January 3, 2024
Due to
the New Year Holiday, trash pickup in Appleton City will be Friday, January 5,
(not on Thursday).
AC PTO is
collecting Food Fair receipts and Best Choice UPC labels January 10. Food Fair receipts need to be from August,
2023 to the present. If they are older,
they cannot be submitted. Please send
them with students or place them in a plastic bag or envelope and drop them off
in the Elementary School Office, St. Clair County State Bank with Janet Payton
or Little Apples Learning Center by Wednesday, January 10. This on-going
fundraiser raises a substantial amount of money for PTO to use for the
children's classroom trips and teacher requests for supplies.
River of
Life Fellowship, 2nd and Vernon Streets in Rockville, will host a
free movie on Sunday night, January 7 beginning at 6:00 p.m. They will watch the ministry movie, “Come Out
in Jesus’ Name”, enjoying snacks and fellowship as well. There is no cost to attend and all are
welcome.
River of
Life Fellowship, 2nd and Vernon Streets in Rockville, will host a
Deliverance Seminar the weekend of January 13 - 14. They will have a meeting at 3:00 p.m. with
Steve Highlander and Cody Persell both sharing about deliverance, followed by a
light snack meal. They will then have an
evening worship meeting followed by teaching and a time of individual prayer
for healing and deliverance. Regular
Sunday morning includes Sunday School and fellowship at 9:30 a.m. followed by
worship service with Cody ministering and praying over needs, beginning around
10:15 a.m. The weekend concludes with an
evening service 6:00 p.m. that will have a time of worship and teaching, as
well as a mass deliverance meeting.
There is no cost associated with any of these meetings and all are
welcome to attend any or all of them.
The
Knights of Columbus will have their monthly pancake and sausage breakfast at
the Knight’s Hall in Montrose on Sunday, January 14 from 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Treat your family to a hot breakfast you
don’t have to cook or clean up. A free
will donation will be greatly appreciated
St. Mary's
School will have their annual dinner on Saturday, February 3 from 5:00 - 8:30 p.m.
in St. Mary's School basement. The
dinner consists of spaghetti, salad, breadsticks, dessert, tea, and
lemonade. The dinner is a free will
donation. They will also be having a
silent auction, 50-50 raffle, and 2 basket raffles. Names will be drawn for everything at 8:30 p.m. You do not need to be present to win. Please come and enjoy a delicious meal while
supporting St. Mary's School.
The St
Clair County State Bank has limited services on Saturdays as of January 1,
2024. The Appleton City and Lowry City locations will be Drive Thru only on
Saturdays. Access to safety deposit
boxes will be available. They encourage all St Clair County State Bank
customers to call ahead (660-476-5453) and make arrangements for other services,
such as new accounts.
Area
residents are invited to vote for their favorites on Rural Missouri Magazine’s
“Best of Rural Missouri” favorites website.
You can promote our area by voting for local businesses or
attractions. REA customers who received
their magazine this week can refer to page 33 for details, but remember anyone,
anywhere can vote. You do not need to vote for every category, just the ones
you feel comfortable with. Possible local ideas are available in the December
22 issue of “The Appleton City Journal” and on the AC City Hall webpage, https://acmogov.com/city-hall.
On the webpage, select “Home” on the white bar on top. The drawing shows a Christmas tree being
decorated with forest animals. The
second picture (click the right arrow or the second circle at the bottom of the
picture) will bring up some suggestions and a link to the Rural Missouri survey.
Entering your area favorites could allow
you to win $500. The deadline to vote is January 15, 2024. The site to website
to vote is: https://ruralmissouri.org/best-of-2024.
By voting, it can bring attention to our area to others who may not be aware of
what this area has to offer.
Extension
services from universities of Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Missouri, and
Arkansas are providing a joint conference titled the KOMA Beef Cattle
Conference. This year’s Missouri portion
of the conference will be held on February 12, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. at the MU Southwest Research Extension and Education Center, 14548 State
Rd H, Mount Vernon, MO 65712. This year’s conference will update the public on
recent research from the 4 universities in cattle feeding, supplementation,
reproduction, and grazing management.
These presentations will be given by university agricultural graduate
students and professors. In addition,
there will be a keynote presentation given by James Mitchell who is an
extension livestock economist with the University of Arkansas Division of
Agriculture. A catered lunch will be provided by MERCK Animal Health. In addition, snacks and drinks will be provided
throughout the day. Agriculture businesses that support the event will also
have booths set up. Attendees can visit
the booths and learn how their products can help improve their beef cattle
operation. To attend the event, register and pay the fee prior to February
8. Fee for the event is $20 per
person. No refunds for cancellations
after the registration deadline. No
walk-in registrations allowed. Register
online at https://extension.missouri.edu/events/koma-beef-cattle-conference. For questions related to registration or the
conference contact the Cedar County MU Extension Center at (417) 276-3313, ext.
4, or by email at [email protected].
Ellett
Memorial Hospital Appleton City offers outpatient specialist services for January.
Call 660-476-2111 for appointments: Jan 4– OB/GYN, Dr. Kallberg, Jan 9 –
Rheumatology-Dr. John, Jan 10– Upper GI,
Colonoscopy-Dr. Vardakis, Jan 12 -
Ortho-Dr. Gray, Jan 17 – Upper GI, Colonoscopy-Dr. Namin, Jan 18– Podiatry- Dr.
Pace, Jan 23 – Rheumatology-Dr. John,
Jan 24 - Ortho-Dr. Gray, Jan 24 – Ophthalmology-Dr. Soni.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Jan 3 Classes resume at AC Schools
Jan
5 Trash
pickup in Appleton City
Jan
7 River of Life Fellowship in
Rockville free movie at 6:00 p.m.
Jan 8-13 ACHS
Invitational Basketball Tournament
Jan
10 Food Fair and Best Choice labels
due for AC School
Jan
13-14 River of Life Fellowship in
Rockville Deliverance Seminar
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