October 1, 2025
The Little Apple
The A.C. Fall
City Wide Garage Sale dates are set for October 3-4. Permits to set up in
the City Park are $25 for the pole shelter, $15 for the stage, $10 for
lawn permits and these fees cover both days. Park permits can also be
purchased at City Hall on a first come, first served basis and cannot be
reserved by phone. Maps will be available at Food Fair, Casey's, Fika and
Powell’s True Value beginning Thursday afternoon. House of Joy Ministries
will be at the City Park on Saturday from 3:00-5:00 to collect donations,
but may leave earlier if the trailer is full. For questions, please
contact Dianne Foster at 660-679-1125.
Appleton
City Masonic Lodge #412 will have a biscuit and gravy breakfast for
donations 8:00-11:00 a.m. October 4 at the Lodge Hall, 219 E 3rd
St. All money
will go toward their scholarship fund.
The Golden Apples Senior
Club will have a donation bake sale 8:00 a.m. until sold out
Saturday, October 4 at the Masonic Lodge Hall at 219 E 3rd St
Donations will go towards Golden Apples activities and general costs.
Trinity Lutheran Church
will have a Taco Salad Lunch 11:00-1:00 and a Bake Sale 8:00 –
1:00. Proceeds to go to a community need. The Church is
located at 300 E. First St, ACMO.
Growing In
Grace Community Center will have a community dinner 3:00-6:00 p.m. October
4 at Forest Park, with a Christian Rock band and grilling at the park with
side dishes. Please come and enjoy. Donations only. October 18
is Kid's Fun Day at the community center from 3:00-6:00 p.m. They will be
baking Halloween cookies with Breanna Swartz, making Halloween goodies
bags to take home and having fun with games and food.
A Diabetic
Class will be held in the conference room of Ellett Memorial Hospital on
Thursday, October 9 at 4:00 p.m.
Ingathering4
is coming soon to River of Life Fellowship in Rockville
soon. Nightly October 6 through October 13, come and hear the
Word of God taught and preached as it’s time for the Ekklesia to be the
Ekklesia. There will be visiting area ministry every night from
throughout the area, as different churches are represented leading worship
and sharing the message. Meal begins each night at 6:00 p.m.
for those able to attend, especially the visiting ministry, followed by
worship meeting at 7:00 p.m. Fellowship and snacks will
follow the meeting each night. A love offering will be taken nightly for
visiting ministry. Come and be a part of God’s End-Time
Ingathering!
The Knights
of Columbus will have their monthly pancake and sausage breakfast at the
Knight’s Hall in Montrose on Sunday, October 12 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
Align your
steps with God’s purpose in a world of challenges. Everyone is
invited to attend “Furthering Your Walk With God” at the Appleton City
Church of God, 401 E. 1st St, ACMO Sunday October 12 at
10:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and October 13-15 at 7:00 p.m. You
can enjoy food and fellowship after the services. Ron Dunlap
will provide the services.
The Appleton
City Library will have a book signing 3:00-5:00 p.m. Wednesday October
15. Frankie Lee Griggs, born in Appleton City in 1908,
wrote numerous novels and short stories published in leading magazines.
She wrote Heiress to Evil, which is set in
Appleton City. The library has a collection of some of her
books. Frankie Lee’s grandson, Thurlow Weed, has published a
book of his grandmother’s historical fiction short stories from the
American Midwest titled Stories from the Heartland. He
will be in the AC Library to sign the books. Local names
such as Piepmeier, Donnohue, Cline and Bailey are among a few of
local names that appear in the stories which relate to life in the area in
the 1920’s and 1930’s.
West
Central Missouri Community Action Agency will host its 60th Anniversary
Denim & Diamonds Casino Night on Saturday, October 18, 2025, at
Primitive Olde Crow & Winery in Clinton. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The
fundraiser includes dinner, casino-style games, raffles, and prizes, with
proceeds supporting housing, food assistance, job training,
transportation, and small business programs that strengthen rural families
and communities across the region. Tickets are $50. For more information
visit: wcmcaa.org/denim-diamonds-fundraiser
The AC Library is starting
to plan for this year's fall events and first on the list is
for Halloween. If you are interested in participating in the Safe Trick or
Treating event this year, please email the library at [email protected] and
let them know, so they can add you to the participant list.
Ellett
Memorial Hospital Appleton City offers outpatient specialist services for
October, 2025. Call 660-476-2111 for appointments. Oct 1 – Upper GI,
Colonoscopy-Dr. Namin, Oct 2 – OB/GYN, Dr.
Kallberg, Oct 3 – Dermatology-Timmerman, PA, Oct 10 -
Ortho-Dr. Gray, Oct 14 - Rheumatology-Dr. John, Oct 15
– Upper GI, Colonoscopy-Dr. Namin, Oct 16 – Podiatry- Dr.
Pace, Oct 17 – Ortho-Noble, FNP, Oct 22 - Ortho-Dr.
Gray, Oct 22 – Ophthalmology, Dr. Soni, Oct 28
- Rheumatology-Dr. John, Oct 30 - Neurology- Dr. Shoaib
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Oct
3-4 AC City wide garage sales with associated
activities October 4
Oct
4 Living Waters Ranch of Osceola
18th Annual Free Fall Festival 11:00-5:00 p.m.
Oct
4 Growing In Grace
Community Center community dinner 3:00-6:00 p.m. at Forest Park
Oct
9 Diabetic Class in the
conference room of Ellett Memorial Hospital 4:00 p.m.
Oct
13 Columbus Day Government offices and
banks closed
Ellett
Memorial Hospital announces its 8th Annual Girl’s Day Out Breast Cancer
Awareness on Sunday, November 9, 2025 from 11-00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. It is a community wellness event targeting breast cancer
education, prevention, awareness and support. Diagnostic
Imaging, P.A. will have their mobile coach unit here to conduct 3D
mammogram screenings. Scheduling is open now to call and
make your appointment at 913-344-9989. They will serve a light lunch with
sweet treats, door prizes and vendors available. They invite everyone to
participate with or without a scheduled mammogram. This important event is
held to bring a vital service to this community and surrounding area,
focusing on breast cancer awareness. Call 660-476-5216
with any questions.
2025 marks 90
years since Dr. Ellett first opened Ellett Hospital in 1935. To
help commemorate this great milestone the hospital is hosting a 90th Anniversary
Celebration on October 24 from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. A slideshow of
Ellett Hospital throughout those 90 years will be part of the festivities.
To complete the slideshow they are asking for help from the local community. If
you have photos of Ellett Hospital from years past, please reach out to
Michelle Siegismund. They are especially interested in photos
from the old hospital building and photos of the current facility from 1973-early
2000’s. You can contact Michelle Siegismund at by phone at
660-476-5249, email at [email protected] or by
sending a Facebook messenger message to the Ellett Memorial Hospital
Facebook account.
The MU
Extension office in St. Clair County is offering a Barn Quilt class in
Osceola on October 8 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The class will be held at
the library in Osceola, 115 Chestnut Street. Jocelyn Wheeler from Hickory
County will be the instructor for the class. Participants will have the
opportunity to construct either a 2 ft x 2 ft design for $45.00 or a 1 ft x 1 ft design for $25.00. The 1 ft x 1 ft board is intended for
those who would like to hang their barn quilt indoors. It is not durable
enough for outdoor hanging. Register for the class at the Extension
office located inside the west door of the courthouse, 655 Second Street,
in Osceola, or by calling 417-646-2419, by October 7. For more information
or for ADA accommodations please call the St. Clair County Extension
office at 417-646-2419.
Living Waters
Ranch of Osceola is gearing up for its 18th Annual Free
Fall Festival October 4 from 11:00-5:00 p.m. Many fun outdoor activities
will be set up including the zipline, archery, BB guns, outdoor games,
hayride, giant slide, mechanical bull, pony rides, exotic animal petting
zoo, wild edibles (plants and bugs) and back by popular demand the Forgers
for Christ ministry. Kids will step up on a large trailer with old time forging
stations and forge either a dinner bell or a tomahawk to take home. There
is a limited number available so come early and get signed up. The
festival is free to attend however, since a concession stand is available,
it’s requested that no outside food or drink be brought in. Sponsors are
still being accepted for this event to help offset the cost of the
activities. Please contact Joyce Brown, Director, by email at: [email protected] if
you are interested in sponsoring an activity or you have any questions.
Donations are welcome at the gate, but not required. The festival is one
of several free outreach programs offered by LWR. Monthly day camps are
hosted each month for special needs adults and their
staff/caregivers. Free field trips are available for area K-12 grade
special needs students. Blessings Store for grandparents to choose gifts
for grandchildren at Christmas and Christmas from the Heart allows
children to make and take Christmas gifts home to their loved ones. If
you’d like to know more about the LWR ministry contact Joyce at the above
email address. Churches and civic organizations who would like a presentation
may also contact her to set up a time and location. Living Waters Ranch is
located 6 miles south of Osceola at 4520 SE 450 Road. Follow signs posted
to the festival. The mission of the ranch is to share the love of Jesus
and provide wholesome, family fun in the beautiful outdoors that God
created.
The Golden
Apples Senior Club will meet Thursday October 2, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. in the
Forest Park building. This week's menu is Pot Luck. Please bring your
favorite main dishes, sides and desserts. Come and enjoy the food, and
fellowship, stay for the fun.
Funds are
needed for the backpack program. Holy Trinity Church in AC houses this
project, which is funded by you, the community. They now are
sending 35 packs of food home with school kids weekly. The cost is $950
per month and they are reaching out for help. Donations are accepted at
the church and may be made to: TUMC, with memo: Backpack. Thank You.
River of
Life Fellowship hosts Third Sunday meetings each month called “All the
More” meetings at 6:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend,
and they will have a variety of “different kinds” of meetings over
the year including singspirations, times of fellowship, formal and more
informal times of worship. They will enjoy snacks and fellowship
after each meeting. The next three events are: Sunday, 10/19: Monegaw
Strings Bluegrass Gospel, Sunday, 11/16: Phil & Pam Morgan Gospel
Ministry and Sunday, 12/21: Game & Fellowship Night with Prizes
and Goodies
The Appleton City Ministerial
Alliance meets throughout the year providing community services
and opportunities for the area churches to gather together for
worship. Additionally, the ACMA helps people through the region
in a variety of ways. In 2023 the ACMA founded the Tony Reynolds
Memorial Scholarship, which is a $1000 scholarship awarded locally to an
area student pursuing continuing education post-high
school. Some in the community have asked about the ability to
make donations directly towards the scholarship fund that are not used in
other ACMA endeavors. At any time, you may make
donations towards the ACMA and they encourage you to do so. You
may make donations at any of their community meetings, or feel free to
contact one of the ministers serving in the ACMA for more information.
The Ellett
Memorial Hospital Foundation was established in 2000 by a local couple to
benefit and carry out the purposes of Ellett Memorial
Hospital. The Foundation has played a major role in the
Hospital’s recent renovation/expansion project. The Foundation is a
501c3 organization and plays an important role in ensuring the future of
the Hospital by providing an avenue for individuals, groups and
corporations to lend their financial support through tax-deductible
contributions. The Ellett Memorial Hospital Foundation would like to
extend an invitation to the community to assist with this
project. They would like to welcome all current and past
members of the community and service area to make a donation to the Ellett
Memorial Hospital Foundation. Donations can be restricted or
non-restricted for use as the donor identifies. Recognition will be
given for all contributions. For further information,
contact Julee Snyder, Ellett Memorial Hospital, 660-476-211.
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