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The Mid American Youth Bas-ketball Association will conduct a Winter Basketball Tournament in Moberly, Missouri on Saturday, Jan-uary 5. The Tournament is for girls and boys teams grades 3 thru 8 with age group divisional breakdowns. The event will be held on the cam-pus of Moberly Area Community College at the Activity Center. Each team is guaranteed three games with the registration fee being $165 per team. For more information or to en-ter a team in the event, please contact Tournament Director Patrick Smith at 903-520-0035.

On January 1, 2013 the yearly sub-scription rates for The Home Press have been altered, as well as the weekly over counter rate. Walking into a store and picking up the paper you will now pay 75 cents per copy weekly.

For subscriptions the new costs will be $25 for local drops, mailed subscriptions will be Macon County $30, Neighboring Counties $35, and Distant and Out of State $45. Please also add $5.00 for snowbirds. Internet subscriptions will remain at $15.00 yearly.

We here at The Home Press keep working harder to bring you the weekly news and with the combina-tion of the North and South editions, you will now get twice the news and a lower price in some areas.

The Bevier C-4 School is having a silent auction on the following in-ventory until January 11 at 3:30 pm. Winners will be announced at the homecoming basketball game. 1 blue 35 gallon tub without lid, 1 blue 20 gallon tub without lid, white doors from in between high school & el-ementary, 2 wooden doors (1 from women’s restroom and 1 from men’s restroom in high school), 1 Sharp TV, 1 Magnavox TV, 1 tan TV with two outlets (with wheels), 1 black strap for holding down TV on cart, 1 Sony DVD/VHS player, Ten coat racks from elementary with 8 hooks with 2 prongs on each hook, 1 older model Sharp TV, 1 small TV cart (with wheels), 2 wall-hung basketball racks, 1 life size wildcat mascot wood cutout (used to be in gym), 1 long, thin angled table, 1 metal door with frame, 1 round table.

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A man who regularly do-nated blood and inspired his daughters to do the same will be remembered with a blood drive in his name on Dec. 27. The American Red Cross, friends and family of David McElhaney and the Callao Shamrocks 4-H Club will host the seventh annual David McElhaney Memorial Blood Drive in Callao, Missouri.

McElhaney died in De-cember 2005 from pancre-atic cancer. His wife, Teresa Grimshaw, said McElhaney received several blood trans-fusions during his fight with cancer, at times receiving transfusions every weekend. Grimshaw said that, along with the fact that McElhaney

was a regular blood donor and his daughters continue the tra-dition, inspired his friends and family to host an event in his memory.

“We wondered how we could help,” Grimshaw said. “We wanted to host the blood drive as a way of contributing since he had required so many transfusions.” Seventh Annu-al David McElhaney Memo-rial Blood Drive Dec. 27 from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Cal-lao Christian Church Youth Center 119 W. Second Street, Callao, Mo. Blood collected at the David McElhaney Me-morial Blood Drive may help many patients, including those battling cancer. In fact, some cancer patients require daily

blood transfusions as part of their treatment.

How to Donate Blood - Simply call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment or for more information. All blood types are needed to ensure a reliable supply for patients. A blood donor card or driver’s license, or two other forms of identification are required at check-in. Individuals who are 17 years of age (16 with parental permission in some states), weigh at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. High school students and other donors 18 years of age and younger also

Merry Christmas & Happy New Yearfrom everyone at Lewis County Press, LLC

Susan White has been writ-ing since she was in high school. She writes in most any genres, but especially enjoys poetry, children’s books, bible studies and other Christian genres.

Susan’s poetry has been published (under the pseud-onym of Mary Heart) and she has had several magazine arti-cles and interviews of her writ-ings. Susan had her first book, Buried Treasure, published in 2007.

Susan began a writers group called Susan’s Scribes in 2010 and has a list of 118 authors that she emails regularly about events and marketing opportu-nities. The group meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at the Macon Public library meeting room to discuss and critique each other’s work.

Susan also began her own

company, The Scribes Closet Publications, and has pub-lished books for about a dozen authors, many of them local, but some as far away as TN and Canada. Susan’s company’s mission statement is “Helping authors succeed by meeting their publication needs.”

Each month the group has a designated topic to write about. “We always have a variety of poetry and prose, fiction and nonfiction among the writing exercises” states Susan.

Each member of Susan’s Scribe Writers Group was in-vited to submit up to three writing exercises for inclu-sion of their anthology, The Topic. This is a collection of the group’s work from their writing exercises. The Topic is on sale now and all of the proceeds will go into a fund to be used to print future collec-

tions of work produced by the group.

Susan’s Scribes Writing Group is for anyone that enjoys writing. The group welcomes all writers lo-cal and out of the area and

encourages the expression of writing. For more infor-mation you may go to the company’s website www.thescribesclosetpublica-tions.com.

The Lewis County Press LLC held their an-nual Christmas Party on Wednesday afternoon, December 19, 2012 at the newly renovated Presby-terian Church, owned by Bob Ely, Lewis County Press shareholder, in La-Grange, Missouri. Every-one enjoyed a carry-in meal, enjoyed touring the newly renovated church that will in the future hold the offices of the Lewis County Press LLC and the Press News Journal weekly paper. Those at-tending were : front - Randy Bunch, The Home Press, La Plata; seated (left to right): Rita Cox, Press News Journal, Can-ton, Lisa Crider, Monroe County Appeal, Paris, Paula Heming, Lewis County Press, LLC, Can-ton, Chelsea Luntsford, Monroe County Appeal, Paris, Ashley Wolf, Press

News Journal Intern, Canton and Karin Althofff, Press News Journal, Canton; back row: Tej Ghosh, Lewis County Press, LLC, Canton, David Eales, Monroe County Appeal, Paris, Bob Ely, Lewis County Press

LLC, Becky Jeffcoat, The Home Press, La Plata, Brianna Bartlett, Press News Journal, Canton, Vicki Stiffey, Press News Journal, Canton, El-lie Jackson, The Home Press, La Plata, Peggy Wolf, Lewis

County Press LLC, Canton and Phil Calian, Lewis County Press, LLC, Canton. Unable to attend, Sharon Coram, Kathy Liebhart and Jennifer Luding-ton, The Home Press.

have to meet certain height and weight requirements.

About the American Red Cross - The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; sup-plies about 40 percent of the nation’s blood; teaches skills that save lives; provides in-ternational humanitarian aid; and supports military mem-bers and their families. The Red Cross is a not-for-profit organization that depends on volunteers and the generos-ity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visit red-cross.org or join our blog at http://blog.redcross.org.

pictured above is the group of authors that attended the christmas party lunch meeting at the apple Basket on de-cember 11, 2012. From left to right; James sparks, naomi sparks, aileen Burns, Betty Frier, sahnnon roe, michele Jorgenson, ed Kitchen, hertha Wooten, susan White and patrick shanahan.

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LOCAL NEWS2A Wednesday, December 26, 2012

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Ode To Sandy Brooke School VictimsTwas’ 11 days before Christmas, around 9:38 a.m.

when 20 beautiful children stormed through heaven’s gate.Their smiles were contagious, their laughter filled the air.They could hardly believe all the beauty they saw there.

They were filled with such joy, they didn’t know what to say.They remembered nothing of what had happened earlier that day.

“Where are we?” asked a little girl, as quiet as a mouse.“This is heaven.” declared a small boy. “we’re spending Christmas at God’s house.”

When what to their wondering eyes did appear, but Jesus, their savior, and the children gathered near.He looked at them and smiled, and they smiled just the same.

Then He opened His arms and He called them by name, and in that moment was joy that only heaven can bring.Those children all flew into the arms of their King and as they lingered in the warmth of His embrace,

one small girl turned and looked at Jesus’ face.And as if He could read all the questions she had He gently whispered to her, “I’ll take care of mom and dad.”

Then He looked down on earth, the world far below.He saw all of the hurt, the sorrow, and woe.

Then He closed His eyes and He outstretched His hand, “Let My power and presence re-enter this land!”“May this country be delivered from the hands of fools”

“I’m taking back my nation. I’m taking back my schools!”Then He and the children stood up without a sound.“Come now my children, let me show you around.”

Excitement filled the space, some skipped and some ran alldisplaying enthusiasm that only a small child can and I heard Him proclaim as He walked out of sight,

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Income taxes are a fact of life and for farmers can be fairly complex. There is an excellent resource you can get for no cost that I’ll discuss today.

The Farmer’s Tax Guide (publication 225) is put out yearly by the IRS with help from University Extension and you may pick one up at the Macon County Extension Center located at 514 E Briggs Drive, Suite D, in Macon. Even though most of you have someone prepare your taxes they are still vi-tal to refer to as to how to handle certain tax issues. As I’ve said before, you as a taxpayer are responsible for the information that is in your return. The Farm-er’s Tax Guide has infor-mation on: what’s new for 2012, depreciation rules and changes, how to han-dle certain expenses such as soil and water conser-vation expenses, how to treat employee taxes and any clarifications the IRS has made on items. That is especially important this year because they have done that in the areas of repairs or capital expendi-tures and value-added Ag operations. I believe most farmers will be okay in the repair area but many that are doing value-added Ag will want to look that over very carefully.

This guide is useful as a reference year around and is still available for no charge. You can go online at www.irs.gov but it is very slow to download.

REMINDERS Remember our offices

now have both the Corn and Soybean Missouri Crop Performance Bulle-tins for 2012. You can get the information online at http://agebb.missouri.edu/cropperf/index.htm. We do have a few printed cop-ies also if you don’t have computer access.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol encourag-es everyone to make good decisions regarding their New Year’s celebration. If the weather is bad, allow extra time for traveling or be flexible with your plans. Staying home might be the best option. If you do plan to drive to a New Year’s gathering, remem-ber to buckle up and obey all traffic laws. If your plans include alcohol, plan for alternative trans-portation. The roadway is no place for a driver who has been drinking. If you cause a traffic crash, your new year might bring get-

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hart

Lee and Diane Hart of rural Atlanta, Missouri are please to announce the marriage of their son, Andrew Hart to Jessica Vogelin, daughter of Dave and Kay Picard of De Pere, Wisconsin. The couple were united in marriage on June 30, 2012 in Portland, Oregon, where they will be making their home.

ting arrested, legal fees, medical bills, or jail time! If you kill or injure some-one, you’ll pay a price for the rest of your life. No one wants to begin 2013 in jail. Be smart! Designate a sober driver or take a taxi. During the New Year’s traffic crash counting pe-riod from 6 p.m., Friday, December 28, 2012 to 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, Janu-ary 1, 2013, all available officers will be on the roadways. Last year, 777 traffic crashes occurred in Missouri over the New Year’s holiday weekend. In those crashes six peo-ple were killed and 311

were injured. One person was killed or injured every 14.8 minutes. “The mem-bers and employees of the Missouri State Highway Patrol wish each of you a safe 2013,” said Colonel Ron Replogle, superinten-dent of the Patrol.

Of course, no matter how safely you drive, you can’t control other drivers. Therefore, the Patrol en-courages motorists to pro-tect themselves from all types of hazardous drivers by making sure everyone in the vehicle is properly restrained in a seat belt or child restraint. Click It 4 Life!

Dr. Sharon Weiser, chief academic officer for Missouri Valley College, has announced the Fall 2012 Dean’s List. The re-quirements for the Dean’s List are a 3.3 or higher grade point average; at least 12 graded hours for the semester; and no “D,” “F,” or “Incomplete” grades for the semester. The following students from the area were named to the Dean’s List:

Gracyn Hanson of Bucklin. Julie Jacobs

of New Cambria. Marc Finney of Bucklin.

About Missouri Valley College

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Wednesday, December 26, 2012The Home Press • maconhomepress.com • hpsouth.com

COMMENTARY

BY BECKY JEFFCOATEDITOR

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We saw evil rear its ugly head in Newtown, Connecticut. While it is true that we may never know f why the shooter in Connecticut, Adam Lanza, committed this act, we can be sure that God is with the people of that Newtown and especially the children who wit-nessed the shootings and the families of those who were killed that day.

Many want to know how a loving God could al-low such evil to take place on this earth. God loves enough that he chooses not to force us to obey him or to do what is right and good. God gave us free will and he gave us the ability to choose for our-selves what we do during our lifetime. God wants all people to choose to love and obey him and accept his Son, Jesus. Those who accept Jesus can make a unique difference in the world around us and in the lives of people around us. We have Jesus to show us how to live with and love others, even those who have not accepted Jesus and even those who dis-agree with us. We can pay

attention to those around us and help where we can. Sometimes we can help them and sometimes we need to bring in others who can provide help we cannot give. But love them anyway. Love them so they know someone cares about them. Love them so that they ask why and then you can talk to them about Jesus and his love. And you can tell them that no matter how bad things seem in this life, Jesus is with us now and Jesus will return to reclaim the and redeem the world. Jesus he will deal with the evil and create a new earth where his peace reigns. We cannot not take away the evil but we can show others there is a better way in the one who was born on Christmas day.

Pastor Denzil Thomas

Early deadline this week, so I didn’t even get to tell ya what Santa brought me. Bummer, but I am looking forward to spending Christmas with my family and watch-ing the faces that Quinci Jo makes when she gets excited. She’s so cute! Reminds me of myself in my younger days. LOL just kidding. I guess if you are reading this the world didn’t end on December 21st. The Mayans were wrong. Lucky us!

I hope that your Christ-mas was everything that you expected and maybe even more, that the grand elf himself brought you peace, joy and love, as well as a little bit of re-laxation from your days off and that your bellies were so full after Christ-mas dinner that you had to roll to the couch. This my friends, means that we are all so lucky to have a life of such that we are able to enjoy our holidays.

Thinking of those poor and very sad people in Connecticut that lost their children and loved ones at such a time of the year that means so much to all of us. Jesus’ birthday. It’s not supposed to be for gifts or gadgets, diamonds or silver but a time of the year to celebrate our lives that were given to us by such a magnificent being that he gave his live for us. ALL OF US!! And this is his birthday! I thank him everyday for my health, my family, my job, my friends and the way of life we have, even at $2.99 per gallon of fuel, its so much better than some. I hope we all soak in the love he gave us and keep it warm!

Okay, enough of my preaching or mushy stuff..... The Home Press has been getting some “bad press” lately and I’d like to address it. Combin-ing the South and North issues was not because of either paper “not making it”, it was done because we have had so much great success with our Re-gional Issue, that the deci-sion was made to combine them weekly. Working to-gether, north and south, as

one gives our readers dou-ble coverage of most all of Macon county and parts of other counties. Each week when the paper is laid out, it is done so that each area has the same amount of coverage if at all possible.

Sports coverage is spread out between six schools including Bevier, Bucklin/Macon County R-IV, Macon, Brashear, Atlanta and La Plata. We try to cover all the events, but sometimes our sched-ules don’t allow it. If there is something you would like to see in the paper, please call or take a pho-to and send it to us at [email protected] and we will make sure to get it in, sometimes it might be the next week, but we will print it. Covering all the areas of Macon Coun-ty and others is definitely a full time job, plus some and its almost impossi-ble to be everywhere. We invite you to be a part of our paper by sharing your news with us, whether it be by a call to inform us, sending a photo, a news article, a group happen-ing or even something as small as a Stump Your Friend guess, we are here for you and we will con-tinue to be as long as you invite us into your home.

Your concerns are also something that we would love to address, so please message us at the above email or give us a call at 660.332.4431, readers as well as advertisers. Again, we are here for you and you are what the paper is about.

I hope that your New Year is amazing and you begin 2013 with a smile and a healthy heart and a warm home!

Keep It Kool, Bec

Academic, Behavior and Character winners at Brashear School for December are: Kindergarten: A, Cory Holcomb, B, Macie Hocker and C, Jacob Snyder; 1st Grade: A, Lacey Fisher, B, Tenlee Shaw and C, Alexis Sanche; 2nd Grade: A, Haley McNamar, B, Anthony Shaw and C, Lucas Keller; 3rd Grade: A, Jace Snelling; B, Rudy Borntrager; C, Adrian Mason; 4th Grade: A, Hannah Grissom; B, Nikiah Smith and C, Garrett Housman; 5th Grade: A, Tanna Garlock, B, Thomas Dore and C, Averi Acton; and 6th Grade: A, Melissa Wagster, B, Colt Sayre and C, Clayton Johnson.

Healthcare Mandates - My Opinionby Becky Jeffcoat, Editor

After reading several articles, letters, emails, fa-cebook status’ and hearing people comment on the subject at hand, it makes me wonder what the out-come will be.

Several small business’ or those that started as small business’ are faced with the threatening of government changes. A new government health-care mandate says that a business MUST provide what some would believe are abortion-causing drugs as part of their health in-surance. Being a Christian, I don’t believe in abor-tion or drugs that might cause abortions such as the morning-after pill or the week-after pill or even emergency contraception. These items or procedures might end a life after the moment of conception, something that is contrary to most important beliefs. It goes against Biblical principles.

Some companies and small business’ could be fined up to $1.3 million per day in government fines if they don’t comply.

Does our government threaten to fine job crea-tors in a bad economy? Sure they do. I our gov-ernment threatening to fine companies that raised wages four years running?

Yes. Can we not run our companies according to our beliefs? I’m sure eve-ryone believes that we should all follow the rules, that’s its the same for eve-ryone, but that’s not true. The government has ex-empted thousands of com-panies from this mandate, for reasons of conveni-ence or cost. But it won’t exempt them for reasons of religious beliefs.

Families who began a small business in their ga-rage, their shed, the base-ment or the barn, who worked so hard to provide for their families and lived paycheck to paycheck be-fore their companies took off have lived the Ameri-can Dream. Is it fair that the government is forcing businesses to choose be-tween following their faith or following the law? No. That is a choice that no American and no Ameri-can Business should have to make.

Do you have concerns on government mandates or the healthcare reform? Send me a letter, lets get involved. We might be a small area in Northeast Missouri, but believe it or not we have voices and we matter.

My mama always told me, “if you don’t vote, don’t bitch”, well I voted so I’m bitching.

It is difficult to put into words the thoughts that are in our minds af-ter hearing about issues that deal with violence in schools. Public schools are designed to be warm, welcoming environments and when something trau-matic happens in a school it can be very unsettling for students, parents, staff and entire communities. In light of the recent incident in Connecticut I wanted to take this opportunity to address school safety and share how we address it in our buildings.

Both of our buildings are equipped with video surveillance equipment that monitors the exterior of the facilities as well as the interior hallways. If you have visited our buildings then you are also aware that all of our doors are locked from the inte-rior and visitors have to buzz the office in order to enter the buildings. Office staff are able to see all vis-itors on our cameras prior to unlocking the door.

We have a detailed safety protocol that we follow as well. Each year our students and staff are instructed in various drills that include fire, tornado and intruder. We practice each drill and feedback is provided to make sure that we are doing them correct-ly. We have also shared

these protocols with local law enforcement.

As parents it can be difficult to have discus-sions with young children regarding violent situa-tions. If you are needing resources; the Missouri Department of Mental Health provides the fol-lowing website: http://dmh.mo.gov/disaster /factsheets.htm. This web-site has various talking points in regards to help-ing children deal with disasters, coping facts for children and helping chil-dren deal with emotional disturbances. If your child should ever want to talk with a professional, our school counselor Mrs. Fleshman, would be hap-py to meet with them.

As a district we have always taken a proactive approach to the safety of our most valuable re-source, our students. We are blessed to have your children in our lives each and every day and I want to assure you that we will continue to do everything in our power to provide a safe learning environment. If you have any questions, comments or concerns please feel free to contact me at 332-7001.

Sincerely,Craig Noah

SuperintendentLa Plata R-II Schools

By: Marjorie BaggosEvery New Year we all

reflect on the past year and recognize we should make resolutions for the com-ing year. Resolutions are commitments that a per-son makes to one or more personal projects, goals, or reforming a habit.

There are several popu-lar resolutions that every-one seems to make they are: eat healthy food, get a better job, further our education, get in shape, lose weight, quit smoking, get out of debt, take a va-cation, recycle, and volun-teer.

To me those are fine

but I like to be creative and with all of the turmoil in our lives we should just make them simple resolu-tions. For example maybe we should take more time to pet our pets, say hello to our neighbor, do favors for our friends, listen to our children more, plant more flowers, read a book, go to church, smile when we don’t feel like it, un-derstand gentleness and be more understanding to others.

Historically, New Year’s resolutions date back to 153 B.C.! Janus, a mythical king of early Rome was placed at the

head of the calendar. With two faces, Janus could look back on past events and forward to the future. Therefore; Janus, became January. Also, the New Year hasn’t always begun on January 1st and doesn’t begin on that date every-where today. It only be-gins on that date for cul-tures like ours that use a 365-day solar calendar.

So how do we accom-plish our resolutions? It all starts with commit-ment. You could make a resolution contract with yourself or just commit to going to the gym with a friend a few days a week.

If we obligate ourselves to projects or events and in-clude others we will have success!

On a lighter note there are “good luck” traditions people practice. Having family from Sicily I like the tradition of eating la-sagna on New Year’s Day for good luck. If you dine on macaroni, or any other noodle it will bring bad luck. This certainly beats eating black-eyed peas!

Simply let joy ring into your life this New Year. Good luck on keeping your resolutions and Hap-py New Year everyone!

SIMPLE LIVING

FAITH

Pastor’s Corner

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF

MACON COUNTY,MISSOURI

In Re: The Estate of Francis J. Disinski, Deceased

Estate No. 12MA-PR00077NOTICE OF LETTERS

ADMINISTRATION GRANTED

(Independent Administration)

To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Francis J. Disin-ski, Deceased.

On November 28, 2012, Pa-tricia Stracuzzi was appointed the Personal Representative of the Estate of Francis J. Disin-ski, decedent, by the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Macon County, Missouri.

The personal representa-tive’s addresses and phone number is: 16221 Wilson View Estates Drive, Chesterfield, MO 63005.

The personal representa-tives attorneys name, business address and phone number is: Paul Parkinson, 218 North Rol-lins Street, Suite 103, PO box 596, Macon, Missouri 63552, (660) 385-5216.

All creditors of said dece-dent are notified to file claims in court within six (6) months from the date of the first publi-cation of this notice or if a copy of this notice was mailed to, or served upon, such creditor by the personal representative, then within two (2) months from the date it was mailed or served, whichever is later, or be forever barred to the fullest extent permissible by law. Such six (6) month period and such two (2) month period do not extend the limitation period that would bar claims one (1) year after the decedent’s death, as provided in Section 473.444, RSMo, or any other applicable limitation periods. Nothing in Section 473.033, RSMo, shall be construed to bar any action against a decedent’s liability insurance carrier through a de-fendant ad litem pursuant to Section 537.021, RSMo.

Date of decedent’s death: November 7, 2012.

Date of first publication: December 5, 2012.

/s/ Ann HenryProbate Clerk

Dates of publication are De-cember 5, 12, 19 and 26, 2012.

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In Re: The Estate of Lester A. Sulzberger, Deceased

Estate No. 12MA-PR00081NOTICE OF LETTERS OF

TESTAMENTARY GRANTED

(Independent Administration)

To All Persons Interested In The Estate of Lester A. Sulz-berger, decedent:

On December 14, 2012, the Last Will of the decedent hav-ing been admitted to probate, Harry M. Sulzberger was ap-pointed personal representative of the estate of Lester A. Sulz-berger, decedent by the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Macon County, Missouri.

The name, business ad-dresses, and phone numbers of the personal representative is: 3200 Woodbine Drive, Colum-bia, MO 65201 (573) 864-1119.

The Personal Representa-tive’s attorney’s name, business address and phone number is: Michael Wayne Mulford, 601 North Main Street, Kirksville, MO 63501, (660) 665-4617.

All creditors of said dece-dent are notified to file claims in court within six (6) months from the date of the first publi-cation of this notice or if a copy of this notice was mailed to, or served upon, such creditor by the personal representative, then within two (2) months from the date it was mailed or served, whichever is later, or be forever barred to the fullest extent permissible by law. Such six (6) month period and such two (2) month period do not extend the limitation period that would bar claims one (1) year after the decedent’s death, as provided in Section 473.444, RSMo, or any other applicable limitation periods. Nothing in Section 473.033, RSMo, shall be construed to bar any action against a decedent’s liability insurance carrier through a de-fendant ad litem pursuant to Section 537.021, RSMo.

Date of decedent’s death: November 11, 2012.

Date of first publication: December 26, 2012.

/s/ Denise Ziebarth,Probate Clerk

Dates of publication are De-cember 26, 2012, January 2, 9 and 16, 2013.

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GOOOOOOD MORNING Thomas Hill Lake!!Sunshine fills your skies this morning my Lady, what a nice picture compared

to the ole’ gloomy days of winter we have been having! Sunny days are so good for ones spirit, you seem to have more get up and go on these bright sunny days, moods are better & smiles are easier to come by.

I want to say a Big thank you to Jim Stevenson for sending me an email, this lead to borrowing his book on Folk Lore! What interesting reading, it is amazing how the “ole’ timers” used numerous signs to forecast weather and in general everyday living. Fish is often called “Brain Food”, it is also good for your heart, arthritis and it can reduce stiffness & tenderness in joints.

Smoke from a chimney going to the ground instead of upwards, bad weather. You ladies will love this one....Bad Mood? Eat Chocolate, it will boost your mood. Last but not least, an Apple a day will keep the doctor away, actually it will keep anyone away if thrown hard enough...hehe My humor for the day! Please continue to send me emails, I love the comments and the hand me down stories from days gone by!

Big Cedar Lodge on Table Rock lake is my destination today, I will have tales to tell you next week of my adventures in the vast Ozark region and hopefully I will have new tales first handed to share with you!

Please say a prayer for the horrid tragedy that happened in Connecticut, I can’t imagine how people are coping with this nightmare! My 2 cents worth, I don’t think that gun control is the answer for these type of tragedies, we need more Mental Health awareness and help for those with problems. Take care of the Mental problem before it festers and we have more disasters!

From our house to all of yours, I wish you a very MERRY CHRISTMAS, may the true meaning of Christmas fill your hearts with love & joy! Remember to enjoy the little things, a smile & hugs could make all the difference in the world to someone!

As Always, Love & Hugs from the lake......Connie P.S. Keep sending those emails, I wanna talk Wives Tales! Einnoc@cvalley.

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Callsby Pastor Wade Paris

Joy to the world, the Lord is come. It’s the most wonderful time of the year Do you hear what I hear? Angels sweetly singing on high that, away in a manger, the little Lord Jesus lay sleeping on the hay. Infant holy, infant lowly, for His bed a cattle stall. O holy night, it is the night of the dear Savior’s birth.

O little town of Bethlehem, in your dark streets shines an everlasting light. Sweet little Jesus boy lying in a manger, but you didn’t know who He was. Maybe even Mary didn’t know. It was a silent night, a holy night. Then, while shepherds watched their flocks, He came. Hark, the herald angels sing glory to the newborn king.

Go, tell it on a mountain over the hills and everywhere—the long expected Jesus has come. God sends us salvation this blessed Christmas morn. Ring the bells of heaven, there is joy today for to us is born the holy child. Glory, glory, even angels sing; glory, glory, hear their loud harps ring.

I heard the bells on Christmas day, silver bells, silver bells saying it’s Christmas time in the city. Hark, how the bells, sweet silver bells, all seem to say Christmas is here. People laughing, people talking, even little drummers spreading holy day cheer; Jesus God’s Son is here. Oh, tidings of comfort and joy!

Some folk wonder as they wander, what child is this who lies in lowly manger. The king of kings has come to earth bringing us new birth. So, God rest you merry gentlemen; let nothing you dismay for Jesus Christ our Savior was born on Christmas day. This is to say love came down at Christmas. Christ has come, so sleep my child and peace attend you, even through the night.

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Well we are finally here at zero hour. If you haven’t gotten your deco-rating finished forget it, if you aren’t finished buying gifts, hurry to your nearest store and get a gift cer-tificate, and if you haven’t been good forget it Santa will pass you by. I do hope everyone is ready for the greatest day of the year.

Last Friday night ,De-cember 14, I went with my son Raymond Wood, his wife Jess and her nephew J.T. Thornton for a great Christmas program at the Clarence Elementary school.. My granddaugh-ter Norma sang she was not only wonderful she was also beautiful. Lola Rist did a fabulous job leading the children in song. She deserves a big pat on the back for the hours she spends working with our children. In fact all the teachers at Clarence Elementary are a great group of educators and they deserve our respect and all the encouragement we as a community can give them.

Granddaughter Bella was sick with a cold and couldn’t go to her pro-gram. She stayed home with Grandpa Kenny. They had a great time eat-ing pop sickles and watch-ing Christmas cartoons.

Tomorrow Santa is at the VFW hall in Clarence. I plan to go see him and maybe ask for a nice Christmas present. I have two more gifts to buy but Kenny is finished shop-ping. I get for everyone in the family and Kenny only gets for me. He han-dles his shopping like this, “If you see something you want, get it from me.” He is a very generous shop-per and this year I have a gift coming from Pay less Shoes.com. I can hardly wait until my red high heals get here. I don’t have any shoes, well no red high heals, anyway.

Sunday morning Granddaughter Norma and I went to Sunday School and Church at the Clarence Christian Church. I love to go every Sunday but dur-

ing December is the best. It is Jesus birthday and I love Christmas but I love singing all the old Christ-mas Carols. This is such a joyous season.

I saw Shirley and La-trelle Walker today. They were at McDonald’s play-ing Bingo. I always work during this but I always want to take off and go in and play Bingo. Everyone has so much fun there.

My husband always says I never waste any-thing because I can find a use for stuff people throw away. Well I know that this next week all women are going to get the same gift. It seams that when someone has no idea what to get us they buy one of those 3 piece bath sets with perfume, powder, and shower gel. Sometime this is great and others...Well I have a use for all of these. I am a bath person, I love my big claw foot tub and my Avon bubble bath so shower gel was a waste for me until I dis-covered it is detergent and is great for mopping floors and washing woodwork and the stairway banister. It is great to have cleaning water that smells so good. Powder is great to sprin-kle on the mattress before putting on clean sheets, makes your bed smell good for days. The per-fume that you just don’t like the smell on you but still smells good, is useful to spritz on silk flower ar-rangements, throw pillows and your bed pillows. These three things make everything smell good, so now be delighted when you receive one of these gifts. Now the use for the gift most people hate, fruit cake. Put it in the cabinet with the lid off the can, so it can dry out, and in Janu-ary when we have a big snow you have something to feed the birds.

Well I pray all of you have a wonderful Christ-mas and very Happy New Year, and remember to keep Christ in Christmas.

Till next weekPatty

Merry Christmas from Hohendel Hill. The season has been very busy Carol-ing, Christmas programs and caring for others. We hope you and yours re-member the real reason for Christmas. Help us remember the birth of the savior. Happy Holidays.

The Gifford Christian Church enjoyed its Christ-mas supper and Christmas program Sunday even-ing, December 17, 2012. It was a wonderful occa-sion. Following a very de-licious meal prepared by the ladies of the church, the group enjoyed a spe-cial Christmas program. Mrs. Janis Mitten helped the congregation to sing the traditional Christmas songs and she also pre-pared the children for a selection of piano solos. Pastor Nathanial Iman delivered the Christmas story. Sharing of musical talent included, Addison Belfield, Claire Belfield, Libby Reinsch, Ellie Re-insch Lucas Reinsch and Tina Belfield.

Atapal II met Thursday afternoon for a delicious meal and Christmas ex-change. 18 members and guests attended the fun oc-casion.

Richard and Sharron Burns attended the La Plata Lions meeting held Tuesday evening at the Baptist Family Life Cent-er.

Richard and Sharron Burns visited Mexico, MO Saturday to visit the Antique Tractor Supply located there. They also enjoyed a delicious meal at the Porky’s restaurant there.

Those attending the Gifford Christian Church supper and program in-cluded Dean and Marietta Slaughter, Bud and Donna Seibold, Rich and Sharron Burns, Leighton and Kim Shoop, Chad and Claire Belfield, Tom and Janis Mitten, Donna Kelly, Jean Elliott, Becky Belfield, Gary and Nancy Belfield, Ralph Murphy, Nathaniel Iman, Tina and Addison Belfield, Kirby Bailey, Debbie Newland, Doug, Angie, Lucas, Ellie, and Libby Reinsch.

Grandparents, Rob-ert and Betsy Mackey of Belle Fourche, South Da-kota, gave a surprise visit to Chad, Amanda, Claire and Morgan Belfield this past week.

La Plata Garden ClubThe Garden Club met

at the home of Leila Ward December the 5th with 12 members present.

Meeting opened with President Irene Osborn presiding with the Pledge of Allegiance and Pledge to the Missouri State Flag.

Old business: None. New Business: A mo-

tion was made to make a 10 dollar donation to a de-ceased member for a Me-morial. A donation was made to the La Plata Nurs-ing home for Ruth Hawk-ins, also a donation was made to the Humane So-ciety for John Rohrbough.

Mary Plumlee was the Birthday girl. She received her gift.

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gave us her new e-mail address.

Penny Drill was won by all with a gift from the hostess.

We revealed our secret pal and drew for next year.

We had our gift ex-change then we adjourned.

Refreshments was cookies and candy and punch Each member took a plate home with them.

Leila had each member count how many Christ-mas trees she had in her house. The highest num-ber guessed was 42. The actual number was 62. Mary Williams was the winner.

Next meeting will be with Jerry Prather on Jan-uary 21st 2013.

First Graders Spreading The Christmas Spirit

Macon R-1 First Graders made special Christmas cards for The Home Press (Macon Office) this year. Pictured are all the classes that took the time to hand make the cards, each one special and each one different. The Home Press will be giving the Christmas cards to a local nursing home to hand out to each resident in hope to make someone’s day brighter.

Delores Harpster and Mary Beldon stayed with Mary’s grandchildren in Marshfield from Wednesday through Monday while their parents attended a conference in Kansas City.

Wednesday evening Josey and Jenny Garnett were supper guests of Ronnie and Beth Garnett, Grady and Mick.

Wayne and Elizabeth Beeson helped with the Jepson Lumber Carpenters Christmas mean Wednesday in Kirksville.

Wayne and Elizabeth Beeson attended the Jepson Lumber Employee Christmas meal at the Moose Lodge on Friday.

Rhoda Graham has been helping Mae Graham move into Ranchland apartments in Macon.

Houston Klamert visited Rhoda Graham several days last week.

40th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION A surprise birthday party was held for Melissa Howe

on December 1 at the Elmer Community Building with 40 guests in attendance. Her mother, Cindy Koonce fixed a nice supper for the occasion. Appropriate decorations were in place and a cake for the special occasion. Melissa was pleasantly surprise, she thought it was a surprise party for someone else.

Dean and Pam Burris attended the Christmas Program at Hatton Chapel Methodist Church on December 9. Mady recited The Lord’s Prayer and Mady and Maddox played bells. Melanie and Pam sang. Enjoyed a taco supper. The Burrises spent the night with the Tiptons in Trenton.

Elmer Baptist Church held their Christmas Program Sunday, December 16, “Honk The Hairy Angels.” 32 were present. Molly and Tucker Waddle were the characters in the skit. Madison Peavler played “Hark the Herald Angel Sing” and Deck the Halls on the piano and “Jingle Bells” on the flute and read scripture. Jaron Peavler read scripture and was a shepherd. Tucker Waddle read scripture and was an angel. The other angels were Jasey Bell, Megan and Madison Peavler and Charity Wills. The other shepherds were Brody Hatcher and J--Dean Burkholder. Pastor Zach sermon was from Luke 2. Several stayed for the carry-in dinner following the program.

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After a delicious meal prepared by C&R, Barb Y. read a letter to use from Santa. The group enjoyed hearing “Twas The Night Before Christmas” taken from December issue of TOPS News Magazine.

Barb Y. introduced the group to “Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer Game”, when Rudolph’s music stopped the mem-ber caught holding him told of an incident or ex-perience from a previous Christmas.

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Seibert Club MeetsThe Seibert Club met

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at the home of Leila Ward. Her entire house was decorated for Christ-mas. The dining table was decorated beautifully with greenery, salt and pepper shakers of Santa and his house, cloth Christmas napkins, and china from England. Leila had pre-pared a lovely luncheon of ham/cheese crescent roll wraps, potato/cheese soup and crackers, celery and carrot sticks and vari-ous beverages. Following the luncheons, we retired to the living room for our meeting, knowing there were many desserts and punch to share after the meeting.

President Marsha Yahl called the meeting to order and we had a moment of silent prayer for our re-cently departed long-time member, Ruth Hawkins and her family. Marsha closed the prayer time. Leila read a poem, “I’m Spending Christmas With Jesus This Year,” which was read at Ruth’s memo-rial service. She will make copies of it and bring them to the next meeting for those how would like a copy.

Karen Bailey, daugh-ter of Bonelle Crosby, was welcomed as a guest. Roll call was “A favorite Christmas tradition”. The secretary’s report was un-available and will be read at the January meeting. Leila Ward gave the treas-urer’s report. Dora Lov-ingier displayed the book purchased by the Club in memory of Ruth Hawkins. “The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson” will be placed in the library. Bills

were presented and ap-proved.

Under Old Business, the November birthday party at the Nursing Home was discussed.

Under New Business, it was announced that the new officers would begin their year in January. The 2013 officers will be: Irene Osborn, president, Mar-sha Yahl, vice president, Kathy East, secretary/re-porter, and Dora Loving-ier, courtesy/phone. Roll call for January 16th meet-ing will be “my plans for 2013”, with program and devotions by Leila Ward. Hostess sign-up sheets for 2013 were circulated. Irene will compile the in-formation for the 2013 program book and Kathy will print them since she has the layout and a lot of information already on her computer.

Cindy Moore volun-teered to let us place a box in the Library for the col-lection of sample/motel-type shampoos, soaps, etc. for Victim Support Ser-vices. These items are de-livered to Victim Support Services in February each year. Anyone in the com-munity who would like to share such items is in-vited to leave them at the Library or call one of the Seibert Club members for pick up. All help is greatly appreciated.

All repeated the Club Collect. The program consisted of readings of the members: Kathy East, “The Tablecloth”, Dora Lovingier, “The Big Wheel” and “The Power of Prayer”, Betty Cribb, “A Doll At Christmas”, Irene Osborn, “Farming Fliers Had A Ball”, Leila

Ward, “A Tiny Tiding of Good Cheer”, Bonelle Crosby, “Silent Night”, recorded on the piano by her grandson, Kenner Bai-ley, and played for us and Marsha Yahl, “Twas the Night Before Christmas”.

For the “Hostess with the Mostest” contest we were to count the number of Christmas trees used by Leila in decorating in her home. These could be on cards, pillows, etc. and there were actually 63 from very small trees to one large tree. Bonelle Crosby was the winner and received a Christmas tea towel and potholder. The grab bag Christmas gifts were numbered and each participant received lovely gifts. A collection was taken for the treasury.

We reconvened around the dining table for punch and delicious “goodies” brought by all attendees. The “goodies” consisted of cherry chocolate mice, coconut balls, date pin-wheel cookies, peanut brittle, divinity, pineapple chunks, Christmas cup-cakes, “church window” cookies, peppermint al-mond bard, cherry delight and chocolate peanut clus-ters.

While visiting, Leila showed the quilt she made for her grandson who would be married De-cember 15th in Nebraska. She also showed a quilt made many year ago by her mother. It contained pieces of her mother’s dresses and clothing worn by other family members in a “bow tie” pattern.

Everyone had a won-derful time and appreciat-ed Leila sharing her home with us.

Bucklin American Legion Auxiliary Members Volunteer at Veterans Home

Dec 11, 2012 Eight members from the Bucklin American Legion Auxil-iary, Green Hills Post 57, volunteered at the Veter-ans Home in Cameron to work at the Christmas gift shop wrapping gifts the residents picked out for them-self and their care givers. Each Veteran also received a T-Shirt that

was donated by the Le-gion with designs from the 5K run they put on every August. Pictured from left to right: Front row: Laurel Curry, Carolyn Payne, Carol Payne, Har-riet Meyer, Mary Kitchen, Patty Gilmore. Back row: Wilma Jobson, and Cherry Miller.

LEGIONNAIRES HONOR MARCELINE ARMY VETERAN

Saturday afternoon, December 9, 2012 soldiers of the Missouri Army National Guard with Legionnaires and members of the Sons of the American Legion Bucklin Green Hills Post 57 had the honor to perform military rites, at the Marceline Mount Olivet Cemetery, for Marceline resident Richard W. Williams. Williams was a veteran of the United States Army. PHOTO LEFT TO RIGHT: FRONT ROW: Leighton Reid, Frank Williams, Charles Hulett, Wayne Kitchen-Sergeant at Arms, Staff Sergeant Robert Jorgensen and Private First Class Tiffany Frase from the 35th Infantry Division Engineer Brigade Missouri Army National Guard and Charles Hughes-bugler. COLORS: Norman Evans, David Molly, Sue Wynne, Philip Casady, James Lee Jenkins, and James Kosman. RIFLES BACK ROW: Richard Jackson, Larry Mills, Luke Thomas, Rick Gilmore, James Curry, Ralph Thomas, and Larry Kinnison.

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The City of La Plata Council met on Tuesday, 11, 2012 at the council cham-bers. Those present were: Mayor Charles Thompson, Alderman Bill Adams, Al-derman Sean Herron, Alderman Dennis Jones, Administrator Dickie Brown, Po-lice Chief Jason Bunch, City Clerk Bob-bie Jacques, Daniel Rouner, Brad Buck, Wes Buck, Katie Parrish and Sherry Par-rish

Meeting Called to Order: Mayor Thompson declared a quorum present and called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.

Visitors Comments: No comments.Consent Agenda: Consisting of the

Regular Meeting Minutes 12/11/12, Monthly Biller Payer, Utility Reports, Tax Coordinator Report and Court Re-port.

Alderman Jones made a motion and seconded by Alderman Herron to ap-prove the consent agenda. On a call by the chair for ayes and nays there were 3 ayes and 0 nays. The motion carried.

Mayor and Board Committee Reports: Financial Report l- City Administrator Brown reviewed the financial report with the Board of Aldermen.

Old Business: Generator Installa-tion: Administrator Brown informed the Board of Aldermen that the electrical phase rotation was successful. The city is working with Altorfer Caterpillar and the electrical engineer to set a schedule for the generators testing and commis-sioning.

Police Car Grant: Police Chief Bunch

Small Business Owner Files For Rezoning

informed the Board of Aldermen the police department had received a 10% match grant in the amount of $9,000.00 to purchase a patrol car.

New Business: Golf Course Chemi-cals – postponed; Logging Golf Course: Alderman Jones made a motion and sec-onded by Alderman Adams to proceed with the process of seeking bids to log some timber from the golf course. On a call by the chair for ayes and nays there were 3 ayes and 0 nays. The motion car-ried.

Zoning-Issue: Katie and Sherry Par-rish’s Attorney at Law Mr. Daniel Roun-er requested the property located at 515 East Moore Street, La Plata, MO 63549 Lots 4,5,6,7 Block 3 Saul’s Addition in the Town of La Plata to be rezoned from residential to commercial.

Administrator Brown outlined the protocols for a rezoning petition. Katie and Sherry Parrish formally filed an ap-plication for rezoning consideration for the property located at 515 East Moore Street.

Alderman Herron made a motion and seconded by Alderman Jones to allow the business located at 515 E. Moore St to continue to conduct business until a deci-sion could be made regarding the zoning of the residential property to commercial. On a call by the chair for ayes and nays there were 3 ayes and 0 nays. The mo-tion carried

Adjournment: With no further busi-ness Mayor Thompson closed the meet-ing at 6:30 p.m.

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Atlanta BasketballThe Atlanta Hornets

traveled to Cairo on Mon-day, December 17, 2012 leaving with a loss to the Bearcats of 30-59.

Scoring for the Lady Hornets were Demetri Thomas 2, Samantha Reed 8, Ashton Ross 2, Shalyla Collier 8, Katy Baker 3, Taylor Howlett 2 and Sheyenne Klamert 5.

The boys also rode the bus home with a loss add-ed to their record falling to Cairo 45 - 74. Scoring for Atlanta were Justin Grigs-by 6, Collan Thrasher 8, Dylan Hruska 15, Vincent Elrod 6, Lance Weber 4, Tagan Brookhart 4, and Garrett West 2.

On Tuesday evening, December 18th the Hor-nets traveled to participate in the John Wood Com-

munity College Shootout. In the girls game the Lady Hornets faced Pittsfield, Illinois and lost the game 29-46. Scoring for the Hornets were Demetri Thomas 2, Samantha Reed 9, Abbie Parton 2, Ashton Ross 2, Shalya Collier 4, Katy Baker 2 and Shey-enne Klamert 5. The girls are now 5-5 overall and 2-1 in conference.

The boys faced Quincy Notre Dame JV and lost by a slim margin 61-55. Scoring for Atlanta were Justin Grigsby 5, Collan Thrasher 3, Dylan Hruska 17, Lance Weber 6, Kor-bin Gunnels 6, Tagan Brookhart 4, Lane Waddle 6 and Garrett West 8. The boys are now 3-7 overall and 2-1 in conference.

La Plata BasketballThe La Plata Bulldogs

played Moulton Udell and fell to them 51-74. Scor-ing for La Plata were Bay-lon Belt 1, Seth Brown 7, Alec Smith 2, Kirk Lar-

son 2, Tanner Riggins 4, Hunter Howe 7, Ty Davi-son 4, Nathan Petersen 4, Matt Safley 14 and Jace Brown 6.

Clarence Community Betterment Group Donates Angel Figurine

The members of the Clarence Community Betterment Group purchased an Angel statue to be placed in the Helping Hand of Clarence Memorial located in the Clarence City park. Both the Clarence Community Betterment Group and the Helping Hand of Clarence are very active in the Clarence community.

Bucklin City Council Meeting

Mayor Don Noah called the City Council meeting to order Decem-ber 12th, 2012 at 5:00 p m. Present were Mayor Noah, George Simmons, Barry Shipley, Larry Dan-iels, John Wright and Glen Kitchen.

Motion to approve No-vember minutes made and carried. Motion to approve November bills made and carried. Motion was made to drop the in-surance on the water plant as the city is no longer us-ing it. This would save the City of Bucklin $409.00 per year. Liability would be left on the building. Motion carried.

Motion was made to have Jackson Refrigera-tion remove the air condi-tioning unit from the roof of City Hall reinstall it on the ground then have the roof patched. Motion car-ried.

Motion was made to obtain bids on a building to set on old water tower lots. Motion carried.

Motion was made and

carried to give all city em-ployees a $150.00 bonus for Christmas.

The council discussed the opening of the 200 block of North Shelby Street. A tin horn will be put in and the street will be rocked.

While on the topic of streets Mayor Noah sug-gested the alley that runs from the 200 block of East Front to East Washington needs attention. It needs to be ditched and straight-ened.

Motion was made and carried at 6:05 p m to go into executive session.

Motion was made and carried at 6:30 to come out of executive session.

The discussion in ex-ecutive session concerned the Marshall’s require-ment to work all but two Saturdays per year. After much discussion motion was made and carried to remove the Marshall’s re-quirement to work all Sat-urdays except two.

Motion to adjourn made at 6:35. Motion carried.

BUCKLIN COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS supper was held Saturday, December 15th, Bucklin citizens & friends gathered at the community building in the park for the annual community Christmas dinner sponsored by the Bucklin Community Association. David Jenkins welcomed the group to the hall deco-rated for the holiday. Bob Davis offered a blessing for the meal. Turkey, ham and all the trimmings were provided by the BCA and guests added to the boun-tiful meal with a carry-in dish. Following the meal, Barry Shipley donned his Santa hat and read ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’ for the audience. Thelma Jones, president and David informed the crowd of the association’s activity & upcoming events. A huge ‘Thank You’ to Robert Richardson, Bucklin area line-man with Macon Electric, for hanging all the street decorations and to the mayor & aldermen of the City of Bucklin for their enthusiastic support along with funding the electric costs for the Christmas lighting on the streets & in the park.

David tried to stump the group with Christmas triv-ia questions. Emily Pfeifer handed out candy canes & prizes to the trivia scholars. The final cash drawing had 15 winners choosing a wrapped package off the Christmas tree with a cash prize hidden inside. Wan-da Tallman picked the $50 cash package. Other win-ners were: Kate Cupp, Barry Shipley, Charles Snyder, Larry Jones, Megan Shermuly, Steve Ritchie, Darla Snyder, James Jenkins, Philip Casady, Elaine Mal-loy, Doug Cobb, Al Petrik, Harvey Riley and Corrine Ritchie. The final drawing was for a $10 cash prize donated by a secret Santa. Each child’s name was put in a basket and Marj King drew out the winner. Hannah Pfiefer was the lucky recipient. The program closed with Marj leading the group in ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’.

MAINS CELEBRATE 60TH ANNIVERSARYLeroy and Mabel (Dorrell) Main were married De-

cember 20th, 1952. The couple set up housekeeping on the Main family farm. They still live on this farm in Macon County south and east of Bucklin.

Leroy and Mabel have two children; a daughter Debbie (Main) and Tom Morris, Platte City, Mo and son Tom and Joy Main, Ft. Madison, Iowa.

They have five grandchildren and five great grand-children.

By the time you get this paper the anniversary will be past, however, it is never too late for a good wish. The address is 11397 Armada St. Bucklin, Mo. 64631. Congratulations Leroy and Mabel Main on this special occasion.

SMALL WORLDThe tragic news from Sandy Hook, Ct. is felt here

in our little corner of Linn County. Former Bucklin resident Joan (Main) Frazier’s little grandson Chase Kowalski, age 7, was murdered in his class room when the mad man entered and opened fire killing 20 children and 6 teachers .

Joan Frazier went to live in Sandy Hook with her

Bits From Bucklinby Doris Noah

daughter, Rebecca, after the passing of her husband, former New Cambria native Donald Frazier. Joan and Donald have relatives here in Linn and Macon Counties.

ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCHThe Christmas Program at the Assembly of God

Church Sunday evening was well attended. It was an all children’s program this year with one of the youth leaders, Annie Jones, serving as announcer.

Viola Spencer and Viva Persell accompanied on the piano and organ as the children performed Christmas songs and readings.

Following the program refreshments were served in the newly refurbished social hall.

Other activities of the youth group include a bus tour of the Callao lights on Wednesday evening December 19th. Jerry Sturgess will drive the bus and other leaders will accompany the children as they enjoy the thousands of lights in Callao. Hot cocoa and cookies will be wait-ing for all when they return to the church.

BOOKS WANTEDOnce again an appeal has come for a Bucklin History

Book. There were two published; the earliest one was compiled and sold by the Bucklin Civic Club in 1966 titled, ‘Bucklin Community History’, the second one was titled, ’History of the Gateway to the Green Hills’, published in 1976 by the Pioneer Heritage Association.

If you have either of these books you no longer want please call 660 695-3600 and you will be put in touch with an eager buyer.

There is also still a buyer for the New Boston History Book if you have one you no longer want please call the number given above.

EARLY CHRISTMAS DINNERMarilyn King hosted an early Christmas dinner at

her home last Sunday. Guests sharing dinner and an af-ternoon visiting were Frances Bigger, Annie Jones and Frances Jenkins.

ODDS ‘N ENDSComing in middle January the an-nual meeting of the Housing Board is scheduled. The public is encouraged to attend this event and learn about our local Sun Rise Vista business. Details will be given next week.

This sign was seen in an office here in our area, ’DEADLINES AMUSE ME’. Well, let me tell you when you are retired and a few clicks past 70 years of age deadlines are not amusing. The Bits From Bucklin items had to be sent early and folks that sure changed my schedule.

No walk in the cemetery this morning, no second (or was it the third) cup of coffee while we watched the chickens, no time to visit with my sister before she went to work. It never occurred to me I would be a creature of routine but facts are facts.

Do you have an item for the Bits From Bucklin? If so please call 695-3600, email [email protected] or feel free to come by our house anytime with your articles. Every item is welcome and just what it takes to make the news newsy.

Tiny Tim said it very well, “God bless us every one”.