing is a form of life insur-ance. This type of training decreases the chance of being injured in a hunting-related accident as it serves to educate those who will take to the woods. In fact, seldom is anyone injured who has participated in these classes.

If you have questions, or need assistance registering on line, please contact the Mark Twain Lake Project Office at 20642 Highway J, Monroe City, Missouri 63456 or by telephone at (573)735-4097.

Callaway LivestockCenter, Inc.

Kingdom City 573-642-7486

Feeder Cattle SaleEvery Monday at 12:30 p.m.Slaughter Steers & Heifers

Monday 10 a.m.

Toll Free 1-573-522-9244 for 24-hour USDA Market Report recording.

We appreciate your business, both buyers and sellers.

Please visit our web site at www.callawaylivestock.com

REGULAR FEEDERCATTLE SALESept. 17, 2012

Receipts:1602 Hd.COMPUTER AVE - TOP

789 Steers: Medium & Large FrameHd. 18-300 & Down.........162.00-202.00 93-300-400 lbs..................166.00-197.00166-400-500 lbs................163.00-185.00 172-500-600 lbs................156.00-173.0078-600-700 lbs.................144.00-161.00159-700-800 lbs................145.00-150.0077-800-900 lbs.................136.00-138.80527 Heifers: Medium & Large FrameHd.16-300 & Down..............126.00-164.0079-300-400 lbs.................161.00-180.0095-400-500 lbs.................147.00-170.00137-500-600 lbs...............147.00-159.0076-600-700 lbs.................133.00-149.5031-700-800 lbs.................123.00-133.2581-800-900 lbs..................130.00-133.3021 Bred Cows: Better Cows: 1000.00-1250.00; Small,Old Thin: 700.00-900.00 5 Pairs: 1000.00-1340.00237 Slaughter Cows: High Dressing: 79.00-88.25; Bulk: 65.00-75.00; Low: 55.00-65.00; Thin: 50.00 & Down18 Slaughter Bulls: 90.00-99.00; Thin: 79.00-89.00All Slaughter Steers & Heifers sold on Monday at 10 a.m. Receipts: 13 Hd.13 Heifers: Top: 122.50; Choice 2&3: 119.00-122.50; Mixed Select: 114.00-116.50

MADISON C-3 SCHOOL MENUMonday, Feb. 11 - Friday, Feb. 15

Breakfast Menu Monday - French Toast Sticks, Ham, Juice & MilkTuesday - Egg, Sausage, Cheese Biscuit, Orange Wedges, Juice & MilkWednesday - Banana Crumb Muffin, Yogurt, Juice & MilkThursday - Biscuit w/ Sausage Gravy, Juice & MilkFriday - Cereal, Toast, Juice & Milk

Lunch MenuMonday - Chili w/ Crackers, Peanut Butter Sandwich, Pickle Spear/Carrot Sticks, Clementine, MilkTuesday - BBQ Hamburger, Corn on the Cob, Baked Beans, Banana, MilkWednesday - Spaghetti & Meatballs, Breadstick, Spinach Salad, Mixed Fruit, MilkThursday - Crunchy Chicken Wrap, Lettuce & Tomatoes, Seasoned Rice, Fruit, Ice Cream, MilkFriday - Hot Turkey with Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, Glazed Carrots, Applesauce, Milk

**Alternative luncheon option available dailyWW=Whole Wheat WG=Whole Grain

Menus subject to change

PARIS R-II SCHOOL MENUMonday, Feb. 11 - Friday, Feb. 15

Breakfast Menu Monday - Cinnamon Apple French Toast, Chilled Pears or Cereal or Oatmeal, Toast & Jelly, Chilled PearsTuesday - Colby Egg Omlet, Cinnamon Toast, Potato Rounds, Chilled Juice or Cereal or Oatmeal, Cinnamon Toast, Chilled JuiceWednesday - Sausage Pancake on Stick, Banana or Cereal or Oatmeal, Yogurt, BananaThursday - Sweet Heart Breakfast, Banana, Cereal or Oatmeal, Toast & Jelly, BananaFriday - No School

Lunch MenuMonday -Seasoned Grilled Chicken w/ Opaa! Hot Roll or Hot Dog, Fresh Garden Salad, Green Beans, Broccoli, Pineapple. Chilled Fruit or Chef Salad, Baby Carrots w/ Dip, Pineapple, Chilled Fruit, Oppa! Hot RollTuesday - Pizza Nachos or Chili w/ Crackers, Fresh Garden Salad, BBQ Bacon Beans, Fresh Orange Smile, Chilled Fruit or Faija Chicken Salad, BBQ Bacon Beans, Fresh Orange Smiles, Chilled Fruit, Tortilla ChipsWednesday - Chicken Patty or Salisbury Steak, Mashed Potates w/ Gravy, Glazed Carrots, Blushing Pears, Chilled Fruit, Opaa! Hot Roll or Caesar Salad, Peas, Blushing Pears, Chilled Fruit, Opaa! Hot RollThursday - Hamburger, Oven Fries, Fresh Tomatoes, Blushing Pears, Chilled FruitFriday - No School

HOLLIDAY C-2 SCHOOL MENUMonday, Feb. 11 - Friday, Feb. 15

Breakfast Menu Monday - Cereal, JuiceTuesday - Sausage Cheese BiscuitWednesday - French ToastThursday - No SchoolFriday - No School

Lunch MenuMonday - Chicken Taco, Vegetable, Fruit, Chocolate Chip CookieTuesday - Lasagna, Vegetable, FruitWednesday - Vegetable Soup, Fruit, Peanut Butter SandwichThursday - No SchoolFriday - No School

***Cereal is served as an alternate choice for breakfast***Milk is offered with each meal

Senior Center NewsMonday, Feb. 11--Friday, Feb. 15

Lunch Served Monday-Friday -11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Monday - White Chicken Chili, Pimento Cheese Sand-wich, Crunchy Bacon Slaw, Pineapple Upside Down CakeTuesday - Biscuits & Gravy, Sausage Pattie, Hash Browns, Fresh FruitWednesday - Cranberry Onion Chicken Breast, Sweet Potatoes, Harvard Beets, Scalloped Pineapple, Wheat BreadThursday - Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes/Gravy, Buttered Baby Carrots, Strawberry Salad, Hot RollFriday -Fried Chicken, Red Beans & Rice, Fried Okra, Hummingbird Cake, Biscuit

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Hand & Foot • Bingo•The Hand & Foot Club met on Thursday, Jan. 31, at the

Paris Senior Center with 15 people participating. The win-ners of the meal tickets were: Elvis Taylor and Dorothy Jones.

•Bingo was held on Monday, Feb. 4, with 15 people par-ticipating. The winners of a meal ticket were Sarah Dawson and Dorothy Hufty.

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would like to in-vite the public to the M.W. Boudreaux Memorial Visi-tor Center, on Saturday, Feb. 9, at 2 p.m., to listen to a special guest speaker. Dr Robert Sadler, Profes-sor of Physical Science, at Culver Stockton College, will give a presentation on Global Climate Change. Topics will include atmo-spheric processes that have short-term and long-term influences on climate, an-thropogenic causes of cli-mate variation, indicators of climate change, and possible consequences of

anticipated changes.The M.W. Boudreaux

Memorial Visitor Center is located on Rt. J, just south of the Clarence Cannon Dam. If you need addi-tional information, please contact the Mark Twain Lake Project Office at 573-735-4097 or email us at marktwaininfo@usace.army.mil

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Area CHURCHESThursday, Feb. 7, 2013 6 Monroe County Appeal, Paris, Mo. • monroecountyappeal.com

Granville Christian Church Pastor Fran Schnarre

Holliday Christian Church Pastor David Holmes South Fork Presbyterian Pastor John Grimmett

Santa Fe Christian Church Pastor Kenny Sharp

Mt. Airy Baptist Church Pastor Robt. Cavanaugh

Paris United Methodist Pastor Lin Donnelly

Paris First Christian Church Pastor Donna Scott

Madison United Methodist Rev. Bonnie Sudsberry

Santa Fe Christian ChurchSUNDAY SCHOOL: 9:30 a.m.CHURCH: 10:30 a.m.

Madison Christian ChurchSUNDAY SCHOOL: 10 a.m.CHURCH: 11 a.m.

Paris Presbyterian ChurchSUNDAY SCHOOL: 9:30 a.m.CHURCH: 10:45 a.m.

Grace United Meth. (Madison)

CHURCH: 9 a.m.FELLOWSHIP: 10 a.m.SUNDAY SCHOOL: 10:15 a.m.

Bethel Baptist ChurchSUNDAY SCHOOL: 9:30 a.m.CHURCH: 10:45 a.m.Wednesday: 6:30 p.m.

Paris First Baptist ChurchSUNDAY SCHOOL: 9:30 a.m.CHURCH: 10:30 a.m.

Paris United Meth.SUNDAY SCHOOL: 9:30 a.m.CHURCH: 10:45 a.m.

South ForkPresbyterian ChurchCHURCH: 9 a.m.

Holliday Christian ChurchCHURCH: 9:30 a.m.SUNDAY SCHOOL: 10:30 a.m.

FaithWalk Ministries SUNDAY SCHOOL: 10 a.m.CHURCH: 10:30 a.m.; 7 p.m.

First Christian ChurchSUNDAY SCHOOL: 9:30 a.m.JUNIOR CHURCH: 11 a.m.CHURCH: 10:45 a.m.

Granville Christian ChurchSUNDAY SCHOOL & COMMUNION: 10 a.m. every SundayCHURCH: 11 a.m.-1st, 3rd, & 5th Sundays

Full Gospel FellowshipSUNDAY SCHOOL: 10 a.m.MORNING WORSHIP: 11 a.m.LUNCH: NoonEVENING SERVICE: 1 p.m.WEDNESDAY NIGHT: 7 p.m.

Mt. Airy Baptist ChurchSUNDAY SCHOOL: 9:30 a.m.WORSHIP: 10:30 a.m.

Church ServiceDIRECTORY

St. Frances Cabrini ChurchSunday Mass - 10 a.m.

Pastor - Father John Henderson

Bethel Baptist Church Pastor Russell Birge

Good news! Pastor Russell Birge preaches every Sun-day morning at 10:45 a.m. at Bethel Baptist Church. Bethel Baptist Church is located eight miles east of Cairo on Highway K and eight miles northwest of Madison on Highway K. Everyone is invited to join our family-friendly church every Sunday.

We also enjoy special fellowship with a second Satur-day of the month breakfast at 8:45 a.m. and a third Sun-day of the month carry-in dinner at the church. Everyone is invited to attend church services every Sunday and to share in our special fellowship times.

The Sunday, Feb. 3, services at South Fork Presbyterian church began with Patti Grimmett playing “Come, Now Is the Time to Worship” on the piano followed by Deb-bie Carey leading in song to “Praise Him”, “Brethren, We Have Met to Worship”, “ “Love Lifted Me” and “Blest Be The Tie That Binds”.

Pastor John Grimmett led the Responsive Reading from Psalm 126 followed by reading thank yous from the Pan-gburn family, and the recent wedding. Prayers were for Susan Honaker’s son, Scott; James A.; Pastor Joe; Jimmy McGee; Beverly Wandry; Tonya Miller; for those looking for work; Patti and Pastor John; and for the beauty of the snow.

Pastor John and Patti sang “Mighty to Save - Jesus con-quered the grave - as he played the guitar.

The message “Living in Love” was based on scripture form 1 Corinthians 13: the love chapter... Lent to begin next week - the message of love - a letter written to the people in Corinth by Pastor Paul - love feasts were held as God’s people got together and they are the church. God has given a gift to all His people - if you do not have love you have nothing. Love endures all things. Christ endured the suffering on the cross. He sacrificed Himself for you and me. He died for everyone! When you understand the love of Christ - you will become a role model for all the world. Open your eyes wide and see what God has for all humanity - the imperfect life will vanish...One day He is coming back - we will stand in awe, the truth and faith will open your heart loving one another - your challenge today is the same as it was at the church of Corrum - to give to someone else what they need to make their life better - bring your broken dreams to God!

Communion was led by Martha Hill and Jim Beuter and the Offertory was led by Bobby Gash as Patti played “More Love to Thee” and all sang the “Doxology”.

Patti played “They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love” as all retired in fellowship to Roth Hall for coffee and donuts.

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13

Pastor Lin spoke from Luke 4:14-30 for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany. Pastor Lin challenged members to think about mission works when planning for Lent.

Pastor Lin and Jerry Hartel served Holy Communion.Jerry Holmes is Usher Captain for Feb. Diana Holmes

assisted with Sunday’s ushering. Administrative Council will meet Wednesday, Feb. 13

at 7 p.m.UMW will meet Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 6:30 p.m.

Please remember to bring canned meat. Anyone needing a ride or wanting to cancel for weather, please call Mary Jane before 6 p.m.

Pastor Lin asked for three volunteers to meet with her to discuss plans for the church’s ministry .

United Methodist are responsible for canned meat for the emergency food bank. Each church is responsible for other items. This is a wonderful community mission at very little cost to individuals.

Paris United Methodist Church offers adult Sunday school each week at 9:30, with worship service at 10:45.

There is also a fellowship gathering at 10:15 with snacks each Sunday in the hospitality room.

The youth group meets each Wednesday from 6-8 p.m., with a meal at 6 p.m., and a Contemporary Worship Ser-vice starting at 6:30 p.m.

On Sunday, Feb. 3, services at Holliday Christian Church were opened with the piano prelude by Sally Blakemore. Reverend David Holmes welcomed all in attendance, in-cluding guest, Clark Morgan.

Information and sign-up sheets regarding photo appoint-ments for the Madison Church directory are available; photos will be taken Feb. 19 and 20. Tickets for the an-nual Sweetheart Banquet to be held on Sunday, Feb. 17, are available; advance tickets are $10.00. The evening’s program is “Belle of the Ball.” An American Red Cross Blood Drive will be held at Holliday School from 3-7 p.m. on Feb. 13. The church will host the Paris FFA Chapter on Sunday, Feb. 24, for worship; brunch will be served following services. Paris Presbyterian Church will serve lunch on Feb. 24. A benefit for Tanner Day and his family will be held at Holliday School on March 2nd, from 4 to 7 p.m. Activities that evening include a meal and auction of donated items.

Happy birthday was sung to: Carole Roberts and Jane Akers. As the opening hymn, “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” was sung. Pastoral prayer and “Gloria Patri” followed. Prayer concerns were expressed for: Pete and Margaret Olney, Stephanie Johnston, Lorene Kendall, Freda Ho-lohan, Beverly Wandrey, Jimmy McGee, Mike Mallory, Doug Dry and for those from the congregation who are traveling. Diane and Gary Wilson asked a special prayer for the safety of their nephew, Mitchell Creel, who is be-ing deployed to Afghanistan.

The prayer hymn, “Teach Me to Pray”, was sung; sing-ing was followed by pastoral prayer and unison recital of the Lord’s Prayer.

“Bread of Heaven” was the communion hymn sung as elders, Sandy Callison and Guy Callison, went forward to serve; deacons were Jane Akers and Diane Wilson. Shar-ing of communion, collection of offerings and singing of the doxology closed the communion portion of services.

The morning message from Reverend Holmes was taken from Jeremiah 1:4-10 and was entitled, “Awakening to God’s Call.” The closing hymn, “Savior, Like A Shepherd Lead Us” was followed by prayer and singing of “The Spirit Song” to close morning worship.

Following a time of fellowship and refreshments, Sal-ly Blakemore shared the weekly reading “God Wants to Adopt You” from the book, “What God Wants Us to Know”. “Teacher, Kid and Cowboy Boots” was shared by Diane Wilson. Jim McMorris led the group in prayer to open Bible Study. The group continued study of Mark with Chapter 14:1-42. Services at Holliday Christian Church are held each Sunday beginning with worship at 9:30 a.m., followed by Bible Study. Everyone is welcome.

On Sunday, Feb. 3, church services began with the pas-tor giving an opening prayer. Regular church meetings of the week were announced and all were encouraged to attend. Announcement included: Starting on February 10 there will be an Andy Griffith bible study at 5:30 pm at the church. On Saturday, Feb. 9 there will be men’s break-fast at 8:30 am. Church T-shirts are being offered to all who want one. We will be having photos taken on March 5 and 6 for the new church directory.

This week’s message was titled ‘Be Prepared for Christ’s Return’ from Matthew 25:1-13. Jesus compares the King-dom of Heaven to ten virgins. Scripture refers to Chris-tians as virgin (2 Cor.11:2). On the outside these virgins look the same. They all moved in the same group. They all went out to meet the bridegroom

They all had lamps, and lamps give light. This could be said that they all had Bibles because Psalms 199:105 says God’s word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Yet, Jesus says five are wise and five are foolish. The foolish did not bring oil for their lamps. They were not thinking ahead in preparation for the coming of Jesus (bridegroom). The oil they lacked symbolizes the grace and salvation of God. While they carried a lamp (Bible) it did not mean they had the Holy Spirit inside of them. These foolish virgins had normal participation in the church but no supernatural participation in the life of God.

The wise virgins were prepared; they took extra oil with them. They must have asked God how to prepare; how else would they know to take this oil? This shows they were active in the life of God and cared about what God wanted from them. Taking the oil cost them something. It was extra weight to carry, cost them one of their hands that could hold a blanket to stay warm while waiting. They seemed to care more for the things of god than per-sonal comfort.

All ten virgins fell asleep. This is not a sign of unfaith-fulness to God but may be a sign of becoming lethargic. The bridegroom is late, I am tired, just close my eyes for a moment. Staying lethargic leads to apathy, and then to disillusionment, and then being unprepared. When the call went out that the bridegroom had come, the wise went in and the foolish were locked out. Is this fair of Jesus to lock them out? Yes. We have our whole life to prepare for our meeting with Jesus. Whether it comes from rapture or death, we will meet Jesus and had better prepare for it.

Know your Bible, it tells you what Jesus wants from your relationship with Him. Pray and ask what your call-ing and gift is – then use it. Do not get caught relying on God’s grace while living a life that mocks Him. Jesus teaches this doctrine many times in the Gospels. We do not like to hear it but it is God’s truth.

Come on out to the Valentines Banquet at Granville Christian Church, 6:30 p.m., on Saturday, Feb. 16. Bring your loved ones, families and friends. The men of the church are cooking the meal. They will begin work about 2 p.m.

We now have a prayer chain. If you would be willing to pray for others in the their time of need, please con-tact Kathy Miller, Dale Ann Magruder or Nancy Maupin and join the prayer chain. If you know of a prayer need, please contact one of these people. We will also have a phone tree to notify the church quickly in case of last-minute changes in worship or other plans.

We are also renewing our commitment to pray for 80 young adults, youth and children. If you would like to be a prayer partner for five or six young people, please contact Pastor Fran. We will host the area Hymn Sing on March 3. We are also collecting spare change in a jar at the church for Relay for Life.

We are still seeking names of soldiers in the combat zone in order to send a care package. Please forward names to Brenda Coffman. We have mailed a total of 168 boxes since the beginning of the conflicts.

Come as you are to learn about following Jesus in our informal worship service. We worship together at 11 a.m. the first, third and fifth Sundays. (Upcoming dates: Feb. 17 and March 3, 17 and 31). Sunday School for all ages is held every week at 10 a.m.

The First Christian Church is pleased to extend an invita-tion to everyone to attend a special Ash Wednesday Ser-vice at 5 p.m., and the Wednesday Nite Live dinner at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent, a time when Christians prepare for Easter by observing a period of fasting, repen-tance, moderation, and spiritual discipline. During the Ash Wednesday Service, the minister will lightly rub the sign of the cross with ashes on the foreheads of worshipers as an external mark of penitence. Wednesday Nite Live is a light supper open to the public and served in the Fellowship Hall every Wednesday night at the cost of $3 for adults, $1 for children under 10. Everyone is also reminded that the Lenten Prayer Breakfasts, given by the Paris Ministerial Alliance, will begin on Wednesday, February 13, and will be held every Wednesday during Lent at 6:30 a.m. at the Senior Center.

Upcoming announcements include all times p.m. unless indicated): Wednesday, February 13 - Lenten Prayer Break-fast 6:30 a.m., Special Ash Wednesday Service 5, Wednes-day Nite Live 5:30, Youth 6, Choir 6:30, Stewardship Com-mittee 7, and Board Meeting 7:30; and Monday, Feb. 18 - Office closed.

Those celebrating a birthday this week are Bob Swartz, Erin Gruber, and Kelly Williams.

The Elder’s Helping Hands for February are Nancy Bierly and Clint Chandler. The church may be contacted by calling (660) 327-4440 or e-mailing fc418@centurytel.net. Pastor Donna Scott may be contacted by calling (660) 327-1355 or (314) 769-4362. The Paris First Christian Church extends the Good News of God’s Love through our worship, edu-cation, and service to each other, our family, friends, and community.

The monthly Praise and Worship Service was held on Sun-day, February 3, with Reverend Donna Scott officiating. Her morning message, “Jesus says, ‘Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit,’” was based on The Beatitudes found in Matthew 5:1-12. Bob Mitchell served as the Worship Leader, Mary Beth Mitchell served as Song Leader, and Vanessa Forrest served as the pianist. Others who participated in the service were Elders Nancy Bierly and Clint Chandler; Diaconate Jane Callis, Roseann Raines, Debbie Boulware, and De De Mitchell; and Acolytes Logan and Dawson Bross. Junior Church Leaders are Anita Ness and Rumiko Castleman.

The Bible memory verse is: For to me, to live is Christ. Phillippians 1:21. The thought for the week is: If God is our rock, why do we crumble so easily?

The Grace United Methodist Church, Madison, met for worship Sunday, Feb. 3, which was Holy Communion Sunday.Pastor Bonnie Sudsberry gave the message, “Conversa-tion With God,” with Psalm 71 as the Scripture. She also gave the Little Sermon, “Hi God.”Wednesday, Feb. 6, is Administrative Council Meeting 7 p.m.Sunday, Feb. 10, is our Fellowship Dinner at 11:45 a.m.Monday, Feb. 11, the Adult Bible Study at 6:30 p.m.Wednesday, Feb. 13, Confirmation Classes will begin 3:30 p.m.Wednesday, Feb. 13 is Ash Wednesday Service 7 p.m.

“Stop the Excuses!” was the title of Pastor Kenny Sharp’s message Sunday morning. We hear so many dif-ferent excuses as to why people won’t go to church that we need to tell them that there is only ONE reason to go and that is to worship God. Scripture was read from Luke 14:15-24 and it tells us that we are invited to the greatest supper! God’s invitation is the most important event in our lives, no matter how inconveniently it may be timed. So stop with the excuses to avoid responding to God’s call.

Prayers were requested for Elizabeth Brown, Ralph Omer, Keith Woodhurst, James A. Booth, Cassie Olivas, Ila Mae Willingham, Gene Hagen, Donnie Neale, Beverly Wandrey, Robert Lee DeOrnellas, Tonya Knight, Barbara Ensor, Sandra Carman, Lois Lane, Carol McDowell, Terri Taylor and Tracy Huffman’s birth mother.

Colton Kendrick shared his praise that his great-grand-father, Keith Deaver, is feeling better and praises to our Lord were given for the healing of Cheryl Clark.

Happy Birthday was sung to Juanita Willingham and Don Wilkerson. Thank you cards were read from Cory Pollock and Dustin Wilkerson for their college care pack-ages. Sign-up sheets are available for door-greeters and helpers for children’s ministry.

Bible study for both the youth and adults is Wednesday evening at 6:30 p.m. (meal at 6 p.m.). Sunday school will begin at 9:30 a.m., next Sunday followed by worship services at 10:30 a.m. Please join us!!

Area NEWSThursday, Feb. 7, 2013 7Monroe County Appeal, Paris, Mo. • monroecountyappeal.com

Faith Walk Ministries Bishop Harold Long

Paris First Baptist Church Pr. Wesley Hammond

Paris Presbyterian Church Pastor John Grimmett

Perry Christian Church Pastor David Todd

As you travel along Life’s Highways and Byways there is one road Highway 154 that will led you to the little berg of Perry, where there is always something going on. Perry is located only eight miles from Mark Twain Lake and Clarence Cannon Dam. So if you are looking for something to do, mark your calendar now for these events:

The Ralls County Democrat Club is hosting an Essay Contest for all Ralls County Teenagers. High school students and teenagers who live in Ralls County are invited to submit an essay using 1000-1500 words. “What Strengths in our Constitution are Provided that will help America succeed in the next Ten Years?” is the topic which will prompt students to have pride in our government and its foundation, the United States of America Constitution. The winner will be present-ed a $75 award by the United Ralls County Democrat Club. Submissions should be emailed to golian@rall-stech.com by Feb. 22. Good luck students, this is a time to voice your opinions and also have the chance to win $75.

MOPS Mothers of Preschoolers age 5 and under meet every 2nd Wednesday of each month at the Cen-ter Baptist Church, from 9 to 11 a.m. at 401 N. Public St., Center, but this program is available to all Moms of Ralls County. Come enjoy support, food and fun conversation and childcare will be provided to give you a chance to build relationships with other Ralls County Moms. Call 573-565-2160 for more info.

Do you like Fried Chicken? Then make plans to at-tend the Mark Twain VFW Post 4088 Fried Chicken Dinner on Friday, January 25 at 6 p.m. at the VFW Hall on Palmyra Street, you can eat all you want for only $8 per person and children under 6 only $4.

Be sure to attend the church of your choice this week...

If you have any news you would like to share in next weeks issue, be sure to call 573-473-7644 or stop by Garden of Angels at 502 Main Street.

Have a great week...

Along Life’s Highways and Byways

by jere elThe altar candles were lit by Caytlyn and Tristan. The

choir sang “Wonderful Words of Life” as the worship service for the Perry Christian Church began on Sunday, Feb.3.

Pastor Todd welcomed everyone and reviewed the an-nouncements. We are studying the book of Jeremiah in Bible study on Monday afternoon and evening. The CWF will be hosting a Soup & Sandwich Fellowship after the worship service on Sunday, Feb. 10. The Church will be having a Movie Night at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 17. “He Has Made Me Glad” was sung as the Hymn of Praise.

“I Am Thine, O Lord” was the call to prayer. We contin-ue to pray for Ernie Baker, Kelsie Miller, and Cullen Dye. Frankie Ross, Jessica Hurd, and the family of Frederick Moore were added to our prayer list. “I Need Thee Every Hour” was the choir’s response.

After the pastor’s communion meditation, “He Touched Me” was sung as we prepared to share in the Lord’s Sup-per. Floyd Seelow and Joyce Coleman served as elders. Deacons were David Lewellen, Wyatt Lewellen, James Parker, and Carol Norman.

The Choir Sung “Come, We That Love the Lord”. Ali-sha Eisele invited the children during the Children’s Time to consider how “Jesus was rejected by his home town, but hit a home run with those who drew near to listen to him”.

Jeremiah 1:4-10 was read by Ronnie Cragen. The pas-tor spoke on how we need to be Christian Witnesses. Al-though we worship “the one true God”, we understand our relationship differently. Each of us are invited to personally witness to others. “Jesus, I Come” was the invitation hymn. We dismissed with “When We All Get to Heaven”.

Micah 6:8 – The Lord has told us what is good. What He requires of us is this: to do what is just, to show constant love, and to live in humble fellowship with our God.

Greetings from FaithWalk Ministries – Bishop Harold G. Long, Pastor.

Services began at 10:30 a.m.“Safe In His Arms” was sung by FaithWalk Choir.Opening prayer was led by Elder Helen Fugate, and

opening Scripture was read by Bro. Michael Thompson.“Jesus Will” was sung by FaithWalk Choir.Offering (Seed Planting) was conducted by Minister

Kelley Ballenger. The Vision and Mission Statements were read in unison, declaring that FaithWalk is about “Building and Sustaining Strong Communities by Break-ing the Cycle of Addictive Failures.”

“My Worship Is Real” was sung by FaithWalk Choir before the Word of God was presented.

“You May Not Understand Now, But You Will After This” was the title of the message by Bishop Harold Long (St. John 13:4-7). A majestic experience can open your mind to another way of thinking. It will cause you to want to be a part of that majestic/ glorification experience – an “after this”. Other Scripture references: St. John 12:15-16; 7:39; 16:1-7.

Everyone is welcome to come and worship with us. Tuesday at 7 p.m., Thursday at 7 p.m., Sunday at 10:30 a.m., and Sunday night at 7 p.m. God bless!

Kathy Miller began the worship service with her pre-lude, “This Is My Father’s World” and John Mitchell gave the invocation. Brenda Ensor served as pianist for

the congregational singing. Billie Jo Hatton provided spiritual music before the Celebration of the Lord’s Sup-per, “You Thought of Us”.

REPORTS: Victoria and Brianna Hamilton announced that the GA’s had collected $47.46 for “Change for Change”, Lottie Moon Offering.

Wanda Boggs reported that 48 boxes of food had been delivered to persons in the senior housing.

Reverend Wesley Hammond delivered the message from God’s word preparing us for Communion, enti-tled “Saved Through Faith” from Ephesians 2:1-10. We should humble ourselves before God. We receive Jesus in the bread of life and the cup. We have new spiritual life through Christ. Verse 3 says all of us followed the way of the world, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature. Verse 5 tells us God is rich in mercy and made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions and through this mercy, God’s grace, we have been saved.

Those serving during communion were Carl Ensor, Robert Hatton, John Mitchell, Mac Wilt, Floyd Lawson, Chuck Brazeale, Elmer Gravot, Gale Wilkerson and Riley Barton.

Thursday, Feb. 7, TeamKid, 3:30 p.m. and Deacon’s Meeting, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 9, Woodcutting crew, 8:30 a.m., Valen-tine Banquet, 6 p.m. by reservation.

Sunday, Feb. 10, Sunday School, 9:30 a.m., Morning worship, 10:45 a.m., Church Council Meeting, 5:30 p.m., Evening Worship, RA, GA, Acts 1:8, and College Choic-es, 6:30 p.m. and Board of Directors Meeting, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 13, 6 p.m., Interpretative Drama tell-ing stories from the bible using movement and no verbal parts taught by Gene Arnett. Ages 13-25 (or so), are wel-come. Adult leaders are needed to help with directing the attention of those involved.

Saturday, Feb. 16, 7 p.m. Chris Day in concert. The Deacon Candidate Committee has recommended

four new deacons and one to be reinstated as active. Af-ter election, training sessions and ordination will follow.

At the conclusion of the morning service Sherry Har-low came forward to transfer her membership from Grace Baptist Church. Mark Bell came forward and expressed his desire to be ordained and licensed as a pastor.

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The Paris Presbyterian Church held worship service Sunday, Feb. 3. This Sunday was communion Sunday. The ushers for this weeks service were John Hayhurst and Albert Sinkclear. Patti Grimmett led the congregation into worship service with, “Come, Now Is the Time to Worship.” The call to worship was, “As the Deer.” Pas-tor John Grimmett led the responsive reading from Psalm 126. The beginning hymn was, “Here I Am to Worship.”

Pastor John Grimmett read the scripture reading from 1 Corinthians 13. Pastor John Grimmett also delivered the message, “Life and Love.” The chancel choir performed the special music piece, “With This Communion, We Thank Thee O Lord.” The closing hymn was, “Revive Us Again.” The benediction response was, “Blest Be the Tie that Binds.” Patti Grimmett led the congregation out of worship service with, “They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love/Blest Be the Tie That Binds.”

The Paris Presbyterian Church will hold worship ser-vice next Sunday, Feb. 10. Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m., followed by worship service at 10:45 a.m. Anyone is welcome to attend.

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Beautiful Country Home on 32 Private Acres, 2275 sq. ft. home (plus 450 sq. ft. 3 season room), spectacular views of Mark Twain Lake in 3 directions, lots of extra features, ground source heat pump system, 32 acres with stocked pond attracts all kinds of wildlife, nice 30x40 metal building, located off Hwy U, Paris. $395,000. Country Home on 7.5 Acres, spacious 4 bedroom, 4.5 bath 1.5 story cedar and brick home with full basement, ground source heat pump, covered deck, attached garage, motor home carport, 36’x56’ guest house and open garage, stocked pond, Pella windows, and lots of closets. Near Stoutsville Boat Ramp off Hwy 107. $215,000. 31.9 Acres with Earth Contact Home, newer 1 bedroom home with two 30x40 metal barns, good hunting and wildlife viewing with fenced pasture, trails lead to several good deer stand sites, off Hwy 19 and F in Ralls County. $154,250. 80035326Secluded 13 Acres, 3 bedroom, 2 bath singlewide home with family room addition, lots of added features, 30x50 metal building with concrete floor and large door, 18x20 metal carport, and concrete storm shelter, nice decks, large trees and creek near Mark Twain Lake Boat Ramp. $132,500. 80032945House, Garage & Clubhouse with basement on 29 Wooded Acres Adjoining North River, House has stone wood burning fireplace, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, stocked pond, access to North River, view of river and valley, Philadelphia. $165,000. 80035879Newer Ranch Home with Extra Large Metal Building, 2050 sq. ft. 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with many quality features, also 48 ft. x 60 ft. insulated metal building with concrete floor , 3 garage doors, and full bath, 4 acres has pond with dock & fountain, located just off Hwy J north of Cannon Dam or south of US 36, Monroe City. $185,000. Ranch Home, 2 bedroom, 2 bath home in Stoutsville Resort, excellent location near Stoutsville Boat Ramp and North Fork Boat Ramp at Mark Twain Lake. Covered porch & oak cabinets, $69,900.5 Acre Tract, enjoy fishing & boating at the 15 acre private lake that is part of 27 acre common area, RVs, garages, pole barns, and homes are allowed, off Hwy U in Monroe County. $25,000.40 Acres in Monroe County, wooded and pasture, private pond, use of nearby 27 acre common area with 15 acre lake, surveyed into four 10 acre tracts, just minutes from Mark Twain Lake off Hwy U, Monroe Co. $120,000.40 Acres, excellent hunting on this secluded 40 acres, mostly level with lots of scattered trees, large permanent deer stand, near Mark Twain Lake Boat Ramp, off Hwy D, Monroe County. $125,000.24.7 Acres, rolling pasture with scattered trees, fenced with good Highway 24 frontage, rural water, electric available, Stoutsville. $117,500.

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Singlewide Mobile Home & Large Metal Building on 7.27 Acres, extra nice vinyl sided home with lots of upgrades, enclosed porch and decks, 2 lovely ponds, just off Hwy 154 near Elk Fork Boat Ramp at Mark Twain Lake. Paris. $98,900. Very Large Ranch Home & Metal Building. Home is located on 3.64 acres adjoining Corps land by Stoutsville Boat Ramp. Approx. 4,000 sq. ft. including finished walkout basement. Upstairs: 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, large kitchen with breakfast area, dining room, living room, wood burning fireplace in upstairs family room. Downstairs: family room, rec. area, partial kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, and lots of storage. 2 large decks and gazebo overlook large stocked pond, 30 ft. x 70 ft. insulated metal building with 4 overhead doors, concrete floor, and electric. One overhead door is oversized for large boats etc. $179,900. 104 Acre Secluded Farm, private hunting farm with income, small cabin, and metal barn, 40 acres of tillable land, 40 acres mostly level pasture with lots of large scattered trees, balance heavily wooded including a branch of Indian Creek., fenced area for horses, Monroe Rd 390, Several Mark Twain Lake boat ramps and Indian Creek Marina are just minutes away. $299,000.Will Divide 32 or 72 acres. Call for details.Beautiful Country Home on 32 Private Acres, 2275 sq. ft. home (plus 450 sq. ft. 3 season room), spectacular views of Mark Twain Lake in 3 directions, lots of extra features, ground source heat pump system, 32 acres with stocked pond attracts all kinds of wildlife, nice 30x40 metal building, located off Hwy U in Monroe County, Paris School district. $384,900. Ranch Home, 2 bedroom, 2 bath home in Stoutsville Resort, excellent location near Stoutsville Boat Ramp and North Fork Boat Ramp at Mark Twain Lake. Covered porch & oak cabinets, $69,900.137 Acres Farm in Ralls County, 64 acres of tillable land that has been used as pasture, 73 acres is wooded with many large trees,, metal barn, several level wooded areas that would make excellent home sites overlooking wooded draws where lakes could be built. Center, Mo off Hwy 19. $395,000..38 Acres, secluded land adjoining Corps property, North Fork Arm of Mark Twain Lake, new 30’x40’ metal building, property is 1⁄2 wooded with many large trees, lots of deer, turkey, and other wildlife. Just off Hwy 24, Stoutsville. $159,000.Rare 3.36 Acres, within walking distance of Mark Twain Lake, close to South Fork Boat Ramp, good building site with lots of woods behind home site, Victor Place just off Hwy 154. Paris school district. $24,900. 1 Acre Lot in Florida, MO, adjoins Corps land, old frame house. $69,500.11.2 Acres, Monroe Rd 573, Stoutsville, near Mark Twain Lake Access. $64,900.7 Acres, pasture and woods with small creek & Hwy 24 frontage, rural water on property, Stoutsville near Hwy 107. $34,900.

Home and 7.25 Acres with Pond on Hwy U, 5 bedrooms, 3 baths, floor to vaulted ceiling stone faced wood-burning fireplace, huge custom deck, large 2 car garage, detached garage with deck, large storage shed, stocked pond. Enjoy the panoramic views. Paris School District $174900

Ranch Home & Secluded 75 Wooded Acres, adjoining public lands and Mark Twain Lake with 4 bedroom metal-sided home and 30 ft. x 50 ft. metal pole barn. Home features large rooms, 9 ft walls, wood stove plus forced air propane furnace with central air. Metal pole barn features doors on each end for drive thru ease. Property is on good dead-end private road with locked gate. Excellent deer and turkey hunting. Walk to branch of South Fork Arm of Mark Twain Lake. Off Hwy 154 near South Fork Boat Ramp. $269,900

Ranch Home on 2.8 Acres, 2 br, 1 bath with 2 car attached garage, adjoins Corps Land with access to small bay off South Fork Arm of Mark Twain Lake. Extra large screened porch. South Fork Boat Ramp is just a mile away. $99,900.

2.5 Acres in Paris, city hydrant with city water, electric, and sewer available. 329 ft of blacktop frontage. $50,000. 59 Wooded Acres, secluded hunting property located off Hwy. 154 near Southfork Boat Ramp. $134,90017 Wooded acres, Excellent hunting tract. Lots of hardwood trees including many large trees. Intermittent creek meanders through the acreage. Several trails and areas for food plots. Very good building site in front on the county road. Small barn. Water and electric available. Monroe County Rd. 436. $49,900.

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31834 Monroe County Road 454, Stoutsville: 4BD/2BA Manufactured Home close to Mark Twain Lake. $29,900

503 Pitts Street, Paris: 3BD/2BA Ranch Style Home! Recently updated with new kitchen cabinets and flooring. Kitchen Dining Combo with Breakfast Bar! $36,900.

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215 Mary Street, Paris: Pristine Condition 3BD/1.5BA Ranch on Finished Basement! All three bedrooms are located on the main level. Basement features large family room, half bath, and large laundry room! $79,900

121 E. Locust, Paris: Spacious 1.5 Story Home with 5BD/2BA on two large lots. Beautiful front porch and side deck! $90,000

13090 Highway 15, Paris: 5BD Ranch Style Home with full finished walk out basement! Home sits on 5.01ac and is country living with convenience. $143,000

FARM! MONROE COUNTY ROAD 330 PARIS - 43.94ac farm great for hunting or family recreation. Close to Mark Twain Lake. $131,800

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Collection CenterJefferson City, Jan. 24, 2013

Benjamin Andrew Al-bee – Moberly; Failure to Register Motor Vehicle - $30.50

Steven Andrew Baker – Moberly; Failure to Wear Seatbelt - $10.00

Jacob Darrell Baldwin – Holliday; Failure to Wear Seatbelt - $10.00

Victoria Brianne Bald-win – Holliday; Failure to Wear Seatbelt - $10.00

Greg Allen Bland – Perry; Failure to Register Motor Vehicle - $30.50

Sarah E. Dimond – Dun-lap, Ill.; Speeding (Ex-ceeded limit by 11-15 m.p.h.) - $55.50

Ryan S. Hagan – Jeffer-son City; Pursuing/Tak-ing/Killed/Possessed or Disposed of Wildlife Ille-gally - $199.50

Robert Lynn Hall – Clar-ence; Failure to Wear Seatbelt - $10.00

Trae Derrick Ham-mond – Paris; Speeding (Exceeded limit by 11-15 m.p.h.) - $55.50

William Howard Kin-caid – Columbia; Speed-ing (Exceeded limit by 20-25 m.p.h.) - $155.50

Barbara Sue Littrell – Paris; Failure to Wear Seatbelt - $10.00

Richard James Mueller – Linn; Operating Com-mercial Motor Vehicle without Seatbelt - $30.50

Adejoh Emmanuel Ogbe – Cedar Falls, Iowa; Speeding (Exceeded limit by 11-15 m.p.h.) - $55.50

Christopher Allen Pen-berthy – Hannibal; Failure to Wear Seatbelt - $10.00

Michael Don Reeves – Paris; Speeding (Exceed-ed limit by 11-15 m.p.h.)

- $55.50Barbara Elaine Strat-

ton – Columbia; Speeding (Exceeded limit by 6-10 m.p.h.) - $30.50

Carl Ladon Wiehardt – Fayette; Speeding (Ex-ceeded limit by 6-10 m.p.h.) - $30.50

Mary Kathleen Win-kler – Madison; Failure to Wear Seatbelt - $10.00Judge Michael P. Wilson

Jan. 24 - Jan. 28, 2013Berlin Wheeler Inc. as

Assignee vs. Sadie Ad-ams Et. Al., Paris; Judg-ment for the Plaintiff - $1,394.75

GE Capital Retail Bank F/K/A GE Mone vs. To-nia Jones, Monroe City; Judgment for the Plaintiff - $717.06

Security Credit Service LLC vs. Garbrielle Pierce, Madison; Judgment for the Plaintiff - $1,779.54

plus costs of courtJason R. Kirklin – Paris;

Unlawful Use of Drug Paraphernalia, Failure to Register Vehicle, Driver/Failure to Wear Seatbelt - $655.00

Hezekiah D. Long – Osage Beach; Operat-ing Vehicle in a Careless and Imprudent Manner - $163.00

Jay L. Mikel – Paris; Driving While Revoked/Suspended - $165.00

Kellee J. Schaller – Monroe City; Unlawful Use of Drug Parapherna-lia - $440.00

City of Paris vs. Deborah K. Stone – Paris; Animal at Large - $55.50

City of Paris vs. Deborah K. Stone – Paris; Vicious Animal - $80.50

Chad Lillard – Monroe City; Peace Disturbance - $165.00

As they begin their 16th year of “Proclaiming Gods Word in Song” singing Southern gospel music and sharing in testimony, Joy-ful Sound, Brenda Duncan and Diane Hickman are ex-cited to announce their up-coming concert schedule.On Saturday, Feb. 9, they will be providing music for a Valentine banquet at the Bethel Community Church, located north of Kirksville.Sunday evening, Feb. 10, Brenda and Diane will be in concert at the First Bap-tist Church in Palmyra.On Friday evening, Feb. 15, Joyful Sound will be singing for a Valentine Banquet at Union Baptist

Church, south of Mexico.March 9, the duo will sing at a Women’s Retreat at the Mt. Olivet Methodist Church.March 10, The Fifth Street Baptist Church in Hannibal will host a concert during their morning worship.On March 11, Brenda and Diane will be singing for a banquet at the First Baptist Church in Huntsville.March 17, Pea Ridge Com-munity Church a.m. ser-vice.Anyone desiring informa-tion regarding upcoming concerts or to book a con-cert may call Brenda at 660-327-4325 or Diane at 573-819-0588.

Paris R-II Golf FundraiserThe Paris Golf Association will hold a

fundraising dinner on Friday, Feb. 8, from 5-7 p.m., at the Paris R-II High School Cafeteria.

Dinner consists of Turkey, Homemade Noodles, Corn, Hot Rolls and Dessert.

Adults $7 - Youth 10 and under $4

New Paris barber Chad Cox gives Mason a haircut as the first customer at the new barbershop. Cox opened his new business on Saturday, Feb. 2 to a standing room only crowd. APPEAL PHOTO

From the FRONT Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 9Monroe County Appeal, Paris, Mo. • monroecountyappeal.com

*Fab Four Club sponsors Blood Drive... The Fab Four Club, from Holliday C-2, will be sponsoring a blood drive on Wednesday, Feb. 13, from 3-7 p.m., at the school. Make an appointment by calling 660-266-3412 during school hours. Encourage friends and family to do the same.

Fab Four sponsors blood drive Feb. 13

Cadet Chief Master Ser-geants Austin Smith and Clayton Smith were pro-moted to 2nd Lieutenants and received the General Billy Mitchell Award by the Civil Air Patrol (an auxiliary of the United States Air Force). The two young men were presented this special award by Rep-resentative Tim Remole from District 006. Rep-resentative Remole also presented, to each of the young men, a Certificate of Recognition in honor of receiving the Mitchell Award.

The General Billy Mitch-ell Award is one of Civil Air Patrol’s most presti-gious cadet honors. In exis-tence since 1964, it marks a coming of age for CAP’s cadets as they graduate from the cadet enlisted ranks and prepare for even greater leadership as cadet officers.

The award honors Billy Mitchell, considered by many to be the most im-portant figure in the his-tory of airpower. Mitchell is remembered for his pro-phetic vision of an inde-pendent air force, for his prediction of an enemy bombing of Pearl Harbor, and for his successful com-mand of bombing runs on a captured German ship that demonstrated U.S. naval vulnerability to air attack.

Cadets who earn the Mitchell Award have com-pleted Phase 2 of the CAP Cadet Program, earning half of 16 achievements with the ultimate goal of earning the General Carl A. Spaatz Award. Upon com-pletion of each achieve-ment, cadets earn increased responsibility, decorations, awards, eligibility to apply for national special activi-ties and opportunities for

both flight and academic scholarships.

To earn the Mitchell Award, cadets must pass comprehensive leadership and aerospace exams as well as a rigorous physical fitness test, and they must complete an encampment. In addition, in order to move into the cadet offi-cer ranks, Mitchell award-ees are expected to exhibit very mature behavior, to be highly responsible and to demonstrate leadership skill before they can take their exams.

The U.S. Air Force highly regards cadets’ member-ship in Civil Air Patrol. In fact, cadets who receive the Mitchell Award are eli-gible for advanced place-ment to the grade of E-3 should they enter the Air Force. They also are eli-gible for advanced credit in the Air Force Reserve Of-ficers’ Training Course, for various CAP scholarships, and for CAP special activ-ity opportunities.

All U.S. military service academies look favorably upon cadets who have earned the Mitchell Award. In fact, about 10 percent of the cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy were CAP members. Achieving the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, statistically, puts those ca-dets among the top 15% of all cadets nationwide.

The promoting ceremony and reception for Austin and Clayton Smith was held January 29th at the Columbia National Guard Armory. Austin and Clay-ton are the sons of Scott and Tamara Smith, Macon County and the grandsons of Roger and Betty Wilson and the late grandpa Har-old Hitchcock, Paris, and Becky and Randy Smith, Perry.

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Paris R-II Golf FundraiserThe Paris Golf Association will hold a

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Adults $7 - Youth 10 and under $4

Monroe County issues... Continued from frontthe state and that any new federal law banning or re-stricting ownership of a semi-automatic firearm is unenforceable.

“We have to pay attention to what is going on,” noted Rep. Hansen.

Rep. Hansen went on to discuss numerous issues facing the county besides gun control, including jobs, economic develop-ment and education.

“I am here for you,” said Rep. Hansen in closing.

Martha closed the meet-ing noting, “We have to put our heads together and just do it.”

The group meets on the third Thursday of each month at the Paris library basement, Roegge Room, at 7 p.m.

40th District Representative Jim Hansen addresses “9-12” group. APPEAL PHOTO

Paris High School Homecoming Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 10 Monroe County Appeal, Paris, Mo. • monroecountyappeal.com

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Courtwarming Prince Candidates, left to right: Mike Ensor, Quin Bartels and Zane Lokchart.

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Francis lights up nets for 22 versus Marion County

Paris Lady Coyotes defeat Marion County and Westran

Third Place at Hallsville...On Saturday, Feb. 2, the Paris third Grade boys took 3rd place in the Hallsville Basketball Tournament. Left to right: First row - Brock Miller, Mason Edwards, Ben Forrest, Luke Hunter. Second row - Aiden Forrest, Ethan Chapman, Laken Edwards, Chris Ebbesmeyer, Reese Barton with Coaches Eddie Barton, Quentin Forrest, and Jason Chapman. SUBMITTED PHOTO

The Paris Lady Coyotes (13-8) had a perfect week on the road as they de-feated Marion County in a squeaker 34-33 and then almost doubled up Westran 62-36.

Marion CountyAccording to Coach

Chris Willingham, “We got a much needed and hard fought win last night against Marion County. It was great to see our kids bounce back after a rough week at the Sturgeon tour-nament, and I was very proud that we did it with defense. We did a great job defensively last night. Marion County has, for the last few years, been a pow-erhouse basketball team in the area. Any win against them is a good win.

Offensively, the game was not pretty, but we gave a gutsy performance and made big plays when we needed to. We had a little doubt early in the game as we fell behind 9-1 early in the first quarter. I took a timeout, and we refo-cused and calmed down, and made a great run to even the score at 11 a piece at the end of 1. The sec-ond quarter was about as well as we have played all year. We held Marion to 2 points, and jumped out to an 8 point lead going into the half. Early in the 3rd as expected from qual-ity teams, Marion made a run back at us and quickly evaporated our halftime lead. It took a while for us to respond, but we settled in again and finished out the half with a 5 point lead. The 4th quarter was back and forth for the entire 8 minutes, with Marion ac-tually pulling ahead of us

by 1 on a steal and a layup. With under a minute to

go, Shelby Dickey was fouled attempting to drive the lane and hit both foul shots, which proved to be the difference in the game. Big shots from Shelby went along with a stellar defensive effort all night long. She played about as well as anyone has for us all year defensively. We made some huge stops down the stretch holding Marion 3 times in the fi-nal 30 seconds from scor-ing the go ahead points and hung on for a big win. Very proud of our overall effort, and the fact that we stepped up big after facing some tough adversity. Our posts stepped up big for us on the boards as well as of-fensively.

Dede Bounds and Haley Fredrick accounted for 15 points combined, 15 re-bounds, several steals and did a very good job defen-sively. Nicole Burke and Leah Ensor also played big minutes for us in the post and contributed to some big defensive stops.

Payton Gruber had her best defensive game of the season to go along with her usual offensive produc-tion (14 points). Lauren Embree and Kaylee Calli-son did a very good job of containing Marion’s big-gest offensive threat. They were key to our win.”

Scoring: Haley Fredrick 7, Payton Gruber 14, Shel-by Dickey 2, Kaylee Cal-lison 3, Dede Bounds 8.

Rebounds: Fredrick 10, Lauren Embree 1, Gruber 7, Leah Ensor 1, Dickey 1, Nicole Burke 3, Callison 4, Bounds 4.

Blocks: Fredrick 1, Gru-ber 1.

Steals: Fredrick 1, Josey Ball 1, Embree 1, Gruber 2, Dickey 3.

Assists: Fredrick 1, Ball 1, Gruber 3, Callison 2.

Westran (Lady Coyotes 4-2 conference record, 13-8 overall)

Payton Gruber hit the nets for a team high 17 points while Haley Fredrick and Dede Bounds each added double digit effort with 10 points. Gruber was a rebound short of a double double with her 9 boards leading the team. Gruber also led the team in steals and Shelby Dickey was team high in assists.

“We picked up a good conference road win last night to finish off a 2-0 week to end out the month

of January,” said Coach Chris Willingham. “Very busy month of basketball with ups and downs, but definitely a strong fin-ish to the month. Westran was a much improved ball club from the first time we played them. They came out and worked extremely hard on the defensive side of the ball and did a great job hitting the offensive glass.

To our credit we handled their aggressive defense very well and did a very good job offensively scor-ing 62 points with 10 of our 12 players scoring. That’s the best offensive production we have had throughout our lineup this season. We shot the ball very well, did a good job in transition, and executed well at times in our half court sets.

Defensively we did a sol-id job forcing 24 turnovers and forcing a lot of outside shots from Westran. Our kids had a good week go-ing 2-0 and picking up some much needed con-fidence. For the second game in a row we had good post production scor-ing 24 points, gathering 15 rebounds, and several other important stats from our 5 posts, Dede Bounds, Nicole Burke, Haley Fred-rick, Leah Ensor, and Au-drey Vitt. They are starting to come together and give us some big contributions. Our guards are doing a very good job of getting our posts good looks in transition and in our of-fenses. I was very pleased with our effort this week.”

Scoring: Haley Fredrick 10, Josey Ball 1, Lauren Embree 6, Payton Gruber 17, Jill Nobis 7, Shelby Dickey 2, Nicole Burke 2, Kaylee Callison 5, Dede Bounds 10, Audrey Vitt 2.

Rebounds: Fredrick 5, Ball 2, Embree 2, Gruber 9, Leah Ensor 1, Nobis 1, Dickey 1, Burke 3, Calli-son 6, Bounds 6.

Blocks: Fredrick 1.Steals: Fredrick 1, Em-

bree 1, Gruber 4, Nobis 1, Dickey 1, Callison 2, Bounds 1.

Assists: Embree 1, Gru-ber 2, Nobis 1, Sydnee Playter 1, Dickey 3, Burke 1, Callison 2.

The Paris Lady Coyotes traveled to Fayette on Tuesday, Feb. 5 and will face Marceline on Court-warming night on Friday, Feb. 8.

The Paris Coyotes (3-16 overall, 1-4 in conference play) played solid basket-ball this past week on the road with close games ver-sus Marion County 71-58 and Westran 53-36.

Marion CountyWith Brant Francis rip-

ping the nets for 22 points and Slater Stone, Francis and Zane Lockhart lead-ing the team in rebounding while Laine Forrest dished out a team high in assists the Coyotes played Marion County strong.

Marion County led 18-16 after a high scoring first quarter. Paris took the sec-ond quarter 20-19 to trail at half time only 37-36.

However, a 19-12 Marion County third quarter and a 15-10 final period led to the 71-58 final.

“One of the best games we played all year,” said Coyote Coach Wade Bil-lington. “Boys came out ready to go from the start. Executed offensively ex-tremely well in the first half and went in to half down one. Defensively we struggled early in locating

their shooters and gave up some uncontested three’s that came back to hurt us late in the ball game. We continued to exchange buckets through the third quarter and missed some easy buckets at the end of the quarter that allowed Marion to go up eight on us. In the fourth we ran out of steam and they were able to pull away late. All in all it was a strong per-formance and we need to build off of it.”

Scoring: Laine Forest 6, Brant Francis 22, Slater Stone 2, Bryce Ensor 4, Kyle Popkes 8, Zane Lock-hart 8, Mike Ensor 8.

Rebounds: Forrest 6, Francis 7, Stone 8, Bryce Ensor 3, Popkes 4, Lock-hart 8, Mike Ensor 5.

Steals: Forrest 1, Francis 3, Lockhart 2.

Assists: Forrest 6, Fran-cis 3, Stone 1, Bryce Ensor 1, Popkes 5, Lockhart 1, Mike Ensor 1.

WestranParis led Westran 12-9

after the first quarter but a 22-7 second period found them trailing at the half 29-

19. A Westran 9-8 third pe-riod and a 15-9 final stanza saw the final 53-36.

Paris had seven players crack the scoring column with Slater Stone and Zane Lockhart leading the team with 8 points apiece. Stone had the team high in boards and blacks while Lock-hart led in steals and Brant Francis was team high in assists.

Scoring: Laine Forrest 4, Brant Francis 6, Slater Stone 8, Britton Francis 3, Bryce Ensor 2, Kyle Popkes 3, Zane Lockhart 8.

Rebounding: Forrest 3, Brant Francis 2, Stone 7, Popkes 1, Lockhart 1, Mike Ensor 1.

Blocks: Stone 2, Lockhart 1.

Steals: Forest 1, Brant Francis 1, Stone 1, Lock-hart 2.

Assists: Brant Francis 2, Stone 1, Britton Francis 1, Popkes 1, Lockhart 1.

The Paris Coyotes trav-eled to Fayette on Tuesday, Feb. 5, and will face Mar-celine on Courtwarming night on Friday, Feb. 8.

(Left) Shelby Dickey drives the baseline. (Top) Brant Francis lit up Mar-ion County for 22 points. APPEAL PHOTOS

Sydnee Player launches a three pointer.

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Madison defeats Atlanta to reach consolation final

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2013 Madison Cheerleaders, left to right: first row - Samantha Painter, Jessica Walter. Second row - Katie Youse, Brandy Mauzey, Sandra Gonzalez, Destinee Clark, Johnna Moser, Hannah Deaver. APPEAL PHOTO

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The Madison Lady Pan-thers fell to Schuyler County 55-26 in the first round of the LaPlata Tour-nament but bounced back with a convincing win over Atlanta 40-35 to advance to the tourney consolation final. In the final the Lady Panthers fell to North Shel-by 45-29.

AtlantaJami Westfaul and Niki

Sims each posted double digit points (12 and 10 respectively) in the Lady Panthers win over Atlanta in the LaPlata Tourney.

Madison roared out of the blocks to lead 14-5 at the end of the first quar-ter. Westfaul led the way with two buckets and a long range trey while Sa-mantha LeGrand chipped in with a three pointer and Allie Dunkin took charge underneath with two more scores.

The three-point barrage continued in the second stanza as Westfaul and LeGrand matched their first quarter buckets with LeGrand hitting three of four free throws and Sims adding a basket and a char-ity toss. Lindsey Hendren grabbed an offensive board and scored a put back and Madison led 28-13 at the half.

Madison took a 5-4 third quarter and led 33-17 after three periods. Westfaul hit

a runner and Tressa Mor-ris hit a bucket and a free throw in the period.

In the final period Atlanta made a run hitting 10 free throws and two treys and two baskets for 18 points. Madison answered with Sims hitting seven char-ity tosses of her own for a seven-point quarter and a 40-35 Madison win to ad-vance.

North ShelbyAfter the first quarter of

play Madison trailed only 10-7 with Jami Westfaul hitting a trey and a bucket and Tressa Morris nailing a jumper.

Madison rallied to knot the score at the half 16-16 when Westfaul hit two free throws as did Liz Boillot and Niki Sims another and Morris added a runner. The Lady Panther defense lim-ited North Shelby to only a six-point quarter.

Unfortunately, the second half was not the offensive half the Lady Panthers wanted as they lost the third and fourth quarters 14-6 and 15-7 to fall 45-29 and finish in fifth place in the tourney. Madison had been seeded eighth when they defeated fifth seeded Atlanta and fell to third seeded North Shelby. Sims added seven second half points while Lindsey Hen-dren hit a floater, Westfaul two free throws and Allie Dunkin banked home a jumper.

Schuyler CountyMadison trailed 16-9 af-

ter the first quarter and

trailed 31-14 at the half. A 15-7 third and 9-5 fourth quarters saw the final 55-26 score.

The Lady Panthers had balanced scoring: Bridget Hancock 1, Liz Boillot 2, Lindsey Hendren 5, Allie Dunkin 2, Breanna Han-cock 3, Jami Westfaul 7, Samantha LeGrand 2 and Jenna Stoebe 4.

The Lady Panthers faced Brunswick on Tues-day, Feb. 5 and travel to Glasgow and Sturgeon on Thursday and Friday, Feb. 7 and Feb. 8. Keytesville and New Franklin close out the regular season.

The Madison Panthers had a rough LaPlata Tour-nament as they faced top seeded and eventual winner Canton in the first round falling 95-39. They then faced fourth seeded LaPla-ta in the semi final conso-lation game falling 53-34 and then the eighth seeded Panthers fell to sixth seed-ed Schuyler County 49-28 in the seventh place game.

CantonBlake Brown netted 19

points and Tyler Ben-nett added 13 while Blake Hultz had 7 for the Panther scoring versus top seeded Canton. Brown hit four baskets, two treys and was 5 of 6 from the line for his 19 points. Bennett hit 2 buckets, 2 treys and three free throws while Hultz hit three jumpers.

Madison trailed 30-13 after the first quarter and with a 26-8 second quarter trailed 56-21 at the half. A 22-4 third and 15-14 final period led to the 98-39 fi-nal.

LaPlataIn the consolation first

round game Blake Brown and Tyler Bennett each had a 13 point game while John Hendren chipped in with 4 points, Blake Hultz 3 points and Bradley Pierce hit a free throw.

Madison led 9-8 at the first break but trailed 26-17 at the half after an 18-8 LaPlata second quarter. LaPlata took the third quarter 15-6 and the final period 12-11 for the 53-34 final.

Schuyler CountyWith Madison fielding

only a six player team, Blake Hultz scored 18 points, Jacob Wandrey added 7 points and John Hendren rounded out the 28 point game with a three pointer. Hultz hit 5 three pointers in the contest for 15 of his 18 points.

Madison trailed 12-4 at the first intermission and 23-8 at the half. Three Hultz treys and a long range jumper by Wandrey and another Wandrey run-ner helped Madison take a 14-12 third quarter and they trailed 35-22 after

three periods. LaPlata sealed the win with a 14-6 final stanza and the 49-25 final.

The Panthers faced Brunswick on Tues-day, Feb. 5 and travel to Glasgow and Sturgeon on Thursday and Friday, Feb. 7 and Feb. 8. Keytesville and New Franklin close out the regular season.

John Hendren muscles his way to the lane to get good defensive position.

Liz Boillot shows off her jump shot form as she drills a 12 footer. APPEAL PHOTOS

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jacs, Mexican and Ameri-can Restaurant, in Paris, features authentic Mexi-can cuisine coupled with American menu items. With over 50 unique menu items there is also an ample des-sert menu featuring culinary items from the Cheesecake Factory.

In addition to the excel-

lent menu items found daily, including from the Mexi-can side (some examples) - Pollo Con Queso; Chicken Rancheros, Green Chili Verde, Chicken Monterey, Chimichanga, Arroz Con Pollo, Carne Asada Burrito, and the ever popular Fajitas. On the American side of the menu there are items such

as a Philly Steak or Chick-en Sandwich, Patty Melt, Texas Chicken Melt, jacs Cheeseburger, the Grilled Chicken Club and others.

Wednesday is now “Ital-ian Night” with additional menu items featuring dish-es such as Caprese Flat-bread; Chicken Alfredo, Spaghetti and Meatballs; Shrimp Alfredo and Pizza, Meatball Sub and a House Salad.

jacs has a comfortable small town atmosphere with big city flavor.

The roomy and airy res-taurant features a pleas-ant and friendly wait staff that is attentive and helpful without being smothering. During your dining experi-ence expect a visit to your

table from the gregari-ous and friendly co-owner Cherylene Ramos who with her husband Juan own the establishment named for the Ramos family - Juan, Amanda, Cherylene and Samantha - jacs

The restaurant is located at 202 N. Main Street, in Paris, at the corner of Main and Caldwell Streets across the street from The Paris National Bank.

jacs open and spacious dining area is equipped with WiFi.

The restaurant has cus-tomer friendly hours and is open Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 7 a.m. until 9 p.m.

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Sander, Turner to wed May 18

Obituaries✝James William Nickell

1939-2013

James William Nickell, 73, of Middletown, died at 6:39 a.m., Friday, Jan. 25, at his home in Mid-dletown.

Born Aug. 16, 1939, in Paris, he was the son of Otho and Edna Stevens Nickell. On May 26, 1962, he married Carolyn Ruth Krummel in Mon-roe City. She died Dec. 3, 2012.

Jim started working for Iowa Army Ammunition Plant in 1969, until his retirement and then began Nickell Produce.

He graduated from Paris High School in Paris, Mo.

He was of the Protestant faith. He enjoyed hunt-ing, fishing, metal detect-ing, and gardening for the produce stand.

Survivors include one son, Kevin Brent Nickell ,of Mount Pleasant; one daughter, DeeAnn Carol (John) Howard, of New London; three grandchil-dren, Matthew (Stepha-nie) Hicks, Karrie Hicks, and Benjamin James Nickell; one step-grand-son, Skyler Howard; two brothers, Otho Nickell Jr. of Richmond, and Wesley (Virginia) Nickell, of Par-is,; two sisters, Thelma Calder, of Kansas City, and Louise Taylor, of Richmond, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Besides his wife he was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Josephine and Mildred.

Visitation was from 8 a.m., until 7 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 5 until 7 p.m., Tues-day, Jan. 29, at Thielen Funeral Home.

The funeral service for Mr. Nickell was at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 30, at Thielen Funeral Home with Reverend Kenneth R. Petersen officiat-ing. Burial was in Long Creek Cemetery. A time for food and fellowship at Middletown Presbyte-rian Church followed the

Lester Thomas Miles1915-2013

Lester Thomas Miles, 97, of Indian Creek, Missouri, passed away 5:30 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 30 at the Monroe City Manor, Mon-roe City, Mo.

He was born Dec. 27, 1915 in Pike County, Ill., the son of Landy Thomas and Frances Mae Stedman Miles. He attended country school in Ash. He was a member of the St. Stephen Catholic Church, Indian Creek.

As a young man Lester worked for the Hender-son Produce Company, Monroe City and the In-ternational Shoe Factory, Hannibal. He also worked for Ray Anderson Garage as a truck mechanic and drove a school bus. Lester worked in construction for 26 years of his life, work-ing as a carpenter and as a backhoe operator, he pur-chased his first backhoe from George Spalding in 1956 and was one of the first operator’s in the Mon-roe City area.

Lester was probably best known for his gunsmithing talents. He enjoyed build-ing and working on all types of firearms, he also was a metal engraver.

He married Julia Fran-ces Crowley, May 4, 1937 at Indian Creek, Missouri, she passed away Septem-ber 9, 1981. He then mar-ried Genevieve Liter Har-rison, May 18, 1985 at Indian Creek, Missouri, she passed away December 5, 1999.

Survivors include: four sons; Joe Miles (Mari-lyn), Monroe City; Rus-sell Miles (Kay), Quincy, Ill.; David Miles (Mary), Palmyra; and Albert Miles (Ruth), Indian Creek. One daughter Cecelia Lilly (Fred), Monroe City. One sister Dorothy Harrington, State of Florida. One sister in law Pat Miles, Frank-ford. He is also survived by 31 grandchildren, 48 great grandchildren, 8 great-great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded

burial.A memorial has been es-

tablished for a charity of the donor’s choice.

Thielen Funeral Home and Crematory was in care of the arrangements.

A photo tribute can be viewed and condolences can be sent to the family by visiting Jim’s obituary at www.thielenfuneral-home.com.

in death by his Parents, two wives, one son Thomas Leo Miles, 3 infant grand daughters, 12 siblings Frances Laswell, Ruby Dorst, George Miles, Nina Morrison, Mabel Sank-pill, (infant brother) Wil-bert Miles, Russell Miles, Howard Miles, Millie Schwiesow, Margie Milby, and twin stillborns.

A Con-Celebrated Mass of Christian Burial was held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 2, at the St. Stephens Catholic Church, Indian Creek, Fr. Mike Penn and Deacon Mike Long con-celebrated, burial was at the St. Stephens Cemetery, Indian Creek.

Visitation was from 5-8 p.m., Friday evening at the St. Stephens Catholic Church, the parish recited the rosary at 4:45 p.m., and there was a parish scripture service beginning at 8 p.m.

Active pallbearers were Bob Quinn, Matt Spalding, Gary C. Garner, Dewayne Williams, Bill Smith and Andy Hawkins. Honorary pallbearers were Sonny Marquart, Tom McGinty and John Wilson.

Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Garner Funeral Home and Chapel, Monroe City.

Online condolences can be made at garnerfuneral-chapel.com.

BirthsJacob Scott Hulen

Joshua and Megan Hu-len are proud to announce the arrival of Jacob Scott Hulen, who was born Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, at Boone County Hospital at 3:56 p.m. He weighed 8 pounds and 7.6 ounces and was 20 1/4 inches long.

The proud grandparents are Gene and Rita Arnett, of Paris and Gary and Janie Hulen, of Paris.

Nicholas and Lauren Ross are proud to announce the birth of their second child, a son, Weldon John, born at 8:15 a.m., Nov. 19, 2012, at Boone Hospital Center, in Columbia. He weighed 7 lbs. 7 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. He joins sister, Elizabeth June, who turned two on Jan. 5.

Grandparents are John and Vickie Ross, and Nor-man and Marlene Benne, of Paris. Great grandparents are Dale and June Morgan, of Madison, and Edith Ben-ne, of Defiance, Mo.

Weldon John Ross

Emma Lynn Secrease

Births

Phillip Sander of Cairo and Beth Turner of Paris announce their engage-ment and upcoming mar-riage. Phillip is a 2001 graduate of Northeast R-IV and a graduate of Moberly Area Community Col-lege. He is an independent sales associate for Pioneer and farms with his fam-ily. Beth is a 2004 gradu-ate of Paris and a 2008 graduate of Columbia Col-

lege. She is the second and third grade teacher at Holliday C-2 School. Phil-lip is the son of Larry and Jackie Sander and grand-son of Willie Owings, all of Cairo. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Larry and Robbie Turner, Paris, and granddaughter of Judy Hollingsworth, Paris, and Rob Wood, Madison. The wedding is planned for May 18, 2013.

Phillip Sander, left, of Cairo, and Beth Turner, of Paris announce their engagement. SUBMITTED PHOTO

And The Winner Was... APPEAL PHOTODonna Turner, Paris, won this automobile in a drawing at the Susan G. Komen Race For The Cure. Press release now yet approved, full details in next week’s Appeal.

Paris R-II Golf FundraiserThe Paris Golf Association will hold a

fundraising dinner on Friday, Feb. 8, from 5-7 p.m., at the Paris R-II High School Cafeteria.

Dinner consists of Turkey, Homemade Noodles, Corn, Hot Rolls and Dessert.

Adults $7 - Youth 10 and under $4Sarah Allison and Tom

Secrease would like to an-nounce the birth of their daughter Emma Lynn. Emma was born Nov. 6, at University of Missouri Hospital, in Columbia. Emma weighed 7 pounds and 2 ounces. She was 19 ¾ inches long. Grandpar-ents are Bob and Mary Lou Allison, Bobby and Tammy Long, all of Paris, Bill and Connie Secrease, of Mexico. Great grand-parents are Irene Johnston, of Paris and Bob and Sal-lie Allison, of Shelbina and Clinton and Jewel Se-crease, of Mexico.

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FOR SALE: Sea-soned firewood. $50 a truck load. Deliv-ery available. Kody Crider, 660-327-4765. ................................5-3t

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such preference, limitation, or discrimination.We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings

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POSTEDThe land owned or rented by the following are posted against trespassing for the 2012-13 hunting season. The charge is $1.00 per line each week for the season and is to be PAID IN ADVANCE.Jane Miller Farm (6/1/13)Lewis & Ball Farms (11/15/13)Ruth Carr Farm (11/15/13)

APARTMENT FOR RENT: R&R Apart-ments, 1006 E. Mar-tin, Perry. 1 2- bed-room, water, sewer, trash, lawn care, snow removal. Call Frank or Shelly (573) 565-3392........................tfn

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37 acres close to Mark Twain Lake off Route 154, 3/4 wooded, 1/4 open, water and electric, $2,500 per acre.607 Fairview, Paris, Mo. – Price Reduced to $85,000. Move in ready three bedroom one bath home with two car attached garage. Home comes with recently updated kitchen with all new stainless appliances. Brand new Geothermal Heat and cooling source. Nice open floor plan with nice wood floors. A mudroom off the garage that could easily be used as a fourth bedroom as well.730 S. Main Paris, Mo. - Very nice updated home located in Paris MO. House features a completely updated kitchen with new cabinets, counter tops and appliances with in the last year. Stove is a dual energy stove with gas burners and electric convection oven. Kitchen flows right into the open dining room and living room. Great living room with plenty of space! 3 bedrooms with walk in closets, plenty of room for a nice size family. Outside the house is a very well kept lot with another half acre lot a joining to the property. Roof is almost brand new done in 2009. Also on the property is a 30x40 shop built in 2008.

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FROM THE FAMILY OF RUSTY KITTS:We would like to express our sincere and

heartfelt thanks to this wonderful community of extraordinary people. The out pouring of love and care shown to us with the passing of our

beloved husband and father, Rusty Kitts, is truly immeasurable. The Lord called him home on Jan. 12, 2013 after suffering a bad stroke.

To our gifted and loving cousin (his niece) Retia, who was with our Daddy when he met the Lord, we are so grateful to you. Daddy was Heaven

bound and you helped him leave this earth with dignity and pride.

A special thank you to Paul Bounds and Eileen Putnam and the team of first responders

who came to his rescue that day.Also to our neighbors David Putnam, Ed Putnam and Pecos McCall for tending his beloved cattle. For keeping them fed and watered through the

bitter cold. To David Crow for the help and support in coordinating these efforts

and keeping us informed.A great big thank you to Pastor Bob Cavanaugh and the church family of Mt. Airy Baptist Church

for helping us and being there when it meant the most. Also for the delicious meal

after the service.To the special people who were and continue to be our life line, thank you so much for standing

with us and making sure we had the support needed going forward. We appreciate your

caring concern.Thank you to Rusty’s beloved Masonry Brothers.

We truly thank you for honoring him at his funeral. This organization was a meaningful and

very important part of his spiritual life.A big thank you to our friends and family who brought in all the delicious food to us. Your

kindness sure made our days brighter. Also to those who sent cards and phone calls

from near and far.To the office staff and nurses at Monroe Manor,

thank you so much for quickly making the necessary arrangements for Mary to travel and be by his side at the hospital. They were able to see each other and speak encouraging words to one another before he was transferred to Boone Hospital. I know it meant everything to them.

As hard as it is to say good bye to our beloved husband and father, it lifted our hearts to witness first hand just how many good friends he had and how respected he was in the various community

organizations he was so proud to be part of.

SINCERELY,Mary Kitts, Vickie Pein and Pamela Adams

Our deepest thanks and appreciation for the prayers, cards and phone calls prior to and following Ronald’s surgery.

Ronald and Gail Thomas

In the passing of our dad, Gary Beamer, our family would

like to say thank you to everyone for all the thoughts, prayers,

cards and food. We appreciate the kindness in our time of need.

Brent, Devin, Brook Beamerand Addie Wood

Thank you to everyone for your calls, cards, concerns and

prayers while Charles was in the hospital. God Bless.

Charles and MaryJohnson

FOR SALE BY SEALED BID

The Ralls County Soil & Water Conservation District is accepting bids for an Adjustable 4 Shank

TYE Paratill with mechanical trip.May be seen at the Ralls County SWCD office.

Sealed bids must be received by Feb. 22, 2013 at the office of Ralls County SWCD, 17623 Hwy 19 Ste. 3,

New London, MO 63459 or dropped off at the office. Questions can

be made to 573-985-8611 ext. 3Seller reserves the right to refuse all bids.

BID REQUEST

The Paris Senior Citizen Housing is accepting bids for mowing, trimming and blowing off sidewalks for three areas: Fairview,

Monroe and Caldwell.Send written bids for all together to Glenda Miller

201 S. Main, Paris, MO 65275. Call (573) 682-0557 with questions.

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