Adams Realty new business in Paris...Darren Adams, right, and Broker Verle Hugenot, show off an ex-ample of the new Adams Realty signs that are ready to go up to help people sell their real estate whether a home or farm. “Ad-ams Realty is a full service office,” said owner Darren Adams who purchased the Centralia business in 2002 from his father. APPEAL PHOTO

City of Paris adds extra days to utility payments

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USDA backpedals on meats and grains for school meals

Window Treatments Help Downtown Decorations ...Seven window treatments, drawn and painted by Jeremy VanBoening decorate the Pursue Building in downtown Paris. The artwork helps welcome people as they drive into or leave the downtown area. VanBoening painted the signs over the Thanksgiving weekend. APPEAL PHOTO

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its deadlines to 4 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 21 and Friday, Dec. 28.

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Building art adds festive look to downtown area

The Agriculture Department is responding to criticism over new school lunch rules by allowing more grains and meat in students’ meals.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vil-sack told members of Congress in a letter recently that the de-partment will do away with daily and weekly limits of meats and grains. Currently, school lunches consist of two ounces of meat for high school students per portion. Several lawmakers wrote the de-partment after the new rules went into effect in September saying students aren’t getting enough to eat.

School administrators also com-plained, saying set maximums on grains and meats are too limiting as they try to plan daily meals. Locally, numerous parents have complained about their children not receiving enough food to eat for lunch.

“This flexibility is being pro-vided to allow more time for the development of products that fit within the new standards

while granting schools additional weekly menu planning options to help ensure that children receive a wholesome, nutritious meal every day of the week,” Vilsack said in a letter to Sen. John Ho-even, R-N.D.

Locally, Opaa! Food Service Director Dawn Peak noted that as of yet she has not heard any-thing from Opaa! in regard to any changes. Opaa! is the con-tracted food service for Paris R-II Schools.

“I have received email from the USDA regarding the changes but have not received any official word from our home office,” said Peak. “I do think we will have to change our menus to allow for more meat and grains.”

“This will help with the por-tion sizes and allow us to adjust them,” added Peak.

Peak noted that the students could still have all the fruits and vegetables that they want and are available on a daily basis.

The new guidelines were in-tended to address increasing childhood obesity levels. They set limits on calories and salt, and phase in more whole grains. Schools must offer at least one vegetable or fruit per meal. The department also dictated how much of certain food groups could be served.

While nutritionists and some parents have praised the new

school lunch standards, others, including many conservative lawmakers, refer to them as gov-ernment overreach. Yet many of those same lawmakers also have complained about hearing from constituents who say their kids are hungry at school.

Though broader calorie limits are still in place, the rules tweak will allow school lunch planners to use as many grains and as much meat as they want. In comments to USDA, many had said grains shouldn’t be limited because they are a part of so many meals, and that it was difficult to always find the right size of meat.

The new tweak doesn’t upset nutritionists who fought for the school lunch overhaul.

Nutritionists note the change is minor and the new guidance shows that USDA will work with school nutrition officials and oth-ers who have concerns.

Last year, after USDA first pro-posed the new guidelines, Con-gress prohibited USDA from lim-iting potatoes and French fries and allowed school lunchrooms to continue counting tomato paste on pizza as a vegetable.

The school lunch rules apply to federally subsidized lunches served to low-income children. Those meals have always been subject to nutritional guidelines because they are partially paid

The City of Paris will be pro-viding an extension for late pen-alties on utility bills which are due in the months of December, January and February. Bills due between Dec. 15-31 may be paid until Tuesday, Jan. 8, bills due between Jan. 15-31 may be paid until Friday, Feb. 8, and bills due

between Feb. 15-29 may be paid until Friday, March 8, without late penalties.

Any utility bill which is not paid by the above listed dates will be assessed a 10% penalty and is subject to disconnection for non-payment at 1:00 p.m., on that date.

Paris has added another business to its stable of businesses – Ad-ams Realty.“My father started this company in 1984,” said owner Darren Ad-ams. “He got his license in 1974 and started the company 10 years later.”“This is a family business and I love it,” noted Adams. “I bought the company in 2002 from my father.”Adams noted that real estate is

the single largest investment that an individual or family will ever buy; whether a $10,000 first time homebuyer or a million dollar farm.“You get to be part of some of the biggest decisions, on the invest-ment side that anyone makes,” said Adams. “Adams Realty is good at what we do because of honesty, integ-rity and providing the best cus-tomer service possible,” added

Adams. Adams suggested that any begin-ning real estate agents find some-one that has had their license for a long time and listen to what they do and say rather than fol-lowing all the new technology ways. Adams grew up in Centralia and hosts his business there with now adding a n office in Paris. I have always tried to surround myself with people who are smarter than me; you have to be able to trust those people around you.My father told me if you were

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Continued to page 11The beautiful Christmas themed

windows in the Larry Isgrig owned Pursue building, in down-town Paris, are the individual creations of Jeremy VanBoening.

VanBoening, a First Lieutenant in the United States Army In-fantry, is stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, and works in Mechanical Engineering. VanBoening joined the Army in 2009.

VanBoening, a University of Missouri – Rolla graduate, and graduated from Paris High School, in 2000.

VanBoening painted the seven panes of window designs over Thanksgiving weekend while home in Paris.

“Larry asked me if I wanted to do something and I did,” said VanBoening. “It took me be-tween 60-80 hours spread over

four days to finish the windows.”VanBoening explained that he

first penciled his designs on a stretched canvas at home on his walls; the only space that was as big as the windows and then painted them with acrylic paints and also used an airbrush.

“I have always been very inter-ested in art,” said VanBoening. “I never stopped looking at new techniques and right now am into sculpting and want to do some bronze sculptures.”

“I did it to give something back to Paris and wanted to put big smiles on peoples’ faces,” ex-plained VanBoening.

VanBoening credits retired Par-is art teacher Chandra Huffman with being the biggest influence in his life in regards to painting and his love of art.

“Mrs. Huffman was always pa-tient and kind and she cares about her students,” said VanBoening in praise of his former teacher.

The Madison Tournament (featuring Paris and Madison)

begins Dec. 19 and finishes after the New Year. See brackets on page 10.

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As a follow up to last week’s idea that some changes may be in order in Medicare and Social Security benefits and funding to address the deficit and to make sure that these programs prosper for the future, I looked at Missourian’s responses to AARP’s surveys on these matters.

Most Missourians surveyed believe that some changes in benefits and revenue in these programs are necessary for the future but two thirds of those surveyed do not want immediate changes.

It is expected that often the first of the year Congress will consider some of the following changes: An increase in payroll taxes by upping incomes subject to payroll taxes, benefit reductions in both programs, increases in eligibility ages for both Medicare and Social Security, reducing cost of living increases for Social Security and raising Medicare premiums for higher earning individuals. None of these possibilities were popular with those surveyed. The great majority responded that future retirees should get the same benefit as current retirees receive and more than half felt that it was fair that higher income workers to receive higher Social Security benefits. Very few responded that a huge over-hall of these programs was needed.

So it will be difficult for Missouri’s Congressional delegation, who have been furnished with these survey results, to press for major immediate changes in Medicare and Social Security and still be in step with what many older constituents are thinking about what changes are necessary and when. Don’t expect very much to be changed very soon.

Pass on Rice Susan Rice, current U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. is the

frontrunner to succeed Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. While I believe in general that Presidents should be able to pick their own key operatives, there is a limit to whom deserve support for confirmation. Ms. Rice is not well respected in either Congress nor the U.N. where diplomacy is the order of the day. Why promote her to a job where it is everything on every day. John Kerry would be the better choice for the President to be Secretary of State. Why pick yet another unnecessary fight with members of Congress especially when your favorite for the job might very well not be your best option.

Many Older Missourians Not For Change Now

OpinionThursday, Dec. 13, 2012 2 Monroe County Appeal, Paris, Mo. • monroecountyappeal.com

75 Years Ago Dec. 16, 1937

50 Years Ago Dec. 13, 1962

25 Years Ago Dec. 17, 1987

All the old-timers are grooming and turning their prize fiddles for the big contest.

The second annual contest for the champion fiddler of Monroe county will be held in the Opera House at Paris, Tuesday night. Up to time of going to press eight of the best known fiddlers have sig-nified their intention of compet-ing. They are Ralph Gallop, Lute Riley, John Lewellen, Robert Newbrough, Loyd Heathman, Ed Allison, Charley Martin and Bill Brown, the last named being the son of Wood Brown, last year’s champion. Wood will not fiddle in this contest, but will likely meet the winner at some later date.

While gathering corn on the farm north of Paris last Thursday, No-vember 30, Charley Edwards came across some watermelon vines that had not been injured by frost. With his trusty corn knife he opened one of the melons and found it as sound and luscious as he ever ate.

Mrs. M. S. Bodine enjoyed the thrill of shooting a quail on the wing Monday. It was her first ex-perience with a gun and says she was about at surprised as the quail must have been at the outcome of her first shot. Mrs. Sam Stevenson, another Paris woman, brings one down with a shotgun and consid-ers herself a veteran at the hunting game.

If last Thursday night proves anything, it’s that winning basket-ball games never comes easily… even if you’ve done 400 times in the past 30 years and are one of Missouri’s most successful active coaches.

Just ask Paris High School boys’ basketball coach Don Williams.

Consolidated Electric Co. blamed “probably a squirrel or raccoon” for leaving all the city of Paris and

At the recent third annual Mis-souri Youth Traffic Safety Confer-ence held at Jefferson City, youth representatives of high schools throughout Missouri took matters of safety in their own hands and recom-mended that the driver license law be changed to a minimum age of 18, with probationary licenses to 16 –year-olds who complete a drivers training class in high school. It was a surprising stand for the young folks to take and was further proof that the majority of them want safer driving laws and more security for them-

A city ordinance should be passed at once, requiring every-body to scatter ashes over their walks when they are covered with sleet or ice. Then as officer should be sent along every street to per-sonally remind any who neglected

Dear Editor,Sequestration would make a direct hit on seniors!!It was predicted that as soon as the elections were over, Congress

would go back to a ‘lame-duck session,” no matter who was elected Nov. 6. The 112th Congress still has work to do, and we will all pay if it fails to act; sequestration is not the answer.

Last year, Congress used an obscure budgeting gimmick that will that will impact our community’s older adults. This gimmick is the threat of sequestration, which would impose $109 billion in auto-matic cuts that would take effect in January, unless Congress calls its

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this very important service to the public. An ordinance of this sort would be both useful and popular.

Students at the University of Texas would not volunteer for an-other “world war” , according to a “sampling” of students opinions taken by the Daily Texan, student publication.

In a poll modeled after the nation polls, the Texan found 61.3 per cent of the male students answer-ing “no” to the question “If the United States should enter a war under the same conditions as it did in 1917, would you volunteer?” an affirmative answer was given by 31.8 percent and 6.9 percent had no opinion. The Texan conducts a weekly poll on some such ques-tion.

Men sentenced to terms in the city jail at Paris must now work on the streets. This is a new policy Mayor Guy Reed has instituted. The prisoner will be turned over to Street Commissioner Sid Woods and will work every day until his fine is squared or his sentence is out.. This will make the local jail less desirable place in which to be confined. A similar policy might make the county jail a place to be shunned.

selves and others on the highways. They also urged a compulsory seat belt law and strict law enforcement. As in most other matters, a few teen-agers who are reckless with the cars they drive make it difficult for those who are careful drivers, the latter be-ing in the vast majority, we think. One of the heirlooms that the City of Paris owns is the old bell that once hung in th steeple on the city hall and fire department building, It was taken down when the building steeple was removed, and stored in the second floor room.

Paris people want the bell re-erect-ed, either on the roof of the renovated building, or elsewhere. It goes back to the early days of Paris and was once the town fire bell.

It would be good to hear it ring again on special occasions.

Figures just released show that Missouri ranks high in the nation in number of those who have health insurance. On Jan. 1, 1962, 80.3% of the state’s more than for million people were covered by some form of insurance for costs or partial costs of hospital and medical care. This is above the national average, which is only 74%. The figures reflect a sat-isfactory condition as far as most of our people are concerned, yet it is the other 19% who probably need health insurance the most and are the least able to pay for it through private channels. There is a growing demand for some program that will protect these people who are financially un-able to protect themselves.

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Paris MERCURY Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 3Monroe County Appeal, Paris, Mo. • monroecountyappeal.com

The Mark Twain 4-H Club met on Saturday, Dec. 1, at the Presbyterian Church in Florida. There were 19 members, 17 leaders, and nine others present. The meeting was called to order by Lauren Embree, Presi-dent. Roll call was answered with “Hanging your ornament on the tree.” Pledges were led by Brandon Williams & Will Crain. Logan Bross led the club in singing Ruldolph the Red Nose Reindeer. Minutes of the last meeting were read by Makenzie Fox, Secretary. A motion to approve the minutes was made by Bran-don Williams and seconded by Kendall Mason. The Treasurers Report was given by Betsy Embree with a current balance of $1141.30. Makayla Fox made a motion to approve the Treasurers Report with a sec-ond from Logan Bross. Mary DeOrnellis asked to be reimbursed for Thanksgiving & Christmas supplies purchased in the amount of $67.10. Brandon Williams made a motion to reimburse Mary DeOrnellis with a second from Kendall Mason. Ham Curing will be this Saturday, Dec. 8, at 1 p.m. Fashion Revue will be on July 10 2013. All members present reported on their projects.

Old Business - We sold 88 pies for the Thanksgiving pie fundraiser. We will have totals at the next meeting. Camp Counselor applications are now due on Jan. 4, 2013. See Liza for applications. The club voted to go to the YMCA in Hannibal, on Saturday, Jan. 5 from 4-8 p.m. Dennis Stuart requested that we move our trash pick up to the entrance Camp Colborn. Liza reported we are awaiting the agreement to move the trash pick up.

New Business - The club decided to hand out Christ-mas cards to Millers and Monroe Manor on Friday, Dec. 21 at 1p.m. Mary suggested collecting non per-ishable items for Christmas is Caring on Sunday, Dec. 2 and Sunday, Dec. 9 from 11a.m. to 2 p.m. All mem-bers were in favor. A Health tip was given by Logan Bross to “Cover your coughs and sneezes.” A safety tip was given by Ryan Breid “Don’t text and drive.” All members present enjoyed time with Santa and played games. The next meeting will be Jan. 5, 2013 at 4 p.m. Brandon Williams made a motion to adjourn the meet-ing and a second by Will Crain.

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FBLA blood drive collects 90 pints

Thanks to everyone who donated blood at The American Red Cross blood drive on Monday, Nov. 26.

The drive was sponsored by Paris R-II FBLA and held at Paris High School where 90 pints of blood were collected. Each pint of blood can be divided into three components-red cells, platelets and plas-ma-giving our blood drive the possibility of impact-ing 270 lives. While it is impossible at the time of donation to know how that specific donation will be used, there are more uses for blood than many peo-ple realize. Whole blood often is needed for surgery patients and trauma vic-tims. For example, a single car accident victim can re-quire as many as 100 pints of blood. The blood used in an emergency is already on the shelves before the event occurs. Cancer patients may also need significant amounts of blood. More than one million people are diagnosed with cancer

each year. Many of them will need blood, sometimes daily, during their chemo-therapy treatment. To learn more about how donating blood can help a patient in need go to redcrossblood.org Thanks again to those of you who gave a part of yourself to help patients in need.

Because of everyone’s hard work and dedication and because we collected between 30 and 100 units, Paris High School will be awarded a $250 scholar-ship for one graduating se-nior!

A big thank you to Mrs. Ragsdale and her stu-dents… every one of Mrs. Ragsdale’s students at the elementary had someone present at the registration table and attempt to give blood.

Helping at the FBLA Blood Driver were (top) Payton Gruber, left, and Britton Francis and (left) Makayla Fox, left, and Kenzie Dye. SUBMITTED PHOTOS

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Madison Business Men’s Association supplies hats and gloves for students

Memorial Service set for Judge McKenzie

Madison Area Betterment hosting sandwich lunch

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Madison C-3 3rd grade class try to decide what color of cap and gloves they would like to have. SUBMITTED PHOTO

The Madison Business Men’s Association Christmas Project this year was to supply new caps and gloves for all the students in Pre-K through 6th grade who attend the Madison C-3 School. Left to right, Ms. Jessica David, Madison C-3 guidance counselor; Ms. Trish Vessar, Madison C-3 principal; Cindy Hultz, Vickie Gallop, Ron-nie Purdy, and Mary Coberly - all members of the Madison Business Men’s Association. SUBMITTED PHOTO

The Madison Area Community Betterment Association is hosting a soup and sandwich lunch for members of the Madi-son area on Sunday, Dec. 16.

The menu consists of

chili, soup, grilled cheese sandwiches and home-made cinnamon rolls will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Madison Area Community Center. Cost of lunch is a free-will donation.

The Tenth Circuit Bar Association will be host-ing a memorial service to celebrate the career of the late Judge Ronald R. McKenzie on Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, at 3 p.m. at the Marion County Court-house, 906 Broadway, Hannibal. Guest speakers will include: The Hon-orable E. Richard Web-ber, Senior United States District Judge, Eastern District; The Honorable John J. Jackson, Marion County Associate Judge; John W. Briscoe, Esquire; and Mark S. Wasinger, Es-quire. Circuit Judge Ra-chel Bringer Shepherd will preside.

Judge McKenzie served as Circuit Judge for 20 years. He was the longest serving Circuit Judge in the Tenth Circuit. Prior to being appointed Circuit Judge, Judge McKenzie also served as an attorney in private practice, Juve-nile Officer of the Tenth Circuit, and Marion Coun-ty Prosecuting Attorney.

The host committee for the memorial service in-cludes: Judge James R. Reinhard; Judge Carroll M. Blackwell; John W. Bris-coe, Esquire; and Mark S. Wasinger, Esquire.

The service is open to the public.

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Area NEWS Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 5Monroe County Appeal, Paris, Mo. • monroecountyappeal.com

From working, shopping, traveling, and spending time with friends and family, the holiday season can be a very busy and stressful time for many Americans. Even with these additional stressors, it’s important to use common sense safety precautions during the holi-days and throughout the year.

A new survey from Nextdoor, the free and private so-cial network for neighborhoods, showed that a majority of people are not taking proper precautions to protect their homes from fire and burglary. According to the survey, conducted by Harris Interactive in Nov. 2012 among 1,910 U.S. adults aged 23 and over, nearly 60 percent of Americans did not follow common sense safety care to protect their homes from burglary, such as:

38 percent do not tell a neighbor they’re going out of town

19 percent leave their house key in a nearby hiding place while they’re away

12 percent let mail and newspapers pile up10 percent broadcast that they are out of town on

Twitter and Facebook8 percent even leave a door or window unlockedAccording to the Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI),

nearly 400,000 burglaries occurred in the U.S. last November and December alone. Year round, a house, apartment, or condominium in the U.S. is burglarized once every 15 seconds. Believe it or not, it’s often the simplest and most obvious precautions that homeown-ers tend to forget—and which burglars tend to exploit. Here are some common sense safety tips to make sure your home doesn’t become a statistic:

Whatever the situation, you should always lock your doors and windows when you go out.

Keep close track of any spare keys that exist.Be wary about posting your vacation plans and up-

dates on social media websitesUse automatic timers on lights when awayAlways park your cars in the garage with the garage

door shutIf possible, have your telephone calls forwarded when

you are away from homeHave a trusted neighbor pick up the mail and newspa-

per, take out your garbage and have your grass mowed / snow shoveled.

The same survey found that nearly 50 percent of Americans aged 23 and over increased their chances of a home fire because of decorating for the holidays:

34 percent connect multiple extension cords together16 percent put up holiday lights without inspecting

them for frayed cords9 percent let their tree dry out after it is decorated in

the home9 percent have lit a fire without an annual chimney

inspection5 percent have left a burning candle unattendedAccording to the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA),

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Country Homemakers announce winners

The Country Homemak-ers would like to thank all who participated in their annual fundraiser this year. The funds they derive from this raffle is spread throughout this community in different projects in an effort to be of some mon-etary help.

This year they had their drawing at the senior cen-ter after the chamber spon-

Senior Center NewsMonday, Dec. 17--Friday, Dec. 21

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

Monday -Ham & Beans, Fried Potatoes, Zucchini & Tomatoes, 5 Cup Salad, CornbreadTuesday - Chicken Livers or Chicken Fillet on Bun, Onion Rings, Scalloped Cabbage, Country Apple DessertWednesday - Chili, Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Layer Salad, Scalloped PineappleThursday - Baked Pork Chop, Fried Potatoes, Green Bean Casserole, Peach Crisp, BiscuitFriday -Fried Chicken, Red Beans & Rice, Fried Okra, Mock Pecan Pie, Biscuit

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Hand & Foot • Bingo•The Hand & Foot Club met on Thursday, Dec. 6, at the

Paris Senior Center with 14 members participating. Draw-ing for the meal tickets was held and the winners were: Faye Johnson and Ted Ball.

•Bingo was held on Monday, Dec. 10, with 14 people par-ticipating. The winners of a meal ticket were Donna Emmert and Carolyn Karr.

•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!

MADISON C-3 SCHOOL MENUMonday, Dec. 17 - Friday, Dec. 21

Breakfast Menu Monday -Egg & Sausage Biscuit, Orange Wedge, MilkTuesday - French Toast Sticks, Sausage, Juice & MilkWednesday - Cereal, Toast, Juice & MilkThursday - Bagel with Cream Cheese or Jelly,Strawberries, JuiceFriday - Biscuit with Sausage Gravy, Juice & Milk

Lunch MenuMonday - Chicken Patty on Bun, Tomato Slices, Cottage Cheese, Apple, MilkTuesday - Italian Meatball Sub, Romaine Salad, Lima Beans, Orange, MilkWednesday - Frito Chili Pie, Carrot Sticks, Graham Crackers, Applesauce, MilkThursday - Ham & Hot Roll, Baked Potato, Peaches, Suger Cookie, MilkFriday - Pizza Wedge, Crunchy Veggies, Corn, Fruit, Milk

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

Menus subject to change

PARIS R-II SCHOOL MENUMonday, Dec. 17 - Friday, Dec. 21

Breakfast Menu Monday - Pancake Griddle Sandwich, Tropical Fruit or Cereal or Oatmeal, Toast & Jelly, Tropical FruitTuesday - Fruit & Yogurt Parfait or Cereal or Oatmeal, Cinnamon Roll, PeachesWednesday - Sausage Pancake on Stick, Chilled Juice, Cereal or Oatmeal, Yogurt, Chilled JuiceThursday - Opaa! Breakfast Sandwich, Orange Smiles, Cereal or Oatmeal, Toast & Jelly, Orange SmileFriday - Biscuit & Gravy, Sausage, Blushing Pears, Cereal or Oatmeal, Yogurt, Blushing Pears

Lunch MenuMonday - Hamburger or 3 Cheese Grilled Cheese, Green Beans, Sweet Potatoes Fries, Fresh Orange Smiles, Chilled Fruit or Chef Salad, Fresh Tomatoes, Fresh Orange Smiles, Chilled Fruit, Corn Muffin, Chilled FruitTuesday - Super Nachos or Chicken Taco, Fresh Garden Salad, Buckshot Beans, Chilled Pears, Chilled Fruit or Fajita Chicken Salad, Buckshot Beans, Chilled Pears, Chilled Fruit, Tortilla ChipsWednesday - Chicken Patty or Grilled Chicken Sandwich, Mashed Potatoes w/ Gravy, Peas, Peaches, Chilled Fruit, Opaa! Hot Roll or Caesar Salad, Peas, Peaches, Chilled Fruit, Opaa! Hot RollThursday - Opaa! Cheese Pizza or Chicken & Cheese Quesadilla, Corn, Baby Carrots w/ Dip, Broccoli, Fresh Banana, Chilled Fruit or Asian Chef Salad, Corn, Fresh Banana, Chilled Fruit, Opaa! Bread StickFriday - Chicken Nuggets or Home style Macaroni & Cheese, Green Beans, Glazed Carrots, Fresh Garden Salad, Rosy Applesauce, Chilled Fruit or Chef Salad, Glazed Carrots, Rosy Applesauce, Chilled Fruit, Opaa! Bread stick

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

Santa Fe Christian Church Pastor Kenny Sharp

Mt. Airy Baptist Church Pastor Robt. Cavanaugh

Granville Christian Church Pastor Fran Schnarre

Paris United Methodist Pastor Lin Donnelly

On Sunday, Dec. 9, church services began with the pas-tor giving an opening prayer. Regular church meetings of the week were announced and all were encouraged to at-tend. Announcement included: The Lottie Moon offering will be gathered through the month of December, Dec. 16 is the Christmas program during morning services and at 2:30 the church is going Christmas caroling with dinner at 6 p.m. There will be a Christmas Eve service at 5:30 p.m. Advent Services will continue through Christmas.

This week’s message was entitled ‘A Great Time at the Wedding Supper’ and came from Revelation 19:1-10. Af-ter the destruction of the whore of Babylon is destroyed a great roar comes from heaven which includes four al-leluias. The first is the alleluia to God for His salvation, glory, honor, and power. The second is because of the whore’s final and complete judgment. The third is be-cause of who God is – God. The fourth is because God omnipotent reign is now realized. The Church’s prayer of ‘Thy kingdom come’ is now coming to be.

Then the Wedding of the Lamb is announced and all are to be glad and rejoice. All the persecution and trials suf-fered on earth come to nothing when a saint is joined with Jesus for eternity. Jesus is the source and cause of the gladness and rejoicing of the redeemed. The redeemed is the wife of the Lamb of God and is to prepare her for the wedding.

The wife’s preparation includes placing your faith in Jesus for salvation. No one will attend the wedding that does not do this. Also the wife is to follow and obey Jesus Christ as Lord. This includes learning the teachings of Jesus and obedience to His commands. Jesus leads this process by giving His righteousness to his bride. Only the righteousness of Christ will give white garments for man’s garments are as filthy rags before God.

Christ’s imputed righteousness is to lead to righteous acts of the saints. These are not just any good or Christian act to be performed at a person’s own will. Righteous acts at given by Jesus to a servant of His. These acts are spe-cific to the person and to find out what they are you need a personal relationship with Jesus. Jesus teaches the Law and Prophets are fulfilled by love. A loving relationship with Jesus is the only thing that will create the proper de-siring heart to perform acts of righteousness. Only those who draw close to Jesus will be properly dressed at the greatest celebration man will ever know - the Supper of the Lamb.

Debbie Jones lighted the 2nd Advent Candle of Peace.Pastor Lin spoke from Luke 1:26-38, 39-56Harold Johannaber was pianist.Richard Wheelan is Usher Captian for Dec..Everyone is invited to join in Christmas Caroling

Wednesday, Dec. 12,. at 6 p.m.PPR Committee will meet Wednesday, Dec. 18, at 7

p.m.Everyone is invited to Jerry and Carol Hartel’s home

Thursday, Dec. 20, at 6 p.m. Please bring one dish to share.

Christ Candle Celebrating Jesus birth will be lighted Sunday, Dec. 23, at worship services.

Pastor Lin will bring the Community Christmas mes-sage Sunday, Dec. 23, at the Faith Walk Church at 7 p.m.

Christmas Eve Communion will be served between 4:30-6:30 p.m. You may come and go or stay in prayer. There will be no formal service

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 to 8 p.m., with a Contemporary Worship Service starting at 6:30 p.m.

The second Sunday of Advent, Dec. 9 at South Fork Presbyterian church began with Patti Grimmett playing “Bethlehem Morning” on the piano followed by Max and Beth Tilt and granddaughter Kaylee Beckham lighting the candle of peace.

Debbie Carey led all in song to “O Come All Ye Faith-ful”; “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”; “O Little Town Of Bethlehem” and “The First Noel” followed by Pastor John Grimmett leading in the responsive reading from Isaiah 9.

Prayer was held for the Caldwell family; Mark and Kathy; Joe, Karen and Tonya Miller; Gabby Sharp; the Cearley’s; the Graupman’s Abby and Patti Grimmett; Martha Hills brother-in-law; and a special offering for a local family; Happy Birthday sang to Kaylee Beckham and praise for the gift of the first Christmas, Jesus Christ. The ladies of the church will be preparing cookie trays on Sat., Dec. 15 at 10 a.m.. and all said the Lord’s Prayer.

The morning special “I Hear the Prophet Callin’” was performed by Debbie, Patti, Amanda and Pastor John.

The message Heaven’s Headlines” was based on scrip-ture from Isaiah 40 and a book by Detrick VanHoffer of Germany who died in a Natzi concentration camp - let-ters from prison... We all get wrapped up in the things of the world; but Isaiah spoke of the wonderful things to come with peace and joy from God. The faith of VanHof-fer from prison of what Christmas is about; the birth of a child - a child to comfort the people. A prison cell could be like that of advent - a time of waiting! One of heavens headlines “I am the Lord”. In spite of everything - there are those who find peace in the darkness as Jesus works. To whom can we compare God? No evil will befall us - the joy of Christmas begins with the knowledge of God...The Lord is the Creator of all things to the end of the earth. Are we glad with what we have? Christmas origi-nates in heaven. Happiness happens inside a person with faith and hope - the headlines from heaven to us from God - I LOVE YOU!

Patti played “Welcome to Our World” as Kaylee Beck-ham led the Offertory and all sang the “Doxology”.

“Sweet Little Jesus Boy” was played as all retired in fel-lowship. Services are held every Sunday at 9 a.m. and all are welcome to come hear the word of the Lord.

“Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Isa-iah 40:1

The congregation of Holliday Christian Church gathered on Dec. 9, as Jane Akers, organist, played the prelude. Reverend David Holmes welcomed all in attendance in-cluding guest, Loretta Willingham. The congregation ob-served Bell Sunday by bringing various bells to ring dur-ing singing of each hymn.

Collection of food items will conclude on Dec. 16, with collection of “heat-and-eat meals”. Special Christmas of-fering envelopes are available. One night in Bethlehem will be held in Centralia on Dec. 15, from 5-9 p.m. Com-bined services for Holliday and Madison will be held in Holliday on Dec. 23, and at Madison on Dec. 30 – both beginning at 9:30 a.m.

For the second Advent Sunday, Phil Blakemore relit the first candle and then lit the second while sharing a read-ing. Scripture from Philippians 1:9-11 was read by Sally Blakemore. Diane Wilson then shared a reading. Sally led the congregation in prayer. The congregation stood to sing two verses of “O Little town of Bethlehem”.

Prayer concerns were expressed for: Sandy Carter, Bob Wisner, Margaret Olney and her sister Lorene Kendall, Mary McMorris, Nellis Kotsenburg and Beverly Wandrey. Sympathy was expressed to the family of Gary Beamer. Opal Johnston shared the joy of returning to her home fol-lowing several weeks under nursing care.

The prayer hymn, “There’s A Song in the Air”, was fol-lowed by pastoral prayer and unison recital of the Lord’s Prayer.

The communion hymn, “According to Thy Gracious Word”, was sung as elders, Gary Wilson and Guy Cal-lison, went forward. Jeff Crain and Scott Holohan served as deacons. Following sharing of communion and col-lection of offerings, the doxology closed the communion service.

Reverend Holmes read scripture from Malachi 3:1-4 and Luke 3:1-6 to put emphasis on his morning message, “The Nesting Instinct … Anticipating the Birth of Our King.” Not only do we need to clean our houses, but our minds and bodies to prepare for Christ’s birth. The clos-ing hymn, “O Come All Ye Faithful” was sung and was followed by prayer and singing of the “Spirit Song” to close morning worship.

Chairman Gerald Roberts opened the monthly Board meeting. Minutes of the November meeting were ap-proved as read by Mary McMorris, Secretary. Jane Akers gave the financial reports for November which were also approved as presented. Discussion of ladders and vacu-um cleaners needed for the church was held. On motion by Jerry Ragsdale, second by Sally Blakemore, Zelmajo Ragsdale, Sandy Callison and Jane Akers were appointed to purchase desired vacuum(s). On motion by Sandy Cal-lison, second by Jerry Ragsdale, David Holmes was given authority to purchase the ladder(s). The meeting was ad-journed on motion by Johnny Ragsdale.

Following a time of fellowship and refreshments, Jim McMorris opened Bible Study with prayer. A reading en-titled, “Never Shoot the Old One”, was shared by Diane Wilson. The group entered into a lively discussion regard-ing current events. Jim then dutifully led the group in study of Mark 10:1-12.

A good crowd attended the chili supper at the church on Sunday evening. Christmas caroling around the piano, played by Jane Akers, was enjoyed following the carry-in meal. Reverend Holmes gave the annual reading of “Texas Chili Cook-off” for the crowd’s entertainment.

Twelve children and youth and seven adults participated in the Pageant of the Miracle Births last Sunday at Gran-ville. The program began with the humorous telling of three “miracle baby” stories before Jesus: Isaac, Moses and John the Baptist, and culminated in the Christmas story and peace of the nativity scene. Thanks to all who participated and who donated props and prepared gifts for the children.

Granville Christian Church collected non-perishables for the Christmas in Caring program in 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. 16 worship Sunday. Sermon title “He Sees You

When You’re Sleeping” or “Elf on the Shelf?” There will be a special time for the children. Later that day, we will meet to go Christmas caroling, 2 p.m., soup supper to fol-low at Magruders. All are welcome to join us.

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 as you are to share the gift of Jesus Christ in our informal worship service. We worship together at 11 a.m. the first, third and fifth Sundays. (Upcoming dates: Dec. 16 and 30, Jan. 6 and 20). Sunday School for all ages is held every week at 10 a.m.

Pastor Kenny Sharp chose the title of “Don’t Get Wrapped up” for the message Sunday morning. Scripture was read from Luke 10: 38-42. Important points from the story of Martha and Mary are 1) don’t worry about what other people are doing and thinking, 2) don’t let distrac-tions keep you from what you should be doing, and 3)listen to the Lord and do what He says ALL the time. As Jesus told Martha, Mary chose the better choice-that of sitting at His feet instead of being distracted and wrapped up in other things that Martha thought should be done. So during this holiday season, keep the message of Christ foremost in our lives. As Christians, we are not to get involved in the worldly things of Christmas and miss the ministry opportunities of Jesus Christ.

The ceremony and reading for the lighting of the Second Advent Candle was done by Dane and Jill Kendrick, Clara and Khloe Wallace and Chase Kendrick.

Dawn Peak spoke with the children about the candy cane. She told them what the colors of the candy symbol-ized and that the hardness of the cane represented the solid foundation of the church. Each child was given a candy cane to remind them of what it represents.

Prayers were requested for Jessica Reynolds, Gary Oliver, Desi Smith, Johanna Wilkerson, Tonya Knight, Keith Woodhurst, Sandy Roberts and her family, Brenda Vaughn, Teresa Rap and her family, Sandra Carman, Carol Gilliam, Anna Spires, all college and high school students during finals, our soldiers and their families, Chris Neece, James A Booth, and Gerald Sharp and his family.

Praises were shared for Bill and Pat Miller celebrating their 45th wedding anniversary, for the baptisms last week at Becca Spires’s church, and for the family praises of Bill and Bev Holmes.

Thank you cards were read from Pam Pollock and the Phyllis Blackburn family. Thanks were given to all that participated in the Christmas is Caring Shopping, to Brian Chase and others for working so diligently on our float, and to Charlie & Frances Thomas for the use of their pick-up and trailer for the float and the use of their building.

Dates To Remember: Dec. 16 - we’ll be preparing Christmas plates at 9 a.m., items for the plates need to be at the Fellowship Hall by 9 a.m., and homemade goodies are to be pre-wrapped; Dec. 21 - Christmas program at the church beginning at 7 p.m.; Dec. 23 - Jesus’s birthday party during Sunday School;

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

Worship service began with Kathy Miller’s prelude, “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear”, followed by the invoca-tion by Gale Wilkerson. Be in prayer for the offerings we bring for foreign missions. The money provides for church building in Egypt, for the opportunity of peo-ple in South American tribes to hear about the Savior, for healthy churches in Nepal and missionaries in Chi-na. GA’s are collecting money and RA’s are delivering Christmas cards within the church for a postage donation.

Announcements: Christmas is Caring work week be-gins Mon., Dec. 10, with distribution on Friday, Dec. 14; Wednesday, Dec. 12, 8:06, business meeting in Carter Hall; Thursday, Dec. 13, 10:00 Monroe Manor, TeamKid at 3:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 15, Woodcutting ministry; and Sunday, Dec. 23, 7:00 p.m., Community Christmas service at FaithWalk with Pastor Donnelly bringing the message.

John Mitchell gave the children’s sermon. He asked about the children’s treasures and showed a teddy bear and a truck. He quoted parts of the scripture from Mat-thew 6:19, 20 & 21, “Do not lay up treasures on earth, . . . but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven . . for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Can you put the bear or the truck in your heart? No, but you can put God in your heart. Scriptures say that we can only have one Master and if He is in our heart He will help us. Our goal in life can be to know God and to serve Him. Brenda Ensor led Children’s church.

Wesley Hammond gave the Christmas Meditation. Je-sus is the hope of earth. We need to look beyond our present circumstances because what God is doing may not be in our lifetime. In scripture Jesus is referred to as “Prince of Peace”. Peace in the present can only be peace in our life with Christ. Steve Ensor provided special vo-cal music.

Reverend Hammond’s sermon was from Luke 1:34 - 55, entitled “The Gift of Jesus”. At Christmas we sometimes become occupied with preparations such as food, house cleaning, decorating, and presents. In so doing we can easily forget the gift of Jesus given to us by God. What does the gift of Jesus mean to you? Mary was humble when she received the news that she would be the mother of God’s son. She accepted the message from Gabriel without question when the angel told her that the Holy Spirit of God would come upon her and the child would be Holy. There will never be a point in time in our life that we do not need Jesus. God’s gift is the perfect gift for each of us.

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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.

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Madison United Methodist Rev. Bonnie Sudsberry

“O Come, O Come Emmanuel” sung by the choir opened the December 9th worship service at the Perry Christian Church. Pastor Todd extended the welcome. Linda Fierge had six guests from Mexico with her and there were several other visitors present.

The Advent Candle was lit by Ruth, Nancy and Floyd Seelow.

“Redeeming Love” was the hymn of praise, while the prayer hymn was “Angels From the Realms of Glory”. “Gloria in Excelsis Deo” was the choir’s response.

Lindsey Fierke and Jo Turnbough were new to the prayer list. Our sympathies are for the family of Eddie B. Caldwell.

“While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks” was the com-munion hymn. Greg Harrison and Jill Lewellen served as elders.

Deacons were Nancy Seelow, Anthony Elam, David Lewellen and Jim Gay.

“The ABC’s of Christmas” was the title of the delight-ful children’s program. “Angels” participating from A to Z were Chloe Fierge, Matthew Utterback, Caytlyn Provancha, Tanner Eisele, Emily Wilson, Tristan John-son, Keaton Matson, Keirstan, Presten and Maci Drei-sewerd, Hunter Wilson, Korbin Brown, Justin Jasper-ing, Bella Hawkins, Nick Hawkins, Ayden Meranda, Peyton Hawkins, Danielle Berry, Mikayla Littrell and Natalie Dreisewerd. Readers and wise men were Wyatt Lewellen, James Parker, Jesse Todd and Kennedy Jasper-ing. Also assisting were Jeannie Gay, Arlen Provancha, Joanna Todd (and several mothers). A little angel was given each at the close of the performance. “Joy to the World” was sung. Our thanks and appreciation to all that participated.

Luke 1:67-79 was read by Irene Parks.“Preparing for the Messiah” was Pastor Todd’s brief ser-

mon with the reminder that there are “angels in our midst today”.

“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” was the invitation hymn. After prayer we closed singing “Away In a Man-ger”.

Last Sunday Arlen and his group went caroling to shut-ins. Many “thank you” was given for the Christmas blessing.

The First Christian Church invites everyone to enjoy very special Christmas services next Sunday, Decem-ber 16. The worship service at 10:45 a.m. will celebrate Christmas with the Christmas Cantata, “Good News of Great Joy!” and will be followed by a carry-in dinner. Later in the evening, the Children’s Christmas Program will be held at 6:30 p.m. followed by a Tasting Party. Ev-eryone is welcome to come and join in the fellowship.

A worship service was held on the second Sunday of Advent, Dec. 9, with Reverend Donna Scott officiating. Her morning message, “Prepare Ye the Way,” was based on Luke 3:3, 7, 8. The Chandler Family gave a reading and prayer on “Love,” before lighting the second Advent candle. Special Music was provided by Macy Bush, who played “Jingle Bells” and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Rein-deer,” and by the Chancel Choir, who sang “Love Came Gently.” The congregation welcomes new members: Zelmo Beaty, who joined by transfer of membership on November 25, and Sue Yeager, who joined by transfer of membership on December 2.

Upcoming announcements include (all times p.m. un-less indicated: Wednesday, Dec. 12 - Wednesday Nite Live 5:30, Youth 6, Choir 6:30, and Board Meeting 7:30; Wednesday, Dec. 19 - Wednesday Nite Live 5:30, No Choir, and the youth performing at the nursing homes; Sunday, Dec. 23 - Community Christmas Service at FaithWalk Ministries with a Methodist speaker at 7; and Monday, Dec. 24 - Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 6:30.

Those celebrating a birthday this week are Jason Ness, Sharon Martin, Kendall Mason, Bessie Roberts, and Mary Beth Mitchell. Sympathy is extended to the family of Michael Dowdy.

The Elder’s Helping Hands for December are Donald Johnson and Clint Chandler. The church may be contact-ed by calling (660) 327-4440 or emailing fc418@centu-rytel.net. Pastor Donna Scott may be contacted by calling (660) 327-1355 or (314) 769-4362.

The Memory Bible verse for December is: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. Luke 2:14 (KJV). The thought for the week from Bob Hope is: “My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?”

Paris First Christian Church Pastor Donna Scott

Grace United Methodist Church, Madison, held worship service, Sunday, Dec. 9, which was the 2nd Sunday of Advent. The second candle was lit by Konnie Wilson, Britany and Danielle West.

The message was given by Pastor Bonnie Sudsberry, “The Love of the Master” based on Luke 1: 68-79. She also gave the Children’s Sermon, “Company is Coming”.

The Specials were, “Cowboy’s Christmas Prayer,” read by Mary Smiley, and a solo, “It’s the Greatest Story Ever Told,” sung by Nancy Schofield.

Sunday, Dec. 16, is the Second Sunday in Advent.Sunday, Dec. 16, is our Christmas Program at 9 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, the church is invited to Wildwood

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a supper at 6:30 p.m.Monday, Dec. 17, the Adult Bible Study meets at 6:30

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1:30 p.m.Monday, Dec. 24, is a Come and Go Christmas Eve

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Monroe Manor SpotlightGrace Sell Pennell

by Denny Hollingsworth

Kansas farm girl spent decades in

nursing fieldBorn and raised a Kansas

farm girl, as a youngster Grace Sell Pennell learned to cook on a wood stove, received her education in a one-room rural school house, milked cows, sold cream, admits to riding on the backs of calves and the occasional pig, and grew up to spend a career as a nurse.

She and her five sisters grew up knowing they were loved by Christian parents. Willie Sell was born in hard-scrapple Kentucky and Opal Wilkins in Indian territory in Oklahoma; they first met at a church meet-ing, married six years later and raised their half dozen daughters in Kansas.

Grace’s pop was a pro-gressive farmer; he provid-ed his home with electricity years before everyone else in the area by acquiring a wind charger, and owned the first tractor in their neighborhood. Grace drove that tractor ‘till she was 19 years old, in 1945, at which time she entered the nurs-ing field, one of the fam-ily’s three sisters to choose that health care occupation.

Widowed at age 37, in 1963, after 15 years of marriage, to David Pennell, Grace threw herself into furthering her education, a process that continues to this day at age 86. She is a master baker, special-izing in cakes. For years she traveled the country

participating in an annual cake decorators display sponsored by the Interna-tional Cake Society. She prepared a three-tier cake for her parents’ 65th wed-ding anniversary. In addi-tion, she is accomplished knitter and has taken class-es in ceramics, crochet, embroidery, macramé and machine embroidery. She has hand-made many gifts for friends and family over the years using her trusted Berrina sewing machine.

Grace eventually left Kansas for Missouri, but not before she was among the first group of students, in the Sunflower State, in 1950, to become Licensed Practical Nurses. She spent almost half a century as a nurse, plying her craft with the same manner as her given name, bringing care, comfort and relief to babies, the diseased and in-jured, military veterans and the elderly.

During her career Grace worked at various times in hospitals, served as a private nurse and ran her own four-resident nurs-ing home out of her house. After moving to Missouri, she worked seven years at Boone County Hospital, 1966-73, and 20 years at the Veterans Administra-tion hospital, in Columbia, starting in 1973 and retir-ing from the VA and her profession in 1993.

Grace has had a fulfill-ing life; she’s visited more than half our states, been up Pike’s Peak; seen Ni-

agara Falls from both the ground and the air; caught 150-pounds of King Mack-erels on a one-day deep sea fishing trip and once deliv-ered a baby that decided to arrive before the doc-tor did. Today, she owns a computer and uses email.

She arrived at Monroe Manor three years ago, in December 2009. While in residence she has become very popular; she was elected Valentine’s Day queen in 2011. That same

year she won the Activi-ties Directors Association of Missouri queen contest and was first runner-up in the Missouri Health Care Association’s state contest.

Grace has three living sisters: Ruth Davis, Paris; Eunice Trindel, Tecumseh, Okla., and Ester Beecham, Denison, Kan.

She says she feels com-fortable living at Mon-roe Manor because she’s among nurses, her favorite people.

ORNAMENT CONTEST

18345 Highway 15, Paris, Mo.660-327-1500 • 15diner.com

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

• 6 a.m. - 10 p.m.

• Bring your handmade Christmas ornament to 15 Diner between now and Dec. 20

• Mark your ornament with your name and phone number.

• Winner will receive a $40 15 Diner Gift Certificate.

•Judging will be by 3 impartial Diner customers during lunch on Dec. 21.

• All ornaments can be reclaimed after judging.

Step inside the cold and warm up with some hot jazz at the Hannibal Arts Council, at 6 p.m., on Sun-day, Dec. 16. The perfor-mance will feature holiday favorites with a jazz twist by Hannibal pianist Bill Morrison. Joining Mor-rison is guitarist Mike Delaney, bassist Ronnie Shumake and drummer Jim Bensman. Morrison will perform on the Kawai grand piano graciously on loan to the Hannibal Arts Council from the family of Jason Dugger.

The Sunday, Dec. 16 event will be held at the Hannibal Arts Council, 105 South Main Street in Downtown Hannibal, which will be transformed into a jazz club atmo-sphere. Admission is $10

per person and includes refreshments. Admission may be paid at the door. No advance ticket pur-chase or reservations are required.

For more information, contact the Hannibal Arts Council at 573-221-6545.

Admission $8.00

HAWKINS THEATER516 E. MAPLE, SHELBINA

573-588-7600

Dec. 14, 15 & 16

Come early, play starts at 7 p.m.Gift Certificates available at the

box office and at Community State Bank in Shelbina

No Movie due toproduction of

“Nuncrackers” Musical.See Ad elsewhere.

Movies resume Dec. 21

Area NEWSThursday, Dec.13, 2012 8 Monroe County Appeal, Paris, Mo. • monroecountyappeal.com

Monroe County Commission News

THE MONROE COUNTY COURTHOUSE

MONDAY, Dec. 3, 2012The Commission met

pursuant to adjournment with Mike Minor, Presiding Commissioner and Associ-ate Commissioners Mike Whelan and Glenn E. Turn-er present and among other proceedings the following orders were had to wit:

1. Commission approved previous minutes.

2. Representatives from Consolidated Electric Co-operative including Mike Fuller appeared before the Commission to discuss their upcoming G.I.S. Map-ping.

3. Commission spoke with Paula Gough MoDOT District Engineer to discuss BRO Bridge Allocation.

4. Bids were opened for “2013 Official’s Bonds”, bidders were P.K. Weise Agency, $1,107.00 and Gallagher Insurance Group, $1,986.00. Commissioner Whelan made a motion to award bid to P.K. Weise.

Commissioner Turner sec-onded motion. Motion passed by vote: Commis-sioner Minor (yes); Com-missioner Whelan (yes); Commissioner Turner (Yes).

5. Commission inspected Monroe Roads # 857 and #670 for possible work.

The Commission does now adjourn.

FRIDAY, Dec. 7, 2012The Commission met

pursuant to adjournment with Mike Minor, Presiding Commissioner and Associ-ate Commissioners Mike Whelan and Glenn E. Turn-er present and among other proceedings the following orders were had to wit:

1. Commission approved previous minutes.

2. Commission met with Ron Watts MoDot North-east District Design Liaison to discuss RFQ’s for up-coming projects.

3. Commission met with Blair Joiner to discuss 911

operations.4. Commission met with

Shannon Howe P.E. of Ben-ton & Associates Inc. to discuss services their firm offers.

5. County Clerk Sandra Francis shared information with the Commissioners in regards to the 2010 - 2011 audit that is in prog-ress. Kevin Hudson CPA of Trenton Missouri was awarded the two year audit bid in December 2011. Mr. Hudson began the audit in

June of 2012 but the audit has not been completed due to illness in the family.

6. Sara Graff, District Office Director for Sena-tor Roy Blunts Office, met with Commission regarding questions and answers and upcoming legislation that might affect Monroe Coun-ty. Amanda Kerns, Editor of The Lake Gazette, was also present for the meet-ing.

The Commission does now adjourn.

FBLA Blood Drive... Catie Nobis relaxes after giving blood during the 2012 Paris R-II FBLA blood drive. The drive was sponsored by Paris R-II FBLA and held at Paris High School where 90 pints of blood were collected. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Monroe County Circuit Court

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Nov. 1 – Nov. 7, 2012Douglas Lee Baker,

Mackinaw, Ill; - Speeding (Exceeded limit by 6 – 10 m.p.h.); - $30.50

Frederick Michael Behn-ke, Como, Texas; - Fail-ure to cover or sufficient-ly secure vehicle load; - $130.50

Chad A. DeOrnellas, Par-is; - Speeding (Exceeding limit by 20 – 25 m.p.h.); - $155.50

Gregory Yates Maher, Monroe City; - Speeding (Exceeding the limit by 6 – 10 m.p.h.); - $30.50

Rebecca Carol Marshall, Iowa; - Speeding (Exceed-ing limit by 6 – 10 m.p.h.); - $30.50

Tommy Ray McJunkins, Springfield, Ill; - Speeding (Exceeding limit by 16 – 19 m.p.h.); - $80.50

Paige Nicole Notting-ham, Columbia; - Speed-ing (Exceeding limit by 6 – 10 m.p.h.); - $30.50

Randy G. Parsons, Shelbyville; - Failure to wear seatbelt; - $10.00

Michael David Shipman, Shelbinia; - Failure to wear seatbelt; - $10.00

Nov. 8 – Nov. 14, 2012Travis Logan Avery, Cai-

ro; - Speeding (Exceeding limit by 6 – 10 m.p.h.); - $30.50

Lee Roy Barnhart, El-don; - Speeding (Exceed-ing limit by 6 – 10 m.p.h.); - $30.50

Rachel Elaine Clapper, Norman, Okla; - Speeding (Exceeding limit by 16 – 19 m.p.h.); - $80.50

Michael Ray Doerhoff, Centralia; - Failure to wear seatbelt; - $10.00

Chad C. Harter, Sedalia; - Failure to register vehicle; - $30.50

Kimberly Nicole Rosen-burg, Columbia; - Speed-ing (Exceeding limit by 11 – 15 m.p.h.); - $55.50

Nov. 15 – Nov. 28, 2012James D. Bolin, Plain-

field, Ill; - Speeding (Ex-ceeding limit by 11 – 15 m.p.h.); - $55.50

Mark Douglas Conwell, Oakland; - Speeding (Ex-ceeding limit by 11 – 15 m.p.h.); - $55.50

Walter P. Dubbert Jr., Madison; - Failure to wear seatbelt; - $10.00

Billy Gene Gallop, Paris; - Failure to wear seatbelt, - $10.00

Kevin D. Griffith, Madi-son, - Failure to wear seat-belt; - $10.00

Donald Lee Hardy, Shelbyville; - Failure to wear seatbelt; - $10.00

Darla Jeannette Hys, She-bina; - Speeding (Exceed-ing limit by 11 -15 m.p.h.); - $55.50

Stephanie Michelle Hull-inger, Columbia; - Speed-ing (Exceeding limit by 11- 15 m.p.h.); - $55.50

Gillis Conrad Leonard, Moberly; - Failure to wear seatbelt; - $10.00

Shannon R. McQuitty, Shelbina; - Failure to wear seatbelt; - $10.00

Tyler Joseph Moore, Bur-lington; - Speeding (Ex-ceeding limit by 6 – 10 m.p.h.); - $30.50

James Michael Van Hoose, Hannibal; - Speed-ing (Exceeding limit by 11-15 m.p.h.); - $55.50

James Michael Van Hoose, Hannibal; - Failure to wear seatbelt; - $10.00

Ali Renee Wilcox, Boon-ville; - Failure to wear seat-belt; - $10.00

Richard Bradley Wil-liams, Moberly; - Speeding (Exceeding limit by 6 – 10 m.p.h.); - $30.50

It is so easy to get caught up in our everyday

lives that we miss oppor-tunity after opportunity to make the most of each day we are given. We can even get into such a rou-tine that we don’t have our eyes open to the pos-sibilities of that day. What I mean is this. We get up in the morning, get ready, eat breakfast, get the kids ready, drop them off at school and then head off to work. We work our allot-ted time, pick up the kids, go home, help with home-work, make and eat dinner, relax a little then get ready for bed. We go to sleep and if we are given another day we wake up and start it all over again.

Now I am not saying we are walking around like robots and obviously we change up the day a little here and there but what if we woke up each morning an truly looked at our day as a gift that has been giv-en to us? What if we took our lives one day at a time and really focused on the present day-not thinking always about tomorrow or the weekend or next week-but living in the moment? Some of us start wishing on Monday that it was Fri-day. I use to be the same way but now I really try to look at each day as unique with new possibilities, with new people to meet or to help, and with new memories to be made with my family and friends.

Each day I ask God to put someone in my path who I have the ability to help. It is amazing how different our day becomes when we ask God to open our eyes to the needs around us. The funny thing is those needs have always been there but we did not see them or we might have seen them but thought there was noth-ing we could do. It re-ally does not take as much as we think to help meet a need. There might be someone you work with who just needs someone to

take some time and listen to them. They might be dealing with some things in their life but do not feel like they have anyone they can talk to. We can be that person.

There are so many prob-lems and crisis around the world like Storm Sandy that need people to give donations. We can be those people. We might not have a hundred dollars to give what about twen-ty five? Then you take the twenty five dollars and times it by a hundred people who give and look what we can do. Or may-be there is a person in our church, neighborhood, or our family who is in need of food, clothes or money. Believe me there are needs all around us and if we ask God to show us where they are He will. It must be like music to God’s ears when He hears us ask Him to use us to meet a need in a person’s life.

Then there are times when we meet someone who simply needs us to pray for them. We do not need money to pray for someone nor do we need a degree in theology. We do not even need to know all the details about what is going on in their lives We simply need to take some time and lift up their situation to God. We need to put their wants and de-sires above ours. This also shows that person that you care and knowing someone cares about you can make all the differ-ence when you are going through tough times.

Sometimes we think that we are only one person and we can’t make that much of a difference but how wrong we are. That hug that you give to your friend, or the bags of gro-ceries you buy for a neigh-bor or that donation you give to a worthy cause can make all the difference in the world to that person.

So remember, each day is a new day filled with new opportunities and bless-ings from God. I hope you enjoy every one of them!!!

One Can Make A Difference

by Lisa TaltonJust a Thought

Paris Community Hand Bell Choir...The Paris Community Hand Bell Choir under the direction of Patti Grimmett. Left to right: Michael Ham-mond, Dr. Mac Wilt, Danielle Wheelan, John Turnbough, Amanda Grimmett, Susan Duncan, Ruth Mallory, and Harold Johannaber. The choir played at Christmas Is Caring event at the Paris Presbyterian Church on Sunday, Dec. 9. SUBMITTED PHOTO

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Seiders Insurance & Real Estate

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1011 N. Morley, Moberly660-263-1401

101 E. Broadway • Madison660-291-3041 Fax: 660-291-8772 Info Line: 660-291-3041

Monroe County Commissioners

Mike WhelanEastern

Mike MinorPresiding

Glenn E. TurnerWestern

230 N. Main • Paris660-327-4192

FULL TIME POSITION AVAILABLE

The City of Paris is currently accepting applications to fill a position in the Electric Department. Applicants must

possess a high school diploma or GED, be at least 18 years of age, possess or obtain a Missouri Class B CDL and meet residency requirements. Job duties will include maintenance

and construction of the electric distribution system, rotating on-call scheduling, meter reading, attend and

successfully complete lineman training courses and other tasks as assigned. The applicant must possess the ability to work under extreme weather conditions, twist, lean back 45 degrees, bend forward and reach overhead to effect

installations/repairs from ladder/bucket trucks, carry set of tools, wear body belt/gloves, and to bear weight of up to

100 pounds in emergency situations while on the ground, on poles, or in a bucket truck. This offer of employment will be conditioned upon successful completion of both a medical

examination and drug screen. The salary will be based upon qualifications and includes benefits. Applications are available at City Office, 112 South Main, Paris, MO 65275 and must be completed and turned back into the City Office

no later than December 31, 2012. The City of Paris is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For additional information

please contact Phillip Shatzer, City Superintendent at 660-327-4630.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL ELECTION

Notice is hereby given to the legal voters of Public Water Supply District #2 of Monroe County, Mo. that the annual election will be held in said water district on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, for the purpose of electing one director from sub-district #2 and one director from sub-district #3, each for a term of 3 years.

Candidates for director shall be citizens of the United States and resident taxpayers of the sub-district for which they are candidates for director, who have resided with the State of Missouri for one year next preceding the election and who are at least twenty-five years of age. All candidates shall file their declaration of candidacy with Nancy C. Riechmann, District Clerk, at the office of Public Water Supply District #2 in Paris, Missouri during regular office hours, before 4:30 PM, between Tuesday, Dec.11, 2012 and Jan. 15, 2013. If the number of candidates filing for election is equal to the number of openings for director, then no election will take place. Candidates may be required to file a personal financial disclosure statement with the Missouri Ethics Commission. Information on sub-district boundaries can be obtained by calling the District office at 660.327.4778 during normal business hours.

PUBLIC NOTICE

HELP WANTED

With the Blakes scor-ing in double digits Blake Brown 18 and Blake Hultz 10 the Madison Panthers played Higbee even before falling 64-45 to Higbee in recent roundball action.

Madison trailed 11-10 at the end of the first quarter with Bradley Peirce 92), Jacob Wandrey (3 point-er), Tyler Bennett (3) and Blake Brown (2) scoring in the quarter.

Madison trailed 25-19 at the half with Pierce hitting a free throw, Chase Barnett hit a jumper, Hultz had two buckets and Brown added a runner.

The third quarter found Brown hitting two jump-ers, Hultz a floater, Bennett a basket and Pierce another jumper but Madison still trailed 38-29. Brown lit up the final stanza hitting two three-pointers and two jumpers while Hultz added a long ranger and Bennett hit a jumper for a 16 point quarter but Higbee scored 25 to take the contest 64-

45. Scoring: Bradley Pierce

5, Jacob Wandrey 3, Chase Barnett 2, Tyler Bennett 7, Blake Hultz 10, Blake

Brown 18.The Madison Panthers

play in their own tourna-ment starting Dec. 19. See brackets on page 10.

Lady Panthers behind LeGrand’s 12 points defeat Higbee 56-33

The Blakes - Brown and Hultz score 18, 10 points vs. Higbee

The Madison Lady Panthers defeated Higbee 56-33 with 12 players cracking the scor-ing column led by Samantha LeGrand’s 12 points while Niki Sims chipped in with a nine point game, Jessica Stoe-be added eight points and Al-lie Dunkin six.

Madison scored early and often as the Lady Panthers had a 22 (10 baskets) quarter and led 22-9 after one period. Niki Sims had six points on three buckets, Jessica Stoebe hit two baskets, Lindsey Hen-dren, Allie Dunkin and Jami Westfaul all hit buckets and Samantha LeGrand nailed two long range three-pointers.

Bridget Hancock, Stoebe, Tressa Morris, Hannah Grims-ley (3 pointer), Dunkin (float-er and free throw), Breanna Hancock and Westfaul all hit second quarter points and Madison led 38-25 at the half.

Coupled with a tenacious defense that limited Higbee to only a single third quarter

bucket Madison hit for buck-ets by Sims, Stoebe, Liz Boil-lot, and Jenna Stoebe and led 47-27 after three periods.

Madison sealed the game with free throws as Sims (1), Dunkin (1) and LeGrand (3) all scored from the free throw line in the final stanza with LeGrand and Hendren adding jumpers in the 56-33 decision.

Scoring: Niki Sims 9, Bridg-

et Hancock 2, Jessica Stoebe 8, Liz Boillot 2, Lindsey Hen-dren 4, Tressa Morris 2, Han-nah Grimsley 3, Allie Dunkin 6, Breanna Hancock 2, Jami Westfaul 4, Samantha Le-Grand 12, Jenna Stoebe 2.

The Madison Lady Panthers play in their own tournament starting Dec. 19. See brackets on page 10.

Nike Sims scored nine points versus Higbee for the Lady Panthers. APPEAL FILE PHOTO

Area SPORTSThursday, Dec. 13, 2012 10 Monroe County Appeal, Paris, Mo. • monroecountyappeal.com

Payton Gruber scores her 1,000th point of career in Lady Coyote win over Marceline

Paris Veterinary Clinic

Paris • 660-327-5121

926 Hwy. 24-36 E. • Monroe CityBus.: 573-735-4546

Home: 573-735-4314

Kendrick Insurance Co.125 W. Monroe Paris, Mo.

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573-685-2355 (Home)

Monroe County Service Co.

660-327-4173

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JOHANNABER PLUMBINGParis • (660) 327-6500

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Paris Family Medical Clinic

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200 South Street - Paris660-327-4125

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Jonesy’s Cafe,LLC216 N. Main, Paris

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Russ Thomas

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The Southern BelleThe Southern BelleBar and Grill

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202 N. Main, Paris 660-327-JACS

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112 W. Broadway, Madison660-291-8080

1011 N. Morley, Moberly660-263-1401

Paris HealthClinic

221 N. Main St.660-327-4000

Joe T. Beahan, D.O. • Beth Sweeney, FNP, BC

103 S. Madison St.,Perry573-565-2242

GREAT CENTRAL LUMBER CO.

Lonnie Wolfe, Manager660-327-5181

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Monroe County CommissionersMike Whelan

EasternMike Minor

PresidingGlenn E. Turner

Western

Payton Gruber shows off her 1,000 point ball. Gruber scored her 1,000th point versus Marceline in the Monroe City Tournament. SUBMITTED PHOTO

2012/13 Madison Invitational Basketball Tournament Girls Bracket • Dec. 19 ~ Jan. 5, 2013

Community R-VI (4)

Van Far (8)

Madison (6)

Cairo (5)

Salisbury (1)

Hallsville (3)

Wellsville (7)

Paris (2)

7:30 p.m.

Wed, Dec. 19

7:30 p.m.

Thurs, Dec. 20

4:30 p.m.

Wed, Dec. 19

7:30 p.m.

Fri, Jan. 4

4:30 p.m.

Wed, Jan. 2

6:00 p.m.

Sat, Jan. 5

7:30 p.m.

Thur, Jan. 3

7:30 p.m.

Wed, Jan. 2

4:30 p.m.

Thurs, Dec. 20

4:30 p.m.

Thur, Jan. 3

3:00 p.m.

Sat, Jan. 5

Championship

Third place

Consolation

4:30 p.m.

Fri, Jan. 4

Seventh place

2012/13 Madison Invitational Basketball Tournament Boys Bracket • Dec. 19 ~ Jan. 5, 2013

Van Far (4)

Wellsville (8)

Paris (6)

Community R-VI (5)

Salisbury (1)

Cairo (3)

Madison (7)

Hallsville (2)

7:30 p.m.

Wed, Dec. 19

7:30 p.m.

Wed, Dec. 19

4:30 p.m.

Thurs, Dec. 20

9:00 p.m.

Fri, Jan. 4

9:00 p.m.

Wed, Jan. 2

7:30 p.m.

Sat, Jan. 5

6:00 p.m.

Thu, Jan. 3

6:00 p.m.

Wed, Jan. 2

4:30 p.m.

Thurs, Dec. 20

9:00 p.m.

Thu, Jan. 3

4:30 p.m.

Sat, Jan. 5

Championship

Third place

Consolation

6:00 p.m.

Fri, Jan. 4

Seventh place

The Paris Coyotes (0-6) played top seeded Marion County in the first round of the Monroe City Tourna-ment falling 66-37.

Zane Vaughn hit for a team high 12 points while Brant Francis had eight points and Britton Fran-cis chipped in with seven points and Zane Lockhart had six points. Vaughn was a board away from a double double as he pulled down a team high nine rebounds. Brant Francis led the team in steals and Slater Stone was team high in assists.

Scoring: Brant Francis 8, Britton Francis 7, Zane Vaughn 12, Zane Lockhart 6, Bryce Ensor 4.

Three pointers: Britton Francis 1.

In the consolation round of the tourney the Coy-otes faced Louisiana in the semi-final game. In a close contest Paris fell 53-42. Brant Francis scored a sea-son high 16 points.

Paris trailed 19-4 at the end of the first quarter while a 4-4 second quarter push found them trailing 32-17 at the half.

Paris won the third quar-ter 9-8 and the final period 16-13 but could not make up the deficit and fell by single digits 53-42.

Scoring: Laine Forest 2, Brant Francis 16, Slater Stone 2, Britton Frncis 6, Zane Vaughn 5, Zane Lockhart 6, Quin Bartels 3, Zach Baker 2.

Three pointers: Brant Francis 1, Quin Bartels 1.

Rebounds: Forrest 1, Brant Francis 4, Stone 4, Britton Francis 2, Vaughn 4, Lockhart 8, Baker 1.

Steals: Brant Francis 1, Stone 1, Britton Francis 2, Bryce Ensor 1, Vaughn 1, Lockhart 2, Baker 1.

Assists: Britton Francis 1, Vaughn 2, Lockhart 1.

The Coyotes will partici-pate in the first round of the Madison Tournament next week – see brackets this page.

Vaughn falls rebound short of double double

The Paris Lady Coyotes (2-3) defeated Marceline in an exciting contest 57-55 to advance to the Monroe City Tournament semi-final versus Palmyra. The Lady Coyotes fell to Palmyra 70-37 to face Marion County in the third place game.

Versus Marion County, Paris had a bad night shooting but played Marion County pretty even falling 50-37.

MarcelineWith Payton Gruber scoring

her 1,000th point of her high school career the fourth seed-ed Lady Coyotes played fifth seeded Marceline tough trail-ing 21-18 at the first break, 30-30 at the half, 42-40 after three periods and with a 15-15 final quarter defeated Marceline 57-55.

Gruber led all scorers with 26 points including four three-pointers. Dede Bounds hit for 10 points, Haley Fredrick

chipped in with 9 points, Josey Ball and Kaylee Callison each added 4 points, Lauren Embree 3 and Shelby Dickey added a free throw. Kaylee Callison led the team in rebounding with 9 boards. Embree was team high with 5 assists while Fredrick had 4 steals.

“Early in the second quar-ter, Payton Gruber hit a layup to give her 11 points on the night, that shot pushed her over 1,000 points for her ca-reer,” said Coach Chris Will-ingham. “I and her teammates are very proud of her accom-plishment. She has worked ex-tremely hard during her career to reach that goal and we are thrilled for her. Payton is only the 6th girl in Paris history to score 1,000 points in her ca-reer. (Late in the game) Mar-celine hit a shot to pull ahead by 2 and then Haley Fredrick went to the line and calmly sunk 2 big free throws. One

more stop on defense and 2 more big free throws by Haley sealed the win for us in a hard fought game. Very proud of our team for our effort and our focus in such a hard fought tough game. We had great contributions throughout our lineup. Kaylee Callison had a big game for us, Josey Ball as well. Not a player on our ros-ter I couldn’t talk about. Solid team effort!”

PalmyraParis fell behind early 22-5

as Palmyra went on an 18-0 run to take a 22-5 lead at the first quarter. The Lady Coy-otes fought back with a 25-19 second quarter to trail only 41-30 at the half.

However, a 10-0 Palmyra run to begin the second half spelled doom for the Paris Lady Coyotes who scored only a single bucket in the second quarter (17-2). A 12-5 Palmyra final period sealed their 70-37 win.

Payton Gruber led the Lady Coyote scoring with 16 points while Kaylee Callison added 7 points and Josey Ball 6 points while Haley Fredrick led the team in rebounding.

Scoring: Haley Fredrick 4, Josey Ball 6, Payton Gruber 16, Jill Nobis 2, Shelby Dickey 2, Kaylee Callison 7.

Three pointers: Gruber 2.“We ran into a buzz saw

against Palmyra in the 2nd round of the Monroe Tourna-ment,” said Coach Chris Will-ingham. “We got off to a very slow start against a very tal-ented and aggressive Palmyra team. They really got after us and we struggled on both ends

to keep up with the pace of the game. We settled down in the 2nd quarter and started to play with a lot of intensity and fo-cus. We outscored them 25 to 19 in the 3rd quarter and were very productive, cutting the lead to 11 points and giving us a chance to make a run in the second half. Unfortunately that didn’t happen. We struggled mightily against their pressure and couldn’t get anything go-ing offensively scoring only 7 points in the second half. We played hard, but didn’t execute well. It was a good measuring stick for us early in the season and it will only help us im-prove.”

Marion County“We struggled for the 2nd

night in a row on offense and suffered a defeat due to that struggle,” said Coach Chris Willingham. “Marion County has a quality team who has a great tradition. I think at first we were a little intimidated by them, but once we settled down and realized we could compete, we did some things well, but really struggled of-fensively. It was a bad night to have a bad night shooting. We had a lot of good looks, but couldn’t get a shot to fall. It was a frustrating game be-cause we had opportunities to get back even with them, but just couldn’t make a big play.”

In the third place game, Pay-ton Gruber led her team in scoring again with a 10 point game. Haley Fredrick added 8 points, Josey Ball 5, Kaylee Callison 4. Fredrick and Cal-lison were team high in re-bounding.

Paris played a solid first quarter with Fredrick begin-ning the scoring with a lay-up to tie the score at 2. Josey Ball and Sydnee Playter each hit a big three pointer in the quar-ter to keep Paris close. Payton Gruber hit two free throws, Lauren Embree hit a jumper and Paris trailed 13-12 at the first break.

Josey Ball hit a 14 footer and then a 10 footer on a great feed from Gruber at the top of the key. Fredrick hit a runner in the lane and Jill Nobis finished out first half scoring with a free throw after she stole a pass and raced coast to coast but was fouled. Paris trailed 28-21 at the half.

Shelby Dickey grabbed an offensive rebound and hit the put back to begin second half action. Fredrick added a run-ner after a nice entry pass form

Gruber and Gruber knocked down a three pointer and Paris trailed 39-28 after three peri-ods.

Kaylee Callison hit a jumper after great Lady Coyote ball movement and then Fredrick skied to grab and rebound and stuffed it back. Gruber then hit a three pointer and Dede Bounds ended the scoring with a 10-footer and Paris fell 50-37.

Scoring: Haley Fredrick 8, Josey Ball 5, Lauren Embree 2, Payton Gruber 10, Jill No-bis 1, Shelby Dickey 2, Sydnee Playter 3, Kaylee Callison 4, Dede Bounds 2.

The Lady Coyotes are seeded second in the Madison tour-nament and play begins this week and continues after the holidays. See bracket below.

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The holidays are meant to be times for relaxation and family. The last thing people want is to stress about fraud and ruin holi-day cheer because of a lost or stolen credit card. Here are few tips to help prevent and protect people from becoming a victim this winter.

Most fraudulent use of cards takes place within a few days of their being lost or stolen. Immediately re-port lost or stolen cards to the issuing bank or finan-cial institution.

Protect cards as if they are cash. Do not leave them unattended anywhere, such as in a car, bar, night club or restaurant. If traveling

during the holidays, cards should be with the owner at all possible times. Oth-erwise, they should be put in a secure location, such as a hotel safe.

When shopping online, be mindful of the websites where purchases are made and what information is provided. Always purchase from websites that start with https – this means it is a secure site. Also, be mindful when using pub-lic WiFi networks. Internet connections that require a password are the safest.

Never write down a PIN - memorize it. Also, desig-nate unique PINs for each card, and use random num-ber, letter and symbol com-

Ten financial saving tips for the holidaysbinations when possible. Do not use codes, such as a birth date, that can be found easily in a wallet.

Don’t leave credit cards in a car’s glove compart-ment. An alarmingly high proportion of all credit card thefts are from this area.

Always check returned cards when at a store or restaurant. It’s easy to for-

get cards, and it’s easy for servers or sales people to return the wrong card when they’re in a hurry.

Don’t carelessly discard or leave documents that contain personal informa-tion in the open - including account numbers - such as car rental agreements or airline ticket coupons.

Do not give account num-

bers over the phone unless initiating the call.

Always take receipts and destroy any extra copies.

If traveling overseas, let the card provider know about plans to travel to a foreign country. Often-times, there may be re-strictions on using cards in some countries and a pro-vider will be less likely to

question the foreign trans-actions if prior notice is given.

George Schmelzel is se-nior vice president of Card Services and Payment So-lutions at UMB Bank.

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honest with someone they would only be mad at you once. We are the new kid on the block but we plan to be here long term – that is why Verle Hugenot is here. Verle plans on being a big part of the community. Hugenot was president of UMB Bank in both Mon-roe City and Paris. He has had his realtor’s license since 1972.“I really enjoyed the real estate part of banking,” said Hugenot. “Real Estate is like dessert – really en-joyable.”“I really like working with people and real estate real-ly fills that void very well,” said Hugenot. “We don’t have to say no,”

he joked. Adams and Hugenot both have their broker’s license and will be assisted in the office by Adams’ mother Barbara Adams, also a broker with agent Loretta Willingham with Brandie Baker Kinnaman. Adams explained the dif-ference between a broker and agent. A broker can run an office and has to have an agent’s license for two years before taking the next step up. The office will do property management and will be a full service brokerage. Adams Realty is a mem-ber of Heartland, Colum-bia Board of Brokers and MARIS. The office, located at 209 N. Main, will be open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and by ap-pointment on Saturday. For more information con-tact Adams Realty at 660-327-5193.

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own bluff.Sequestration was created

to force Congress to find appropriate ways to tackle our nation’s deficit. Unfor-tunately, this is not rational budget-making. The auto-matic cuts prevent legislators from making actual choices about what federal programs provide, the greatest return on investment, and reflect the current and future needs of our country. Instead the cuts whack roughly 8% of all fed-eral discretionary programs, from military spending to food safety to education.

As the Administrator of our Paris Senior Center, I’m most concerned with how the se-quester will effect Missouri’s older adults ability to remain independent and healthy at home. A sequester means seniors currently receiving home-delivered meals six days a week may see their deliveries reduced to three days, meaning they would go hungry in between.

Seniors will lose access to the Older Americans Act services to help them live at home safely and indepen-dently, such as rides to the doctor, in-home aides, and chronic disease self- man-agement programs at senior centers. If sequestration goes into effect in January and the area agencies on aging lose an additional 8% cut on top of the almost 15% cuts since 2008, then almost 23,000 se-niors will be at risk of losing critical services to keep them at home and out of costly nursing homes.

The family caregivers who are doing their best to keep Mom and Dad to continue to live at home would also be hurt by cuts. Reduced servic-es mean more work, financial

strain and worry for them. Given that family caregivers make up the single largest source of long-term care, we must find every possible way to support their efforts and not undermine them.

While deficit reduction is worthy, arbitrarily cutting programs does not always result in savings for taxpay-ers. When at-risk older adults do not get the help they need to remain in their homes and communities, the next step is usually a nursing home, a costly expense. Few older adults have the resources to fund this care for very long, and even longtime middle-class seniors could need Medicaid as a result.

Taxpayers will suffer with the aging community if there are fewer nutritious meals delivered to the homebound,

because of higher Medicare expenditures.

Congress needs to hear from as many people as pos-sible why these programs must be protected for mil-lions of older Americans, workers, and families in need!!

· Reduce the deficit through a balanced approach without increasing poverty or income inequality.

· No benefit cuts to Medi-care or Medicaid or shifting costs onto beneficiaries.

· No additional cuts to Older Americans Act and other domestic discretionary programs below the current caps.

Thank YouTara Sheffield, Administra-

torSenior Citizens Commu-

nity Center

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Parade winners - Monroe County Farm Bureau Young Farmers finished first in the 2012 Christmas Parade. APPEAL PHOTO

Parade second place winners - The Santa Fe Christian Church finished second in the 2012 Christmas Parade. APPEAL PHOTO

Parade second place winners - Sudbrock Farm took home second place in the non-float category in the 2012 Christmas Parade. APPEAL PHOTO

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2012 Perry Old Fashioned Christmas

Perry Old Fashioned Christmas Celebration…(Top) Pastor John and Patti Grimmett show off the decorations at South Fork Presbyterian Church. (Left, floats from top to bottom) Perry Christian Church Float, Burch Computer and Signs, St. William Catholic Church Youth, Santa his helper elf and his sleigh full of toys. West Perry Boat and Motor ‘Boat Float’. (Below) The chil-dren used any method they could to collect can-dy thrown during the an-nual parade.

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Once again the North-east Missouri Show-Me-Select Replacement heifer sale reached a record sale average of $2,097 at F & T Livestock Auction, Sat-urday, Dec. 8.

The 24 producers of the 312 heifers were enrolled in the MU educational heifer management pro-gram. The heifers were bred to sires with both calving-ease and growth genetics. The sale aver-age was $85 higher than the previous year at Pal-myra. The top lot sold belonged to Jim and Sha-ron Schlager and brought $4,100.

Highest average price from on consignor was $2,664 for 11 head from Jim and Sharon Schlager, Canton, Mo. Other con-signors that beat the aver-age were Keithley/Jack-son Farms, Frankford, Mo., $2,556 on 25 head; MU Greenley Research

Center, Novelty, Mo., $2,450 on 4 head; Prairie View Farms, Greg Drebes, Monroe City, Mo., $2,307 on 28 head; and Deer Creek Cattle Co., Rich Vehige, Clarksville, Mo., $2,233 on 12 head.

The 54 buyers were responsible for over $650,000 worth of bred heifer exchanging hands in two hours. Repeat buy-ers, 29, purchased 175 head, or 56 percent of the total consignment. Calv-ing surveys returned by these buyers provide im-portant information that is given back to consign-ors to improve for future years.

The Show-Me-Select heifer development pro-gram takes nearly a year to complete. The heifers complete a pre-breeding examination usually 4 to 8 weeks before to breed-ing. This exam includes a pelvic measurement,

reproductive tract score, and weighed. Heifers may be bred artificially or be exposed to natural ser-vice, however; the service sires must meet specific calving ease EPD require-ments based on breed. This year 188 head, or 60 percent, of the heif-ers in the sale were syn-chronized and bred AI. In this sale that choice to AI showed a $150 price advantage over those bred naturally.

All Heifers must be pregnancy tested within 90 days of breeding by a veterinarian to determine expected calving date. The use of ultrasound has helped many of the veteri-narians improve their ac-curacies on calving dates. During the development period the heifers undergo an extensive health pro-gram and are vaccinated at weaning, pre-breeding, and pregnancy examina-

tion as well as treated several time for internal and external parasites. Heifers are also screened for blemishes, condi-tion, muscling and struc-tural soundness by MU livestock specialist and USDA graders.

Averages of other Show-Me-Select sales from fall 2012 were Joplin, $1,974 on 181 head; Kingsville, $1,953 on 287 head; and Fruitland, $2,200 on 135 head.

This was the 16th year for the Show-Me-Select heifer sale in Palmyra, Mo. and over 26,600 heif-ers have been through the program and 4,500 head have been sold. There were several new con-signors this year and more are expected to start next year. If you are interested contact your local MU Extension Livestock Spe-cialist.

Missouri Show-Me-Select Replacement heifer sale reaches a record sale average

Open this weekend till January 1 “Wise Men Still Seek Him” drive thru naivety scene on the Birchwood Farm, Perry MO. This is the 14th year that Dave and Nancy have provided this for the enjoyment of everyone. It is free charge and open around the clock. It is about ½ mile or less south of Perry on Route B on the right hand side of the road. Dave and Nancy hope that many will come and enjoy it times this year. Photo by John Jackson

Old Fashioned Christmas…(Top) South Fork Presbyterian Church Song Leader Debbie Carey shows off the church decorations for the holidays. (Bottom) Riley Allen visits Perry’s Garden of Angels for some holiday spirit shopping. SUBMITTED PHOTOS

If last Thursday night proves anything, it’s that winning basketball games never comes easily… even if you’ve done it 400 times in the past 30 years and are one of Missouri’s most suc-cessful active coaches.

Just ask Paris High School boys’ basketball coach Don Williams.

Consolidated Electric Co. blamed “probably a squir-rel or raccoon” for leaving all the city of Paris and 800-1,000 additional customers without power for a short time at mid-day Friday.

A fire in a storage room in the Industrial Arts build-ing at Paris High School resulted in minor damage Thursday morning. A mal-functioning hot water heater was believed to have caused the blaze. It was destroyed in the fire, along with some miscellaneous supplies which were stored in the room.

Jack W. Guthrie, Manager of the Moberly Job Service Office, recently announced that the Division of Employ-ment Security has a program to assist people who are un-employed to assist people who are unemployed be-cause they have been forced off the farm through bank-ruptcy, or because they have been refused operating capi-tal by their primary lender. Through this program, eli-gible applicants may receive re-training. This re-train-ing can be accomplished through schooling or by on-the-job training with a participating employer. Par-ticipants will also have an opportunity to enhance their job seeking skills through this program. Guthrie said that employers who partici-pate in the on-the-job train-ing part of the program, will be reimbursed for one-half of the salary while they re-train an eligible participant.

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Education is important now because we can learn and do well on tests and get good grades to get A3. And it helps for when I am older. Education is also important because we need to know how to read and spell correctly. Education will be important in the future because it will help me get into a good school. I will need it for when I am older and in a store be-cause I won’t always have a calculator with me. The teachers work hard to teach us these things. That’s why I love my teachers and my school.

By Bryanna ConboyEducation is important

for my success because it helps me become smarter. I will also get As and a great career. I could even get a college degree! I could even help others be

successful, too! I will even learn how to take care of all different kinds of pets. I could learn how to drive to places. I could also learn how to sell stuff at stores or at school.

By Kelsey ElzeaI learn new things so I can

get good grades! I want to get A3! I want to get A3 because I want to learn new things, not because I get a medal! I want to learn new things so I can get smarter! I want to pass fourth grade so I can learn new things! In the future, I want to get a diploma in college. I don’t want to have a calculator all the time. Also, I can get a good job. I hope all the other kids think what I think about the importance of education. That is why education is important to me.

By Shonda DeTienne

Mia, the “Certified Ther-apy Dog” is coming to the Monroe County Cancer Supporters annual meet-ing. The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m., on Thursday, Jan. 10 at the Paris Library.

Mia, a golden retriever, will be coming to visit from Jefferson City where she lives with her owner, Robin Turley. Robin res-cued Mia from a roadside ditch after Mia was run over by a car. Mia had to go to school for a long time and pass a really difficult test to become certified as a therapy dog; the hard-est part was learning NOT

to eat food that was just laying there within easy reach! It was all worth it, though, as she is now able to visit lots of places where people need her.

She and Robin love go-ing to the adult day care facility, nursing homes, and the Cancer Cen-ter. Mia’s favorite place to visit, of course, is the Special Learning Center where kids with all sorts of disabilities go. She’s been able to help a lot of these little guys, and all the teachers and kids love to see Mia coming.

Mia is pretty excited about coming to Paris to

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The holiday season is a time to build lifelong mem-ories for your family. Tra-ditions help you bond and reconnect with loved ones, friends, and neighbors.

Creating traditions takes just a little time and ener-gy to plan. Here is a list of fifty traditions that you can choose from to help make your holiday season a little brighter .

Holiday food traditions1. Make traditional dishes

for your holiday meals and include foods from your culture or foods you ate growing up. Ask for reci-pes from relatives to keep your family food traditions alive.

2. Organize a cookie-bak-ing party. Invite friends and family, or a group of your kids’ friends. Ask everyone to bring their favorite holi-day cookie recipe.

3. Make the same entree for Christmas Eve (such as stew) and Christmas Day (ham or turkey) every year. Or, choose a side-dish that becomes the yearly tradi-tion, even if it’s just for laughs.

4. Make a gingerbread house with your fam-ily. Those pre-made sets make it easy and provide you with everything you’ll need! Another option is to use graham crackers, some royal icing and candy you’ve saved for this pur-pose.

Neighborhood and com-munity traditions

5. Get a handful of friends together and go caroling. You’ll be surprised by how well-received your singing group is, even if you’re out of tune!

6. See a local production of ‘The Nutcracker,’ ‘A Christmas Carol,’ or anoth-er holiday-themed show.

7. Check out holiday lights in your area. Get in the car, turn on your

holiday playlist, and find brightly lit houses.

8. Record local holiday events on your calendar. Most cities have concerts, festivals, plays, and more to celebrate the season.

9. Walk door to door de-livering Christmas cookies after you’ve made a batch.

10. Go visit Santa! Do your research and find out what times of the day are best to this, like mid-week during the evening.

11. Go sledding, ice skat-ing, or other outdoor winter activity with your family. A great time to schedule this is on Christmas day, after the gifts are opened, the meal is eaten, and everyone is getting antsy from being inside.

Around the home holiday traditions

12. Start the ‘Elf on a Shelf’ tradition. Your kids will love it and it will keep them on their best behav-ior!

13. Read holiday books before bed each night. The Polar Express, Santa Mouse, and How the Grin-ch Stole Christmas are all excellent tales to boost your family’s holiday spirit.

14. Go to a tree farm to lo-cate the perfect Christmas tree. At home, decorate it as a family or let the kids do their thiing. Have some treats and hot cider or co-coa on hand to keep energy levels up!

15. Create a holiday play-list that your family listens to in the car or at home. Don’t forget classics like ‘White Christmas,’ ‘I’ll Be Home For Christmas,’ and ‘The 12 Days of Christ-mas.’

16. Use an advent cal-endar to count down to Christmas. There are many varieties of advent calen-dars, from candles that are burned daily to boxes you open daily.

17. Set aside one night each week to watch a holi-day movie or television special, such “Miracle on 34th Street” and “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”

18. Have your child start an ‘I Am Thankful’ list. Have him add one thing he is thankful for each day. You can turn this into a decoration by having him write it on a paper Christ-mas tree or snowflake that you then hang across the fireplace or some other area.

19. Purchase or make a holiday ornament for each child every year. This is a great reason to reminisce during holiday decorating.

20. Sit down with your child and write a letter to Santa.

21. As a family, write your holiday letter. Have each member contribute one memorable moment from the year to be record-ed to share with friends and family.

22. Make holiday deco-rations yourself! Decorate windows with paper snow-flakes, glue glitter onto pinecones and arrange in a bowl, and visit kid-friendly

crafts sites to get creative and fun ideas that will in-volve your children.

23. Start a holiday village display. Add a new house or shop to your display each year.

24. Camp out in front of your Christmas tree one night. Keep the tree lights on, read holiday stories, and snack on holiday treats.

Giving back holiday tra-ditions

25. Volunteer your time as a family at a soup kitchen or a food bank that hands out food to families in need.

26. Find a giving tree that allows you to sponsor a family in need or purchase toys for children in need. Go shopping for the items together and donate them.

27. Start a canned food drive in your neighborhood or at your child’s school. Ask neighbors to donate canned and non-perishable foods, then donate them to a food bank.

28. Go through closets and donate gently used clothing (coats are particu-larly useful this time of year) to a local shelter.

29. Hold a book drive and ask coworkers, friends, neighbors, and family to donate books for kids that you can give to your local library, elementary school, or family shelter.

30. Deliver cookies and treats to your local fire sta-tion, police department, and even the staff at your local hospital. After all, they’ll be working through the holiday.

31. Don’t forget senior citizens! Volunteer time at your local senior citizens center or see if there is a giving tree specifically for the residents.

Holiday gift traditions32. Draw names in your

immediate family and make a gift for that person. It can be as easy as a playl-

ist for an MP3 player or a photobook of your family’s greatest moments of the year.

33. If gifts have been sent from relatives that are far away (like grandparents), use Skype or another video chat service when they are opened so everyone can share in the joy.

34. Spend a day, and pos-sibly a night, in a local met-ropolitan area and get your holiday shopping complet-ed. Ask your mom, sister, or sisters-in-law to come along!

35. Pick names randomly and only give gifts to the person whose name you draw. Set a dollar limit to keep it even and have fun!

36. If your extended fam-ily is large, make a deal among the adults to buy gifts for only the kids of the family.

37. Spend Thanksgiving night planning your Black Friday. Check out all the sales, map your route, and make your list.

38. Start a gag gift tradi-tion. Give a funny gift to a family member. Each year, pass the gift on to another unsuspecting family mem-ber.

Christmas Eve traditions39. Open one gift on

Christmas Eve.40. Track Santa’s prog-

ress across the globe on NORAD.

41. Make reindeer food

on Christmas Eve (oats and candy sprinkles) and toss it on the lawn for Santa’s team of reindeer.

42. Read The Night Be-fore Christmas at bedtime.

43. Leave a ‘trail’ of gifts from the chimney to the tree so show Santa’s route in the house.

44. Get matching paja-mas for the kids to wear on Christmas Eve. Talk about a great photo op Christmas morning!

Christmas morning/day traditions

45. Open all the gifts un-der the tree at 12:01a.m. on Christmas Day. This works best with older kids and teens.

46. Don’t open presents until after religious servic-es or brunch.

47. Choose a family member at random to pass out gifts to everyone.

48. Call or have a video chat with loved ones who aren’t able to be with your family.

49. Invite family, friends, and neighbors over Christ-mas evening for games, dessert, and to decompress from the holiday.

50. Go out for breakfast and let someone else do the cooking!

What’s your favorite holi-day memory? What tradi-tions will you be observing with your own family this year?

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Students’ Essayscontinued as space allows

Why Education is Important for me

By Drew LockhartEducation is very impor-

tant for me now because I feel that you need to ex-pand your growth of learn-ing to do most things wait-ing for you in your future. Most of the things that you learn now, you use in ev-eryday life. For example, if you push yourself to do more, people think more highly of you and what you are capable of doing.

One of the most impor-tant things in your future is your education. When you get older, you decide what career path you would like to choose. Also, your in-come depends on what job

you pick. If you choose a more difficult career, you will have more income to

help support yourself, but most importantly your family. However, it would be wise to pick a field that you feel com-fortable in working in and are happy doing. When choosing a career, it’s not always about

the income. The thing to remember is you may be working in this field for a long time. Therefore, it makes since to choose a path that makes you happy.

In conclusion, education is one of the most impor-tant things now, but even more important in your fu-ture.

Why Education is Important for me

By Annie MillerWhy is education impor-

tant for my success now and in the future? I think it is important because what you learn in school is ap-plied in everyday life. Edu-cation now sets us up for success in the future.

If we didn’t learn English then we would all be talking like a bunch of hick people. English and grammar are very impor-tant in communicating and

building your vocabulary is also important. Knowing how to use a high level of vocabulary can help you in applying for a job.

The higher the level of education you have, the better the chance you have at succeeding. Most jobs now-a-days require you to go to college and get a cer-tain degree. You will make more money if you have a college degree. The more knowledge you have the more successful you’ll be.

If we didn’t have math then we wouldn’t know how to do a whole bunch of stuff. We couldn’t do our taxes, we wouldn’t know how to invest our money properly, and there would be some things in this world that would never have been discovered because science and engineering also uses a lot of math.

Science and engineering is very important in society today. If we didn’t have sci-ence then we couldn’t save people from cancer and people wouldn’t be able to live as long as they do now. Basically, we would all be living like cavemen if we didn’t have science and en-gineering.

As you can see educa-tion is very important now and for everyone’s success in the future. The world would not be as it is today without education. Our money systems would be crazy without math, every-one would be dying at 40 without science, we would all live like cavemen with-out engineering, and you would have a very hard

time getting a job with-out English. That is why I think education is a very important thing.

Mrs. Turner’s Third Grade Class

I am good at math, but I don’t know about all math. When I grow up I might be a banker or I might use a cash register. Art helps me draw better. I might be an artist when I grow up. Reading helps me read. I could be a librarian.

Josh DavisComing to school, you

can get better at spelling and writing. I can go to college and raise a family when I’m done with col-lege. School makes me smarter and able to know 20 x 20 is 400. You can learn a lot of stuff, more than you already know. I am going to do high school and I will learn more than I already know.

Bella FarrahI want to learn now so I

know what to do. I want to learn when I am in the future because I can learn more than I did in school. But school is awesome be-cause this is the best school ever. I don’t want to leave school. I love school. You learn a lot at school. Now is your time to learn. School is important.

Kloey FoxSchool is important be-

cause of math, reading, handwriting, science, spelling, grammar, and specials. School helps me. Math helps me learn. Writ-ing helps me spell.

Michael Goff

School is important be-cause you get to learn how to read, write, do math, science, and social stud-ies. School teaches you more and more learning every day! You get to learn cursive so you don’t have to always write in print. It helps you when you are at a store or if you have to pay someone. You use your math to help you count money. If you want to work you need to know how to read, write, do math, science, and social studies. In life you need to know that stuff. It will make life easier.

Briley HancockI want an education so

I get a good job and so I have a good family. When I grow up, I need to have money to buy food and have money to get stuff we need and for my children to have an education. I want my children to have a good life like I did.

Carlee LongSchool is important be-

cause it helps me learn a lot and it can teach me to write and read. School is fun because I get to use the computer and we get to use blocks. When it is raining we get to play with the games. When you are a grown-up you get a job and when you get a job you get money so you can have a house. You also get food and clothes.

John McKinneyWhy is it important to

me? I love to get stuff and being in stuff. Why is it important when I grow up? Getting an education is happy, exciting, and I just love stuff when I get it because I work hard. I

love school so much. It will make me successful by working so hard.

Emma MorganWhen you come to school

it is cool, and I like to learn. I like the things I learn and people help me. I like when people help me, and I want to help people too.

Ethan RosenburgSchool is important be-

cause it helps me when-ever I go to college. It can help me when I have a job. School helps me read and other stuff.

Bryan RustemeyerI have a little sister, and

she might need help with words. She might need help with reading a book that she likes so much. I read it to her every night before she goes to bed. then the next morning, I read it to her again.

Emily VaughnSchool is important be-

cause you get smarter. School helps me work a lot more. School will help me be able to do problems on a computer when I am a grown up. I will also be able to read stuff on the computer.

Aaron WhiteComing to school is im-

portant because it deepens in the future. I like coming to school because I am re-ally bad at math and I need to learn math to be a baker and to be a better college student. Yes I need to learn math and reading and you need to read now.

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It can help us when we get older and in upper grades. I can know how to read and do other subjects. I can teach other people how to do it so they know how to learn. You can learn how you can get a job.

Tyler WilkersonEducation is important

because you can get A Cubed for being outstand-ing. School can make you smarter. You can learn how to do math so you don’t have to use a calcula-tor. You can learn how to use a computer. You can get a good job when you grow up.

Stormy WilsonWe need to learn our

words and to have a bet-ter education to go out and have a good career. You also need to provide for you and your family. If you don’t have an educa-tion, you can’t start a ca-reer.

Kaylea Young Essays from

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to Me!!!Education is very im-

portant to me because if I skipped elementary and went to high school, I wouldn’t know how to do anything. In the fu-ture, I will need to get a good job to get money so I can build a house and pay bills. If I’m going to be a writer, I’ll gave to know proper grammar. I’ll have to know everything to be a teacher when my kids are in school and need help with homework so I can help them. Education is one of the most important things to me.

By Charlie Vitt

Education is important because you and every-body around you have a chance at a great career. You should try your hard-est in school for your fu-ture. School now is the key to your future. Com-plications now won’t be complications in the future is what people need to re-alize. I think your educa-tion is what makes us us. People think they can just come up with a great job, but without a great educa-tion, you can’t pull it off.

I mean look at the drop-outs. They are homeless, mean, poor, and do drugs sometimes. Being unedu-cated doesn’t pay the bills and raise a family the right way. People don’t realize how important an education is until they grow up, try to get a job, and try to raise a family. Your life is based on your education. People like engineers are success-ful, but dropouts aren’t so successful. Education is the key to success is what people say. They are right. Without an education, who knows where we would be. Maybe it would still be like the 1700’s. My point is it would be tough. We are capable of anything includ-ing a great education.

Our nation is full of people with good and bad educations, People don’t realize how our life would be without an education. My point is, education is important and nothing can change that! Thanks for reading and I hope you take some advice from this writing. I hope you enjoyed this writing and remember education is the key to success!

By Luke Hunter

My education is impor-tant to me because I learn a lot about stuff. When I’m in college, I’m going to play baseball. My backup is to be a photographer or a director. It isn’t that hard, it is fun, and it pays a lot of money. None of this would be possible without and education.

By Timothy JohnstonEducation is important

because ever since I was 2 years old, I have wanted to be a kindergarten or 2nd grade teacher. If I get my education I can live that dream forever.

By Andi HolmesThe reason why my edu-

cation is important to me is my brain would be fried without learning. My brain and I are a little bit slow, but I know I can do my best. Without my teach-ers, I wouldn’t be someone with a smart brain.

By Dotti FendrickMy education from el-

ementary school depends on how well I do. My high school grades will help de-cide if I can get into a good college. I will study hard to get good grades to earn a college degree. With a college degree, I will get a good job. So, that’s why my education is so impor-tant.

By Landon BenderMy education is impor-

tant to me now because I need to learn adding, sub-tracting, multiplying, and dividing so I will know all this in high school. Without my education, I wouldn’t know how to read. I wouldn’t know how to drive because I never learned how to use a map. That’s why my education is important to me now.

My education is impor-tant to me in the future because, with my educa-tion I can get a good job, and I will get far in life. With my education I will

know how to drive; I will know how to read. And, I will know how to add, sub-tract, multiply, and divide. That’s why my education is important to me now and in the future.

By Alaiyna WheatonMy education is impor-

tant to my life because I have to pass every grade so I can get a good education. That’s very important to me because I want to make the smartest decisions in my life. It will let me get into a good college. If I do well in college, I will get a good job so everything will work out.

By Aiden ForrestWhy Education is Important for my Success Now and

in the FutureBy Mrs. Bell’s

4th GradeMy success now is impor-

tant because I learn lots of cool stuff, like giving back change. And also I might get A Cubed. A Cubed is when you have to get 93% or higher in your grades and you get A3. My suc-cess in the future is impor-tant so I will get into a good college, get a diploma, and get a good job.

By Nicole SkinnerEducation is important

now because your teacher tries so hard to make some-thing out of you. Some kids ignore what they teach us. I used to be one of those kids. I repeated first grade because I didn’t pay attention. I didn’t think too much of it. I didn’t wake up until third grade, the end of the year. Now it’s easier to understand what I’m doing in all subjects. In the future, I won’t have as many problems because I pay attention now. I’m glad I finally woke up, just in time.

By Devin MillerMy education is impor-

tant so I can get into the Air Force. And it would be handy for a shopping trip. And also I can get As on grades. And also, I can get A3 this year. And it will help me get a good house. And so I can get done with

my math quicker.By Eli Jordan

I need to learn art, to be talented, and creative and nice to others. I also bring Box Tops in to help my school get more supplies, which will help me learn more. This will help me graduate and go to college. And also get a job!

By Kristian ShelleyI would like to learn neat

things and get good grades, like As, so I will do well when I get to the future. I’d also like to know what I was doing. Most of all, I would like to pass fourth grade. In the future, I would like to have a career and job. And I would like to do well in college and get a diploma. I would like to be successful in whatev-er job I do and not always have to use a calculator.

By Kaylee MitchellIt’s important to get good

grades, get into a college, diploma, and get a good career. Before I get a suc-cessful job, I need to learn more in school, like how to spell and definitions of new words. If the job pays good money, I would like to get it and get a house.

By Faith GibbsI need to learn things, so

I can get A3 because I like to go to school and learn

things to get my grades up. We are doing timed tests,

and I am trying and trying to pass. And my teacher

is teaching me new things every day. And when I

get older, I won’t have a calculator or something, but I will have my brain

to help me. So that’s why I need to learn things

now. I hope I get A3 all four times, like I did last

year. My favorite subjects in school are math and

science. If I don’t get A3, I hope I can get the A/B

Honor Roll. My teacher is a good teacher.

By Ethan Chapman

Now: I want to learn new things so I can go to the next grade. I also can get good grades to get A3 and to learn Missouri history. Future: I need to learn mental math so I won’t take forever at the store. It will also help me get into a good college and diploma, get a good job, and good life.

By Bobby GashEducation is important to

me now because it helps me pass fourth grade and get good grades. It also helps me in the future so I can get a good job and have a good life and also to get into a good college. It’s important for everything. I think education is impor-tant for me to be the best that I can be.

By Brock MillerIt is important because I

need to be able to get good grades so I can pass fourth grade and go to fifth grade. I want to be able to get A3 because if I do, it makes me feel proud. In the fu-ture, it is important so I can go to a good college and get my diploma. When I am older, I need to be able to add at stores. When I go to the bank, I need to keep track of how much money I have so I don’t go bank-rupt. That’s why education is important to me.

By Chris EbbesmeyerI need to learn neat things,

like math, writing, cursive, reading, and spelling so I get good grades and get in a good college. In the fu-ture, I won’t always have to use a calculator when I am at the store.

By Isaac BurkeEducation is important

because if you get good grades, you can go to a higher level! If you learn new things, like math prob-lems, you won’t need a cal-culator in the future. Plus, you can get into a good college and then get a di-ploma.

By Alexis Hartgrove

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IN 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 appointed the personal rep-resentative of the estate of FRANK PRICE BALL, dece-dent, by the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Monroe County, Missouri. The Per-sonal representative’s business address and phone number is: DOROTHY JONES, P.O. BOX 242, PARIS, 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 publica-tion of this notice or if a copy of this notice was mailed to, or served upon, such creditor by the personal representa-tive, then within two months from the date it was mailed or served, whichever is later, or be forever barred

to the fullest extent permis-sible by law. Such six-month period and such two-month period do not extend the limi-tation period that would bar claims one year after the de-cedent’s death, as provided in Section 473.444, RSMo, or any other applicable limitation periods. Nothing in Section 473.033, RSMo, shall be con-strued to bar any action against a decedent’s liability insurance carrier through a defendant 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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Thank you for the cards, calls and support shared with us since Mom’s death. I would

like to extend a big thank you to Ronnie and Angie for everything that you did for Mom.

It will never be forgotten.

The family of Lockie Gene TerrellSuzanne and Jay Jennings

Ben WilliamsDavid and Shirley Terrell

The family of Homer Gray would like to thank everyone for the cards, calls and food. We didn’t realize

how many friends were touched by our dad.Thank you to the Monroe Manor Staff for all their tender

loving care. A special thanks to Jim and Pam for the lovely service and their kindness, to Blanton and

Billie Jo for the special music an to Dan Campbell for the words that meant so much to us.

To the Mt. Airy Church family thank you so much for all you have done. Thanks so much for the lovely meal and

all your prayers. Special thanks for Christy, Sarah and Elinda for being at the house to see that were cared for.

THE FAMILY OF HOME GRAYGARY AND JUDY MCCURREN & FAMILY

MIKE AND KAY GRAY & FAMILYBILL AND DOTTIE ARNETT & FAMILY

A big thank you to my friends and family who surprised

me on my birthday and the Sunday after.

God Bless you all!

Mary Hayhurst

Thank you to Jonesy’s Cafe, Cummins Recovery & Towing for donating the bikes. Thank you to Paris Pharmacy

who donated the helmets. Also, thank you to all the parents that helped.

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With Love, Mary

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important study for the U.S. Public Health Service. Interviewers will collect information about alcohol use and disorders and related

physical and mental health conditions. Interviewers will also obtain a saliva sample

using a collection kit. Previous interviewing or public contact experience is required. Bilingual

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Filing for the town board Village of Stoutsville will begin Tuesday, Dec. 11 and close at 5 p.m.

on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013.Two Trustee Positions Open

Next meeting will be Jan. 2, 2013 or contact one of the board members.

Area VITALSThursday, Dec. 13, 2012 21Monroe County Appeal, Paris, Mo. • monroecountyappeal.com

Obituaries✝Edmond Caldwell

1956-2012

Edmond Briscoe (Eddie B.) Caldwell, 56, of Perry. passed away at his home at 1:03 a.m., Dec. 3, following a 10 year battle with cancer.

He was born May 15, 1956 in Hannibal, the son of Ed-mond Cleaver and Margaret Briscoe Caldwell.

He was married to Teresa Jeffrey on Aug. 3, 1985 in Mexico, and she survives.

Other survivors include his mother of Perry; three children, Champ Jeffrey Caldwell of Columbia; Can-non Dawn Caldwell of Per-ry and Bobby Caldwell of Troy; two sisters, Rebecca “Becky” Caldwell of Perry and Mary Kay (Tim) Wyss of Mexico; several nieces and nephews and other fam-ily and friends.

Mr. Caldwell was a lifetime area resident and farmer. He was a 1974 graduate of Mark

Twain High School, a 1978 graduate of Westminster College and a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. He worked at First National Bank of Montgomery City for one year and then for the Missouri Department of Agriculture for 10 years as a state grain inspector. He then returned home to take over the family farm. He served on the Ralls County Soil and Water Conservation District Board for eight years and the Lick Creek Cemetery Board for many years. He was a member of the Perry Lions Club, the Lick Creek Mason-ic Lodge #302, and the Mark Twain Hookers Bass Club. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, sports, and was an avid Miz-zou fan.

Memorial contributions may be made to Lick Creek Cemetery, Perry Lions Club, or Campassus Hospice, 3050 I-70 Dr. S.E. Suite 100, Co-lumbia, Mo. 65201.

Honorary pallbearers were Tom McBride, Les Wilson, Mike Bluthe, Jim Behrens, Clyde Oligschlaeger, Eddie Joe Hamill, Bill Wright, Tim Wyss, Dennis Stuart, Paul Allgood, Ron Seabaugh, Don Seabaugh, Roger Cowden, Kevin Evans, Brad Dodge, Jim Reinhard, Mike Crocker, and Tony Burden.

Memorial services for Ed-mond Briscoe (Eddie B.) Caldwell, 56, of Perry was held at 7 p.m., Thursday, De-cember 6, at Cannon Dam Opry, Perry. Private family interment services will be held at a later date.

Visitation was Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Cannon Dam Opry. Services are un-der the direction of Bienhoff Funeral Home, Perry.

Online condolences may be made at www.bienhofffuner-alhome.com.

Roy Albert Hogan III, “Albey”, 25, of Madison, Ill., passed away at 1:55 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 10, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis after injuries sustained in an automo-bile accident. He was born July 26, 1987 in Granite City. He was employed at Craftsman Industries in St. Charles, Missouri as a mechanic. He was a 2005 graduate of Granite City High School. He enjoyed riding motorcycles and off roading any ATV. He was always willing to help oth-ers and always surrounded by his family and many friends. He is survived by his mother and stepfather, Lisa R. Hogan-Yarbrough and Michael Yarbrough of Granite City; father and stepmother, Roy Albert Hogan II and Nina Hogan of Worden; two sisters and two brothers, Kristi Yar-brough of Madison, Cole Hogan of Worden, Kait-lin Hogan of Worden and Zachary Hogan of Wor-den; grandparents, Roy and Linda Hogan of Paris, John Misturak of Granite City, Mary Ellen Pagliughi of Effingham, Ron and Joyce Hastings of Granite City and Robbie and Karen Bosworth of Granite City; many aunts; uncles; cous-ins; other extended family and a host of friends. He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Glennis Misturak.

In celebration of his life, visitation will be at Gate-way Family Church, 97 Oak Lawn in Glen Carbon on Friday, Dec. 14, from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. Visita-tion will continue at Irwin Chapel, 3960 Maryville Road in Granite City on Saturday, Dec. 15, from 11 a.m. until time of funeral service at 1 p.m. with Rev-erend Sandy Schoeber of-

Marilyn Y. Cole 1936-2012

Roy Albert Hogan III 1987-2012

Marilyn Y. Cole, 76, of Quincy died at 8:40 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, in Blessing Hospital.

Born Aug. 2, 1936 in Par-is, she was the daughter of Lester Hopkins “Hop” and Vivian Irene Levings Wil-liamson. She married Rich-ard “Dick” Cole on June 16, 1956 in Hannibal. He sur-vives.

She was a member of The Crossing Church and Grace Whipple Chapter Order Eastern Star No. 312. Mari-lyn served as Past Worthy Matron several times and was a Past Grand Represen-tative of Rhode Island, Past Grand Esther and Instructor Emeritus of OES. She was also Past Mother Advisor to Rainbow Girls and held the Grand Cross of Color. She enjoyed playing bingo, do-ing genealogy, going to the boat, league bowling and shooting archery. Marilyn was devoted to her family and especially loved spend-ing time with her grandchil-dren and great grandchil-dren.

Marilyn was a sales per-son for Sears for over 30 years until her retirement. She was then employed as a secretary/bookkeeper for Niekamp Trucking for over 18 years.

Survivors include her hus-band Dick; two daughters Marla Smith, of Blooming-ton, Ill., Terri Bringer (Rod-ney), of Durham; one son

Richard A. Cole (Sandy), of Tolono, Ill.; nine grandchil-dren Miranda Frank (Nikk), Melissa Abell (Shane), Scott Smith (Shannon), James Nickell (Amanda), Aaron Cole, Andrea Cole, Adam Bringer, Morgan Bringer and Ryan Cole; seven great grandchildren Macy Frank, James Mat-thew Nickell, Lucas Frank, Peyton Abell, Levi Nick-ell, Blake Frank and Mea Nickell. Also surviving is three sisters Marjorie Gott-man (Raymond), of Mon-roe City, Marsha Threlkeld (Sidney), of Paris, Laura Gibbs (Terry), of Monroe City, and sister in law Vera Schwener, of Quincy also surviving are several loving nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Cole was preceded in death by her parents and one sister Myrna Kaye Wil-liamson.

A gathering of family and friends to celebrate the life of Marilyn Cole will be held Saturday afternoon, Dec. 15, from 2-5 p.m., in the Zehender Robinson Storm-er Cookson Funeral Home. Grace Whipple Chapter OES No. 312 will conduct Star services at 2 p.m.

Private inurnment will take place at Quincy Memo-rial Park at a later date.

Memorials may be made to the Blessing Cancer Cen-ter or to OES Scholarship Fund.

Gary Dale Beamer, 51, of Paris, passed away at Monroe Manor Nursing Home in Paris, on Mon-day, Dec. 3, after a lengthy illness.

Gary was born Aug. 7, 1961 in Paris, the son of Jack and Lavonna Breid Beamer. He was employed at A. B. Chance Co. (Hub-bell) in Centralia, as a welder for 24 years.

Mr. Beamer is survived by his parents, Jack Beam-er and Onie Marshall, 3 children, Brook, Devin and Brent Beamer, all of Paris, a granddaughter, Addie Wood, 2 sisters, Deborah Cullifer of Paris, and Pam Beamer of Cairo, 1 brother, Paul Beamer of Columbia, and a half-brother, Darin Marshall, State of Florida.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Thurs-day, Dec. 6, at Agnew Fu-neral Home in Paris with Reverend John Grimmett officiating. Visitation was held from noon till time of funeral on Thursday. Buri-al was in Walnut Grove Cemetery at Paris.

Gary Dale Beamer1961-2012

ficiating. Burial will be at Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Edwardsville.

Memorials may be made to the Riverbend Down Syndrome Association and may be accepted at the funeral home. www.ir-winchapel.com

Thank you for your support!

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