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Stoops Talks Songwriting, Recent Success With Grammy

BY BRICE CHANDLERSTAFFWRITER

In October, we featured singerKathryn Washington-Shipley’s journeyinto country/gospel music and hersong, “This Will Always Be MyTown.” The music video for the song fea-

tured Shipley and the song’s writer,Ronnie Stoops, in various locationsaround Louisiana. The song itself won the duo two

Josie Awards, made it through the firstround of Grammy selections, andtopped the charts at NashVegas Radio. Part of the song and subsequent

music video’s success stems from theincredible visuals provided by DylanHetelle of Peak Media Video Produc-tions and the efforts of its producerDaniel Dennis of Prime Cut Studios inNashville. The other aspect is the phenomenal

vocals and hard work of Shipley whois driven to continue promoting thesong that has struck a chord with listen-ers and the indie music scene. Even after a year, the song remains

on charts such as NashVegas IndieRadio and Global Music Video Hits.Another part of the song's success lieswith the scores of people from smallcommunities that can relate to it. This week, the Tribune has an exclu-

sive interview with the man behind thelyrics as the retired heavy equipmentoperator talks about the awards, his in-fluences, and his songwriting process. Ronnie, a 1981 graduate of

Louisiana High, was born knows thesmall-town life well. Although he nowlives in the Troy area, part of whatdrove him to write the song was hisfond memories of his hometown. “It was a great place to have spent

my childhood,” he reminisced. “Ilearned small-town values of beingthere for your family, friends, andneighbors when they were in need. I re-ceived a good education, made lifelongfriends, met my first true love there,and learned how to fish and hunt inthose woods.” He went on to laugh about learning

to drive in the sixth grade. "Country folk know about driving at

an early age.” One of his early memories also set

him off on his musical journey. "I knew the guitar was going to be

my instrument when I heard my dadstrum a few chords on an acoustic gui-tar and sang just a short line of a coun-try-sounding vocal line,” Ronnie toldthe Tribune. “I was instantly hooked. It

was that powerful of message for me.” Shortly after, he started guitar les-

sons at the age of nine. Although Ronnie worked as an op-

erator to support his family, he contin-ued to pursue his musical dreams. Helater performed with, wrote, and co-wrote several songs for the Christianband named ONESEVENTEEN. “We produced an album with 11

songs of which I wrote four and co-wrote another,” Ronnie explained. “Weled worship with those songs and otherChristian music covers at church eventsthroughout Missouri and Illinois.” Unfortunately, life intervened for all

the band members, and they could nolonger continue as a band. “It was a great time with great

Christian men who were all very tal-ented. I love them all.” He was also part of another album

with a former Oneseventeen bandmate,Brian Ames. “Brian was writing andrecording this album in Chicago calledMyth and Truth and asked if I would dosome of the guitar work.” His answer was yes. That willingness to work with other

performers opened doors for himwhich ultimately led to him collaborat-ing with Shipley for Louisiana’s 200thAnniversary. “Kathryn and I agreed to do an

acoustic set of Christian songs togetherat the sesquicentennial celebration,” hesaid. “We did five or six songs beforethe First Baptist band played and thatstarted everything off.” Later Shipley asked if he would per-

form the National Anthem at the 2019Josie Awards show. According to Ron-nie, performing the anthem in front ofa large audience was a huge honor. “Getting the opportunity to play our

National Anthem there was a highlightfor me as a guitar player. I alwaysdreamt of playing the anthem in frontof a large crowd, but to actually play itin front of all the veterans who servedand those still serving was such a spe-cial moment for me and my family.” Ronnie explained one reason it was

so important was that his son hadserved six years in the Air Force. “Itwas an important memory and anhonor.”

During that weekend, Ronnie’swife, Stacey Carr Stoops, mentionedthat he and Shipley should write a songabout Louisiana. He immediately got to work writing. "I usually write a guitar part first,

and once I am pleased with the music,

I slowly start adding lyrics a verse at atime,” he continued by talking abouthis process and how the chorus andbridge or 'the hook’ of the song alwaystakes the longest to write. "I feel likeit’s the part that grabs people’s attentionthe most. The hook has to have greatlyrics and music to support it.” As for the Josie Awards and

Grammy selection process, he saysthey’ve got been almost unbelievable“wow” moments. "It was an honor as the songwriter

and having the pleasure of standingside by side with my dear friendKathryn in the video with her stunninglead vocals on our song in addition towinning the 2020 Josie Award video ofthe year! It was an amazing day!” With the Grammy consideration still

ongoing, he hoping it continues further."I can only pray that it continues toclimb further within the Grammy vot-ers’ hearts but just getting consideredand making the first cut is a pretty bigdeal within itself.” But hasn’t always been easy. The

life of any creative at any level is oftenwrought with obstacles. “Sadly, enough one of the bigger ob-

stacles might be money and sacrifice,”he said of what a potential musicianmight have to overcome. “Being a gui-tar player/musician is not cheap it canget rather expensive. The other obstacleis sacrificing time away from your fam-ily and friends.” He admitted that a professional tour-

ing musician might have many moresacrifices. “I’m not there in my musicaljourney but would love to join a touringband. It’s still something I would loveto do if the opportunity presented it-self.” Until then, Ronnie isn’t slowing

down. He's working on another songand wants to keep the momentum fromhis recent success to keep moving. "I just want to keep pushing forward

with the gift of music God has givenme and use it to inspire young peoplethat might hear my song, my story.Hopefully, it leads them to dream big,reach for their goals, and finding them-selves even more capable of accom-plishing all their hopes and dreams.” For now, he’s going to work on his

future release and enjoy time with hisgrandchildren, and maybe tell themstories of Louisiana.

“It molded me into the person I amtoday. It was a blessing growing upthere, and I think others will agree tothat.”

Louisiana’s own Ronnie Stoops ispictured during a music video by theMississippi River in Louisiana.

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Local Student To Perform InSt. Louis Ballet Nutcracker Extravaganza

Kailey Flowers Luebrecht, asophomore at Bowling Green HighSchool, will perform with SaintLouis Ballet in the Nutcracker Ex-travaganza which will be streamedDec. 19-23. During the Extravaganza, Kailey

will be seen as a Party Girl in Act Iwhich was filmed during the 2019season. Kailey was filmed virtuallywith her classmates this year as theColumbine doll for the show.

The Nutcracker Extravaganza in-

cludes favorite St. Louis Balletdances and scenes from years goneby and is interspersed with newly-set Nutcracker performances fromthe 2020-2021 dancers. The com-munity is invited to watch the Ex-travaganza free-of-charge. Complimentary tickets are avail-

able at https://www.stlouisballet.org/nutcracker. St. Louis Ballet is the only profes-

sional, resident ballet company ofmetropolitan St. Louis. The Ballet’sexecutive and artistic director is GenHoriuchi, who performed as a prin-cipal dancer with the New York CityBallet. Kailey has been training at the St.

Louis Ballet School for the pasteight years and has performed insuch Nutcracker roles as greymouse, lead white mouse, red sol-dier, blue soldier, and party child. Inher role as a Party Girl, Kailey hadthe opportunity to dance with St.Louis Ballet Company dancers asher Party Parents and was directedby Horiuchi. Kailey takes classesfive days a week at St. Louis Balletand trains during the summer at in-tensive ballet programs.

For the past four summers, Kaileyhas attended the Ballet ChicagoSummer Intensive. Kailey is thedaughter of Daryl and Krista Lue-brecht.

Pictured is Kailey Flowers Luebrecht as Party Girl in Nutcracker, St. Louis Bal-let. Photograph by Pratt + Kreidich

Call it “A Christmas Carol” witha Pike County twang instead of anEnglish accent.A man who developed his talent

for writing as a teenager inLouisiana created a poem whosethemes hint at the Charles Dickensclassic.“A Pike County Christmas Tree”

is among the amusing yarns found inthe 1904 book “Poems All the WayFrom Pike” by Robertus DonnellLove.The verses include the benevo-

lent, the villainous and a poor familythat finally gets a break. There areno ghosts from the past, present orfuture, but Love conjures the spiritsof world famous Pike County iconsJoe Bowers and his brother, Ike.Love was the Mark Twain of Pike

County. In fact, the two humoristsbecame good friends during theHannibal author’s last trip to Mis-souri in 1902.As with Twain, Love had a clever

way of telling a story, and he oftenused the Missouri vernacular heheard, and spoke, as a boy. Proof canbe found in “A Pike County Christ-mas Tree.”Narrating is one of the heroes,

who is joined by fellow Bible classmembers Minky Peters and theBowers brothers. Love seeminglyenjoys folklore surrounding themythical siblings – who show up inother poems in the book – and ar-gues that Pike is “the most famouscounty in the United States” becauseof 19th century songs in which theyappear.In the poem, the four adult friends

have for more than a decade helpedtheir church congregation decorate aChristmas tree that contains every-thing from toys to Scripture lessons.“There was popcorn balls and

candy bags for Jim and Jess and NellAnd Mother Goose’s poetry for

kids that couldn’t spellAnd skates and tops and jumpin’

jacks, and dolls and hoods and capsWith here and there a Testament

for solemn little chaps.”For a reason not disclosed, the

neediest kid in town seems to haveher name left off of the giving treeeach year.“The poorest child in Sunday

School was little Jennie Kerr,She didn’t have no Santy Clause

to put things on for herSo, Minky Peters, or Joe Bowers,

or his brother Ike or me,Would always buy some trick for

her and sneak it on the tree.”Jennie had at least one friend –

Marthy Simpson. She was thedaughter of a man who owned thelocal bank and grocery, and had“money to incinerate.”When the two girls ran away

from home once, Simpson got madand swore he would “never lift ahand to help his darter – or herbrats.” When Jennie’s father died,Simpson kept his word and shunnedJennie’s mother.“In all them years to aid the gal,

who had to work and slave,With one foot on the porehouse

stoop and t‘other in the graveSo, little Jennie’s pathway wasn’t

filled with dolls and things,Exceptin’ when us grown up guys

got sorter soft, by jings!”Joe Bowers portrays Claus. The

kids quietly walk down the aisle asSt. Nick boisterously calls out theirnames, but soon turn the pewsmessy and sticky with wrappingpaper and candy.\The narrator gets “flustrated”

when he sees Jennie sitting on hermother’s knee in the corner withouta present. He’s also a little upsetwith himself.“For all at once I tumbled that

we’d clean forgot that night,To put a present on the tree and

make her Christmas brightSo I winked at Minky Peters, and

he winked at Santy ClausAnd Santy winked at Isaac, who

enlisted in the cause.”The narrator and his buddies had

“a short confab” behind the deco-rated props that surrounded the treeand hatched a plan.Joe Bowers was to entertain the

audience with “some most amusin’antics and some edifyin’ slang”about “chimbley tops and reindeers,and Kris Kringle and his packs”while “the rest of us for Christmasgoods to Simpson’s store madetracks.”

When told about the mission tobuy a gift for “the poorest kid inPike,” Simpson’s “hard face sortersof’ened and he hung his orneryhead.” The store keeper handed thethree wise men an envelope.

“We-alls was somewhat doobi-ous, but we took the letter in,

And sneaked it on the Christmastree while Bowers drowned the din

And read the name of JennieKerr, who toddled down the aisle

As gay as any young ‘un there,though somewhat out of style.”When Jennie’s mother read the

contents of the envelope, she“fainted dead away, as if she’dswallered dope.”The three kings were frankly so

incensed that they gathered theirmirth and began the journey forSimpson’s store. Instead of gold,they grabbed some rope. Theywanted to wrap up and hang theschmuck like a “present on a Christ-mas tree outside,” only with “thedevil’s name writ on it acrost oldSimpson’s hide!”The angry narrator says that just

in the St. Nick of time, Joe Bowers“called us back, and likewise calledus several names – in language thatI lack.”“And when we got to church

agin, he read that letter out,And every lung among the crowd

was bustin’ with a shoutWas it an insult to the kid? Not on

your liver-pads!He’d sent that little gal his check

for twenty thousand scads!Editor’s note: The full version of

“A Pike County Christmas Tree”may be found in the book “PoemsAll the Way From Pike,” which isavailable online at www.archive.org.Robertus Love and Joe and Ike Bow-ers are among those featured in thebook “They Call Us Pikers” byBrent Engel of Louisiana, who canbe reached at 573-754-2022.

‘Mark Twain Of Pike County’Offers A Different Holiday Classic

A recent steep increase in the num-ber of COVID-19 cases in AudrainCounty has led the Audrain CountyHealth Department (ACHD) to modifyhow contact tracing for new COVID-19 cases in Audrain County will bemanaged. ACHD is asking those thatpositive for COVID-19 to take imme-diate action to isolate and contact indi-viduals that they have been in closecontact with. The increase in cases has created

significant workload that requires newcontact tracing measures in order to ex-pedite communication with close con-tacts. This new process will eliminatethe wait time and help stop people fromunknowingly spreading the virus. The new process will begin on

Wednesday, Dec. 16. Audrain County has gone from 82

cases on average in the first week ofNovember to 141 at the end of themonth. Along with the rise in casescomes the challenge of contact tracingwith each case. “The disease portion of COVID-19

is just one piece of this puzzle,” saidACHD Administrator/CEO CraigBrace. “Another piece is the number ofpeople a patient, that tests positive inthe previous 48 hours before the firstsymptoms, encounters.” Since the beginning of the pandemic

in April in Audrain County, contacttracers at ACHD have devoted the ma-jority of their working day to followingup with not only the patients affected

by COVID-19, but those that came incontact with the patient who now findthemselves at risk and having to quar-antine. “We have five full-time nurses here

at the department,” Brace explained.“Each one of them are assigned a cer-tain number of patients and their con-tacts to follow through the course of thedisease in the patient when we are no-tified of a case. The rapid rise in COVID-19 cases

has made the current approach to con-tact tracing unsustainable. In the bestinterest of individuals testing positiveand the county at large, a change in ourapproach is needed.” ACHD Communicable Disease

Registered Nurse Katie Swaim ex-plains the change will benefit both theACHD, its mission and the patient. ACHD’s hope is by letting the pa-

tient take control of contacting peoplethey believe they may have exposed,there will be a faster response to gettingindividuals to slow the spread of thevirus. By moving to this new strategy,ACHD staff will be able to devotemore time to other issues attached toCOVID-19 such as being able to re-spond quicker and offer more help tothose facilities that may be affectedthrough a potential outbreak.

Brace says the ACHD is not justleaving those that are identified as closecontacts out in the cold by not callingthem through this new strategy.

ACHS Launches New Contact TrackingStrategy In Fight Against COVID-19

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Registration Open For MOMaster Gardener TrainingGardening is an activity with many

rewards. “One of them is the satisfac-tion of sharing your plant knowledgewith others,” said David Trinklein,University of Missouri Extension statehorticulture specialist.The MU Extension Master Gar-

dener program was initiated to do justthat,” Trinklein said. “Its motto, ‘help-ing others learn to grow,’ emphasizesservice to others as the program’smain objective.”Registration is open for online

Master Gardener training. The next14-week session begins Sunday, Jan.17.“While not meant to replace in-per-

son training, which still is conductedin many Missouri counties, onlineclasses represent another way to gothrough the core training required ofall MU Extension Master Gardeners,”said Trinklein, who teaches the coursewith MU Extension horticulture spe-cialist Sarah Denkler.“Students work at their own pace

within the confines of a course sched-ule,” he said.Classes are delivered as a series of

scripted and narrated video presenta-tions. Topics include basic botany,soils and plant nutrition, vegetable

gardening, fruit production, landscapedesign, woody ornamental plants,herbaceous ornamental plants, turfmanagement, insect and disease man-agement, and pesticide safety.Those who successfully complete

the core training and perform at least30 hours of volunteer service qualifyfor MU Extension Master Gardenercertification. Local Master Gardenercoordinators help online trainees findvolunteer opportunities to meet theservice requirements.Registration deadline for the spring

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Area Student NamedTo MVC Dean’s ListDr. Diane Bartholomew, vice

president of academic affairs forMissouri Valley College, has an-nounced the fall 2020 dean's list. The requirements for the Dean's

List are a 3.3 or higher grade pointaverage; at least 12 graded hours forthe semester and no "D," "F," or "In-complete" grades for the semester. Jonathan Almus, of Elsberry,

senior, majoring in managementwas named to the dean’s list.

LHS National Honor Society InductionLouisiana High School held its annual National Honor Society (NHS) Induction Ceremony on Wednesday, Dec. 2. The fol-

lowing new members were inducted: William Sheppard, junior; Delaney Poyser, junior; Rick Tan, junior; Tatum DePriest, junior;Jerry Perez, senior; Angel Ulloa, junior; Tegan Carrington, junior; Sonny Picone, junior, and Nathan Perkins, junior.

MDC Thanks Deer Hunters ForHelp With CWD SamplingNearly 3,000 Hunters Visited CWD Sampling StationsThe Missouri Department of Con-

servation (MDC) thanks the many deerhunters who participated in its tissuesampling efforts in 30 counties Nov.14-15 to find cases of chronic wastingdisease (CWD) in harvested deer. Thanks to hunter participation,

MDC collected tissue samples oflymph nodes from approximately2,780 hunter-harvested deer for CWDtesting. Lymph nodes are one area indeer where CWD is concentrated. “Although sampling in the 30 coun-

ties of our CWD Management Zone onopening weekend was voluntary andnot mandatory this year due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, wegreatly appreciate the participation ofthe many hunters who presented theirdeer for sampling,” said MDC DeerBiologist Kevyn Wiskirchen who co-ordinated the sampling-weekend ef-forts. “Hunters play a key role in thesurveillance that keeps CWD rare inMissouri.”MDC’s CWD sampling efforts dur-

ing the opening weekend of the No-

vember portion of the fall firearms deerseason have been mandatory in pastyears for counties in or near whereCWD has been found. Last year thisincluded 29 counties and resulted inmore than 18,800 tissue samples col-lected. In 2018, MDC collected morethan 20,000 tissue samples openingweekend in 31 counties.Wiskirchen reminds hunters that

they can still have their harvested deersampled for free through the end of theseason (Jan. 15, 2021) through morethan 140 partnering taxidermists andmeat processors around the state. Findsampling locations and more online atmdc.mo.gov/cwd under “VoluntaryCWD Sampling All Season.”“These samples play a critical role

in detecting CWD in new areas of thestate and are especially important thisseason because of the significantlylower number of samples collected byMDC staff on opening weekend due tothe ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,” headded. Hunters who submitted tissue sam-

ples from their harvested deer forCWD testing can get free test resultsfor their deer online atmdc.mo.gov/cwd under “Get Test Re-sults for Your Deer.”CWD is a deadly disease in white-

tailed deer and other members of thedeer family. MDC’s CWD samplingand testing efforts find cases of thedeadly disease to help the Departmentlimit its spread. According to MDC,the prevalence of CWD is still verylow in the state. Learn more atmdc.mo.gov/cwd under “CWD inMissouri.”

Blackwell AchievesDeans List At

Belmont UniversityTaylor Blackwell qualified for

the fall 2020 dean's list at BelmontUniversity.Eligibility is based on a mini-

mum course load of 12 hours and aquality grade point average of 3.5with no grade below a C.Approximately 55 percent of

Belmont's students this semesterqualified for the fall 2020 dean'slist. Belmont Provost Dr. ThomasBurns said, "Achieving the recogni-tion of dean's list during the fall2020 semester is an extraordinaryachievement. While we are always impressed

with students' who are able toachieve this high level of recogni-tion in their academic endeavors,those students that reached thismark in fall 2020 demonstrated in-credible diligence and commitmentto their academic work during veryunusual and stressful circum-stances. We are so pleased to beable to recognize their efforts andour hope is that these students willcontinue investing in their studies toequip them for a lifetime of learningand service."

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From The Mayor’s Desk...Hanukah started last

Friday and continuesthrough Friday, Dec. 18.Happy Hanukah to thosewho observe and cele-brate this special time ofyear.

Missouri is one of onlytwelve states that havenot imposed a mask man-date. Thirty-eight stateshave some form of state-wide mandates thoughdetails and enforcementvary from state to state.In Missouri mask requirements havebeen left up to local governments. Ofthe thirty counties in Missouri that haveresponded to a survey, 15 closed theircity halls and15 did not or made smallpandemic adjustments. In found it inter-esting of the diverse reactions acrossour own state. These responding coun-ties vary in size and population andthere is no real correlation as to theirclosing. Please be comforted that yourmayor and city council people are con-cerned and addressing the safety ofBowling Green and its needs. Despitethe uncertain times, cities and townsacross Missouri have critical infrastruc-ture needs that cannot be postponed orignored. Providing for these essentialneeds may prove to be a challenge aswe juggle the escalating costs of main-taining key services and uncertain fu-ture revenues. A main consideration ofyour elected officials is the ongoing ex-pense to operate, maintain, and ensurethat the investments of the City are pro-tected. For example, a building maycost five million dollars to build but itmay take twenty million to operate,maintain, and up-date.

Please be informed that Dec. 15,2020 is the opening file date for munic-ipal city offices. If you are interested inrunning for a city elected office, pleasecome to our city hall for the proper pa-perwork for filing.

Alliance has been and continues togrind stumps, doing tie-in’s whichmeans connecting new water lines onCentennial and Locust to existing, andleaf and limb pick-up. They are alsoburning at the compose area. They burnonly two times per year. Alliance hascome across a problem however, peo-ple are dumping old appliances andother non-burnable items. BowlingGreen’s compost area is for BowlingGreen residents only and contractorsthat may be doing work for Bowling

Green citizens. Alliance willbe installing a gate at thespillways this week as well.

Congratulations to Day-mon J. a fourth grader atBowling Green Elementaryfor his art work being chosenfor the district’s holiday greet-ing card. The basketball pro-grams at the middle and highschools keep bouncingalong. Our newspapers haveresults and pictures. As al-ways, safety is a major con-sideration for athletes,

students, parents, staff, and fans. Please continue to practice wise pre-

cautions as the holidays progress andthe corona virus escalates in our region.Thanks, again, to all that are shoppinglocal and supporting our business andservices!

The chamber of commerce has aChristmas tree at Main and Court andis taking donations of Christmas orna-ments. Place an ornament on the treeand help decorate it. They are also tak-ing donations of bicycles for those inwhich Christmas may not happen forthem. If your child has out grown theirbicycle, please consider donating byplacing it at the tree. “Bikes for Tikes.”There is no charge for the bicycles andif you need one for your child/children,please feel free to take one.

I mentioned a bit of Bowling Greenhistory in my last article, I thought it in-teresting that Bowling Green was in thecenter of Pike County and was madethe county seat in 1822. This was 51years before it was incorporated as acity in 1873. “The history of the towncenters around its agricultural develop-ment and political figures and activities.”(quote from Mrs. Edward Wessler).Champ Clark was just one of the distin-guished political figures.

Bright Futures of Bowling Green andToys for Tots are teaming up and are inneed of toys and volunteers. There are1,520 children needing a Christmas toyas well as volunteers to help distributeon Monday, Dec. 21 at the Pike CountyFairgrounds at 10 a.m. Please contactBecky Orf at : http://www.bgschools.k12.mo.us/ if you like to donate or helpdistribute.

Congratulations to the BowlingGreen R-I School District for the nomi-nations to thechamber of commerce’s“Best of Bowling Green Awards” pro-gram to be held in January.

JIM ARICO, MAYORCITY OF BOWLING GREEN

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PIKE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITALNOTICE OF FILING DEADLINE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to persons wishing tofile a declaration of candidacy to appear as a candi-date at the General Municipal Election on April 6,2021. Filing will open on Dec. 15, 2020 and continuethrough Jan. 19, 2021. Filing for the following officewill take place in the office of Laura Stumbaugh, PikeCounty Clerk, Pike County Courthouse, 115 W. Main,Bowling Green, MO.Pike County Memorial Hospital Board ofTrustees. One Trustee position to be filled for a 5year term.Office hours for the County Clerk’s office are from 8a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The officewill be closed Dec. 24 & 25, 2020 and Jan. 1 & 18,2021.

NOTICE OF ELECTIONCITY OF FARBER

The General City Election of the City of Farber willbe held on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Candidates seek-ing election to a city office must file their declarationof candidacy with the City Clerk. Filing opens Dec.15, 2020 and closes at 5 p.m., on Tuesday, Jan. 19,2021. Office hours are: Monday, Wednesday & Fri-day 1-4:30 p.m.Offices to be elected Two (2) Aldermen – 2 year term

each Mayor – 2 year termAll candidates must be a registered voter, U.S. cit-

izen who has resided within the City of Farber fortwelve months immediately preceding the election.Candidates must be at least 21 years of age, 25 forMayor. No person shall be elected to office that is inarrears for any tax, lien, forfeiture or defalcation in of-fice. Wards have been abolished (Ordinance No.190-06). Election of candidates are at large.

Ethel Lee CheneyEthel Lee Cheney, 99, of Farber

died Friday, Nov. 20, 2020 at herhome.Memorial services will be held at

a later date.Arrangements are under the direc-

tion of Bienhoff Funeral Home.She was born Nov. 11, 1921 in

Rosebud, the daughter of Albert andLulu Lynn Kuda. She married FloydRichard Cheney Sr. on March 26,1946 in Vandalia. He preceded her indeath on June 21, 1987.Survivors include two sons, Randy

Cheney of Farber and Wayne Cheneyand wife, Debbie of Vandalia, twodaughters, Carolyn Ford and hus-band, Jim of Vandalia and AlthaGillenwater of Farber; one step-daughter, Wanda Winders of Van-dalia; 11 grandchildren and numerousgreat- and great-great-grandchildren;and her companion of 24 years, RalphMorgan.Ethel was preceded in death by

one son, Floyd Richard “Dickie” Ch-eney Jr.; one daughter, RuthieClausen; one step-daughter, MyrnaWoolfolk; two grandsons, Rusty Ch-eney and Jonathan Gillenwater; fivebrothers, Albert, Adolph, Herman,Ralph, and Florence Kuda; two sis-ters, Lillian Cullom, and Cindy Tip-ton; and two infant sisters, Juanita andBetti Kuda.Mrs. Cheney was a homemaker

and member of the Farber BaptistChurch. She enjoyed fishing, flowers,reading, and sewing.Memorial contributions may be

made to the Farber Fire Department,c/o Gary Stubblefield 108 ShotwellSt. Farber, MO 63345.Online condolences may be made

at www.bienhofffuneralhome.com.

Richard Lee HawkinsRichard Lee Hawkins, 69, died un-

expectedly Friday, Dec. 4, 2020 at hisresidence.He was born in East St. Louis, Ill.,

on Sept. 3, 1951, and graduated in1966 from Millstadt High School.His entire working career was

spent in the medical field beginningas a purchasing coordinator at PikeCounty Memorial Hospital inLouisiana. He then accepted thesame position at Alton MemorialHospital in Alton, Ill., in 1994, atwhich time his family moved to Jer-seyville. Later he accepted a positionwith Midwest Medical Supply inEarth City, where he remained untilretiring in 2019 as vice president ofsales.He was a Shriner, and enjoyed

fishing, cooking for for their largefamily gatherings, but especially en-joyed anything to do with his grand-children.He married the former Barbara

Henderson on Sept. 17, 1988 inClarksville, and together the two haveshared 32 years of marriage.Surviving are his wife, Barbara

Hawkins of Jerseyville; three daugh-ters, Allison Schaffer and her com-panion, Jon Campbell of Godfrey,Emily Hawkins and her fiance', RossCarper of Collinsville, and MarcyHawkins of Jerseyville; and threegrandchildren, Ike Campbell, IsabellaHawkins, and Addison Easley.Visitation was held Wednesday

from 5-7 p.m., Wednesday at Craw-ford Funeral Home in Jerseyville,with all CDC guidelines being fol-lowed and adhered.

Funeral services were conductedat 11 a.m., Thursday at the RamseyCreek Baptist Church in Clarksvillewith the Rev. Rod Ohmes officiating.Burial took place at GreenwoodCemetery in Clarksville.Memorials may be given to his

family, c/o Crawford Funeral Home,1308 State Highway 109, Jerseyville,IL 62052.

Mary AmeliaWaddellMary Amelia Montoya Waddell

went to be with the Lord on Wednes-day, Dec. 9, 2020. A Life Celebration Service was at

Curryville Presbyterian Church at 2p.m., Sunday followed by a privategraveside service. Shonda Gallowayofficiated. Bibb-Veach Funeral Homeof Bowling Green handled thearrangements.

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Mary was born Aug. 5, 1946, theeldest child of Wilma GardiniaSparks and Benjamin LawrenceMontoya in Monterrey Park, Calif.She had one brother, BenjaminLawrence Jr. and wife, Dani. He sur-vives. She was later joined by a step-mother, Shirley, and siblings, ZendaMontoya and Carlton Montoya, allsurviving. She had two very specialaunts, Nettie Brackett and LoyaluiaBrown. Loyaluia survives.

Mary attended schools in Califor-nia, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Shegraduated high school in 1964 inFort Smith, Ark. She received abachelors degree in speech pathol-ogy and elementary education fromNortheastern University in Tahle-quah, Okla. She later received hermasters degree from Webster Uni-versity.

Mary came to Missouri in 1968 toteach in Vandalia. In 1972 she trans-ferred to the Bowling Green SchoolDistrict where she taught for the re-mainder of her 33 years. Ten ofthose years she served the ChampClark board as executive director ofthe Learning Center for Early Child-hood Education. During this timeshe established an inclusive educa-tion and daycare setting for childrenin Pike and surrounding counties.This program was used as a modelin various areas of the state. Sheconsidered this to be one of herproudest educational moments.

Mary met and married JohnHenry Waddell in August 1970, andthey celebrated their 50th weddinganniversary earlier this year. To thisunion was born her proudest accom-plishments, John David Waddell andwife, Angie and James LawrenceWaddell and wife, Sarah. She felther greatest legacy was her 11grandchildren, John Brett, AshleeAmelia and Zach Crader, LillianAbigail, Madisyn Elizabeth,Mathew Ryan, Mara Grayce, BennetMichael, Brennah Marie, GrantMaclin, Makenna Faith, and ElliotMicah. She is expecting a grand-daughter February 2021.

Faith played an important role inMary’s life. She was baptized intothe Church of Christ when she waseight years old. Later, after marryingJohn, she became a member of theCurryville Presbyterian Churchwhere she served in whatever capac-ity she was needed. After retiringfrom teaching, she began lay min-istry filling pulpits in Pike Countyand surrounding areas.

Throughout her life, Mary partic-ipated in various organizations.A.A.U.W., B.P.W, Heir Study Club,and P.E.O. She was an active volun-teer in 4-H and in the CurryvilleCommunity Organizations. Shehelped establish the Little RedSchool House.

When asked what she wanted tobe remembered for, she said, “Iloved God with all of my heart, mysoul, and my might and that I lovedmy family.”

In lieu of flowers, the family re-quests memorials be made to theCurryville Presbyterian Church.

Dorothy MayLamberson

Dorothy May Lamberson, 90, ofFrankford died Monday, Dec. 7, 2020at Westview Nursing Home in Cen-ter.

Funeral services were at 2 p.m.,Thursday at Collier Funeral Home inLouisiana with Dr. Bill Maupin offi-ciating. Burial was in Grassy CreekCemetery in Louisiana.

Visitation was from 1 p.m., untiltime of services on Thursday at thefuneral home.

Dorothy was born Sept. 22, 1930,the daughter of Leon and Bessie Hal-lows Chapuis. She grew up and spentmost of her life in Louisiana, gradu-ating from Louisiana High Schooland serving as a majorette for the highschool band. After graduating fromhigh school, she worked as a tele-phone operator. Upon the love of herlife returning from WWII, Dorothyunited in marriage to Paul RaymondLamberson Dec. 12, 1948 at the FirstBaptist Church in Louisiana. He pre-ceded her in death Sept. 14, 2013.

Survivors include daughter, PhyllisGottlieb and husband, Allen of Frank-ford; sons Steven Lamberson ofFrankford, David Lamberson ofBowling Green, and Gary Lambersonof Hollywood, Calif.; a grandson,Jesse Gottlieb of Frankford and onegranddaughter, Rachel Gottlieb El-binger and husband Jason of Miami,Fla.; sisters, Margaret Spotts of Boul-der, Colo., and Virginia Penrod and

husband, Clyde of Louisiana. She isalso survived by a very large extendedfamily.

Dorothy was preceded in death byher parents, husband, and a brother,Leon Chapuis.

After she married, Dorothy spenther years as a full-time wife andmother, raising her children on thefamily farm. She attended FrankfordBaptist Church where her husbandserved as a deacon.

Dorothy was a fabulous cook thatwas known for making all sorts of de-licious dishes. She was an accom-plished English Style Equestrian riderand has passed her love of horse rid-ing on through the generations.Dorothy enjoyed traveling and seeingher children where ever they were liv-ing.

Serving as pallbearers were GaryLamberson, Steven Lamberson,Clyde Penrod.

Memorials may be made to thedonors’ choice.

Online condolences may be left atwww.collierfuneral.com.

Helen FisherHelen Fisher, 88, of Middletown

died Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020 atLynn’s Heritage House in Louisiana.

Private graveside services areunder the direction of Bibb-Veach Fu-neral Home in Bowling Green, withthe Rev. Jeffrey Dock officiating.

Helen was born Aug. 8, 1932 inJacksonville, Ill. She has lived inJacksonville, Ill., Peoria, Ill., andMiddletown. She attended a smallschool outside of Peoria. She then at-tended the St. Francis School of Nurs-ing in Peoria.

Helen married Edward Fisher onMarch 15, 1953 in Roanoke, Ill. Tothis union were born four children,Jim Fisher and wife, Jody of Middle-town, David Fisher and wife, Patty ofMiddletown, Mark Fisher and wife,Joyce of Bowling Green, and KarenSchuckenbrock and husband, Josephof Louisiana.

She is also survived by grandchil-dren, Catie Fisher, Jazmin Gac, Jor-dan Fisher, Andrew Fisher, HeathFisher and wife, Jennifer, AlexaFisher, Matthew Schuckenbrock andwife, Jenn, and Meghan Schucken-brock; and great-grandchildren,Parker Grace Schuckenbrock andHolden Matthew Schuckenbrock; aswell as sisters Pat Prather and hus-band, Don, and Pamela Larson andhusband, Kevin, all of Peoria, Ill.

She was preceded in death by herparents, and husband, Edward.

Helen was a nurse for over 50years in Pike County. She was an RNat Pike Medical and Pike County Me-morial Hospital. She taught the LPNprogram at Mexico VocationalSchool. She helped to develop and es-tablish Fisher Hog Farm with her hus-band, Edward, in 1957. She alsohelped work on the farm, while rais-ing their four children.

Her hobbies were sewing, travel-ing and gardening. She also loved col-lecting pigs. Edward and Helen lovedto travel; from rafting the GrandCanyon to traveling overseas. Sheloved spending time with her grand-children, having a way to make eachgrandchild feel special, even thosewho marry into the family. She was a4-H project leader and enjoyed play-ing cards, especially with her bridgeclub. She loved her church family andPastor Dock at Good ShepherdLutheran Church.

Memorials may be made to GoodShepherd Lutheran Church or thePike County Hospital Foundation.

Katherine JoAnnHess Moore

Katherine JoAnn Hess Moore ofEolia died Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, sur-rounded by her loving family.

Funeral services were held Thurs-day at 1 p.m., McCoy-Blossom Fu-neral Homes & Crematory inBowling Green. Chaplain MarkBurkey officiated. Interment was inLouisville Cemetery

Visitation was Thursday from 11

a.m.-1 p.m., at the funeral home.She was born June 24, 1942 in St.

Louis to Joseph and Merle Ellis Hess.JoAnn grew up in Patterson and at-tended the local schools. She gradu-ated from Clearwater High School in1960. She was a member ofLouisville Christian Church and in2007 started a huge project to openthe church back up to the community.

JoAnn worked for over 28 years atBoeing (McDonnell-Douglas) in theair craft pension savings dept. Afterher retirement , she was a private dutycaregiver in people’s homes. JoAnnwas a caring person and made manyfriends while doing this. She enjoyedreading, fishing and most of all spend-ing time with children, grandchildren,other family, and friends.

She is survived by her three daugh-ters, Rhonda Culver and husband,James, Susan Conner and husband,Dan, Meredith Weitkamp and hus-band, Paul; a brother, Joe Hess andwife, Cindy; sisters, Genevieve Ock-ert and husband, Carroll, and EdithWestmoreland and husband, Clecy;grandchildren and step-grandchildren,Justin Bauman and wife, Jessica,Zachary, Alex and Victoria Culver,Macy Weitkamp, Laura Rockwell andhusband, Andrew, Stephanie Tryonand husband, Jacob, LawrenceWeitkamp and wife, Shelby; hergreat-granchildren, Christian, Keeganand Kayden Bauman; nieces, MarcyOckert, and Crystal Byars; nephews,Joe Ockert and wife, Melissa, JackBritt and wife, Kathy, and John Britt.

She was preceded in death by onesister, Barbara Lee Hess, a daughter,Kristen JoAnn Moore, and her par-ents. JoAnn will be sadly missed andlong remembered by all those whoknew and loved her.

In lieu of flowers: Louisville Chris-tian Church Preservation Society orSt. Louis Children's Hospital c/oMcCoy-Blossom Funeral Homes &Crematory 1304 Boone Street Troy,MO 63379

Family and friends may sign theonline guest book @www.mccoy-blossomfh.com.

Billy Wayne RobisonBilly Wayne Robison, 77, of Well-

ton, Ariz., died Saturday, Dec. 5,2020.

In these difficult days of COVID-19, a formal service will not takeplace, however the family would lovefor you to share memories of Bill onhis obituary page found athttps://smartcremation.tributes.com/funeral_homes/obituaries/

Bill was born in Perry and spenthis younger years on the 500 acrefarm of his parents, William “Bub”and Gladys Robison. His first job washauling in hay bales for his dad and inhis spare time he trained his horse,Rusty, to do tricks while his dogTeddy followed. He went on to grad-uate from Van-Far High School andlater, after his service in the U.S.Navy, he completed a bachelor’s de-gree from the University of MissouriSt. Louis, and a master’s degree fromthe University of Phoenix, becomingthe first in his family to go to college.

Bill is survived by his “sweetie”,Frances Robison, to whom he wasmarried for 55 years; a daughter, LisaRae Robison; and three grandchil-dren, Megan Hughes, Daniel Hughes,and Dylan Wilkerson. He also leavesbehind a great-grandson, CalvinHughes; a granddaughter-in-law,Chalitda “Nan” Hughes; and son-in-law, John-Michael Wilkerson.

Bill lived in Missouri, Illinois, Vir-ginia, Colorado, California and Ari-zona and made friends wherever hetraveled. Those who knew him wellknew he loved his family, was a won-derful father and grandfather, andcherished friendships he’d maintainedthroughout his life. He loved to camp,fish, do woodworking projects, golf,and most of all play cards. Quick tolaugh and make others laugh, he leftan indelible mark on many.

In lieu of flowers, donations can bemade to the William A. and Gladys L.Robison Memorial Scholarship thatbenefits Ralls County students whoplan to attend college and major in anagricultural field. Mail any donationsto add to the trust to MTHS, c/o AdriaPalmer, 21622 Hwy. 19, Center, MO63436.

Eldon W. GessmanEldon Wayne Gessman, 78, of Van-

dalia died Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, at theHannibal Regional Hospital in Hanni-bal.

The family will host a memorialservice at a later date.

Cremation arrangements are underthe direction of the Waters FuneralHome in Vandalia, Missouri.

Eldon was born Jan. 25, 1942, inEolia, the son of Elmo and Emma Pol-lard Gessman. He was united in mar-riage to Mary Lee Gessman on April

6, 1974 in Montgomery City. She sur-vives of the home.

Other survivors included five chil-dren, Kenny Gessman and wife, Deb-orah of Wellsville, Twila Gessman ofMexico, James Lee Pollard and wife,Melissa of Athens, Ala., LynnetteMays of Hannibal, Deena Eckhoff andhusband, William of Vandalia; a sister,Gayle Labanca and husband, Gary ofBellflower; one brother, Stanley Hazeland wife, Ann of Vandalia; 29 grand-children, 42 great-grandchildren andtwo great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by hisparents; three brothers, Murry Gess-man, Roger Gessman, and RonaldGessman; one son, Dennis Gessmanand one daughter, Marietta Siebel.

Eldon worked as a Corrections Of-ficer for Missouri Department of Cor-rections - Women's Eastern Reception,Diagnostic and Correctional Center inVandalia.

He was a member of Living WaterMinistries of Perry and loved hischurch. Eldon loved drawing, fishing,puzzles and being outdoors on thefarm. He loved his grandkids andspending time with them more thananything and will be missed dearly.

Memorial contributions may bemade to Living Water Ministries ofPerry, c/o Waters Funeral Home.

Online condolences may be madeto the family on Eldon's memorialpage at www.watersfuneral.com.

Lillie Mae StraubeLillie Mae Dieckmann Straube, 95,

died at her home in Bowling GreenFriday, Dec. 11, 2020.

Funeral services will be Saturdayat Second Baptist Church, BowlingGreen, with visitation from 9-11 a.m.,followed by the service at 11 a.m.The Rev. Jerry Gamm will officiate,assisted by Pastor Mark West. Burialwill be in Bowling Green MemorialGarden Cemetery.

Lil, the youngest child of JohnHenry and Annie Alvena NeumannDieckmann, was born April 1, 1925,in Lincoln County, near Silex.Throughout her life she cherished thehappy memories of her early yearsspent with her parents and siblings.

Lil's early education was in ruralone-room schools in Lincoln and Pikecounties. After the family's move toPike County, she attended BowlingGreen schools, graduating with theclass of 1943. Soon after graduation,she accepted a clerical position withthe Social Security Administration inBowling Green where she continuedto be employed until her marriage.

She marrried Everett James (E.J.)Straube Jr., and they established theirfirst home in Bowling Green on Cen-tennial Street, where their childrenwere all born. After the birth of theirchildren, Lil was a stay-at-home

mom. She and her husband were ac-tively involved in church and the ac-tivities of their children: church,sports, band and PTA.

In 1966, she returned to full-timeemployment with the Division of So-cial Services, formerly the Social Se-curity Administration. She retiredfrom the position of caseworker in1996 after 34 years of service. Herhusband preceded her in death onNov. 19, 1972.

Lil enjoyed the simple pleasures oflife such as tending a large garden andsharing its abundance with others.The many family get togethers in herhome were highlighted with her spe-cial homemade rolls and burnt carmelcake. Activities included mushroomhunting, picking blackberries, cross-word puzzles, playing cards and doc-umenting family history. She was anavid Cardinal baseball fan and en-joyed attending games and severalWorld Series with family. She en-joyed Sunday rides, reminiscing, andvisiting with relatives near and far.She also felt blessed by friendships ofchurch, family and friends.

She was a member of Second Bap-tist Church, where she had taughtSunday school for younger children,Training Union, was a home-boundvisitor and kitchen volunteer. Herstrong Christian faith was an exampleto her family. She was a member ofthe Association of Retired MissouriState Employees, and a former mem-ber of the American Legion Auxiliaryand Pike County Cancer Unit.

Survivors include two sons, ChrisStraube and wife, Vickie Ruth, Cen-ter; and Willis Straube, BowlingGreen; two daughters, Annice (R.J.)Allensworth and husband, R.J., Bowl-ing Green, and Lucy Scherder of War-renton. Grandchildren, Trent Straube,Christina Hays and husband, Randy,Aaron Straube and wife, Kelly, JasonStraube, Eric Scherder and wife,Kayla, Ricky Allensworth and wife,Malarie, Carmen Charlton and hus-band, Johnny, Curtis Scherder andwife, Christina, Matthew Scherderand wife, Mary Ann, Seth Straube andwife, Jeni; great-grandchildren;nieces, nephews and close friends,Betty and Ake Takahashi.

She was preceded in death by herparents, siblings, Eli, Ben and JohnPenn Dieckmann, Hilda Evans, AnnStraube; granddaughter, Sara StraubeAnders, and daughter-in-law, VickiAnn (Willis) Straube.

Pallbearers are Aaron, Jason andSeth Straube, Ricky Allensworth,Curtis and Matthew Scherder. Hon-orary pallbearers are Trent Straube,Eric Scherder, Randy Hays, JohnnyCharlton, Brian Anders, and AkeTakahashi.

Memorials may be made to theSara Straube Anders Teaching Schol-arship Fund, Child Evangelism Fel-lowship, Warrenton, or SecondBaptist Church funeral dinners.

Danny Clark InlowDanny Clark Inlow, 86, a resident

of Loxley, Ala., formerly of BowlingGreen died Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020.

The visitation and burial will be onFriday, Dec. 18, 2020.

Visitation for Danny will be from1-3 p.m., at Bibb-Veach FuneralHome in Bowling Green. Intermentwill be at Memorial Gardens Ceme-tery in Bowling Green.

A visitation was held from 5-7

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in the United States in the Lullapanda Baby Contest recently. He is the son of Martinand Jennifer Palmer of Eolia. He has three brothers, Coleton, Tristan, and Grayson.He is the grandson of Jeff and Lisa Barnes of Eolia and Rich and Theresa Palmerof Clarksville.

p.m., Tuesday (today) at Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Home in Daphne,Ala. Danny was born Jan. 7, 1934 in

Curryville. He graduated from Bowl-ing Green High School with the classof 1951. He served in the U.S. AirForce from 1952-56 as a communica-tions specialist. In 1957, Danny wentto work for the U.S. Government, con-tinuing his work in the communica-tions field. He worked in NorthernVirginia for 18 years.

In 1975 he transferred to FortMcPherson, Atlanta, Ga. After 36years of combined service, Danny re-tired and moved to Lake Hartwell, Ga.He was a charter member of FaithLutheran Church, Hartwell, Ga., wherehe remained a member until his death.In 2000, Danny moved to Alabama tobe near his brother and family.He was preceded in death by his

parents, James Roy and Annabel John-ston Inlow; a brother, James H. Inlow;sisters, Marilyn Finley, Betty Young,Dorothy Provencher, Virginia King,and Leta Wright.He is survived by his brother, Mike

Inlow; step-son, William E. Crump,Lake City, Fla.; step-daughter, VickieWisecarver, Middletown, Va.; ex-wife

and dear friend, Betty Calhoun; andnumerous nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, donations may be

made to Holy Trinity Lutheran Churchin Daphne, Ala.

Thelma RobinsonThelma Lee Robinson, 65, of

Louisiana died Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020 ather home in Louisiana. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m.,

Saturday at Collier Funeral Home inLouisiana. The Rev. Dale Beasley andthe Rev. Mark Sheppard will officiate.Burial will be at Riverview Cemetery inLouisiana. Visitation will be from 11 a.m., until

time of service Saturday at the funeralhome.A full obituary will be published in

next week’s People’s Tribune

OBITUARIESContinued from page 4

Card Of ThanksDuring this difficult time, the families of Robert Bland would like

to express our sincere gratitude to who sent flowers/plants, cards,food, donations, comforting phone calls, and many kind words.A special thank you to the Tri-County Care Center for giving the

support and the care, to the First Baptist Church for the use of thechurch. A special thank you Bienhoff Funeral Home, the Rev. Brian

Lehenbauer, and the Rev. Bob Hoehn for officiating, Thank you tothe First Baptist Church meal workers that helped with the deli-cious meal before the service. Thank you to the Vandalia Masonic #491 for the lovely service.

To the honorary pallbearers Vandalia Masonic #491 and the FirstBaptist Church Deacons.He will be missed, and God Bless each and everyone.

Alta BlandSteven Bland & FamiliesDale Bland & FamiliesJoy Hoyt & Families

Patsy Clithero & Families