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C Y K M C Y K M C Y K M C Y K M USPS-299800 Vol.136, No. 43 Bevier, MO, 63532 • 8 Pages • 1 Section • 75 Cents Wednesday, May 9, 2012 Subscribers to the Home Press are the nicest people! This week we salute Louise Julius Bevier, MO e Macon County Serving Macon County Since 1876 RICK TUCKER ACCEPTS O’TOOLE AWARD Page 6A MACC, CMU TOUT MACON PROGRAMS A MOTHER’S LOVE “CLICK IT OR TICKET” ENFORCEMENT CAMPAIGN PLS BUILDERS, LLC MIKE COOK 314-660-1812 NEW CONSTRUCTION • REMODELING DECKS • WINDOWS • DOORS • & MORE! email - [email protected] BOBBY RICHARDSON 660-651-9421 FREE ESTIMATES • FULLY LICENSED AND INSURED Macon County R-IV held their prom Saturday, April 28th at the High School. The theme for this year’s prom was “Here’s to the Night”. Pictured is Thomas Moore, son of Daryle and Barb Moore of New Cambria and Susan Kelso, daughter of Keith Kelso of New Cmabria and Paula Fowler of Kirksville, as this year’s Prom King & Queen. MACON COUNTY R-IV PROM ROYALTY On April 29, 2012 the Bucklin American Le- gion Auxiliary Post 57, hosted the Girls State Briefing. A total of 46 young ladies including their family and friends attended the briefing given by the Girls State Representative along with the District Presi- dent, Rosie Rhodes. The girls came from as far away as Moberly, and Brunswick. The auxilia- ry provided cookies and punch for approximately 120 guests. Girls State this year will be held from June 24- 30 at Warrensburg, MO. Congratulations to all the girls. BUCKLIN AMERICAN LEGION HOSTED GIRLS STATE BRIEFING There are times when only a Mother’s love Can understand our tears, Can soothe our disappoints And calm all of our fears. There are times when only a Mother’s love Can share the joy we feel When something we’ve dreamed about Quite suddenly is real. There are times when only a Mother’s faith Can help us on life’s way And inspire in us the confidence We need from day to day. For a Mother’s heart and a Mother’s faith And a Mother’s steadfast love Were fashioned by the Angels And sent from God above. Since the fall of 2010, the Macon area has been the beneficiary of not just one but two institutes of higher learning offering programs there. The partners – Moberly Area Com- munity College, which offers college freshman- and sophomore-level course- work two-year degrees, and Central Methodist University, offering college junior- and senior-level classes and four- Partners will explain offerings at Education Center year degrees – will hold an Information Session on Tuesday, May 15. The event runs from 4-6 p.m. at the Macon Educa- tion Center, 408 Blees Industrial Drive. There is no cost and no obligation, and everyone is welcome to stop by and meet with MACC and CMU officials. MACC offers the associate of arts transfer degree in Macon. Students can take general education classes that are readily transferable to CMU and many other four-year institutions. CMU-Macon offers bachelor’s de- grees in business, child development, psychology, and the registered nurse-to- bachelor of science in nursing program (available online). For more information, contact Julie Perkins at MACC, 660-263-4110 ext. 11291, or Aimee Sage at CMU, 660- 248-6651. Central Methodist programs range from undergraduate and graduate stud- ies to high-school dual credit offerings. Serving more than 5,000 students on its historic main campus in Fayette, , and online, the CMU mission emphasizes academic and professional excellence, ethical leadership, and social responsi- bility. Captain James E. Wilt, command- ing officer of Troop B, Macon, an- nounces that from May 21, 2012, through May 31, 2012, Troop B of- ficers will be conducting a “Click It Or Ticket” enforcement operation in Adair County. The enforcement op- eration is part of a national campaign focusing on seat belt violations in an effort to raise seat belt use and aware- ness. Sometime following this opera- tion, representatives of the Missouri Department of Transportation’s High- way Safety Division will conduct a seat belt survey in Adair County and other counties in the state. During last year’s seat belt survey, the Missouri usage rate for all vehicles was 79%, which is below the national average of 85%. In Adair County the usage rate was determined to be 71.3%. During this enforcement effort, the Missouri State Highway Patrol will continue its zero tolerance enforce- ment stance in an effort to raise seat belt awareness and compliance. Mo Story continues on page 7A

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USPS-299800 Vol.136, No. 43Bevier, MO, 63532 • 8 Pages • 1 Section • 75 Cents

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Subscribers to the Home Pressare the nicest people!This week we salute

Louise JuliusBevier, MO

�e Macon County

Serving Macon County Since 1876

RICK TUCKER ACCEPTS O’TOOLE AWARD Page 6A

MACC, CMU TOUT MACOn PROgRAMS

A MOTHER’SLOVE

“CLICK IT OR TICKET” EnFORCEMEnT CAMPAIgn

PLS BUILDERS, LLCMIKE COOK314-660-1812

NEW CONSTRUCTION • REMODELINGDECKS • WINDOWS • DOORS • & MORE!

email - [email protected]

BOBBY RICHARDSON660-651-9421

FREE ESTIMATES • FULLY LICENSED AND INSURED

Macon County R-IV held their prom Saturday, April 28th at the High School. The theme for this year’s prom was “Here’s to the night”. Pictured is Thomas Moore, son of Daryle and Barb Moore of new Cambria and Susan Kelso, daughter of Keith Kelso of new Cmabria and Paula Fowler of Kirksville, as this year’s Prom King & Queen.

MACOn COUnTY R-IV PROM ROYALTY

On April 29, 2012 the Bucklin American Le-gion Auxiliary Post 57, hosted the girls State Briefing.    A  total  of  46 young ladies including their family and friends attended  the  briefing given by the girls State Representative along with the District Presi-dent, Rosie Rhodes.The girls came from as far away as Moberly, and Brunswick. The auxilia-ry provided cookies and punch for approximately 120 guests.girls State this year will be  held  from  June  24-30 at Warrensburg, MO. Congratulations to all the girls.

BUCKLIn AMERICAn LEgIOn HOSTED gIRLS STATE BRIEFIng

There are times when only a Mother’s love

Can understand our tears, Can soothe our disappoints And calm all of our fears.

There are times when only a Mother’s love

Can share the joy we feel When something we’ve

dreamed about Quite suddenly is real.

There are times when only a Mother’s faith

Can help us on life’s way And inspire in us the

confidence We need from day to day.

For a Mother’s heartand a Mother’s faith

And a Mother’ssteadfast love

Were fashionedby the Angels

And sentfrom God

above.

Since the fall of 2010, the Macon area has been the beneficiary of not just one but two institutes of higher learning offering programs there.

The partners – Moberly Area Com-munity College, which offers college freshman- and sophomore-level course-work two-year degrees, and Central Methodist University, offering college junior- and senior-level classes and four-

Partners will explain offerings at Education

Center

year degrees – will hold an Information Session on Tuesday, May 15. The event runs from 4-6 p.m. at the Macon Educa-tion Center, 408 Blees Industrial Drive. There is no cost and no obligation, and everyone is welcome to stop by and meet with MACC and CMU officials.

MACC offers the associate of arts transfer degree in Macon. Students can take general education classes that are readily transferable to CMU and many other four-year institutions.

CMU-Macon offers bachelor’s de-grees in business, child development, psychology, and the registered nurse-to-

bachelor of science in nursing program (available online).

For more information, contact Julie Perkins at MACC, 660-263-4110 ext. 11291, or Aimee Sage at CMU, 660-248-6651.

Central Methodist programs range from undergraduate and graduate stud-ies to high-school dual credit offerings. Serving more than 5,000 students on its historic main campus in Fayette, , and online, the CMU mission emphasizes academic and professional excellence, ethical leadership, and social responsi-bility.

Captain James E. Wilt, command-ing officer of Troop B, Macon, an-nounces that from May 21, 2012, through May 31, 2012, Troop B of-ficers will be conducting a “Click It Or Ticket” enforcement operation in Adair County. The enforcement op-eration is part of a national campaign focusing on seat belt violations in an effort to raise seat belt use and aware-ness. Sometime following this opera-tion, representatives of the Missouri Department of Transportation’s High-way Safety Division will conduct a seat belt survey in Adair County and other counties in the state. During last year’s seat belt survey, the Missouri usage rate for all vehicles was 79%, which is below the national average of 85%. In Adair County the usage rate was determined to be 71.3%. During this enforcement effort, the Missouri State Highway Patrol will continue its zero tolerance enforce-ment stance in an effort to raise seat belt awareness and compliance. MoStory continues on page 7A

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LOCAL NEWS2A Wednesday, May 9, 2012

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Stump Your Friends!

Send your guesses [email protected]. Winner receives

bragging rights and your name in next week’s Macon Home Press! If you have an old photo that you think

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Doug Beldon, Dan-ny Harvey, Ann Mason, and Cathy Carothers led Church services for the residents and their guests Sunday morning. Every-one loved hearing Cathy play the piano. Those attending were: Helen Griswold, Jim Hill, Ge-neva Oliver, Mildred Walter, Donna Walter, Marilyn Stockmann, Dor-othy Dee Daniel, Birdie Judd, Oreta Imler, Fran-ces Browne, John Chinn, Mary Gertrude Edwards, Glenn Wallace, Dolores White, Blanche Hoffman, Grace Killen, Bill & Lois Schwanke, Cruse Ratliff, Darrell McDowell, Pau-line Wood, and Marlin & Mary Wood.

Shirley Grant was here Monday morning. She played the piano and vis-ited with the residents, which started their Mon-day off on a very sweet note! This afternoon, Hol-ly and the residents played Bingo. The grand prize winners were Helen Gris-wold, Geneva Oliver, and Blanche Hoffman.

The residents met with Holly on Tuesday morning for their monthly Resident Council meeting. Several items were on the agenda, including possible out-ings for the month of May, along with special menus being decided upon and ideas for activities.

The Friendship De-sign class met Wednesday

Clarence Care Center News

By: Kim Hutcherson morning. They started on a project for Nursing Home Week, which is later in the month. The residents are making gifts for the staff. Jerry Lillard, from the Clarence First Baptist Church, led Bible study this afternoon. Jerry talked about what God’s word says about repen-tance and how repentance is a part of our salvation. Scripture was read from Proverbs 28:13; Acts 5:31,17:30, 26:19-20; 2 Peter 3:9; Mark 1:4; He-brews 6:3-5, 7:21.

Thursday morning, it was time for Home Baked Love and the residents were ready to start cook-ing. They made Monday Bread, which smelled absolutely scrumptious! Everyone had a hard time waiting for it to cool off before sampling their cre-ation. Holly and the resi-dents played Bingo this af-ternoon. The grand prize winners were Geneva Oliver, Bob Rhoten, and Helen Griswold.

Clark Dobbs, from the Macon First Baptist Church, led Bible study Friday morning. The top-ic of study was “Jesus Is Coming Again”. Scripture was read from Matthew 24:9-14, 39-44; Revela-tion 7:9; 22:12-14. Clark reminded us that everyone needs to anticipate Jesus’ return, to be ready for it, and to be faithful. Mark and Holly took Clarence Mueller, Geneva Oliver, Larry Vaughn, and Glenn Wallace to the Shelbina

Greenhouse this after-noon. The array of colors and sweet fragrances were breathtaking! Thank you so much Carla and staff for an awesome outing! This evening, Mary Gertrude Edwards’ daughters, Mary White and Shirley Car-rison, along with grand-daughter, Hannah Grahl-man, and friend, Connor Stevenson, came out and sang and played the piano for the residents. A very uplifting time of fellow-ship was enjoyed by all!

Congratulations to our very own, Lois Schwanke! Lois represented the Care Center in the A.D.A.M.S. Queen Pageant which was held at the Monroe Manor in Paris, MO. Lois re-ceived 2nd place and did an outstanding job! Lois was accompanied by her husband, Bill, daugh-ter, Patricia Griffith and our Activities & Social Services Director, Holly Beall.

Saturday morning, Dar-rell McDowell shared some of his cd collection with the residents, then in the afternoon, several gathered in the tv room to watch a movie.

We would like to offer our very deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Nolen Smallwood.

Thank you to Jim Hill for his recent donation to the Care Center. We are so grateful for all the love and support we receive from our community! Have a wonderful week!

Lois Schwanke, her husband, Bill Schwanke, and daughter, Patricia Griffith all pictured above. Lois participated in the A.D.A.M.S. Queen Pageant at Monroe Manor in Paris, MO where she received 2nd place.This week’s photo is from the Bucklin area!!!

Do you know who she is?

Last week’s photo was submitted by Charles Beale of Independence, MO

“The New Cambria Pee Wee baseball team”

By: Dani [email protected]

I would like to take this Mother’s day to point out the gifts my mother gave me that helped shape me into the wife, moth-er, sister and daughter I am today.

Never quit. Before all the sports mar-keting people got hold of this idea it was my mother’s. She used to tell me that nothing worth having was easy to get. I remembered that as I stood on those yel-low footprints at Parris Island, waited four years to marry my awesome husband and walked through pregnancy number one all alone while my husband was in Iraq. Over and over again remembering Mom’s words, “Dani, nothing worth hav-ing is easy to get.”

Adventures. My mother was the queen of inventing adventures. The Laundromat was so exciting because my mother made it that way. The adventure was everything from riding in the wheelie cart basket to getting to split a Watchamacallit with my brother using the left over change to buy it when the task was complete. We lived in the middle of no where, but that was exciting. We went on walks to our secret place. She would pack a picnic and we had to cross a HUGE (not really, actually tiny) creek using team work and bravery! Then we would sit among the wild flow-ers and eat our food. No one knew where we were and we never told anyone it was a secret!

My Rockin’ Mom!Stories. My mother is the best story

teller! It didn’t matter where we were she could look at things going on around us and make up the most fantastic stories. We would laugh and laugh as she ex-pounded on the virtues of a broken down car on the side of the road or told us about a construction worker’s lunch break that day.

Bad things happen. My mother was awesome at absorbing the bad things that happened. Life is filled with the joy-ful and the painful. Mom would tell me, “Dani, which are you going to focus on? Which are you going to remember? The good or the bad?” “Life is what you focus on, Dani.” She is so right. We can stare at everything wrong in the world and decide that it all sucks. Or we can focus on the beautiful! In life, so many times I have had mountains to climb but kept looking at the flowers growing along the path on the way up, so I just kept climbing.

There are about a million other things I could tell you about my rockin’ Mom. I know that you probably have your own rockin’ Mom stories to tell. The most im-portant thing this mother’s day is that you tell her. Mother’s day isn’t about flowers, chocolate or lunch at a big buffet (don’t get me wrong those things are cool too) but tell her why you want to dote on her. Tell her why you want her to feel so spe-cial this day that will be the best present you can give her!

Dani EvansJim Coin

Ron ThompstonJim Lenzini

Caleb Pagett

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CELEBRATIONS3AWednesday, May 9, 2012

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Mike and Kristi Teter of Bevier and DeWayne Fraley of Macon would like to announce the engagement and approach-ing marriage of their daughter Audriana Marie Fraley to Brian M. Shelmadine son of Ronald and Kim Shelmadine of Bevier on July 7th, 2012.

Audra is a 2010 graduate of Bevier

Jason & Lisa Nelson along with Stacy & Mindy Raps would like to an-nounce the upcoming wedding of their children Casey Wayne to Mandy Ni-cole June 2nd 2012 at 5:30 P.M. at the James Youth Pavilion in Rothwell Park. Dinner & Dance to follow, All family & friends welcome.

Nelson-Raps To WedFraley-Shelmadine To Wed

Dora Leads Brylie Watkins Birthday Adventure

Casey Wayne Nelson and Mandy Nicole Raps

Audriana Marie Fraley and Brian M. Shelmadine

Brylie Watkins and “Dora”

Casey graduated from Northeast R-IV School and is employed at Casey’s General Store in Centralia.

Mandy graduated from Centralia High School. They will make their home in Centralia along with their daughter Isabella Faith Nelson.

High School and is employed at AJ’s in Macon. Brian a 2008 graduate of Bev-ier High School and a 2009 graduate of Grand River Tech in Chillicothe, MO. Brian operates Shelmadine Tire & Ser-vice in Bevier which is where the couple will reside.

Brylie Watkins celebrated her 3rd birthday Saturday, May 5th at Bevier. She had a Dora The Explorer themed birthday party and Dora herself came to take the kids on an adventure.

All the kids that had tickets to explore had to go through the Weathered Cave, make it through the Colored Trail and over the Yellow Fish Creek to get to their prize at the end. They had cake and ice cream and played with the birthday pres-

I recall being hun-gry most of the time and remember sharing an egg with our Bobby, he got the yellow and I the white. We did have bread and marg with the egg and that was all until the next day at school where we were served school dinners. Oh how I looked forward to those dinners because it was the only real meal of the day. By the time George, Robert and I were in school the three older siblings were at work and because they worked they each had a dripping cake to eat with their tea (dinner).

My sister May smoked and would give me part of her cake if I went down to the bus stop and picked up nub ends. When I ar-rived home she would shake out what little to-bacco there was and roll it up in a paper and make cigarettes. We called them fags.

When we went to bed, off came our clothing and was put to use as bed cov-ers to keep us warm. We slept four in a bed and when one of us wet the bed, it was wet and cold. We then aired the sheets and used it again the next night. We never washed our bedding until spring.

We did not own a washing machine and could not hang out the wash in the winter be-cause it would never dry with our damp, wet and cold winters. Sun-day night was bath night and we did have a real bathtub. First in was

ents she received. Brylie had several family and friends

to come and help celebrate. She is the daughter of Jordan and Tatum Watkins of Bevier, granddaughter of Terry Watkins and Barb Watkins of Cairo and Wade & Kathy Liebhart of Bevier and the great granddaughter of Jim & Kay Johnston of Clarence and Arley & Carol Liebhart of Macon.

Life and Times of Jean Emily Clark Ray, Part II

Dad and the water was clean and hot. Dad had a towel to himself and we were warned not to use his towel. Mom added a kettle of water as each kid or kids took turns get-ting bathed. Our Bobby and I bathed together and between the six of us we had one towel. By the time the last one got into the tub it was almost cold. After all the family was bathed, in went the clothes that we wore all week. The next morning the water in the bath tub was like grey sludge.

Our dad was always checking the lad’s boots to see if they had been sliding and wearing out the leather. If he thought they had been, he threw the boots at them. That upset me a lot because I got by with everything and they were pun-ished for any little thing that annoyed dad. We looked forward to get-ting the empty Kellogg Cornfl akes box so we could cut it up and put it in our shoes that always seemed to have holes in them. It did not work too well when it rained. I remember my mom ex-changing a packet of tea to a neighbor for a pair of used shoes that belonged to her daughter Barbara Thacker.

Barbara’s dad was killed in the war, but somehow they all had plenty of everything. On Saturday evening the Yanks would come into town for pleasure and they would delight us

kids by throwing pennies in the air and we had to scramble for them. Bob-by and I would always retrieve some.

Just up Cooksey Lane at the edge of the coun-try road was a prison that kept the German prisoners of war. I re-member looking through the wire at the prisoners who were treated well by the British. By the time I was four years old, the war became more real to me. When the siren went off we would all run to the underground shelter where we would sit on planks of wood to stay out of the water where the rats were. We also had to wear ugly gas-masks to protect us and when I started school at four years old, we still had to carry our masks in a case. Every day the school held a war drill so that we would know what to do should the school get hit, luckily our fam-ily came out of the war unscathed, some of our neighbors were not so lucky.

Our house was hit just a little by shrapnel which knocked some of the stucco loose, other than that we were very lucky. Soon the war was over and we had parties in the street and the women would dance and sing. Large tressle like tables were in the middle of the streets laden with food which had been horded for a rainy day. To be Continued……….

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COMMENTARY4A Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Macon Home Press • South Edition • hpsouth.com

BY KATHY LIEBHARTEDITOR

[email protected]

COMMENT INTRODUCING TROOPER ADAMS AND JUSTO

LIEBHART

RECIPES

CASSEROLE COOKIES

ORANGE PINEAPPLE CHEESE SALAD

FAITH

Everyone enjoys trying new recipes. You may fi nd something new to add to your weekly menu. We love to hear from our readers! Please submit your favorite recipe and we will publish it in one of our issues. Mail to Home Press South, PO Box 65, Bevier, MO 63532 Attn: Reader’s Kitchen

LAUGH OUT LOUD

You Just Have To Laugh It Off

2 eggs1c.sugar1c. dates1c. nuts1c. coconut1tsp. vanilla1/4tsp. almond extract

In bowl put eggs and beat light and lemon colored.Add sugar slowly and continue to beat.Fold in vanilla, alomd, dates, nuts,and coconut.Pour in ungreased 2qt. cassarole dish.Bake 30 minutes at 350.Top will be brown and crusty.Stir with wooden spoon while hot. Let cool. Make into balls and roll in white sugar.Inside of crust will look raw.

1-no.2 can crushed pineapple1/2c.sugar6oz. pkg. orange jello2c. cold water1 1/2c. mild grated cheese1c.chopped nuts1 large container of whipped topping

Combine pineapple and sugar,bring to boil add jello and stir until melted. Add water and chill to thicken. Fold in cheese,nuts,and store in tightly covered container in refrigerator. Will keep for several days.Can cover with bacon bits or crumbled potato chips if desired

The Old Account

From the Desk of the Worship Center

Whatever happened to customer service? When I started working, I was trained to give excellent customer service and to try and help answer all questions or fi nd someone that can. It seems those days are long gone.

This is a true story that happened last week. We talk about it and laugh it off because it is so unbe-lievable.

My granddaughter’s birthday was last week. We decided to get her a 12 volt car. Macon didn’t have the one we wanted so we called Moberly to see if they had it in stock before driving there. We are lucky to live in a place where we can drive 30 miles north, south or west to the same super store.

We called and were waiting on hold forever, and were disconnected. We called back, asked for assistance and were placed on hold again. Once again, we were dis-connected. We called back the third time. The lady at the service desk placed us on hold again, came back a few minutes later and said she couldn’t get anyone to answer so she sent us to electronics. She explained that elec-tronics was close to toys, and they could check for us. The lady answered in electronics but said she wasn’t in toys and couldn’t help. We were then placed back on hold for toys. Once again, we were disconnected.

We just gave up and went to Moberly. We ar-rived at the store at 8:00 p.m. and went in, picked out the car we wanted and started to look for as-sistance to carry it up to the cashier. No help was to be found. My daugh-ter and I started look-ing for someone to help and a few isles down she found a young man. She asked “Can you help us in the toys?” His reply was “Sorry, I’m not working yet.” We just glanced at each other and thought he would let someone know we were there, but I guess not. I found an older lady about four isles up push-ing a cart so I went up to her and said “Excuse me can Yo……” I couldn’t even get it all out and she turned and looked right at me and went the other way.

By 8:20, I began to get frustrated so I decided to call the service desk to tell them we were back in toys and to please send

Accountability is tak-ing responsibility for our acts. Did you know our life is on record and will be opened at our judg-ment?

Rev.20:12 I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were open, and another book was opened, which is the Book of Life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, ac-cording to their works.

It’s a very fair ledger. Nothing will be writ-ten except what I have done. People’s opinion of me will not be in this book; only my life will be viewed.

I will stand before my creator who knows me better than anyone on earth.

I will stand with the rich and famous, the presidents, kings and queens; and God will talk to me just as he does to them. I will be equal to the famous preach-ers and evangelists. My

Trooper Terry Adams and canine Justo went through an eight week training and of-fi cially began their pa-trol duties in Novem-ber of last year. The two were introduced on Monday, April 30th at a media event held at Troop B Headquar-ters in Macon.Trooper Adams and Justo are being uti-lized through Troop B for drug searches and the searches for criminal suspects or missing persons. The two have taken part in several drug arrests and searching for fl eeing suspects.Justo is a 66 lb. Ger-man Shepherd from Holland and is resid-ing with Trooper Ad-ams. The two will be working as partners the next eight years.

by Jim Lenzini

A ventriloquist and his dummy were telling dumb blond jokes on stage, af-ter about 10 jokes a blond lady had about all she could stand. She walked right up to the stage and told him she was getting

someone. I called the number and no one an-swered the phone! I said to my daughter “You have got to be kidding me!” I couldn’t believe it! My daughter began calling the service desk, while I was on the phone calling the 800 number because I was so mad and was nearly in tears. My daughter did not getting an answer; how-ever I did get a recording that said my wait was just two minutes, so I held on.

My daughter had an idea; the stereos were right by the toys and play-ing low music. She turned up the stereo so someone would come back and turn it down. This was a great plan because it worked! An older man came back to turn the music down and my daughter hurried over to him as said “Sir I am the one that turned the stereo up. Can we please get some help in the toys?” I couldn’t believe my ears! His words were “I doubt it,” as he walked away. He was angry because she turned the volume up and wasn’t going to help. I fi nally began talking to someone on the 800 num-ber and I fi led a complaint. My daughter fi nally got a manager on the phone, and with the complaint, we got assistance in the Toys at 8:44 p.m.

I just had to share this simply because it was so unbelievable. I believe for every person that isn’t giving 100% at their job, there are several waiting for the opportunity. Ev-eryone lucky enough to be employed should be grate-ful, NOT HATEFUL!

I just wish we had it on video; it would have been the greatest commer-cial- for other department stores! We just have to laugh it off because some-thing good did come out of it. I am able to pass the story along and get other stories back of others ex-periences. Also, I will get to look at new scenery because you can bet I will NOT be traveling to the Moberly location from now on.

real sick of his jokes and that she had many col-lege degrees so to stop. He said “I am so sorry, I promise I will never do it again. The lady glared at him and said…”You keep out of this; I’m talking to the little guy on your lap!”

book will be just as im-portant to God as theirs. I will be given the same consideration as all of God’s creation.

Then the Book of Life will be opened. This is the book of the heaven bound.

Some might say they are scared because of their past, but if we are saved we have no past on record. Our sins were washed away by the blood of Jesus Christ, the magnifi cent blotter.

1John 1:7 The blood of Jesus His son cleans-eth us from all sin.

Isaiah 1:18 Come now, let us reason to-gether, saith the Lord; though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow, though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

When our name goes into the Book of Life it goes in without a past.

You can be separated from your sin and go into the Book of Life today.

Pastor Ron Thomason

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COMMUNITY NEWS5AWednesday, May 9, 2012

Macon Home Press • South Edition • hpsouth.com

by Doris Noah

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The last day of school this year will be Friday, May 18th. We will have graduation on Thursday, May 17th at 7:00 pm. The ceremony will take place in the gymnasium. On Friday, May 18th, we will have our annual Awards Assembly. The assembly will take place in the gymnasium and begin at approximately 9 am. We will have an early dismissal on that last day – dismissing at 12:30 pm.

This week the third and fourth grades are fi nishing their MAP testing schedule. We will also be completing make-up tests for any students who were absent during testing time. The students have been working hard and taking their performance seriously. We congratulate them on their efforts.

The students in grades kindergarten through second will be taking ITBS [Iowa Test of Basic Skills] tests the second week of May. It is extremely important that students be in attendance, have plenty of rest and start their day with a good breakfast. This will put students in position of doing their best work on their tests. The results of the ITBS tests are used to evaluate the student’s progress from year to year.

The students in grades 3-6 attended the Children’s Literature Festival on Friday, April 20th at Truman State University. The students listened to three authors tell about their writing process. The students had read books written by those authors and asked questions related to that author’s writing. Many of the students were able to get books they had purchased autographed by the author that had written them. This opportunity for the students is wonderful! The teachers and the students enjoyed in immensely.

On May 10th, students in grades 3-8 will be traveling to Jefferson City to tour the Capitol Building. While there, the students will visit the legislative chambers to watch our legislators work, will view the Thomas Hart Benton paintings, experience the Whispering Gallery and visit the History Museum. The tour has been arranged by Senator Stouffer’s offi ce. Representative Shively will provide lunch for the students and visit with them during that time. Afterward, the students will visit the Missouri Highway Patrol Headquarters and Museum. Students are looking forward to learning more about Missouri.

KIDNAPPED IN BROAD DAY LIGHT

It was bound to happen. A couple of years ago a large lawn “ornament” ap-peared on the corner in the fl ower bed along highway 129.

It was a cat named, Gaudy, riding a yellow bi-cycle that rode at a terrifi c pace when the wind blew. Gaudy cat had a little gray mouse in his bike basket and it was a cheerful sight to every passerby. (It was mentioned the cycling cat may disappear in the night. That never hap-pened.)

Well, folks, poor Gau-dy was kidnaped in broad daylight last Monday.

Just when we were rounding up money for a ransom payment if a note should be received Gaudy turned up in a fl ower bed on the corner of Walnut and W Santa Fe. Won-derful. The old cat has re-turned to his home.

Now. The rest of the story. Whoever kidnaped Gaudy replaced him with a beautiful bright red, white and blue “Uncle Sam” riding on a equally colorful bicycle. When the wind blows Uncle Sam is a vivid addition to the corner. A happy end-ing to a clever prank.SWITZER CHAPEL CEMETERY

A new white fence is being installed at the Swit-zer Chapel Church and Cemetery.

Switzer Chapel is lo-cated northwest of Buck-lin off of Highway U on what is

named “Little Road”. Switzer Chapel was a Methodist Church where

church services were discontinued many years ago.MILLER FAMILY NEWS

Pearl Miller, Bucklin and Leroy Miller, Marce-line attended the North-east Missouri 6th Grade Honor Choir Concert April 16, 2012 at Moberly Area Community College. Their Great Granddaugh-ter and Granddaughter Madelyn Fritts was one of the nine singers from Har-risburg Public School that were in

the concert. The Northeast Area includes Linn County. Linn Coun-ty R-1

School from the Purdin area had students in the concert.ON THE SICK LIST

Jimmie Miller has been dealing with health prob-lems the past couple of weeks. He is scheduled for surgery Friday May 4, in Kirksville.

Charlotte Belzer is a patient at Pershing Memo-

GOOD INTENTIONS CLUB

Imogene May, Cheryl Satterthwaite, Jayne Rob-erts, Mariam Farrington, Violet Watson and Louise Davis gathered at the Cal-lao Legion Hall April 19 for their regular meeting.

President Farrington called the meeting to or-der at 10:00. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. A de-cision was made not to take part in the city wide garage sale. Lap robes had been given to Sylvia Jones and Sammy Shoemaker. A sympathy card was sent to the Richard Mallett fam-ily and a get-well card to Sammy Shoemaker. Lou-ise Davis presented two readings. As there was no further business the meet-ing adjourned. Work on lap robes continued.

Violet Watson led the group in prayer before go-ing to lunch. Some of the ladies returned after lunch at 36 & 3 One Stop to con-tinue their work on the lap robes.CALLAO HARVEST FIESTA MEETING

The next Callao Har-vest Fiesta meeting is Tuesday, May 15th at 5:30 p.m. at the Fiesta Grounds.At this meeting we will take note of any food do-nations for the May 19th fundraiser that were not received and we will clean the fi esta event tables and chairs.

Callao Har-vest Fiesta News:Callao Harvest Fiesta Committee met Monday night, April 23rd at 5:35 p.m. at the Fiesta grounds.Five committee members were present to discuss the upcoming spaghetti dinner fundraiser on May 19th, 2012, new stage fund/building plans and requests for volunteers to mow the Fiesta grounds. Old Business: The com-mittee has received an up-dated bid for building of the new stage (without a roof), from PLS Builders, via Mike Cook. The new stage fund currently has around $7,000 and the committee is still taking donations so that they can reach the goal of $15,000 to $20,000. The new stage will refl ect the basics of the previous raised stage, at 20 feet deep and 30 feet long. If funds allow, the committee has approved the addition of two dressing rooms on the back of the stage, like there was before. In the mean-time, donations for the stage fund are still being accepted via mail at CHF Attn: Stage Fund, PO Box 74, Callao, MO 63534. In other old business. plans for the upcoming Saturday, May 19th Fiesta

rial in Brookfi eld as this is being written.WORK IN CITY PARK

If you went up by the city park last Saturday you saw a lot of activity. Larry and Thelma Jones, Bob and Lori Davis and Leroy Hanson tackled the big backstop on the south side of the basketball court.

The braces were bro-ken and it was in pretty bad shape. It sure looks good now. The new posts and goals were purchased by the city last fall. These volunteers shaped up the rest of the area. What a terrifi c improvement.

While the back stop la-bor progressed Rick and Patty Gilmore were busy up at the playground fi x-ing the swings and the graveled area.

Our park is a popular place for many young people especially this time of year. It is a bless-ing to have citizens with a will to help keep it nice.

Adding to the busy Saturday the ladies of the Civic Club were gathering the trash along Highway 129 from north city limits to the south for their semi annual trash pick up.

Bucklin is getting all spruced up for spring.COMPANY

Ed and Jean Still made ice cream and baked a cake for company last week. Enjoying the af-ternoon were Bill and Roberta Stephenson, Earl, Joyce, Dennis and Ronnie Pollard, Jeri and Lesley Holt, June Sartain, Con-nie Floray, Nina Conrad and Linda Burns.

Marj King has had sev-eral friends and relatives visiting recently.

Guests were Cherry Miller, Cheryl Hamil-ton, Betty Shoemaker, Aleta and Philip Casady, Lou Etta Saltsider , Mike Olinger, Debbie Gillham, Pearl Olinger and Beverly Bandy.CITIZEN’S APPRECI-ATION DINNER

The Civic Club ladies served their monthly ap-preciation dinner at

noon April 26. Fifty two guests registered for the dinner of ham and

beans, sloppy joes, a variety of homemade des-serts and drinks. The door prizes were won by Darla Snyder and Rick Gilmore.

The May dinner is scheduled for the 24th in the park with serving from 11:30 to 12:30.MAY CALENDAR

Dates you may want to mark on your May calen-dar.

May 9, City Council meets at 5:00 p m in the City Hall. Come and visit the council meeting if you

are interested in the busi-ness of the town.

May 11, Graduation ceremonies at the Bucklin R2 school

May 19, American Le-gion men fi x breakfast for all. There is no charge but a donation is accepted. A good time to visit with your neighbor, have a good breakfast and let someone else do the dishes.

May 20, Regular monthly meeting of the American Legion Post #57.

May 21, Bucklin Com-munity Association meets at 7:00 p m in the Com-munity Building. Contact President Thelma Jones if you want more informa-tion about the BCA.

May 26, The Bucklin R2 Alumni Banquet at the school gym with social hour starting at 5:00 p m . Supper served at 6:30 p m. Classes of 1937, 1962 and 1992 will be given special recognition. The generous gift received from the Do-ris Jirmars Brown estate will be recognized.YARD OF THE WEEK

The Civic Club Yard of the Week sign is all dusted off after the long winter in Finney’s garage. The yards with the sign week to week for the month of April were David Jenkins, Joe and Eva Gillespie, Mike and Kathy Kitchen, Ron and Allegra Eakins and Larry and Betty Mills.

This is a task with so many well kept lawns and an abundance of fl ow-ers this spring from which to choose. Take a ride around town and see if you can fi nd the sign.ODDS ‘N ENDS

Hopefully we will have an article about the Anders baby shower.

There was no way to get the details before press time this week.

Marilyn Epperly had the fi rst hummingbird we heard about this spring.

Now ours is here and busy at the columbine and wigelia. We still only have one wren but it is a non stop singer.

Information for you readers scattered from California to New York; the early garden produce is super this year here in our little spot of Linn County. Green onions, lettuce, radishes and the rhubarb have all thrived with timely rains. If you have any in your garden you have plenty and some to share with your non gardening friends..

Do you have an item for the Bits From Bucklin? If you do please call

660 695-3600, email [email protected] or feel free to come by our house anytime with your articles. Every item is ap-preciated. It is your par-ticipation that makes the news newsy.

fundraiser were discussed and fi nalized. There will be an all-you-can-eat spa-ghetti dinner and concert of local talent at 5:30 p.m. that evening at the Callao C-8 School gymnasium. It will cost $10 per per-son and a coupon for fi ve dollars off a total fam-ily purchase will be fea-tured in the newspaper the week prior to the event. The committee is seek-ing donations of spaghetti, parmesan, garlic bread, beef/deer burger, spaghetti sauce, salad, croutons and dressings. Any of the list-ed donations are being ac-cepted at Callao City Hall, during regular business hours, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., until Monday, May 14th. New Business: It was de-cided that a Fiesta grounds mowing volunteer sign-up sheet be placed in the Cal-lao post offi ce foyer. The sheet requests that Callao residents volunteer for a turn to mow the grounds, due to a lack of funds in the general Fiesta account.For questions regarding any of this report, call (660) 676-7437 or 768-5638.CALLAO CHRISTIAN CHURCH: WHAT HAVE OUR YOUTH BEEN UP TO?

APRIL 15TH, Sunday night we took a group of 25 { 6 adults and 19 youth) to see the POWER TEAM in Brookfi eld. The Power Team is a Christian Strength Feats group that through a show of physi-cal feats demonstrates the power fo plugging into life’s only enduring power source, Jesus Christ. Pow-erful testimony resulted in some of our kids renew-ing their commitment to Jesus! We are following up with them , and pray-ing for them daily. We en-courage everyone to do the same.GRADUATION SUN-DAY MAY 20TH

May is graduation month. We would love to have the names of our graduating Kindergarten-ers, 8th grade graduates, High School and College students. Please write their names and grades on the form on the bulletin board.

There will be a cake and punch reception following the worship service.CHURCH OFFICE HOURSMonday-Thursday8:am-12:00pmThe offi ce has voicemail. Please call 768-5402 if no one is available.*****CALLAO AMERICAN LEGION

The regular meting of the Callao American Le-gion and Auxiliary will be Thursday , May 11, at 6:30 pm with at Salad Supper. Hostesses will be Marjorie Lynch, Cathy Dawson, Mickey Albright, Kathryn Thomas and Lin-da Maddox.

The nominating com-mittee will be selected and summer gifts of Veterans will be discussed.

Anyone interested in becoming a Sons of Amer-ican Legion is urged to at-tend or contact Command-er, Bob Maddox.

If you have something for Callao Chatter, email Jayne Roberts at [email protected]

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COMMUNITY NEWS6A Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Macon Home Press • South Edition • hpsouth.com

Country Living

My grandparents lived on a hill and I could see a car

coming for quite a ways, not because it made any kind of noise but because the trail of

dust it would leave behind. The dust would sometimes just linger

in the air and engulf the trees around the road, sticking to the

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Rain, rain, go away… come back another day. I don’t know about you but I am sick of rain, for now. The ground is so soggy and the gravel roads are starting to show signs of rock being eroded by water paths. Everywhere you step outside you may either get your shoe wet or muddy. The grass is growing by leaps and bounds and is hard to keep up with this maybe a result of us buying a push mower this year. I can remember when I was a kid (not all that long ago) we would run bare foot the majority of the time we were home and the grass would be so dead that it would be crunchy under our feet. The yard would be a pale yellow-ish-brown and sometimes we could go three or four weeks without mowing the yard. My dad and grandpa always watered their gardens so you could be sure to see a lit-tle green foliage in their yards, but rest a sure it wasn’t going to be grass. My g r a n d p a r e n t s lived on a hill and I could see a car coming for quite a ways, not because it made any kind of noise but be-cause the trail of dust it would leave behind. The dust would sometimes just linger in the air and engulf the trees around the road, sticking to the leaves like coats of paint. When it was time to fi nally mow the grass nobody wanted to mow the piece by the road. It was the dustiest piece of the entire prop-erty, but if a breeze was blowing just right it wasn’t so bad, I guess. That’s another thing, the breeze; it would get so hot sometimes I would wish for a little storm in the summer just for the breeze or wind that usually came before it. Once, grandpa had a jersey cow in the barn and she was going to calf very soon.

On behalf of the 41st Judicial Circuit, Presiding Judge Tucker has accepted the Daniel O’Toole award, given by the Supreme Court of Missouri. This is the third time the 41st cir-cuit, which includes Ma-

He asked me if I would like to walk down to the barn and see if anything was happening with the coming of the calf. I was a little girl and jumped on the in-vitation. It was so hot outside that day. We arrived at the barn and the cow was under the pavilion on the barn. A nice breeze started to blow and a tiny, dark cloud popped up. It started to rain, grandpa got excited as he always did when rain would come, he said how the ponds needed water and how nature needed a shower. That didn’t mean much too me then, but I listened anyway because when grandpa spoke you listened, that rule still stands, by the way.

That tiny little cloud dropped rain for what seemed like ever. The cow didn’t have her calf so no big news at the barn. We thought we could wait out the rain in the barn, grandpa said it couldn’t last too long. I was thinking grandma prob-ably had sup-per ready by now and I think grandpa thought the same thing because he said we were going to make a run for it. He threw an old blanket over me that was hanging on the barn wall and off we ran all the way to

the house. We ran inside the house and we were soaked to the bone, as grandma put it. She came running with towels and dried us off. Even though it was a scorcher that day the rain drops were cold. I was right, supper was ready. Dad came in the house and grandpa laughed and told him the story of what had happened to us and how the only rain cloud in the country soaked us to the bone. That’s Life in the Country.

Judge Tucker Accepts Award

con and Shelby counties, has received the O’Toole Award.

The O’Toole Award is given to circuits for effi -ciently managing and pro-cessing cases during fi scal 2011.

“Daniel O’Toole left as his legacy his commitment to an effi cient judiciary,” Supreme Court of Mis-souri Judge Zel M. Fischer said. “This commitment is crucial – timely case pro-cessing is fundamental to

an effective judicial sys-tem and to justice itself. The staff and judges in this circuit should be com-mended for their commit-ment to providing timely justice to the public.”Missouri’s case-process-ing time standards, which became effective in 1997, serve as guidelines for the time various kinds of cas-es should take to handle. For example, half of civil cases should be disposed within 12 months, and 90 percent of civil cases should be disposed within 18 months. The guidelines recognize that some cases are more complex and re-quire more time. They are designed as tools, there-fore, to achieve the overall goals of effi ciency, pro-ductivity and quality of justice rather than as abso-lute requirements.

The O’Toole Award, named for the late judge’s service as the fi rst chair of the time standards monitoring committee, recognizes the success of the circuits in handling cases in a timely manner. To qualify, a circuit must achieve at least fi ve of the 10 case-processing time standards and must not be more than 5 percent from achieving the remaining standards. The 41st cir-cuit, which met 9 of the 10 standards, is one of 12 judicial circuits to receive the O’Toole Award for fi s-cal 2011.

Judge Tucker is shown with his Daniel O’Toole Award.

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the truck’s licensed gross weight. Any driver who falls under the guidelines of a Missouri graduated driver’s license and their passengers are required to wear a safety belt, regard-less of age or vehicle type. “Special enforcement operations such as these are very important and effective,” states Cap-tain Wilt. “Part of the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s mission is to re-duce injuries and fatali-ties on our roadways. We know many lives could be saved if more people took a few extra seconds to buckle their seat belt.” For further information please contact: Sergeant Brent J. Bernhardt (660) 385-2132 B 1 2 0 5 1

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The sky is black but the stars are crisply shining. It reminds me of being back home in Missouri on a clear night with no moon. You can see thousands of stars in one glance at the sky, turn your head a little and you’ll see thousands more. In San Diego, the city lights always drown out the depth of the stars, much like we drown out the depths of the needs of other people.

I started this journey a month and a half ago. So much has happened al-ready that it feels like I’ve been here for a year, but at the same time it’s like it just began yesterday.

A couple weeks after being here I started meet-ing some older kids. They are anywhere between 14 and 20 years old. The school system here is two years shorter than in the U.S., so most of them are out of High School by the age of sixteen.

The family I’m stay-ing with doesn’t speak a whole lot of English, but Kuya Ed, with the greatest of intentions for protect-ing me, told me, “Those are bad boys.” Don’t get me wrong, some of them I was even sketchy about, but I knew God had placed them in my life for a rea-

by Caleb Pagett

Beyond the Warnings

Much Love,Caleb

son and I know the Spirit is leading me to be a light in their life. One kid in particular is Jay-Ar. We would say he is “ghetto” for lack of a better term, but even him I felt like God had something for.

The fi rst time I actually hung out with some of them was awesome! They invited us to go to the riv-er with them, so April and I went while Jimmy and Alex stayed home. This was my favorite day of being here.

As we were walking to catch the tricycle to take us to the river, the kids were using huge green bam-boo leaves as an umbrella from the sun. We arrived at the river and there were a few more friends there stacking rocks to cre-ate a burner for the food they were about to cook. We all lined up at the top of the hill and sprinted down, one at a time, to jump off the cliff into the water. Andre Bon and Lysander started cooking fi sh and then rice over the fi re they made. Soon the food was ready and the bamboo leaves that were once being used for shade became not only our table but also our plates. They were celebrating Joed’s birthday, so they cut up tomatoes to spell out his name before we sang to

him. After the song we all dug in with our hands and started eating. There is no such thing as being a germ-a-phoebe here!

The river was also where God showed me that these kids were placed in my path for a reason. Being a missionary and being white, everyone is watching you. Every-one knows your business whether you know it or not. Most of the kids at the river were drinking. Knowing that we are be-ing watched all the time almost made me leave the two empty alcohol bottles lying there in the bushes instead of throwing them away with the rest of the trash. That is when God revealed to me why these kids didn’t know who He was.

Everyone has already given these kids the title of being “bad boys,” so nobody was willing to go after them. Jesus himself did not come to save the righteous but the unrigh-teous. When we truly look at ourselves in the proper perspective, that is when we realize that we are all unrighteous and in need of a Savior. At that point I picked up the bottles no longer worrying about judgment from the lady standing at the top of the hill, and took them up

there to be thrown away. One of the things I was able to share with them that day was how God de-sires to meet us where we are. Just because they are drinking or doing whatev-er it is that they know they shouldn’t, doesn’t mean that God doesn’t desire to be in a relationship with them. No, He desires to meet us where we are so He can take His rightful place in our lives. He will be the one to set us free from those things holding us down.

So despite the warn-ings I received about this group of kids, there are now eighteen of them that come to a Bible study I host in the plaza every Tuesday night. Each week there has been an increase in the number of people there. That is all because God is meeting each one of them in their broken-ness, not requiring change before they can come to Him, but changing them as they come!

Romans 5:8 – But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sin-ners, Christ died for us.

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LOCAL SCHOOLS8A Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Macon Home Press • South Edition • hpsouth.com

The Bevier High School Academic Bowl Team proved to be a force to be reckoned with this year fi nishing at 19 – 3 overall.The accomplishments of this team are following:Tri-County Conference Champions / 8-1 in Conference

Bevier’s Varsity and Middle School teams competed in the Linn County Relays held at Brookfi eld, MO on Wednesday, May 2. Team results included: Varsity Girls scored 99 points and fi nished 3rd of 10 teams. Varsity Boys scored 79 points and fi nished 4th of 10 teams. Junior high boys scored 66 points and fi nished 3rd of 11 teams. Junior high girls scored 29 points and fi nished 7th of 11 teams.Individual scoring GirlsDominica Prokup won the “Golden Shoe Award” for the Highest Points scored by an individual.Dominica Prokup 100 Hurdles 16.11 1st place, 300 Hurdles 50.91 2nd place, 100 Meter Dash 13.18 1st place; 200 Meter Dash 29.01 2nd place. Cheyenne Shelmadine: Shot Put 32’2” 3rd place, Discus: 79’7” 1st place; Memphis Buster: High Jump 4’2” 6th place; Triple Jump 27’3.5” 4th placeJaynee Kisse: Shot Put 29’8.5” 5th placeBeth Ashenfelter: High Jump 4’0” 8th place, 100 Hurdles 19.29 3rd place; 300 Hurdles 59.48 6th placeJessica Hamilton: 100 Meter Dash 14.56 8th place; 400 Meter 1:17.75 7th place4 x 100 Relay: Alexis Schultz, Sydney Wertz, Shiloh Wilson, Alex Martin 1:05.26 5th place4 x 200 Relay: Alexis Schultz, Memphis Buster, Sydney Wertz, Alex Martin, 2:16.78 2nd place4 x 400 Relay: Cheyenne Shelmadine, Shiloh Wilson, Sydney Wertz, Alexis Schultz 5:42.66 3rd place 4 x 800 Relay: Cheyenne Shelmadine, Alex Martin, Shiloh Wilson, Sydney Wertz 13:22.15 4th place

BoysSeth Shurvington: Long JUmp 18’8.5”

Bevier Varsity and Middle School Track Results

2nd place; 110 Hurdles 16.13 1st place, 300 Hurdles 43.16 2nd placeJesse Ashenfelter: High Jump 5’0” 6th place; 110 Hurdles 18.09 3rd place; 300 Hurdles 46.88 3rd placeMike Kissee: High Jump 5’7” 3rd place; 100 Meter 12.21 8th place;Jean Fiquet: 400 Meter 56.95 2nd place; 200 Meter 24.78 4th placeCaleb Richardson: Shot Put 32’0” 3rd place; Discus 77’2” 4th place4 x 200 Relay: Shurvington, Ashenfelter, Fiquet, Kissee 1:47.84 4th place

Middle School Boys:Luke Long Discus 103’5” 1st place; Shot Put 31’8” 5th place; Tony Humphreys: Triple Jump 28’8” 4th place; 100 Meter 12.70 3rd place; 200 Meter 27.38 4th place Nick WIlliams: Discus 90.1’ 3rd place; 1600 Meter 6:06.7 7th placeDalton Ferguson: 400 Meter 1:05.34 4th placeFisher Foster: 400 Meter 1:16.19 8th placeGarret Bailey: 100 Hurdles 19.04 3rd placeRyan Dawson: 100 Hurdles 20.44 4th place4 x 100 Relay: Dylan Wertz, Izek Ferguson, Garret Bailey, Ryan Dawson 1:04.92 5th place4 x 200 Relay: Izek Ferguson, Dalton Ferguson, Brock Jones, Garret Bailey 2:14.21 5th Place800 Medley Relay: Izek Ferguson, Fisher Foster, Nick Williams, Dalton Ferguson 2:11:10 5th place

Middle School Girls:Francesca Lenzini: Discus 55’9” 7th placeAlyssa Gunnels: 4’0” 4th placeCaiti Bradley: 75 Meter Hurdles 13.13

Bevier High School Academic Bowl Team ends season 19-3

Luke Long competes in discus, throwing 103’ 5” for fi rst place.

Conference Tournament Champs 5-1District Champions 5-0Congratulations are in order for a job well done!Players pictured above arez; Front Row: Antonio Prokup, Louis Fiquet IV, Stevie Ross, Alyssa

McKenzey, Dustin Gladbach, Blake McElhaneyBack Row: Coach Brian Toll, Tayler Headworth, Andrew Peter, Heath Petre, Aaron Peter and Jeremee Nute.