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Xi Gamma Rho Craft Show... Appeal PhotoParis FFA helped serve lunch at the 2012 Xi Gamma Rho Craft Show on Saturday, Nov. 24, at the Paris High School. Left to right, Micayla Hagenhoff, Sara Hunt, Brooke Rentschler.

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AA14 PAGES • 50 CENTS THURSDAY, Nov. 29, 2012 VOLUME 145, NO. 48- - The Paris Mercury - - - - The Madison Times --

The APPEAL, the oldest continuous newspaper in MONROE COUNTY, since 1867

Monroe County Appeal

Bullying program hosted by Paris R-II

PTSA sponsored Breakfast with Santa kicks off holiday events

Anyone wishing to participate in Christmas Is Caring can

sign-up at NECAC, in Paris. Deadline for sign-ups is

Thursday, Dec. 6. For more information contact

John Gilmore at 573-565-2233.UMB Bank is a drop off point.

Christmas Is Caring

The Chamber sponsored Christmas Parade is scheduled

for Thursday, Dec. 6, at 5:30 p.m. This year’s theme

is “Carolling Around the Christmas Tree.”

Contact David Eales or Chelsea Luntsford 660-327-4192

to sign up for the parade.

The 2nd Annual Christmas Is Car-ing Benefit will be held on Sunday, Dec. 9, beginning at 3 p.m., at the Paris Presbyterian Church. The event will begin with a Christmas Musical sang by the Paris Presby-terian Chancelor Choir singing “I Hear the Prophet Calling”. The Bell Choir will then perform several pop-ular Christmas Songs. A free will offering will be taken with all pro-ceeds going to Christmas is Caring.

The annual home tours will be from 4-8 p.m. The homes in this year’s tour are the new home of Chas and Misty Wheeler and the home of Dennis and Sandy Duncan. There will be a donation basket at each home with all proceeds going to Christmas Is Caring. This will be a free will donation. Donors can give at each home or just one home.

The home of Chas and Misty

Wheeler is located on Monroe County Road 833 south from High-way 24. Monroe County Road 833 is approximately five miles west of Paris and is south of McLaughlin’s Stables.

The home of Dennis and Sandy Duncan is located on 148 Payne Street, in Paris. Their home is a brick ranch style house. The home features a Coca Cola tree in the kitchen, an Elvis tree and a large rotating tree in other rooms. Sandy has been decorating for weeks for everyone to enjoy.

The Chocolate Festival is new to this year’s event. The festival will

Bullying is a big topic in the news, on television and in all sources of media. What is bully-ing? According to Webster’s Dic-tionary a bully is - a blustering browbeating person; especially: one habitually cruel to others who are weaker.

Monroe County Sheriff De-partment Deputy Sergeant Sue Walker is trying to make the community more aware of bully-ing – what it is, how it happens and how to stop it.

To help her get her message across to the community the Paris R-II Elementary School is sponsoring an educational pro-gram on bullying.

Come learn about what bully-ing is and what can be done to make our schools and neighbor-hoods – bully free zones. The program will be held on Thurs-day, Dec. 13, at 7 p.m., in the El-ementary cafeteria, from 5-7:30 p.m. A light dinner, sponsored by the PTSA, will be served to all parents attending the event. Also their names will be entered into a drawing for the chance to win an Apple iPad. Anyone turning in his or her registration form in the elementary office by 3 p.m., on Thursday, Dec. 7 will have two entries placed into the drawing. Community member must be present to win.

“I am trying to raise awareness on bullying and the best way is to educate the children as well as their parents,” said Sergeant Walker. “I think education is the key factor to bullying prevention,

before we can help those who are being bullied we need to under-stand what it is.”

“I’m excited about this oppor-tunity to talk to the community so we can work together putting a stop to this epidemic,” added Sergeant Walker. “A big thanks goes out to the Paris PTSA and Paris R-II Elementary Principal Wendi Wood for giving me this opportunity.”

Facts and StatisticsThe numbers continue to rise

every month...- It is estimated that 160,000

children miss school every day due to fear of attack or intimida-tion by other students. Source: National Education Association.

- 1 in 7 Students in Grades K-12 is either a bully or a victim of bullying.

- 56% of students have person-ally witnessed some type of bul-lying at school.

- 15% of all school absenteeism is directly related to fears of be-ing bullied at school.

- 71% of students report inci-dents of bullying as a problem at their school.

- 1 out of 20 students has seen a student with a gun at school.

- 282,000 students are physical-ly attacked in secondary schools each month.

- 90% of 4th through 8th grad-ers report being victims of bully-ing.

- According to bullying statis-tics, 1 out of every 10 students who drops out of school does so because of repeated bullying.

Chamber Parade..The Paris Area Chamber of Commerce will hold their annual Christmas Parade, Dinner and Silent Auction on Thursday, Dec. 6. The parade will begin at 5:30 p.m. The dinner is from 5-7:30 p.m., at the Paris Senior Center. APPEAL FILE PHOTO

The Paris Area Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with other local organizations proudly presents “Christmas Is In The Air” which will take place Satur-day, Dec. 1 - Sunday, Dec. 9.

Events include:The 2nd Annual Christmas Is

Caring Benefit including home tours will be held on Sunday, Dec. 9 (see related article this page)

Saturday, Dec. 1, will be “Breakfast with Santa” from 8-10 a.m., at the Paris Elemen-tary School cafeteria. The event will feature donuts, drinks and pictures with Santa will be avail-able. Breakfast will cost $2 and pictures with Santa will cost $2 each. To visit with Santa is free (you can just come for the visit).

Santa’s elves will be busy serv-ing breakfast and passing out books and goodies to all the little visitors.

Those attending will be entered into a drawing for a new bike. For any questions contact Brandy Forsyth 660-327-5116 or Glenda Miller 660-327-4806.

Friends of the Paris Dulany Me-morial Library will be holding a Christmas Shopping Extravagan-za with - Books • Bakery • Ba-zaar, on Saturday, Dec. 1, from 8

a.m. - noon, in the Roegge room of the library.

There will be something for everyone including crafts, gift items, timeless treasures and more.

All proceeds from the fund-raiser will go to support library services.

Thursday, Dec. 6, will be the annual Christmas Parade. The theme for this year’s parade is “Carolling Around the Christmas Tree” and prizes will once again be awarded in two categories - float and non-float with each first place prize being $50 (donated by Wheeler Auction and Agnew Funeral Home) and the second place prize being $25 (donated by Elk Fork Campground and Shelter Insurance - Russ Thom-as). Anyone and everyone are welcome to join in on the fun and participate in the parade - for more information on the parade or to sign up contact the num-bers below. While enjoying the parade, residents will be able to view the Christmas lights placed throughout the downtown area courtesy of Signature Masonary and Jonesy’s. Also, the Monroe County Courthouse will light the courthouse Christmas lights as

the parade passes by. The chamber soup/chili supper

will be held from 5-7:30 p.m., at the Paris Senior Citizen’s Center. There will be a multitude of do-nated items to win at the supper’s silent auction. The chamber will conduct their silent auction until 7 p.m.

As always, one-half of all pro-ceeds from the Paris Area Cham-ber of Commerce event will go to Christmas Is Caring.

Everyone is invited to come and enjoy this joyous celebration of the season.

The 2nd Annual Christmas Is Caring Benefit including home tours will be held on Sunday, Dec. 9.

In other related business news:Grandma’s Attic will be open

late on Dec. 6 (7 p.m.) McLaughlin’s Western Store,

22684 Highway 24, Paris, will be having their open house Wednes-day, Nov. 28 through Saturday, Dec. 1. For information call 660-327-4869.

Parade entries can contact Da-vid Eales at 660-327-4192 or Chelsea Luntsford at 660-327-4192 to participate in this year’s parade.

Safety should be key word during holiday season

The holiday season is not only a time for celebration with fam-ily, but also a time to take the right steps to protect your home and family from holiday haz-ards. There are many dangers that homeowners face during the winter season, many of which re-late to fire incidents. While fire prevention is the most common risk during the holidays, many families also face bodily injuries and other accident-prone events during this time of year.

As homeowners prepare their homes for the holiday season with decorations, there are pre-

cautions they can take to protect their homes from common fire accidents.

Did you know?According to The Electrical

Safety Foundation International (ESFI), 30 percent of all home fires and 38 percent of all home fire deaths occur during the win-ter months.

According to reports between the years of 2005-2009 from ESFI, an average of 373,900 home fires occurred and resulted in an annual average of $7.1 bil-lion in property damage.

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to make sure that people have the tools necessary to make informed decisions regarding their elected officials.

Likewise, it is the job of our chambers of commerce to make sure that people have the complete information to make informed choic-es about their buying practices.

Grey Thursday, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are all names given to intensive holiday shopping days. Just as intensive should be Small Business Saturday or participation in any buy locally pro-gram held throughout local municipalities. This is not to say that the dispersal of funds should be equal but I firmly believe that par-ticipation should in fact be equal to or greater than these named shopping days.

Buying large ticket items from the big box stores in a small way helps their local community through sales tax to help their infra-structure and it also helps with local employment. But purchasing these items, in the long run, does not help with what everyone con-siders the biggest challenge facing the United States today - jobs.

Lets face it, purchasing items made in China and elsewhere helps China and elsewhere but does little to help grow our own economy.

Now everyone that knows me knows that I am a ‘gadget guy’. Of course a large portion of these are made overseas and do not benefit our local, or on a larger scale, national economy. To help offset this I have made a pledge to be better informed about my purchases and to buy as many of these as possible that are made or assembled in the United States.

To get back on track we must be an active part of the process. Our leaders can only do so much to set us going in the right direction; we as communities, citizens and consumers must also use our fiscal and informational compass to help lead the way.

Participation in this process was witnessed locally recently by the crowds at the Xi Gamma Rho Craft Show and the local business Open Houses. The ground swell created by this participation can have far reaching consequences. As they try in baseball stadiums all over the country - let’s keep the ‘wave’ going.

Have a great week!

Just Ask Dave...The Light Went On... Since

time began I have realized the importance of one person - one vote. I have always thought that people who criticized those who did not vote as not able to real-ly have a say in what is wrong with the workings of govern-ment was correct. Another as-pect or reason for not voting is that sometimes people just can-not find ways to feel totally in-formed. It is our job, the media, David Eales

Dave

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Based on the numerous requests being made to the White House by various citizens to secede from the United States, there appears to be some deeply felt dissatisfaction with the reelection of President Obama.

While the number of those requests represent only an insignificant fraction of the population of our country, it makes you wonder how many of these requests were serious and not just an expression of an-ger or frustration with the election results. A group in or near Austin, Texas want to secede from the United States but don’t want to be a part of Texas either. Cooler heads will soon come to the conclusion that such an undertaking would not be allowed and would be met with the force necessary to prevent such an action.

For those grown ups who were not pleased by the presidential elec-tion but don’t want to take their ball and go home, there is work to do. For those of us concerned about the huge debt being passed along to our children and grandchildren there are groups forming that are serious about working on a solution to the national debt crisis in our country. A new Missouri bipartisan group is being formed by former Republican Senator Kit Bond, former Democratic Governor Bob Holden, Republican Lt. Governor Peter Kinder and Democrat State Treasurer Clint Zweifel. They urge elected officials in Washington to find practical solutions to a workable budget and the now $16 trillion national debt. There is plenty of room for like minded partisans and independents to come together and demand action from Washington. And then we need to make sure that the people we sent to Congress share our resolve to address and handle the debt crisis in our lifetimes and not make it a part of our legacy to the young Americans whose futures we care about deeply.

Keeping It WeirdThe San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors are voting on an ordinance that would prohibit nudity in public places because of complaints about men walking around naked near Castro Plaza. The proposed ban was met with outrage and 20 or so protesters shed their clothes in front of City hall and were walking around the block. A local man, McCray Winprett, interviewed in his sunglasses and hiking boots, thought the law went too far in undermining a tradition that “keeps San Francisco weird.” A federal lawsuit has been filed claiming the ordinance sponsored by Supervisor Scott Wiener infringes on free speech right of nudists. More of the Wiener law as the story develops. Maybe we can see if we cut San Francisco loose it will float down the Bay and into its own spot in the Pacific.

Love It Don’t Leave It

OpinionThursday, Nov. 29, 2012 2 Monroe County Appeal, Paris, Mo. • monroecountyappeal.com

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Letters to the Editor

Prof. J. D. Harrell, teacher of Evans School, has inaugurated a system of hot lunches for his stu-dents. This is the first rural school in Monroe County to adopt this plan, as far as we know. Prof. Harrell has been arranging a hot lunch daily of each of the pupils for several days now, and be-lieves the system a great success. The expense is very small and the benefits unusually large. Mr. Harrell believes that any school in Monroe county can help its students by serving hot lunches at the noon hour and will gladly furnish information about his plan to any who will write him. His address is Holliday.

Thirteen pedigreed fox-hounds, alleged to belong to John H. Walkup, near Stoutsville, were seized by Sheriff Barton, Wednesday, to stratify a judg-ment for $2,200 secured by R. M. Crump of Paris some years ago. The dogs were brought to Paris in a motor truck and, pend-ing further proceedings, are be-ing entertained by the sheriff at the old hotel building east of the court hours.

Mrs. Walkup disclaims any pro-prietary interest in the hounds, saying they belong to his wife, like everything else on the farm. Mrs. Walkup confirms the claim and is demanding the return of the hounds, saying they belong to his wife, like everything else on the farm. Mrs. Walkup confirms this claim and is demanding the return of the hounds, which are part of one of the most valuable packs in Northeast Missouri.

It is the first time in the history of Monroe County that dogs have been made the object of a legal proceedings. The outcome will be watched with much interest.

Federal drug investigators re-vealed last week that the Paris farm which was raided netted authorities over $4 million in cultivated marijuana on October 23, is apparently connected with a major drug network connected with major drug network operat-ing in the Midwest.

Maurine Agnew of Paris has contributed a substantial sum to the Walnut Grove Cemetery Per-manent Care Fund in memory of her husband, Eddie Agnew, who was very active in the continual planning and development of the cemetery. He had been associ-ated with the Paris funeral home for 45 years, including 20 years as owner. He served as president of the Cemetery Association for many years and helped in the planning of the new addition of the cemetery.

The City of Paris owns the Wal-nut Grove Cemetery and the in-come for the upkeep comes from City taxes and interest received from the Permanent Care Fund. The tax portion for 1987 is ap-proximately $7,000,000 and it is estimated the interest for this year from the Permanent care Fund will be $8,500,000.

The Walnut Grove Permanent Care Fund was established to provide continuing care of the Cemetery. All donations are in-vested in the Paris banks and only the interest is used for the upkeep of the grounds, Donations can be made at the Paris City Office.

Costly improvements are being made on the Wabash Railroads line between Moberly and Hanni-bal, indicating an effort to facili-tate transport through the county, and in anticipation of ever – in-creasing shipments through here.

Every few weeks someone starts a rumor about the proposed Highway 24 by-pass at Paris, re-garding when it will be build or where it will go, one even being a fantastic story it would almost miss Monroe County by leaving he present location near Madison and going northeast to intersect with Highway 36 near Clarence. All of these are false.

Inquiry three months ago at the state highway office at Jefferson City, and again three weeks ago shows that the preliminary sur-vey has not been done. It also disclosed that, tin the opinion of chief officials there, it will be only a short by-pass, will leave the present highway in sight of Paris on the north, probably at the top of Palmyra Hill, and re-turn to the present roadbed a short distance west of the Paris city limits. These are the latest facts. It is also a fact that construction is so far in the future because of other more urgent highway needs elsewhere in Missouri that it’s too early to even start worrying about it.

Santa Claus, riding in a gor-geous float, and accompanied by “Brurma”, a trained circus elephant, will be in Paris all day next Tuesday. Santa Claus will parade and visit with the little and big folds, and the elephant will do circus tricks through the business district. In addition to Santa and the trained elephant, Santa’s helper, who is said to be a funny fellow, will be here.

John O’Loughlin, the Appeal’s Washington correspondent, sends an item which illustrates the wide gap between producers and consumers in this country. It told of B.C. Bennett of New York City buying 60 dozen eggs while visiting his sister, Mrs. Chas. Daffron, near North Fork. He paid 20 cents a dozen, the local market price for them. The retail price at his him in New York for Missouri eggs was 48 cents a dozen.

The new Post office building at Paris will be formally dedicated on Saturday afternoon at the high school auditorium, beginning at 2 o’clock. A program of unusual interest has been arranged by Postmaster Marcus J. Heathman. It will include several talks and a lot of good musical numbers. Ad-mission will be free. The public is invited.

Gilbert Reed, of Madison, is buying live rabbits for a Boston market. The price is 18 cents each.

4000 rabbits are wanted to ship to Massachusetts for breeding purposes and must be caught in traps. Traps are sold by Mr. Reed for 20 cents each.

After the rabbit are delivered here they will be fed on a pound of alfalfa hay and a juicy apple. 12 rabbits are put in a box with 12 apartments and expressed to Boston.

Dear Editor,The American Legion Post 221 and Auxiliary chose Friday, Nov.

16 for poppy distribution this year. We also had our annual soup lun-cheon on Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11.

Our community was very generous with donation for the poppies and their attendance at the luncheon. Did you know that in the spring of 1919 the poppies bloomed in abundance on the battlefield of France where so many of our men had fallen in battle? A replica of this poppy has become the memorial flower of the American Legion Auxiliary. The American Legion was the first national organization to adopt the poppy as its Memorial Flower at the organizing convention in Kansas City, in October 1921. 100% of the profits from Poppy Distribution is pledged to welfare relief for servicemen and servicewomen and their families.

President Juanitta TurnboughParis

1st & 3rd Saturdays3 miles north of Florida, Mo. on Hwy. 107

Guest Dec. 1 ~ Jennifer Potts (Springfield, Mo.) 7:30 p.m. - 10 p.m.

(wheelchair accessible) •573-672-3202

RANDMA’S Country MusicG

Paris MERCURY Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 3Monroe County Appeal, Paris, Mo. • monroecountyappeal.com

Monroe County Health Department joins DHHS on child health program

Senator Roy Blunt to host listening post

U.S. Senator Roy Blunt’s staff will host a Listening Post Meeting on Friday, Dec. 7, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Monroe County Courthouse.

Listening Posts are in-tended for Missourians to share their questions and concerns during meetings with members of Senator Blunt’s staff.

Senator Blunt’s Jefferson City office also extends one-on-one service to all Missourians who have an issue with a federal agency or need additional assis-

The Ugly Christmas Sweater Exchange is part of the FFA’s Christmas is Caring Fundraiser. We would like to encourage you to put the ugly sweat-er on your co-worker, your friends, or maybe even your boss. To re-serve a sweater please call Josh Bondy (660-676-6107) or Stephanie Eckler (573-582-2178). Sweater will be deliver at your re-quest during the Week of Dec. 3.

Rules: 1 Pay $20 for a person

to wear a sweater for one day.

Paris R-II FFA Ugly Sweater Exchange

2. Anyone receiving the sweater may pass it for $20, for the rest of the day.

3. For $25.00 the sweat-er can be returned to the original purchaser.

4. Sweater Insurance is $15.00 and must be pur-chased prior to Monday, Dec. 3.

PARIS R-II SCHOOL DISTRICTStatement of Receipts, Disbursements and Changes in Fund Balance – Cash Basis

All Governmental Funds. Year Ended June 30, 2012

Monroe County Health Department participates with the Department of Health and Human Ser-vices on the Maternal Child Health program. The purpose of the Mater-nal Child Health contract is to support a leadership role for local public health agencies within coalitions and partnerships at the lo-cal level to build Maternal Child Health (MCH) sys-tems and expand the re-sources those systems can use to respond to priority health issues. The priority health issue that Monroe County Health Depart-ment focuses on is to pre-vent and reduce intentional and unintentional injuries among infants, children, adolescents, and women. We work with the local community to maintain, develop, and enhance a system to address this pri-ority health issue.

Thus far in calendar year 2012, the maternal child health nurse, Linda Wilkerson, RN, has visited 59 Monroe County new-borns and their mothers to share information and to answer questions, from advice on how to position the baby for safe sleep, to the best nursing practices. The health department has given out 43 infant car

seats at a minimal cost, and instructed the parents and grandparents as to the car seat’s proper installation and use.

In the Spring of 2012, the department conduct-ed “Click-It-or-Ticket” checks at the county’s three high schools, using Smart-ies candy and Dum-Dum candy to “award” or “pun-ish” the drivers and passen-gers who were or were not using safety belts.

During the Summer of 2012, Linda attended the Monroe County 4-H Fair, Monroe County 4-H Camp, and area preschools and daycares, presenting programs on bicycle safe-ty that encourage helmet use. She also distributed pamphlets on safe driving to schools and distributed pamphlets on women’s safety.

At Fall-In-To-Paris, the health department held a booth which presented to the public all of the servic-es of the department, high-lighting the newborn visits, infant car seats, and immu-nizations available for the prevention of childhood diseases. Many promo-tional items were handed out from our community partners as well as good information for the preven-tion of illness and injury.

These programs are con-tinued every day at the health department. Call the health department at 660/327-4653 to let us know of the birth of your newborn, to inquire of the immunizations your child needs, or to purchase a

car safety seat. Coming in 2013 are self-defense classes for women of every age, more “Click-It-Or-Ticket” campaigns, addi-tional health fairs, and ef-forts to change legislation to keep the public safe and injury-free.

tance.To reach the Senator’s

Office of Constituent Ser-vices, please call at (573) 634-2488 or send a letter at 308 E. High Street, Suite 202, Jefferson City, Mis-souri 65101.

What: Senator Blunt’s Staff Hosts Listening Post Meeting

When: Friday, Dec. 7, at 1:30 p.m.

Where: Monroe County Courthouse, 300 North Main Street, Paris, MO 65275

(Top) Blossom Barn owner Tammy Hayhurst checks out a customer during the Open House, on Saturday, Nov. 24. (Bottom) Jeanine McWard works on flower arrangements during the Blossom Barn Open House. APPEAL PHOTO

be held at the Community Building behind the City Of-fices and will be from 5-7 p.m. The donation charge for the chocolate festival is $6.00. The Community Building will be decorated beautifully and there will be many chocolates to sample.

Each person will be given a plate and will be able to select a sample from many different chocolates. There will also be several beverages to choose from. People will be able to visit, sample chocolate and enjoy this wonderful event. People can eat their chocolate at the event or take it home for later. Proceeds from this event will also go to Christ-mas Is Caring.

If you have any questions about the Music or Home tours please call Jackie Bordeleau 573-473-2184.

If you have any questions about the Chocolate Festival please call Marci Buckman 660-327-4034

Home Tours... Continued from front

Sunday, Dec. 9 • 3 p.m.Paris Presbyterian Church

The event will begin with a Christmas Musical sang by the Paris Presbyterian Chancelor Choir followed by a performance by the Bell Choir.

Christmas Home Tours:Chas and Misty Wheeler: Monroe Rd. 833, ParisDennis and Sandy Duncan: 148 Payne St., Paris

Proceeds from these events will go to Christmas Is Caring.

If you have any questions about the Music or Home tours please call Jackie Bordeleau: 573-473-2184

or about the Chocolate Festival please call Marci Buckman: 660-327-4034.

Paris Community Building 5- 7 p.m. • $6.00/Person

The Community Building will be decorated beautifully and there will be many chocolates

to sample. Each person will be given a plate and will be able to select a sample

from many different chocolates.

The Chocolate FESTIVAL

The 2nd Annual Christmas Is Caring Benefit

Madison TIMESThursday, Nov. 29, 2012 4 Monroe County Appeal, Paris, Mo. • monroecountyappeal.com

Madison Homemakers Club meets and plans Dec. 16 cookie exchange

Madison Lioness meet Nov. 6, at Nelson’s Kafe

Madison C-3 Students of the Month

Madison C-3 Board of Education sets municipal election filing dates

The Madison C-3 Board of Education met in regu-lar session on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m., in the Superintendent’s office. Approval was given to the agenda and consent agen-da items. Consent agenda items included the Oct. 10, regular meeting minutes, the Oct. treasurer’s report and authorization was giv-en for payment of invoices.

Citizen’s communica-tions were heard. The Board gave approval to FFA advisor Donald Fowl-er’s request on FFA Alum-ni Chapter. Trisch Vessar then gave the Principal’s report. Topics included for curriculum senior trip, at-tendance/enrollment data, discipline data and good news.

Superintendent Fred Weibling presented basket-ball tournament financial data and MSIP 5 data dur-ing the Superintendent’s report. The need for an assistant track coach and information regarding E-RATE were also discussed.

The Madison Lioness met on Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 6:30 p.m. at Nelson’s Kafe, in Madison with thirteen members and one guest, Merry Sue Meals, present. Hostesses were Karla Salmons and Karen Thomas.

President Karen Thomas called the meeting to order. Minutes of the last meeting were read by Darleen Mc-Nutt in the absence of the secretary.

Treasurer Karen Forsyth gave her report. We made a nice profit on the Ham & Bean dinner and sale of raffle tickets.

Madison Lions Senior Citizens dinner will be

Seven members and fam-ily celebrated Thanksgiv-ing with Zelmajo Ragsdale ad hostess with a carry-in dinner. Special guest were Jeff and Molly Crain, girls and Harold and Jean Wil-son.

Roll call was “what I want for Christmas”. Min-utes and treasurers report were approval as written.

Madison FFA Commu-nity Support Group orga-nizational meeting will be held

Dec. 12, at 6 p.m. in the Madison Ag Ed classroom. This meeting will be held

Madison C-3 Board of Education sets municipal election filing dates

Approval was given to of-fer Lexa Brooks a 2012-13 extra duty contract for as-sistant track coach and the E-Rate application as pre-sented.

In new business, the board set candidate filing dates for the Madison C-3 School Board of Education to begin Dec. 11, 2012 and to close on Jan. 15, 2013. There will be three seats up for election consisting of three-year terms expir-ing currently held by Cindy Hultz and Janey Youse and one for a vacated seat.

The board suspended regular session and en-tered into executive ses-sion pursuant to 12,SMO 610.021 (2)(3)(13)(1)(6) at 8:38 PM and re-entered regular session at 9:39 PM. During executive session, the Board appointed J.R. Freels to the vacated posi-tion on the Board of Edu-cation. Mr. Freels will take the the December meeting and will serve until the general municipal election on April 2013. The meet-

ing adjourned at 9:40 p.m.The Madison C-3 Board

of Education will hold its next regular meeting at

held on Dec. 8. It was de-cided to help a local needy family at Christmas.

The Lioness Christmas party will be held on Tues-day, Dec. 4, at 6:30 p.m. at the Community Center with Kathy McCoy as host-ess. She will set up tables, decorate, bring drinks, plates, etc., and games and prizes. Each one attending is to bring finger foods.

There was discussion about upcoming fundraiser possibilities, but it was ta-bled until after first of year.

The traveling prize was won by Becky Pierce, and the hostess prize by Dar-leen.

7:00 PM on Wednesday, December 12, 2012, in the Superintendent’s office.

Madison FFA Support group to organize

for approximately one hour or as long as needed to cover all necessary busi-ness. Please make sure to attend if you are interested in supporting the Madison FFA Chapter.

Evans Club celebrates Thanksgiving meal

Plans for Christmas din-ner were finalized and will be at the home of June Ak-ers as hostess on Dec. 20. This will be our annual soup dinner. Programs and club books for 2013 were discussed. Our club pal was discussed and a Christ-mas gift to be purchased.

Meeting adjourned and members visited.

(Top) Joni Fields enjoys the 2012 Xi Gamma Rho sponsored Craft Show, on Saturday, Nov. 2. at he Par-is R-II High School. The annual craft show was well attended this year. (Bottom) Xi Gamma Rho mem-ber Shirley Williams stands at one of the numerous booths APPEAL PHOTOS

Area NEWS Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 5Monroe County Appeal, Paris, Mo. • monroecountyappeal.com

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the amount of U.S. household waste increases by 25 percent―that’s 1 million extra tons―each year be-tween Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. Make your holidays more eco-friendly with these tips for reducing waste and conserving energy while you celebrate.

Invite electronically. Announce your holiday get-together using online services such as Evite.com. This approach reduces paper waste and makes RSVPs ef-fortless for your guests.

Use natural decorations. Skip the plastic pinecones and aluminum tinsel and create festive displays using driftwood, dried grasses, winterberries and other natu-ral items instead.

Eat local. Plan your menu around foods that are grown locally as well as those that are in season.

Lose the disposables. The holidays are a special time of year, so pull out the china, stemware and cutlery. Not only will this add a touch of class to your party, it will reduce the amount of trash.

Opt for LEDs. Outdoor LED holiday lights use up to 90 percent less electricity than incandescent bulbs and can last 20 to 30 years. Use LED lights indoors as well—on a tree, a mantel, in a menorah and in holiday centerpieces. Save even more energy by using a timer to shut lights off automatically.

Pay attention to packaging. Try to purchase gifts with the least amount of packaging. If you’re shipping pres-ents, create your own packing materials using recycled newspaper and shredded paper.

Make your own gift wrap. Add a personal touch to gift-giving this year by making your own gift wrap. Try using old maps, the Sunday comics, a scarf or a reus-able cloth bag. Send kids on a treasure hunt to find their special gifts—and skip the wrapping altogether. If gift wrap and ribbons are in good shape, save them to reuse next year.

Provide recycling bins. Set out clearly labeled recy-cling bins at parties so guests can recycle bottles, cans and other items rather than tossing them in the waste-basket.

Give away leftovers. Send extra food home with guests or donate it to a shelter or food bank. Or freeze leftovers for another day.

Replant your Christmas tree. Select a small potted tree that you can replant after the holidays. Or, if you get a fresh tree, turn it into compost or send it through a chipper to make mulch. In some areas of the country you can even rent a tree.

Offer some gifts unwrapped. The gift of time or shared experiences such as tickets to a show or a sport-ing event create meaningful memories—and no wrap-ping paper waste.

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James Monroe DAR Chapter meets Nov. 15

The James Monroe Chap-ter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Paris, Missouri met at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15, in the Roegge Room of the Dulany Library in Paris for their regular meeting. Those present included Regent Lola Wor-ley, Parliamentarian Juan-itta Turnbough, Recording Secretary Annette Azdell, Treasurer Dorothy Walser, Chaplain Carol Comstock, and Chyerl Varvil. Guests at the meeting included Vera Seago plus prospec-tive members Carol Buck-man and Tina Hadfield from Monroe City. The opening rituals and sing-ing of the Star Spangled Banner were led by Regent Worley with the help of Chaplain Comstock. Re-gent Worley gave the Pres-ident General’s message and Turnbough presented the National Defense Re-port. Recording Secretary Azdell presented the min-utes of the October meet-ing and the treasury report was given by Treasurer Walser. Registrar Carter sent an announcement that Wilma Hase’s papers have been approved and will be presented at the December meeting of the National

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stock, Walser, Azdell, and prospective member Hadfield are scheduled to decorate the Red Room at Roslyn Heights on Satur-day, November 17. The annual Christmas Open House and soup luncheons at Roslyn Heights will take place the first week of De-cember and are open to the public. Docents will give tours of the historic home. They have a wonderful gift shop for finding very nice items to purchase as well.

Varvil gave a report on the NSDAR schools: Tamas-see in Tamassee, S.C.; Kate Duncan Smith in Grant, Ala.; and, NSDAR ap-proved schools Berry Col-lege in Mount Berry, Ga.; Crossnore School in Cross-nore, N.C; Hillside School in Marlborough, Mass.; and Hindman Settlement School in Hindman, Ky.

Comstock gave the bene-diction and Varvil provided refreshments for the meet-ing. The December meet-ing will be on Thursday, Dece. 20, at the library. The chapter will have a carry-in salad supper and the evening’s program will be presented by the young ladies who attended Girls’ State during the summer.FAITH WALK FOOD AND FAMILY

SUPPORT CENTER DISTRIBUTION DAY

Tuesday, Dec. 4Individuals and family size 2-3 will be served from 9 -11 a.m.

Family size 4 and up will be served 12:30 - 3 p.m.For all new clients we will do applications from 8 - 8:30 a.m. and 12 - 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 6. We do ask that everyone please come

at your allotted family time, or send someone in your behalf, or make an appointment with the coordinator.

(New clients may not send someone for first visit)Please bring proof of income, proof of address.

Located on Hwy. 24 next to the ambulance district. (660) 327-5627 • Darla McClain, Coordinator

MADISON C-3 SCHOOL MENUMonday, Dec. 3 - Friday, Dec. 7

Breakfast Menu Monday -Breakfast Pizza, Baked Apples, MilkTuesday - Cinnamon Roll, Ham, Banana, MilkWednesday - French Toast Sticks, Sausage, Juice & MilkThursday - Cereal, Toast, Mandarin Oranges, JuiceFriday - Biscuit with Sausage Gravy, Juice & Milk

Lunch MenuMonday - Chicken & Noodles, Glazed Carrots, Apple, Graham Cracker Cookie, MilkTuesday - Hot Ham & Cheese, French Fries, Cherry Tomatoes, Orange, MilkWednesday - Juicyburger, Mozzarella Sticks, Steamed Broccoli, Fruit Mix, MilkThursday - Chili with Crackers, 1/2 Peanut Butter Sandwich, Pickle Spear, Applesauce, MilkFriday - Chicken Fajita, Refried Beans, Baby Carrots, Juice Bar, Milk**Alternative luncheon option available dailyWW=Whole Wheat WG=Whole GrainMenus subject to change

PARIS R-II SCHOOL MENUMonday, Dec. 3 - Friday, Dec. 7

Breakfast Menu Monday - No SchoolTuesday - Fruit and Yogurt Parfait or Cereal or Oatmeal, Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake, Chilled JuiceWednesday - Sausage Pancake on Stick, Orange Smiles, Cereal or Oatmeal, Yogurt and Orange SmilesThursday - English Muffin Breakfast Sandwich, Chilled Pears, Cereal or Oatmeal, Toast & Jelly, Chilled PearsFriday - Biscuits and Gravy, Sausage, Banana, Cereal or Oatmeal, Yogurt, Banana

Lunch MenuMonday - No SchoolTuesday - Chicken Nacho’s w/ White Queso or Southwest Ranch Wrap, Fresh Garden Salad, Texas Pinto’s, Fresh Apple, Chilled Fruit or Fajita Chicken Salad, Texas Pinto’s, Fresh Apple, Chilled Fruit, Tortilla Chips.Wednesday - Chicken Patty or Baked Ham, Mashed Potatoes with Gravy, Beans, Fresh Grapes, Chilled Fruit, Opaa! Hot Roll or Caesar Chef Salad, Baby Carrots with Dip, Fresh Grapes, Chilled Fruit, Opaa! Hot RollThursday - Meatball Sub or BBQ Rib on Bun, Broccoli Spears, Roasted Corn, Fresh Orange Smiles, Chilled Fruit or Asian Chef Salad, Roasted Corn, Fresh Orange Smiles, Chilled Fruit, Opaa! Hot RollFriday - Opaa! Cheese Pizza or Chicken Salad Sandwich Spinach Salad, Baby Carrots w/ Dip, Fresh Green Pepper Cauliflower w/ Dip, Peaches, Chilled Fruit or Chef Salad, Baby Carrots w/ Dip, Peaches, Chilled Fruit, Opaa! Hot Roll

HOLLIDAY C-2 SCHOOL MENUMonday, Dec. 3 - Friday, Dec. 7

Breakfast Menu Monday - Cereal, ToastTuesday - Pancakes, BaconWednesday - Peanut Butter & Jelly, ApplesauceThursday - Sausage Egg Cheese, BiscuitFriday - Cinnamon Roll, Sausage Lunch MenuMonday - Popcorn Chicken, Vegetable, FruitTuesday - Meatball Sub, Vegetable, FruitWednesday - Grilled Cheese, Vegetable, FruitThursday - Chicken Taco, Vegetable, FruitFriday - Hot Dog, Pork & Beans, Potato Smiles, Sugar Cookie

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

Senior Center NewsMonday, Nov. 26--Friday, Nov. 30

Lunch Served Monday-Friday -11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Monday -Popcorn Shrimp, Baked Potato, Cowboy Salad, Ambrosia, Buttermilk Pie, Wheat BreadTuesday - Country Fried Steak, Mashed Potatoes, Ital-ian Tomatoes, Orange Salad, Wheat BreadWednesday - Chicken Strips, Loaded Mash Potato, Spinach Bake, Melon Chunks, Wheat BreadThursday - Baked Ham, Baked Sweet Potato, Mac & Cheese, Buttered Cabbage, Pineapple Cake, Corn BreadFriday -Fried Chicken Potato Wedges, Slaw, Texas Sheet Cake, Strawberries, Biscuit

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Hand & Foot • Bingo•The Hand & Foot Club did not meet on Thursday, Nov.

22, at the Paris Senior Center - Closed for Thanksgiving•Bingo was held on Monday, Nov. 26, with 13 people par-

ticipating. The winners of a meal ticket were Dorothy Hufty and Sarah Dawson.

•Looking for that perfect Christmas gift for a senior this year or other family member? Give a Paris Senior Citizen’s Center gift certificate! They make terrific presents!

Area CHURCHESThursday, Nov. 29, 2012 6 Monroe County Appeal, Paris, Mo. • monroecountyappeal.com

Holliday Christian Church Pastor David Holmes Paris First Baptist Church Pr. Wesley HammondSouth Fork Presbyterian Pastor John Grimmett

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Santa Fe Christian Church Pastor Kenny Sharp

Madison United Methodist Rev. Bonnie Sudsberry

Madison Christian Church Pastor David Holmes

Mt. Airy Baptist Church Pastor Robt. Cavanaugh

Granville Christian Church Pastor Fran Schnarre

Paris United Methodist Pastor Lin Donnelly

Services were held at Madison Christian Church on Sunday, Nov. 25, with 51 members in attendance. Rev. Holmes led the Greetings and Announcements and the morning prayer. The Adult Choir sang “Let It Be Christ-mas” as special music. Communion was shared and tithes were offered. The morning scripture was taken from Exo-dus 16:1-15 and Phillipians 2:14-15 and a sermon deliv-ered entitled “Mannaburgers and Roast Quail”. All were invited to Christian Discipleship. Announcements: Junior high and high school youth groups will meet Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Community Choir Practice will be Wednes-day at 7 p.m. The cantata will be presented Sunday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m., after which cookies and punch will be served. The Official Board will meet Wednesday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m.; Worship with Wildwood, Sunday, Dec. 9, at 2 p.m. Serving next week: Judy Harmon and Linda Wood, Elders; Christion Hulen, Kahler Mitchell, Angela Purdy, and Taylor Salmons, Deacons. Linda Wood, communion preparer. All are welcome to attend Sunday services.

How Do We Please God?” was the title of Pastor Kenny Sharp’s sermon. Scripture texts were taken from Genesis 4:1-7, Luke 21:1-4, Hebrews 11:6 and Romans 5:8. Four points to remember are 1) Giving your best in whatever you do 2) Make sacrifices -- give when you don’t think you have anything to give 3) Have faith -- unbelief does not please God and 4) Love with compassion, with help-ing hands and love the unlovable.

Those remembered during prayer concerns were Gab-by Sharp, Edwin Bush, Darrel & Nancy Wilkerson, the Homer Gray family, Gail Million, Ruth Kendrick, Ben Bell’s father, Keith Woodhurst, the Gilbert Blackburn family, Adam & Haley Bossley, Lois Lane and two of Re-becca Spires’ teachers. Traveling mercies were request-ed for Mandy & Sam Bish returning home after visiting with family for the Thanksgiving holiday. Praises were expressed for Kacy Bell feeling better, for Bill Holmes’ truck being returned to him and for Eddie Peak not being hurt after hitting a deer. A card of thanks was read from Ron & Anna Spires.

Announcements -- 12/1 - SALT Saturday group will meet; 12/2 - annual Christmas Is Caring shopping trip and lunch at Pizza Hut; 12/2 - Memory tree will be decorated at the Community Hall at 3:00; 12/6 - Christmas parade in Paris at 5:00. Brian Chase announced that they will be working on the float in Charlie Thomas’ shed and invited everyone to help him. The SALT Saturday group have made handouts for the parade, so we will need people to also walk along the float. The Hanging of the Greens service will be held during church service next Sunday as well as decorating the tree. Bible study will resume this Wed with the study on I Kings 9. Items are now being collected for the Christmas Is Caring food drive for Monroe County.

Sunday School is every Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m., followed by church service at 10:30 a.m. Bible study for both the youth and adults is Wed night at 6:30 p.m. (meal at 6 p.m.). Please come and join us.

On Sunday, Nov. 25, church services began with the pastor giving an opening prayer. Regular church meet-ings of the week were announced and all were encour-aged to attend. Announcement included: The Mt. Aires will perform at Holiday School at 7 p.m., on Saturday, Nov. 17 and at Clarence Care Center on Monday, Dec. 3, and Sunday, Dec. 16 is the Christmas program during morning services and at 2:30 p.m., the church is going Christmas caroling. Advent Services started today and will continue through Christmas. This week the church lost a long standing member in Homer Gray. As we pray for the grieving we are to remember God is faithful in His promises of our future.

This week’s message was entitled ‘When God Calls on You Pt. 3’ and came from Exodus 4:1-18. Moses was called by God to go to Pharaoh and tell him to set the Hebrews free. Moses started giving different excuses as to why he should not go back to Egypt. “They will not believe you talked to me, I don’t have proof you talked to me, and I am not fit to serve because I do not talk well. God overcame each of Moses excuses. Finally Moses ad-mitted that he did not want to do this service to God.

Moses did not yet trust God because Moses did not have personal experience with God. Without personal experi-ence with God there can be only weak faith; a faith that will not go far with God. Moses knew of God from his upbringing but knowledge is not enough to compel a per-son to walk with God. This is the condition that many Christians find themselves in today. Learning facts and figures from the Bible but not experiencing God in their lives personally. While Moses had a poor start in his rela-tionship with God we know that as Moses went to Egypt and walked with God the relationship grew stronger. Moses ended up being a great man of God; full of faith, courage, and leadership. Begin a personal walk with God today.

Because of heating problems in the sanctuary, Paris United Methodists joined for Celebrating Christ the King Sunday in the annex.

Pastor Lin spoke from John 18:33-37. Pastor Lin ex-plained that because of all the turmoil in Europe in 1925 Pope Piux X1 originated the day of Celebrating Christ the King Sunday.

Harold Johannaber was pianist for hymn singing.On Wednesday, Nov. 28 those wishing to participate in

The Hanging of the Greens for the beginning of Advent are invited to bring sandwiches or finger dessert to have with soup at 5:30 p.m. We will decorate the church in celebration of the Christmas Season at 6 p.m.

Following the decorating the UMW & Youth will have their regular meetings.

1st Sunday of Advent will be celebrated Sun Dec. 2, during worship services.

United Methodist will have worship services at the Monroe Manor Thurs. Nov. 29, at 10 a.m.

United Methodist Men will meet Sat Dec. 1, at the 15 Diner at 7 a.m.

Anyone wishing to donate a Poinsettia may mark an of-fering envelope or bring to church.

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

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

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

The Sunday, Nov. 25 services at South Fork Presbyte-rian church began with Patti Grimmett playing “Come Ye Thankful People Come” on the organ followed by Pastor John Grimmett leading in song to “We Gather Together”, “Now Thank We All Our God”, “I Sing the Mighty Power of God” and “Hear Our Prayer, O Lord”.

Prayers were for Curt Jackson; Patti Grimmett and praise for Dorsey and Martha Hill’s 53rd Anniversary; blessings for thanksgiving and all said the Lord’s Prayer.

Patti sang “Make a Joyful Noise” (100th Psalm).Pastor John led all in the reading of Psalm 136 of which

the message “The Faithful One” was based. The Lord will humble the proud - He will overcome and triumph the world - the Psalms were written as one - all things were made for Jesus...Think about how beautiful the world is...so think how beautiful you are to God...sometimes we loose sight of the other side. God wants to lead us through the fog - don’t give up until you reach the other side. Be transformed with the renewing of your mind...God can manage the affairs of our lives, all our enemies can be de-feated through belief, remember how strong God’s love is for you and for me. By faith in Jesus we take on a new identity; you are never alone.

God’s faithful love endures forever...The offertory was led by Kaylee Beckman as Patti

played “For the Beauty of the Earth”Everyone retired in fellowship to Roth Hall for coffee

and donuts as Patti played “The Glory of God in Nature”.Services are held every Sunday at 9 a.m. and all are wel-

come and encouraged to attend and hear the word of the Lord.

Praise God, all His people, for His steadfast love en-dures forever.

On Sunday, Nov. 25, services at Holliday Christian Church were opened with welcome from Reverend Da-vid Holmes following the prelude by organist, Jane Ak-ers. The morning’s special guest was Shelby Dickey. The congregation shared the joy of having Jim McMorris back in church following heart surgery. Jim thanked his church family for the prayers, calls, cards and visits.

Collection of items continues next week with laundry detergent and small trash bags. The church caroling and chili supper will be held on Sunday evening, Dec. 9th. The Madison Community Christmas Cantata will be held at 7 p.m., on Dec. 2. A sign-up sheet for purchase of poin-settias and an Advent/Dec. calendar are available.

Happy birthday wishes were for John and Brenda Mc-Morris. George and Willie Harris were extended congrat-ulations in honor of their 60th wedding anniversary. The opening hymn, “Come, Thou Fount” was sung and was followed by prayer and “Gloria Patri”.

Prayer concerns were expressed for: Opal Johnston, Ruth Kendrick, Gail Million, Brenda Vaughn, to those who are traveling south for warmer winter weather and to Nicole McMorris who is returning from Texas with Marching Mizzou. Sympathy was extended to the fami-lies of Homer Gray, Charles Young and Gale Burditt.

The prayer hymn, “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”, was fol-lowed by pastoral prayer and unison recital of the Lord’s Prayer.

The communion hymn, “How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds” was sung as elders, Gary Wilson and Phil Blake-more, went forward. Serving as deacons were: Gerald Roberts and Guy Callison. Following sharing of com-munion, collection of offerings, and pastoral prayer, the congregation stood to sing the doxology.

Reverend Holmes’ morning message referenced scrip-ture from Exodus 16:1-15 and Philipians 2:14-15. The message was entitled “We Forget; Therefore, We Grum-ble”. The closing hymn, “Count Your Blessings” was sung and was followed by prayer and singing of the “Spirit Song” to close morning worship.

Following a time of fellowship and refreshments, Jim McMorris opened Bible Study with prayer. Jim told the group about a program he saw which discussed the Bibli-cal story of Jesus’ raising Lazarus from the dead and the significance of this occurrence on the fourth day follow-ing Lazarus’ death. Jim then led the group in study of Mark 8:27-38. Diane Wilson shared a reading entitled, “Making the World a Better Place”.

Granville Christian Church will be collecting canned goods for the Christmas is Caring program in Paris. Members are asked to get their donations to the church by Dec. 9, at the latest so they can be taken to Paris. The church is also adopting a family for Christmas. Those wishing to donate for the family may give contributions to Brenda Coffman.

Calendar for the remainder of the year: Dec. 2, worship Sunday; Pastor Fran will be on vaca-

tion, so the members will gather for a service of carols and scripture. Readers will be Larry James, Gracie & Ja-mie Wilson, Kathy & Annie Miller, Jessica Livers, Rick Baldwin, Sonny Wilhoit and Harold Wilson. Musicians will be Paula Delaney, guest pianist; Ann Kellogg, song leader; and Allison Miller, flutist.

Dec. 9, special second Sunday Christmas program in-volving all ages, meet during 10 a.m. Sunday School hour to practice and present at 11 a.m. This will be a great family experience. The program is called The Miracle Births, and it is a no-rehearsal, narrated program that tells of four miracle babies in the Bible, including the Christ-mas miracle of Jesus. It has humor and uses people of all ages.

Dec. 16 worship Sunday and Christmas caroling, 2 p.m., soup supper to follow at Magruders

Dec. 24, Christmas Eve Services;Dec. 30, fifth Sunday worship service. We are still seeking names of soldiers in the combat

zone in order to send a care package. Please forward names to Brenda Coffman.

Come share the presence of God in our informal wor-ship service. We worship together at 11 a.m. (Upcoming dates: Dec. 2, 9, 16 and 30). Sunday School for all ages is held every Sunday at 10 a.m.

Kathy Miller opened the service with her piano prelude followed by the invocation by Gale Wilkerson. Cheryl Gholson gave the children’s sermon. She passed out small bells and told them they made a joyful sound. Af-ter the children rang the bells, she asked them “Why is Christmas a happy time”? Answer: Because Santa brings gifts.

She explained to them that Jesus was the reason for the celebration because of his birth. If you hold the metal piece inside the bell there is no sound and that is what Christmas is without Jesus. If you let the metal piece in-side ring, it is like having Jesus in Christmas which brings true joy.

It was announced that 65 people were served Thanks-giving dinner at the church. Adult bible studies this week are on Tuesday and Wednesday, both at 7:00 p.m. Sun-day, Dec. 2, the Lords Supper and First Sunday of advent will be observed.

Steve Ensor gave the Call to Worship reading Psalm 23, KJV, and for the personal worship moment he sang, “We Were Made to Worship Him”. John Mitchell gave the offertory prayer. Mark and Courtney Bell led children’s church. Special music was provided by Church Moyer who sang “Through Every Storm”.

The message from God’s word was give by Reverend Wesley Hammond, entitled “Life Together: What’s In a Name”, from Colossians 4:7-18. These are Paul’s con-cluding remarks. We need to make ourselves available to God to receive direction through the Holy Spirit. The Apostle Paul reached out to people to help them so they could help others. Paul had people helping him, praying for him, encouraging him and comforting him in the name of Jesus so that through his teaching all people could car-ry on the name of Jesus. As in verse 17, we should be like Archippus, as Paul tells him to “See to it that you complete the work you have received in the Lord.”

Grace United Methodist Church, Madison, held worship service, Sunday, Nov. 25, which was Christ the King Sun-day.

The message was given by Pastor Bonnie Sudsberry, “Laus Deo. Praise Be to God!” based on John 18: 33-37. She also gave the Children’s Sermon, “A is For….”.

Saturday, Dec. 1, the youth will do the Hanging of the Greens, with the congregation invited at 5 p.m., for a ser-vice, followed by a soup supper at 6 p.m., as a thank you to the church for their support of the youth program.

Sunday, Dec. 2, is the First Sunday in Advent.Monday, Dec. 2, the Adult Bible Study meets at 6:30

p.m.Wednesday, Dec. 5, is the Administrative Board meeting

at 7 p.m.Sunday, Dec. 16, is our Christmas Program at 9 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, is Christmas Caroling 5 p.m., with a

supper at 6:30 p.m.

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

SUZANNE GRIFFITH

Ralls CountyThursday, Nov. 29, 2012 7Monroe County Appeal, Paris, Mo. • monroecountyappeal.com

“Old Park Days” meeting Dec. 11

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As you travel along Life’s Highways and Byways there is one road Highway 154 that will lead you to the little berg of Perry, where there is always some-thing going on. Perry is located only eight miles from Mark Twain Lake and Clarence Cannon Dam. So if you are looking to mark your calendars for an upcom-ing event this is the one to attend...

On Saturday, Dec. 1 Perry will host its annual Old Fashioned Christmas, starting out with a bake sale by the Ministerial Alliance in the Perry city hall at 9 a.m.; from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. there will also be a craft fair at city hall; with the Chamber of Commerce serving food from 11 - 2 along with the crafts; at 2 p.m. there will be a parade from the park through downtown with Santa following up in the fire truck and visiting with the children in the Santa House on Main Street immediately after the parade. At 4 p.m. the VFW will be serving their delicious chili and sandwiches; at 5 p.m. there will be the Remembrance Tree Ceremony for all your loved ones; at 6 p.m. the Chamber will be holding a live auction at the VFW Hall where the lighting contest winners will be announced. This is the event of the year you don’t want to miss as all the retail businesses will be offering refreshments and sales. Watch your Appeal for businesses and specials in an upcoming issue... or call 573-565-3131 if you would like to participate in ;the craft fair or any of the events....

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

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

Have a great week....

Along Life’s Highways and Byways

by jere el Perry Christian Academy students celebrate holiday meal, vote

The students at Perry Christian Academy enjoyed a complete Thanksgiving meal of turkey, mashed potatoes, homemade noodles and rolls, and pie thanks to our many lunch volunteers. Pictured are some of the preschool “Pilgrims and Indians” Callie Yelton, Gunnar Long, Kayt Hinds, Hannah Spradley, and Ayden Sharp. SUBMITTED PHOTO

As our nation went to the polls in November, so did the students at Perry Christian Academy. The 3rd & 4th grade class set up a voting area, made ballots, and served as poll workers as the 1st – 10th grade students voted for President. As an extra ballot issue students also voted to eat lunch in their classroom rather than in the cafeteria. Pictured are 3rd & 4th grade students: Elizabeth Northcutt, Mya Ray, Bella Hinds, Ptolemy Trousdale, Sahira Martinez, Hannah Case, Krayleigh Power, Kylee Spears, Joshua Forbis, Tobi Makinde, and Maliyah Troy. SUBMITTED PHOTO

A meeting with local stakeholders and the gen-eral public will be held Dec. 6, at the Harbor Inn at 6:30 p.m., to discuss this past year’s water control operations and dam safety for Mark Twain Lake. Pre-sentations will be given on water control operations/procedures and dam safe-ty by members of the St. Louis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers staff. The staff will host a ques-tion and answer session regarding operations and dam safety.

The Water Control office is primarily responsible for the day-to-day regula-tion of the four Mississippi River navigation structures and the five multi-purpose reservoirs located within the District. River flow is regulated to promote a number of interests, in-cluding flood control, navigation, hydroelectric power generation, water supply, erosion control, en-vironmental enhancement, and recreation, in addition to others. The Water Con-trol office must consider each of these interests with every important decision that is made. These deci-sions must then be coor-dinated with the project offices, Federal, state, and local government agencies, private water resources en-tities, and with customers.

If you need additional information or have ques-tions, please contact the Project Office at 573-735-4097 or email us at mark-twaininfo@usace.army.mil.

Meeting to discuss water

operations Thurs., Dec. 6

“NewLondonParkDays.Org” will meet Tuesday, Dec. 11 at 7 pm in the New London Forget Me Not Senior Citizens Building. The meeting will be open to anyone interested in working with this group to return the “Old Park Days” on June 7 and 8, 2013 to the Ralls County house lawn. There will be a pancake and sausage breakfast with Santa at the New London Elementary School on Saturday, Dec. 15, from 8

a.m. to 11 a.m. The pro-ceeds will go to fund the “Old Park Days”. Adults 13 and over $5 children, 4 to 12 $3 and for one child with parent, $15 for family. Come join Santa for break-fast and get an early Christ-mas treat!To keep up on progress, events, membership, meet-ings, fund raisers and other information see the group’s website below: https://sites.google.com/a/newlondonparkdays.org/newlondonparkdays-org/

The Old Service StationChristmas Open House

Saturday, Dec. 1 • 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.Come in for Hot Apple Cider!

Located across from Casey’s 202 E. Main • Perry, Mo.

636-295-5089

Perry Antique Mall

102 S. Palmyra St. • Perry, Mo. • 573-565-10220 • 573-721-3748

Cathy Henson (owner)perryantiques@centurylink.net

THE NOOKServing Coffee Daily

Christmas Open HouseSaturday, Dec.1

Karla B’s FlowersChristmas

Open House Saturday, Dec. 1

116 E. Main, Perry • 573-565-2764

Christmas Drawing, 20% OFF Ornaments

Open: By Chance or Appointment

100 South Palmyra, Perry, Mo. • 573-565-3429 or 636-359-5792 mjsflipflopresale@yahoo.com • website: mjsflipflopresale.com

CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE Saturday, Dec. 1

All Kinds of Ammo!Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m. - 4 p.m

Mj’s Flip Flop Resale and Firearms the Garden of Angels

502 Main • Perry, Mo. (Located in old Presbyterian church building

across the street from IGA)

573-473-7644

Open: Thursday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.Sunday Noon - 5 p.m.

Amish Jams • Jellies • Honey5 lb. bags PECANS • Antiques

Furniture

Collectibles: Fenton, McCoy, Coin Glass, Hull

Baby Afghans - Tu-Tu’s and BowsChristmas Decorations (new and old)

Books • Toys and moreBargain Basement Clothing only 50 cents each

Saturday, Dec. 1 • 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE

GIFT IDEASStand fast & hold the traditions which ye have been taught 11 Thessalonians 2:15

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CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE Saturday, Dec. 1 • Doors Open 8 a.m.

Come early, choose a number and find your present. Refreshments will be served.

WINTER POLE BARN SPECIALS!concrete foundations • basements • crawl spaces • retaining walls

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DECORATIVE CONCRETE cobblestone • flagstone • driveways • patios

sidewalks • septic, sewer systems • lagoons Bobcat, backhoe & dump truck

services available • rock hauling • room additions

garages • pole barns

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Area NEWSThursday, Nov. 29, 2012 8 Monroe County Appeal, Paris, Mo. • monroecountyappeal.com

Monroe County Commission News

THE MONROE COUNTY COURTHOUSE

MONDAY, Nov. 5, 2012The Commission met

pursuant to adjournment with Mike Minor, Presid-ing Commissioner and Associate Commissioners Mike Whelan and Glenn E. Turner present and among other proceedings the fol-lowing orders were had to wit:

1. Commission approved previous minutes.

2. Cathy Snider tele-phoned the Commission regarding information on the process entailed in the vacating of a county road.

3. Commission inspected Monroe Road #723.

4. Commission reviewed budget.

5. Commission spoke with Mike Johnston of Central Electric Power Cooperative regarding re-building the Larrabee to Santa Fe Transmission Line.

The Commission does now adjourn.

FRIDAY, Nov. 9, 2012The Commission met

pursuant to adjournment with Mike Minor, Presid-ing Commissioner and Associate Commissioners Mike Whelan and Glenn E. Turner present and among other proceedings the fol-lowing orders were had to wit:

1. Commission approved previous minutes.

2. James Shumaker ap-peared before the Commis-sion concerning Monroe Road #217.

3. Commission inspected Monroe Roads #1170 and #1175.

4. Commission inspected Monroe Road #217 for possible work.

The Commission does now adjourn.

USDA announces sign-up for 2011 crop losses

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The one to see: Paris Presbyterian Church Pastor John Grimmett

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-friend-ly church every Sunday.

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

The Paris Presbyterian Church held worship service Sunday, Nov. 25. The ushers for this weeks service were John Gilmore and Jerry Crigler. Patti Grimmett led us into worship service with, “God of Our Fathers.” The beginning hymns of praise were, “Come, Ye Thankful People, Come,” and “For the Beauty of the Earth.” Pastor John Grimmett gave the pastoral prayer and The Lord’s Prayer.

Patti Grimmett performed the special music piece, “Psalm 100.” Pastor John Grimmett gave the message, “The Faithful One.” The message was based on the scrip-ture reading from Psalm 136.

The benediction response was, “Blest Be the Tie That Binds.” Patti Grimmett led the congregation out of wor-ship service with, “We Gather Together.” There was a short congregation meeting at the end of worship service.

The Paris Presbyterian Church will hold worship ser-vice next Sunday, Dec. 2. Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m., followed by worship service at 10:45 a.m. Anyone is welcome to attend.

Announcements: Tuesdays, Hand Bell Choir at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Kids group at 3:30 p.m., Youth group at 5:00 p.m., and Adult Choir at 7 p.m. Sundays at 2 p.m., Addicts Victorious Meeting. Dec. 4, Women of the Church Luncheon at noon at the church. Dec. 9, Christmas Cantata at 3 p.m., followed by the 2nd Annual Christmas Home Tour. Dec. 16, Kids Christmas Program at 4 p.m.

Monroe County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Tony Francis today an-nounced that producers can enroll in the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Pay-ments (SURE) program for 2011 crop year losses. Under the 2008 Farm Bill, SURE authorizes as-sistance to farmers and ranchers who suffered crop losses caused by natural di-sasters occurring through Sept. 30, 2011.

“Eligible producers who experienced a 2011 crop loss can contact the Mon-roe County FSA office to learn more about the SURE program,” said Francis. “All eligible farmers and ranchers must sign up for 2011 SURE benefits before the June 7, 2013 deadline,” Francis said.

To qualify for a SURE payment, the producer’s operation must be located in a county, or a contiguous county, that was declared a disaster for 2011 and have at least a 10 percent pro-duction loss that affects one crop of economic sig-nificance. Producers with agricultural operations located outside a disas-ter county are eligible for SURE benefits if they had a production loss greater or equal to 50 percent of the

MACC announces current version of GED to be replaced by new test

normal production on the farm.

In Missouri, all counties received a primary Sec-retarial Disaster Designa-tion or were contiguous to a county with a Secre-tarial Disaster Designation during 2011. This means producers in all Missouri counties can apply for SURE benefits as long as all other eligibility require-ments are met.

To meet program eligibil-ity requirements, produc-ers must have obtained a policy or plan of insur-ance for all insurable crops through the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and obtained Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) coverage on non-insurable crops, if available, from FSA. Eli-gible farmers and ranchers who meet the definition of a socially disadvantaged, limited resource or begin-ning farmer or rancher do not have to meet this re-quirement. Forage crops intended for grazing are not eligible for SURE ben-efits.

For more information on SURE program eligibil-ity requirements contact the Monroe County FSA office at 660 327 4137 or visit the website at http://www.fsa.usda.gov/sure.

Moberly Area Commu-nity College Adult Educa-tion and Literary Program (MACC AEL) announced that the current version of the GED test will expire at the end of 2013. The cur-rent version, known as the 2002 Series GED test, will be replaced with the new 2014 GED test on Jan. 2, 2014. Those who have taken the 2002 Series GED test, but not passed all five parts, have until the end of 2013 to pass or they will need to start over again in 2014 with the new GED test in order to receive their high school credential. “The GED test opens doors to college, better jobs, the respect adults deserve, and the satisfaction of earning a high school credential,” said Susie Cason, Director of MACC’s AEL Program. “So we want to be sure that everyone is aware of this deadline. GED test-takers must act now to finish and pass before the current test expires.” “Support is available, right here in Moberly,” said Ca-son. “We can help adult learners get prepared to take the parts of the GED test they still need to pass. We want you to succeed!”Interested GED test-takers can find more information at finishtheGED.com.If it has been more then two years since a student

has taken the GED and did not pass all five tests, you will need to send a letter to the Department of Elemen-tary and Secondary Educa-tion Adult Education and Literacy Division. Please call the numbers below and the MACC AEL staff will be happy to help you with this process.A few important tips you should know about testing in Moberly before the end of 2013:- Last day to take the cur-rent version of the GED® test is December 15,2013- All GED® test-takers must have record of pass-ing the Official GED Prac-tice Test™ - Beginning Jan. 2, 2013, test-takers can only take the test three times before Dec. 15, 2013.“To anyone who has al-ready started the GED test, your future is calling. By passing the GED test, you can answer that call,” said Randy Trask, president and CEO of GED Testing Ser-vice. “You owe it to your-self. Don’t miss the chance to turn one small step into your next big opportunity in life.” The GED test has opened doors to better jobs and college programs for more than 18 million graduates since 1942. Last year near-ly 800,000 adults sat for the GED test, which is ac-cepted by virtually all U.S.

colleges and employers. As the creator of the official GED test, GED Testing Service has a responsibility to ensure that the program continues to be a reliable and valuable pathway to a better life for the millions of adults without a high school credential. Learn

more at GEDtestingser-vice.com. If you are a Moberly area resident, please contact the MACC AEL office at 263-4100 ext. 11382 or 11307. They are located at 101 College, Avenue, in the MACC Main Building.

HRH Diabetes support group meets Dec. 5The Diabetes Sup-port Group will meet at Hannibal Regional Hospi-tal in conference room A/B on Wednesday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m.Cory Sturtevant, Hannibal Regional Hospital Chef will be sharing and offering samples of diabetic friendly food for the holiday season.

The Hannibal Regional Hospital Diabetes Support Group provides opportuni-ties to discuss ways to man-age and cope with diabetes. Speakers are provided on a regular basis at the meet-ings. Facilitated by a Certi-fied Diabetes Educator, this support group is provided at no cost to participants.The Hannibal Regional Hospital Diabetes Support Group meets on the first Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. in conference room A/B at Hannibal Re-gional Hospital. For more information or to be added to the mailing list, call (573) 406-5823 or 1-888-426-6425 or visit Hannibal Regional Hospital’s web-site at hrhonline.org.

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 SALE

Nov. 19, 2012Receipts:1893 Hd.

COMPUTER AVE - TOP994 Steers: Medium & Large FrameHd. 14-300 & Down.........142.00-199.00 86-300-400 lbs..................178.00-210.00184-400-500 lbs................157.00-180.00 221-500-600 lbs................146.00-167.50147-600-700 lbs.................140.00-155.00108-700-800 lbs................137.00-148.00227-800-900 lbs.................137.00-143.00667 Heifers: Medium & Large FrameHd.16-300 & Down..............139.00-171.0061-300-400 lbs.................151.00-171.00139-400-500 lbs.................143.00-158.00207-500-600 lbs...............135.00-152.0067-600-700 lbs.................133.00-147.00151-700-800 lbs.................133.00-140.2516-800-900 lbs..................122.00-126.50Buyers were very selective for the bet-ter feeders. Some less double were 10.00-20.00 below above quotes/17 Bred Cows: Better Cows: 1050.00-1250.00; Small,Old Thin: 700.00-920.00 5197 Slaughter Cows: High Dressing: 80.00-87.00; Bulk: 70.00-80.00; Low: 62.00-72.00; Thin: 50.00 & Down18 Slaughter Bulls: 89.00-98.50; Thin: 85.00-89.00All Slaughter Steers & Heifers sold on Monday at 10 a.m. Receipts: Absent

Syn Gen Bred Heifer Sale Nov. 17. 123 Heifers $2250.00 Top, $1955.00 Ave.

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 SALE

Nov. 26, 2012Receipts:2227 Hd.

COMPUTER AVE - TOP1281 Steers: Medium & Large FrameHd. 11-300 & Down.........159.00-183.00 82-300-400 lbs..................174.00-204.00249-400-500 lbs................160.00-186.00 291-500-600 lbs................151.00-171.00288-600-700 lbs.................146.00-166.00191-700-800 lbs................143.00-150.50169-800-900 lbs.................140.00-145.35588 Heifers: Medium & Large FrameHd.18-300 & Down..............126.00-174.0069-300-400 lbs.................152.50-171.00161-400-500 lbs.................142.00-166.00155-500-600 lbs...............139.00-153.00151-600-700 lbs.................135.00-151.0034-700-800 lbs.................134.00-143.0028 Bred Cows: Better Cows: 1100.00-1400.00; Small,Old Thin: 750.00-950.00 5 Pairs: 1100.00-1625.00223 Slaughter Cows: High Dressing: 80.00-87.50; Bulk: 72.00-79.00; Low: 65.00-70.00; Thin: 50.00 & Down24 Slaughter Bulls: 88.00-96.00; Thin: 77.50-87.50All Slaughter Steers & Heifers sold on Monday at 10 a.m. Receipts: 76 Hd.36 Steers: Top: 126.00; Choice 2&3: 123.00-126.00; Mixed Select: 108.00-118.0029 Heifers: Top: 120.00; Choice 2&3: 119.00-120.00; Mixed Select: 100.00-112.00

F & L Flea Market

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Miller Frames & Designs

1260 E Hwy 22 • Centralia, Mo.

573-682-9921www.facebook.com/millerframesanddesigns

Hours: Monday - Thursday: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. or by appointment

Custom Framing, Matting and Designs Customized Wood Signs • Photograph Alphabet Designs

106 Route B, Hallsville, Mo. • (573) 696-0345shirtworksandmore@gmail.com

HOURS: Monday - Friday • 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Saturday • 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday • 1 - 4 p.m.

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KINKEAD PHARMACY Downtown Centralia

D O W N T O W N Christmas Open House

Manufacture’s Rep in Store All Day Thursday, Nov. 29DaVinci Beads - New Styles - Buy 4 Get the 5th one Free

Anna Leece Jewelry - New Styles - Free Pair of Shooting Star Pierced Earrings with $50 Purchase

Tyler Candles - New Scents

Centralia/HallsvilleMonroe County Appeal, Paris, Mo. • monroecountyappeal.com Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 9

Area SPORTSThursday, Nov. 29, 2012 10 Monroe County Appeal, Paris, Mo. • monroecountyappeal.com

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Hayhurst, Stone named to All District Team

Paris Coyotes Senior Steven Hayhurst (7) and Sophomore Slater Stone (31) were selected to the 2012 Northeast All-District Football Team selected by Northeast sportswriters and sports-casters. Hayhurst was selected as an All District All Purpose player for his offense, defense and special team play while Stone was selected as an All District Receiver.

Madison Lady Panthers take Bevier to the wire in first game

Panthers Hultz, Brown score double digits in first two games

Conner Pollard, age 7, of Portage-des-Sioux, got his first deer while hunting on his Uncle’s farm open-ing day of youth season in Monroe County, with his Grandfather. Parents: Shanna Pollard of Portage-des-Sioux, and Jon Pallard of St. Charles. Grandparents Donnie and Linda Brown, also of Portage-des-Sioux. He was one happy camper

The Madison Lady Pan-thers (0-2) played Bevier even for most of the con-test falling just short in a last period rally to fall 41-35. In the next game the Lady Panthers played a perennial powerhouse Cairo team and fell 63-20.

BevierMadison fell behind in

the first quarter 12-6 but early buckets by Tressa Morris, Liz Boillot and Niki Sims kept it close.

In the second quarter Samantha LeGrand and Morris helped the Lady Panthers claw back into the game with two buckets apiece. With Bevier taking a bigger lead Morris hit a 12 footer and a 10 foot jumper while LeGrand di-aled in a long-range bomb in two trips down the floor and Madison trailed by only a bucket 22-20 at the half. Lindsey Hendren added two free throws and Jami Westfaul hit a 12 footer.

The third quarter Lady Panther offense consisted of a Jami Westfaul put back under the basket and three LeGrand treys. Mad-ison found themselves trailing only by four at the end of three periods 35-31.

The fourth stanza was a defense battle as Madi-son held Bevier to only two baskets and two free throws. However, the Lady Panthers could man-

age only an Allie Dunkin offensive put back and a Westfaul bucket and fell 41-35 in the home opener.

Scoring: Niki Sims 2, Liz Boillot 2, Lindsey Hendren 2, Tressa Morris 6, Allie Dunkin 2, Jami Westfaul 6, Samantha LeGrand 15.

Three pointers: Samantha LeGrand 5.

CairoMadison faced a tough

Cairo team and trailed early 23-2 at the first break with Jami Westfaul hitting the only Madison bucket.

The second quarter Madi-son hit for nine points with Westfaul hitting a trey and a short range jumper; Sa-mantha LeGrand hit a trey (her sixth of the season)

and added a charity toss for the team’s none points. Cairo put up a 20 point sec-ond period and led 43-11 at the half.

Allie Dunkin hit a jumper and a free throw and West-faul hit another jumper and Niki Sims hit a run-ner for the Lady Panthers in the third period scoring. Madison trailed 49-18 after three quarters out scoring Cairo 7-6 in the quarter.

Liz Boillot hit a jumper for the Lady Panthers only scoring of the final quarter and the Lady Panthers fell 63-20.

The Lady Panthers played Sturgeon on Tuesday, Nov. 27 and travel to Communi-ty R-VI on Friday, Nov. 30.

The Madison Panthers (0-2) fell behind Bevier early but rallied to make it a closer game at the half but fell 72-49 to Bevier in first game action. The Panthers also fell in early season ac-tion to perennial state com-petitor Cairo 93-39.

BevierThe Madison Panthers

faced a furious first quar-ter rally from Bevier and trailed 28-10 after the first quarter. Blake Brown led the Panthers early with a seven point first period while Blake Hultz added

a three pointer and Brad-ley Piece chipped in with a jumper and Austin Freels hit a runner.

In the second quarter Blaine Love nailed two jumpers while Brown add-ed another couple buckets and Hultz ripped a three pointer and hit a runner for 13 second quarter Panther points. Madison trailed 34-27 at the half holding Bevier to only six points in the quarter.

A balanced scoring third quarter (Freels 3, Brown 2, Hultz 4, Jacob Wandrey 3, Pierce 2) found Madison trailing only 49-41 after three periods.

Bevier finished strong with a 23 point final pe-riod while Madison hit for 8 points from a Brown bucket, two Hultz jumpers, a Chase Barnes free throw and a Pierce free throw.

Scoring: Bradley Pierce 9, Chase Barnes 1, Blake Hultz 16, Blake Brown 15, Austin Freels 5.

CairoMadison had two players

in double digits with Blake Brown scoring 15 and Blake Hultz adding 10 in-cluding two three-pointers. Bradley Pierce added four points, Jacob Wandrey hit a trey, Tyler Bennett hit two treys and John Hendren added a free throw.

Madison trailed 35-15 at the end of the first quarter and trailed 55-21 at the half. A 30-15 third quarter found Madison behind 85-36 with a final 93-39.

The Panthers played Stur-geon on Tuesday, Nov. 27 and travel to Community R-VI on Friday, Nov. 30.

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Paris 7th Grade Coyotes, left to right: First row - Brett Miller, Zack Rentschler, Bret Crigler and Dakota Howard. Second row - Assistant Coach Jason Rinz, Bran-don Williams, Trenton Morgan, Breck Hancock and Coach Jeremy Skinner.

Paris 8th Grade Coyotes, left to right: First row - Chase Redington, Trey Graham, Weston Dawson, Nic Thomas, Brant Ensor, Collin Crook and Dylan Painter. Sec-ond row - Assistant Coach Jason Rinz, Ben Ebbesmeyer, Hadley Wiggans, Matt Unterbrink, Jake Green, Tanner Anderson and Coach Jeremy Skinner.

Paris Junior High Coyote Cheerleaders, left to right: First row - Bryce Dunlap, Riley Barton. Second row - Bobbie Wisdom, Moly Dunlap, Coach Deb Rinz, Lizzy Bradt. Not pictured: Allison Jett. All photos submitted by school

Paris Junior High Basketball early season roundball action

The JH Coyotes opened their season on Oct. 30, hosting the Madison Pan-thers. The 8th grade Coy-otes played a tight game with Madison in the first half, up 12-9, but came out on top at the end of regula-tion, 33-24. Brant Ensor led the scoring with 11 points. Other offensive efforts in-cluded: Matt Unterbrink 8 points, Jake Green and Dylan Painter with 6 points each, while Collin Crook added 2 points.

The next week, Nov. 7, the Coyotes played host to the Westran Hornets in the first round of the LCC Tournament. Paris came out strong, defensively, with the score at the end of the half, Paris 16 Westran 10. Paris was able to hold off the Hor-nets, to grab a 32-22 victory. Ensor led the offense with 10 points. Other offensive efforts included: Painter and Nic Thomas with 8 points apiece, and Green with 6 points. The Coyotes shot 57% from the charity line.

The next night, in round 2 of the tourney, the Coyotes played host to the Marceline Tigers. The entire game ran close, until Paris was able to pull away a 39-30 victory at the end. Unterbrink led the offense with 13 points. Oth-er offensive efforts includ-ed: Green 9 points, Ensor 8 points, Ben Ebbesmeyer 1 point, and Painter and Thomas with 4 points each. The Coyotes shot 32% from the charity stripe.

The following night, Nov. 9, the Coyotes faced the Fayette Falcons in the

championship game. De-spite a strong effort, the Coyotes fell to the Falcons, 41-50. Thomas led the of-fense with 10 points. Other offensive efforts included: Painter and Green 8 points apiece, and Unterbrink 6 points. Weston Dawson, Breck Hancock, Ensor, and Ebbesmeyer added 2 points apiece. The Coyotes shot 44% from the free-throw line.

On Nov. 12, the Coy-otes played their first road game of the season at North Shelby. The Coyotes took charge early and never looked back, topping the Raiders, 62-27. Green and Painter led the high-pow-ered offense with 14 points each. Other Coyote scorers included: Thomas 12 points, Unterbrink 10 points, En-sor 6 points, Brett Miller 4 points, and Trey Graham 2 points. Paris shot 50% from the free-throw line.

On Nov. 13, Paris hosted the Holy Rosary Trojans. In the two quarter B game, the Coyotes topped the Trojans 15-6. Miller led the offense with 6 points, while Bret Crigler scored 4, Breck Hancock 3, and Zack Rentschler 2. The A game ran close, until Paris was able to pull ahead in the fourth frame, and top Holy Rosary, 57-43. Thomas led the offense with 17 points. Other scorers were: Painter 11 points, Green and Un-terbrink 6points each, Gra-ham and Weston Dawson 2 points each, and Ebbesmey-er 1 point. Ensor, Hancock, and Miller all added 4 points

apiece. Paris shot 37% from the charity stripe.

On Nov. 15, the Coyotes headed north to face the Marion Co. Mustangs, in what led to a 40-15 Paris victory. Painter led the of-fense with 10 points. Daw-son and Miller had 6 points each, Ensor and Unterbrink 5 points each, Thomas and Chase Redington 3 points each, and Green had 2 points.

The next night, Nov. 16, the Coyotes traveled down Highway 24 to face the Westran Hornets. The B team Coyotes took charge early and took home a 44-12 victory. Miller led the of-fense with 16 points. Other scorers included: Graham 11 points, Rentschler 7 points, Dakota Howard 6 points, while Hadley Wiggans and Crigler added 2 points each. The Paris A squad lost a tight game to the Hornets, 42-44. Unterbrink led the Coyotes with 14 points. Other offen-sive efforts included: Ensor 13 points, Painter 6 points, Green 4 points, Thomas and Ebbesmeyer with 2 points apiece, and Redington 1 point.

The Coyotes finished their first half of the season, on Nov. 20, when the B squad fell to the visiting South Shelby Cardinals, 21-45. Hancock and Miller led the Coyote scorers with 8 points each, Graham and Crigler scored 2 points each, while Rentschler added 1 point. Paris shot 55% from the line.

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Older adults face many decisions in the last de-cades of their lives. Tak-ing some time to look at the issues ahead and plan accordingly can make the future easier and more en-joyable for both you and your family. Here are some areas to consider:

Your money. Saving for retirement is important, and you want to make sure you have enough money to live on and enjoy life in your old age. You also want to make sure that money is protected, that you can get to it if you need it, and that you have enough to take care of yourself and your family. You should also

make decisions about what should happen to that mon-ey when you die by prepar-ing a will or trust document that spells out your wishes.

Your health care. You may need more health care in old age than you did when you were younger. It’s important to make sure that you have health insur-ance coverage, possibly a second plan to cover costs not met by Medicare, and that you understand the coverage and have enough money on hand to cover what your plan doesn’t. Keep your health and life insurance policy informa-tion stored in a safe but ac-cessible place.

Your life. The onset of a health emergency – such as a heart attack, stroke, ma-jor injury, or terminal ill-ness – is not the best time to make key decisions. Pre-paring advance directives like a durable power of attorney, a living will, and other documents that state your end-of-life wishes can save you and your family from unneeded stress in a time of crisis.

Your care. It’s tough to think about not being able to take care of yourself, but that point may come. Friends and family mem-bers may not be able to give you the level of care that you need when living with a debilitating illness. While you’re still healthy and able, make decisions about potential living ar-rangements, like a nursing home or assisted living fa-cility, hospice care, home health care, and other available care options, de-pending on your condition. Choose which options you prefer in various situations, and consider how you will pay for them.

Your home. Your home may be easy for you to navigate and comfortable

for you now, but think about how that may change when you get older. A big house with lots of stairs to climb may present a seri-ous challenge if you have health or physical prob-lems. Take stock of your living arrangements to see if safety modifications or remodeling can be done now to provide for your health at home later.

Protecting Your PartnerIt’s never too early to start

thinking about how you’re going to handle and pay for your care in old age, especially if you’re the pri-mary breadwinner in your household. A debilitating illness such Alzheimer’s disease or a serious stroke can quickly deplete your financial resources. Con-sider your health, and the health of your spouse, part-ner, or family members. Make preparations and provisions and develop a plan to deal with these is-sues in the event one of you becomes sick.

Although financial as-sistance for senior health care is available, it’s best to begin planning well in advance. Programs like Medicaid have strict rules and regulations, and may not cover enough of your medical expenses for you to maintain a comfortable standard of living. Start

Planning for Your FutureAging happens naturally, but aging well takes careful planning. Take steps to ensure that your financial, living, and medical needs will be met in old age.

looking at your financial options early and consult with legal and financial professionals to ensure that you and your family are cared for in your old age.

Figuring Out What You Need as You Age

When you’re ready to start planning, there are people who can assist you in making the necessary ar-rangements. An elder care attorney can advise you and your spouse or part-ner on legal issues and fi-nancial arrangements and draw up legal documents.

Also, consider having a geriatric medical assess-ment done. This process can give you a picture of your overall health. The earlier health problems are

identified, the more input you’ll be able to have in your future care and the care of your family. Your health care team can help develop a plan to make sure your living arrangements are safe and will serve your needs in the years ahead. An assessment is an espe-cially good idea if you are already experiencing some health problems or signs of dementia.

Although no one likes to think about getting old, putting a plan in place ear-lier rather than later can help you maintain the life-style you want to have as you enter your later years.

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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)

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF MONROE COUNTYJUVENILE DIVISIONSTATE OF MISSOURI, COUNTY OF MONROE

PARIS, MISSOURIIN THE INTEREST OF:S.S.M., MALE; DOB: 03-20-2011CAUSE NO: 11 MN-JU00017J. R. M., FEMALE; DOB: 03-20-2011CAUSE NO: 11MN-JU00018

NOTICE UPON ORDER FOR SERVICE BY

PUBLICATION(Section 506.160 RSMo.)

THE STATE OF MIS-SOURI TO: JOSE LUIS SANTIAGO

You are hereby notified that an action has been com-menced against you in the Cir-cuit Court of Monroe County, Missouri, Juvenile Division, the object and general nature of which is to terminate your parental rights.

The names of the parties to the suit are S.S.M and J.R.M., minor children of Jose Luis Santiago; and Philip W. Lives-ay, Juvenile Officer of Monroe County, Missouri, 304 Willow Street, Hannibal, Missouri 63401.

You are hereby ordered to appear before this Court on Friday, the 4th day of January, 2013 at the Monroe County Courthouse at Paris, Missouri at 9 a.m.

You are further notified that unless you file an answer or other pleading or shall oth-erwise appear and defend against the aforesaid petition within 45 days after the 8th day of November, 2012, judg-ment by default will be ren-dered against you.

Witness my hand and seal of the Monroe County, Missouri Circuit Court, this 5th day of November, 2012.

Heather WheelerCircuit Clerk of Monroe

CountyPublished on: November 8,

15, 22 and 29, 2012

NOTICE OF SUCCESSOR

TRUSTEE’S SALE

For default in the payment of the indebtedness secured by the deed of trust executed by Verona Dale Dye, a single person, dated June 20, 2007, recorded in Book 323, at Page 1451, in the Office of the Re-corder of Deeds of Monroe County, Missouri, the under-signed Successor Trustee will, on Wednesday, the 10th day of December, 2012, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., to-wit: at 10 a.m., at the west door of the Monroe County Courthouse, Monroe County, Missouri, sell the below de-scribed property at public venue to the highest bidder for cash for the purpose of satis-fying the indebtedness, costs, and expenses as provided in said deed of trust:

All of Lot Ten (10) of “SHRADER’S SUBDIVI-SION” to the Town (now City) of Paris, Missouri.(The above described property

has an address of 625 Bryan Avenue, Paris, MO 65275.)

Sidney E. Wheelan – Succes-sor Trustee

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NOTICEPursuant to the Fair Debt

Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. 1692c(b), no informa-tion concerning the collec-tion of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the ex-press permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any informa-tion obtained will be used for that purpose.

Published on: November 15, 22, 29 and December 6, 2012

N THE 10TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT, MON-

ROE COUNTY, MISSOURIJudge or Division: PRO-BATECase Number: 12MN-PR00049HEATHER D. WHEELERCIRCUIT CLERKMONROE COUNTY, MO(Date File Stamp)In the Estate of FRANK PRICE BALL, Deceased.

NOTICE OF LETTERS OF

ADMINISTRATION GRANTED

(Supervised Administration)To All Persons Interested in

the Estate of FRANK PRICE BALL, Decedent:

On November 19, 2012, the following individual was ap-pointed the personal represen-tative of the estate of FRANK PRICE BALL, decedent, by the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Monroe County, Mis-souri. The Personal represen-tative’s business address and phone number is: DOROTHY JONES, P.O. BOX 242, PAR-IS, MO 65275

The personal representative’s attorney’s name, business ad-dress and phone number is: SIDNEY E. WHEELAN, 110 N. 5TH ST., MOBERLY, MO 65270, 660-263-3100.

All creditors of said decedent are notified to file claims in court within six months from the date of the first publication of this notice or if a copy of this notice was mailed to, or served upon, such creditor by the per-sonal representative, then with-in two months from the date it was mailed or served, whichev-er is later, or be forever barred

to the fullest extent permissi-ble by law. Such six-month pe-riod and such two-month period do not extend the limitation pe-riod that would bar claims one year after the decedent’s death, as provided in Section 473.444, RSMo, or any other applicable limitation periods. Nothing in Section 473.033, RSMo, shall be construed to bar any action against a decedent’s liability insurance carrier through a de-fendant ad litem pursuant to Section 537.021, RSMo.

Date of the decedent’s death:14-0CT-2012Date of first publication:November 29,2012Receipt of this notice by mail

should not be construed by the recipient to indicate that the recipient necessarily has a beneficial interest in the estate. The nature and extent of any person’s interest, if any, can be determined from the files and records of this estate in the Probate Division of the above referenced Circuit Court.

Published on: November 29, December 6, 13 and 20, 2012

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CLASSIFIEDS Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 13Monroe County Appeal, Paris, Mo. • monroecountyappeal.com

NOTICE OF FILING DEADLINENotice is hereby given that candidates for the office of

Monroe County Nursing Home District Board Director from Sub-district #3 & #4, for a Three year term, must file their Declaration of Candidacy between December 11, 2012 and

January 15, 2013. Any person filing must live within their sub-district (3 or 4). If only one candidate files their declaration

of candidacy per district, an election will not be held and candidates will assume office as if elected. The election will

be held April 2, 2013. Declaration of Candidate forms may be picked up at the County Clerk’s Office,

Monroe County Courthouse, Paris, MO 65275, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday – Friday.

NOTICE CITY OF PARIS

CANDIDATE FILING DEADLINEThe City of Paris filing dates for the April 2, 2013 Municipal

Election are December 11, 2012 to January 15, 2013, Those wishing to file can do so by filing their Declaration of

Candidacy with the Clerk at the City Office between the hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.. Monday through Friday except January 17, 2013 when filing hours shall be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The terms of the Aldermen, to be elected are two years. Those filings are for the following:

1 Alderman, Ward 1 1 Alderman, Ward 2The term of City Tax Collector to be elected is two years.

By order of the Paris City Council, Lisa Hollingsworth, Clerk.

MADISON C-3 SCHOOL DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE

Qualified applicants for the Madison C-3 Board of Education may file for office during business hours when school is in session in the Superintendent’s Office, 309 Thomas Street, Madison, Mo. Commencing at 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily on Tuesday, Dec. 11, and continues until Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 when filing hours will be extended until 5 p.m. Positions to be filled are 2 three-year terms and 1 one-year term for a vacated position. The candidate shall declare his/her intent to become a candidate, In person and in writing on forms supplied by the Secretary of the Board of Education. The names of qualified candidates shall be placed on the ballot in order of filing. Candidates may withdraw their names stating their intentions in writing and presenting the statement to the Secretary of the Board no later than 5 p.m. on the ninth Tuesday prior to the election and certification of candidates must be submitted to the county clerk by the eighth Tuesday, prior to the election. Candidates must comply with laws concerning eligibility and campaign financing and campaign disclosures.

NOTICECITY OF MADISON CANDIDATE

FILING DEADLINE

The City of Madison filing dates for the April 2, 2013 Gen-eral Municipal Election are December 11, 2012, 8 a.m.. to January 15, 2013, 4 p.m. Those wishing to file can do so by filing their Declaration of Candidacy with the Clerk at the City Hall between the hours of 8 a.m. – 12 p.m, 1 – 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. The terms of the Aldermen, to be elected are two years. There will be two (2) positions open and the term of Mayor, to be elected is two years.

By order of the Madison City CouncilMelissa O’Bannon, City Clerk

Thank you for your attendance and support for our soup luncheon

on Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11.

American LegionPost 221

A heartfelt thank you for the cards, calls, visits and prayers

during my recent surgery. God bless each of you for

your kindness.

Jim McMorris

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PUBLIC NOTICE

HELP WANTEDMonroe County is currently accepting applications for part time 911 Dispatchers with p.m. shifts available. Applicants should have some

computer knowledge or be willing to learn. Full training in 911 Emergency Dispatch will be provided. Part time employees

start at $8.00 per hour during trainingApply in person at Monroe County 911 office located on 3rd floor

of the Monroe County Courthouse, 300 North Main, Paris, Mo.

WANTEDHOUSE CLEANER NEED-ED: For Bi-monthly. Call 660-327-1123.....................47-4t

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BirthsRyley Raye Rockhill

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Area VITALSWheelan and Baldwin united in marriageObituaries✝

Owen L. Duncan1930-2012

Owen L. Duncan, 82, of Florissant, died Monday night, Nov. 12 at Monroe Manor. At his request there were no services.

Owen was born Oct. 16, 1930 to Roy Lee and Ruby May Duncan. He graduated from Paris High School in 1949. When Owen played the piano in the gym, a crowd soon gathered since you could hear it through-out the school. If he heard a song once, he would soon be playing it. He also played trombone in the school band.

Owen joined the Air Force after graduation and on his return; he moved to St. Louis and joined the police force where he met Lola Miller. They married in June 1959. Lola prede-ceased him in 2002. He was also predeceased by his son Steven, his parents, brother Orval, and sister Olivia.

He left the police force and went to work at the Marriot Courtyard, where he retired.

Owen is survived by daughter Chery Zabbia, of St. Peters, Ronda Jones, of Springfield, grandson Jason (Erica) and Jacob Riedisser, great grandsons Ethan and Cooper, of Illi-nois. His siblings are Ha-zel (R.D.) Levings, Deb-bie (Randy) Boulware, Orma, Don (Brenda), Dean (Kathleen), Dennis (San-dra) Duncan, of Paris, Roy Odell (Betty), of O’Fallon, Lonnie (Kathy), of New London, sister-in-law June, of Cairo, a host of friends, nieces, nephews, and cous-ins.

Claudia Brianne Baldwin is very proud and excited to announce the marriage of her parents Victoria Brianne Wheelan-Baldwin and Jacob Darrel Baldwin. Claudia’s parents were united in marriage by Fran Schnarre at 1 p.m on Oct. 28, 2012, at Les Bourgeois Winey. Family and close friends of Victoria, Jake and Claudia shared their special day with them.

The bride was attend-ed by here sister Ashlyn Wheelan, of Paris and the couples daughter Claudia Brianne Baldwin, of Hol-liday.

The groom was attend-

Carson, Lindsey, and big brother Evan Rockhill are proud to announce the birth of Ryley Raye Rock-hill. Ryley was born at 12:03 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, at Cox South Hospital in Springfield. She weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces, and 21 inches long.

Proud grandparents are Phillip and Cheryl Shatzer, of Paris; and David and Cheryl Rockhill, of Nixa. Great-grandparents are Hazel Shatzer and Helen Sharp, of Paris; and Thel-ma Lowderman, of El Do-rado, Kan.

ed by close friend Brian Smith, of Georgia.

Parents of the couple are Shelton and Wendy Whee-lan, of Paris and Rick and Tina Baldwin, of Holliday.

Grandparents of the bride are Kurt and Clau-dia McCleary, of Paris and Mike McCann, of Madison. Grandparents of the groom are Kathy and the late Darell Bald-win, of Shelbina and Har-vey and Louise Millon, of Centralia.

The couple and their daughter reside north of Holliday on the fam-ily farm where the groom farms on the family farm.

Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Baldwin

Homer Gray1927-2012

Homer Gray, 85 of Paris, passed away on Friday, Nov. 23, at a Columbia Hospital.

Mr. Gray was born on Sept. 4, 1927, in Paris, the son of Harvey Harlan and Flossie Sheerman Gray. He married Ruthie Hemp-stead on Jan. 27, 1951. He is survived by his children; Judy (Gary) McCurren of St. Peters, Mike (Kay) Gray of Paris, and Dottie (Bill) Arnett of Paris, and. Ron Gray of Grape View, Wash.; 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchil-dren.

He was preceded in death by one grandson, Kevin Arnett, infant sister, Doro-thy Gray, one brother, Har-ris Gray and one daughter-in-law, Janice Gray.

Mr. Gray lived and farmed all of his life in Monroe County. He was a member of Mt. Airy Bap-tist Church and a former member of Monroe Coun-ty Saddle Club. He served in the United States Army and was a member of the VFW and American Le-gion Post #221.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday at 10 a.m. at Agnew Funeral Home in Paris with Rever-end Don Campbell officiat-ing. Visitation was from 5 to 8 p.m., on Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Walnut Grove.

Memorials may be made to Mt. Airy Baptist Church.

Fire incidences caused by cooking, heating and open flame all increase during the winter holiday period. According to the United States Fire Administration, winter holiday fires are more severe than the aver-age fire during the year.

According to ESFI, several home fires occur due to neglect or lack of knowledge on the hazards of cooking, heating equip-ment and electrical sys-tems.

Heating equipment is the second leading cause of home fires and home fire deaths. In one out of every five fire related deaths, the fire started when some-thing that could catch fire was too close to a heat source. Space heaters and other similar heating equipment products cause

32 percent of home heat-ing fires and 82 percent of home heating fire deaths, according to ESFI.

Prepare Your Home for the Holidays

Before the winter holi-days, follow these simple tips to ensure your home is risk-free.

Stay Warm for the Holi-days with a Portable Heat-er:

Portable heaters are a great way to inexpensive-ly heat a large room this holiday season. Although a portable heater is an easy way to add that cozy feel-ing without an expensive electric bill, be conscious while using heaters as they

can create several holiday hazards in your home.

Heaters are used prop-erly when kept away from high-traffic doorways and at least 3 feet away from anything that can burn. Remember to always turn portable heaters off when you leave the room or go to sleep.

Do not use a space heater in damp or wet areas unless it is specifically designed for use outdoors or in bath-rooms. Always choose a heater that bears the mark of a nationally recognized testing laboratory.

When working outdoors, keep all outdoor extension cords and light strands

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