August 21, 2024
The next
AC Saturday Street Festival will be August 24 with fun for the whole family, vendors,
food, DJ entertainment by G & N Productions 4:00 – 10:00 p.m. and a beer
tent by Montrose VFW Post 8820 5:00 – 11:00 p.m. They will have 2 water slides, an obstacle
course bounce house and a bounce house which will be free to the public (sponsored
by AC Saturday Street Festival and Ellett Memorial Hospital). Vendors will be
open 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and food will be available from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00
p.m. (or later). Dinner is from 5:00 - 8:00 cooked by the AC Fire Department.
Meet the
Bulldogs Night is set for 6:00 p.m. August 21 in the High School Gym. It will
start with the announcement of all Junior High and High School athletes for
football, volleyball and cheerleading. High School Volleyball and Football
Scrimmages will follow. Please support our athletes by bringing Gatorade or
water for game days.
A public
hearing will be held 5:30 p.m. Thursday, August 29, 2024 in City Hall in
Appleton City at which citizens can be heard on the property tax rates proposed
to be set by the City of Appleton City for the 2024 tax year. The levy will be set at $1.476 upon approval.
The
Annual Labor Day Picnic at Immaculate Conception Parish (606 Kansas Ave.,
Montrose) will be Monday, September 2.
The menu is fried chicken, mashed potatoes & gravy, dressing, green
beans, slaw, bread & butter pickles and homemade pie for only $15 for
adults, $10 for children age 5-10 and preschoolers eat free. The
all-you-can-eat dinner is served from 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the basement
of St. Mary’s School, which is handicap accessible. Outdoor tent seating and
carry-out are also available. There is a huge country store open from 8:00 a.m.
– 3:30 p.m. There will be corn hole, bounce house and bingo open at 11:00 a.m.
A homemade pie auction will begin at 3:30 p.m., followed by the cash and quilt
raffles.
The U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Heartland Regional Food Business Center
(RFBC) have announced the availability of more than $3.7 million in Business
Builder Grants to support small, mid-sized, and diverse food and farm
entrepreneurs. These grants will promote business expansion, job creation,
business capacity building, and increase local products in the local market.
The funding is available for local food projects in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas,
Oklahoma, Nebraska, and northwest Arkansas. Business Builder grants from $5,000
to $50,000 will strengthen local and regional food supply chains by helping
rural and urban enterprises start, grow, and connect. Eligible are small food
and farm entrepreneurs serving local and regional food markets in the Heartland
Center region. First-round grant applications are due October 15, 2024. More
information is available at https://heartlandfoodbusiness.org/business-builder/
including the opportunity to register for an August 28 informational webinar.
River of
Life will be hosting Ingathering3 again this year at the church in
Rockville. Meetings nightly Wednesday,
October 16 through Wednesday, October 23.
They will feature different ministers and worship leaders/teams each
night throughout the 8 days of meetings.
Look for posters in the area soon or contact Pastor James Damon
([email protected]) for more information. They will have a light meal each evening at 6:00
p.m., followed by worship beginning at 7:00 p.m. nightly. Offerings will be taken each evening for
visiting ministry. Any donations to help
with meeting expenses are welcome as well, but the meetings are free to attend
and all are welcome. Come enjoy
worshiping together with friends and family, and other brothers and sisters in
Christ as it is “time for the Ecclesia to be the Ecclesia”.
Management
Intensive Grazing School will be held September 10-12 at the First Baptist
Church Family Life and Outreach Center in Lamar, MO. This is a cooperative
effort between MU Extension, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Barton
County MO SWCD, and the MO Forage and Grasslands Council to educate grazing
livestock producers on forage and livestock management practices to promote
optimum management and utilization of forage resources. Registration and fee
payment is required by September 5. Registration can take place online at
https://shorturl.at/BQqzL or by contacting the Barton County MU Extension
Center at (417) 682-3579.
The A.C.
Fall City Wide Garage Sale dates have been set for Sept. 20 - 21. This will
also be the weekend of the Saturday Street Festival, so the rental of the Park
pole building, stage or lawn will not be available. Details regarding permits
will be posted at a later date.
The
Ellett Memorial Hospital/AC Clinic Community Block Party will be Saturday,
September 28, 2024, 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
There are a few vendor spots left for this year's EMH Block Party. If
you're interested in filling one of these open spots, please call Kim Raybourn
at 660-476-2111. KC Wolf has confirmed making a special appearance at some
point during the day. The hospital will
be providing free snow cones and cotton candy, along with a bounce house. Crank Farms will be providing the petting
zoo.
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Ellett
Memorial Hospital Appleton City offers outpatient specialist services for August. Call 660-476-2111 for appointments Aug 26 –
Ophthalmology, Dr. Soni, and Aug 28- Ortho-Dr. Gray.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Aug
21 Meet the Bulldogs 6:00 p.m. in the
High School Gym
Aug
22 School Begins at Hudson R-IX - The doors will
open at 7:40 a.m.
Aug
24 AC Saturday Street Festival
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