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dmiral Robert E. Coontz

hile many Hannibalians are familiar with the name “Coontz,” some may not

know the history of this remarkable family and their most celebrated

member, Admiral Robert E. Coontz. Upon his retirement from the Navy

in 1928, Admiral Coontz sat down to write his memoir, From the

Mississippi to the Sea; in it, Coontz provides a wonderful snapshot

of life in Hannibal during his childhood,

when Hannibal was a prosperous town

of lumber, steamboats and railways.

“My father [Benton Coontz] was born

in Florida, Monroe County, Missouri,

when the family lived next door to Mark

Twain,” Coontz wrote in his memoir. “The

Clemens family and the Coontz family, with others from Monroe County, moved to Hannibal

about the same time.” Robert’s mother and father both attended school with young Mark Twain

(who was then known, of course, as Sam Clemens).

On June 11, 1864, Robert E. Coontz was born to Mr. and Mrs. Benton Coontz in their home

at 303 North Sixth Street in Hannibal, “…in the second story front room from which my mother

could look out upon the Mississippi and see the passing steamboats,” Coontz wrote. While

Robert was still quite young, the Coontz family moved one block north to a new home at the

northwest corner of North Sixth and Hill streets. By all accounts, Robert had an idyllic child-

hood; he attended a school located on Broadway taught by Miss Jennie Walters, and spent his

off hours exploring with childhood friends, stating that “…every hill within a radius of five miles

from the center of Hannibal was thoroughly explored by the boys of the town.” Young Robert

also explored the caves, carving his name inside McDowell’s cave (now known as the Mark

Twain Cave) under the date “1874.”

In his memoir, Coontz recalled a special family trip taken

on July 5, 1873, when he was nine years old. Climbing aboard

the Clinton, the Coontz family made the eight day trip up the

Mississippi River to St. Paul. “The Mississippi steamboats were

then at their best,” Coontz recalled. “We spent every day of the

trip on the saloon deck viewing the scenery. At night we always

had an appetizing dinner, and after the table was cleared all

of the employees, from the barber to the waiters, came in with

their musical instruments and there was dancing until mid-

night.” Although he does not reveal whether he was allowed to

stay up past the time the dancing ceased, Coontz then recalled

that “…the Southerners turned to playing poker until two in the

morning, when the bar closed…the sight of gambling shocked

me, for, with the rest of the boys of my acquaintance, I had been

reared very strictly.”

Benton Coontz was a prominent business and civic leader in

Hannibal who, in 1880, assumed ownership of Hannibal’s mule-

drawn streetcar system. Fourteen-year-old Robert learned to

drive the Missouri mules that powered his father’s streetcars by

taking over during the regular drivers’ lunch hours and breaks;

soon, he was promoted to conductor, and by the age of fifteen,

he became superintendent of the railway.

While working for the streetcar service, Coontz also attended

Hannibal College. During this period, William Henry Hatch, the

eight-term U.S. congressman from Hannibal whose statue now

resides in Central Park, was a friend of Benton Coontz and had

occasion to visit the Coontz family while in Hannibal. Robert

took the opportunity to ask Hatch for an appointment to the U.S.

Naval Academy in Annapolis. Several other Hannibal boys had

inquired, as well; so, to choose who would receive his support,

Hatch gave the boys a “competitive examination.” Coontz was

the victor.

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Robert Coontz gradu-

ated from the U.S. Naval

Academy in 1885. For the

next decade, Coontz served

in the navy, stationed on

vessels in Alaska and the

Great Lakes. He was as-

signed to the Office of the

Department of Navy in 1894

and was later reassigned to

the cruiser USS Philadel-

phia. While aboard the USS

Charleston, Coontz was

sent to the Pacific and saw

action in the Spanish-American War.

From December 17, 1907, to February 22, 1909, Coontz, now a

lieutenant commander, participated in what came to be known

as “The Great White Fleet.” President Theodore Roosevelt, near-

ing the end of his administration, ordered sixteen battleships

and various escort ships to commence on a worldwide voyage

in an effort to demonstrate American military power at sea.

All ships had their hulls painted white, the navy’s peacetime

color scheme. The Great White Fleet was greeted by cheering

crowds in places such as Sydney, Australia; Yokohama, Japan;

and Messina, Sicily. The fleet would set numerous world records,

including one for the incredible number of ships simultaneously

circumnavigating the

earth. Coontz was

named executive of-

ficer of the battleship

USS Nebraska during

the expedition.

After completion of the highly successful voyage of the Great

White Fleet, Coontz was promoted to the rank of commander

and assigned to the U.S. Naval Academy, where he served as

commandant of midshipmen. In 1912, he served as governor of

Guam and commanding officer of the battleship USS Georgia.

In 1918, he was commandant of the Puget Sound Navy Yard and

the Thirteenth Naval District.

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Promoted to the rank of rear admiral, Coontz assumed com-

mand of an entire battleship division in the Atlantic. In 1919, he

had just been assigned to the Pacific Fleet when he was selected

to succeed Admiral

William S. Benson

as chief of naval

operations (CNO).

While dealing with

the politics of this

elevated position,

Coontz established a

unified United States

Fleet and strength-

ened the position of

CNO within the Navy

Department.

In 1923, Admiral

Coontz returned to

the sea as commander in chief of the U.S. Fleet. He returned to the

rank of rear admiral in 1925 to serve as commandant of the Fifth

Naval District. After forty-seven years of service, Coontz retired

from the navy in June 1928.

Admiral Coontz’s memoir of his naval career, From the

Mississippi to the Sea, was published in 1930. Five years later, on

January 26, 1935, he died at the Naval Hospital in Puget Sound,

Washington, at the age of seventy-one. Upon his wishes, he was

brought back to Hannibal for burial and a full military funeral

was arranged. The cortege, which included a horse-drawn

wagon carrying the admiral’s body, was observed by hundreds of

onlookers as it made its way through the streets of Hannibal to

Admiral Coontz’s final resting place in Mount Olivet Cemetery.

The United States Navy would later recognize Admiral

Coontz’s service by naming two ships in his honor: the USS

Coontz, a 4,150-ton Farragut class guided missile frigate,

and the USS Admiral R.E. Coontz, a 9,676-ton Benson class

transport ship.

In 1938, the Works Progress Administration was assigned to

construct an armory in Hannibal next to Clemens Field (another

WPA project). The massive structure, which cost an estimated

$175,000 at the time, was dedicated on November 5, 1939, and

named in honor of Admiral Coontz. Performing at the ceremony

that evening was the Harry James Band, one of the most popular

musical groups of the time. The band had added a young singer

to the group just five months earlier, and he was featured at the

dedication of the Coontz Armory in Hannibal. The singer’s name

was Frank Sinatra.

hen I was a young boy, the days of August meant

going to sleep with the roar of a solid steel box fan

circulating air through the house. It also meant

being greeted by the same whirling blades when

you awoke. I think a large part of my generation grew up without

the air conditioning that we all have come to depend on daily to

combat the heat and humidity of a river town summer.

One family activity that I came to accept as a way of life was

our trips to the river after supper. It was a

never ending battle of man against fish. My

mom and I were very much involved, but my

pop seemed to be on a mission. Now that I

am older and have had many years to reflect,

I understand that the fun and memories we

compiled were priceless. People use many

venues to decompress after a hard day at

work. My pop chose to fish.

The evening always began with my pop

making his top secret carp bait after supper. It

was so top secret that he could never remem-

ber all of the secret ingredients he put in the

day before. Most times he mixed it in a mixing

bowl at the sink, while other times he talked

my mom into cooking some strawberry Jell-O

to add to it. He was like a mad scientist when

it came to carp bait preparation. I never remember us not catch-

ing fish, so I am not sure why he worked so diligently to improve

a recipe that worked flawlessly. I think it was just part of the fun.

I find it comparable to someone who ties flies for trout fishing.

They seem to always be focused on improving their craft. Pop was

a perfectionist, so that does explain a lot of the dedication, I guess.

When we got to the river it was not long before we were reel-

ing in carp. Every now and then my mom would step outside of

the box and use worms. I guess she would grow tired of battling

carp and just wanted to diversify her fishing skills.

Anyone who has never experienced a carp on the end of

their line cannot understand the thrill of the battle. I can only

compare it to hooking a small boat. My pop was never content

with average fish. He was always focused on fish eight pounds

and beyond. I am certain he thought there was a one-hundred-

pound carp in the Mississippi, and he was intent on catching it.

As I grew older, my pop’s obsession with carp grew as well. I

witnessed, and was a part of, catching and landing some huge

fish. I also witnessed heavy fishing line snapped, hooks straight-

ened out, and the guts burned out of heavy fishing reels, because

the fish were too powerful and too large for their capabilities. I

remember fondly the time my pop acquired some heavy nylon line

that was used in tent manufacturing, and he spooled his heavi-

est reel-and-pole combination with it. I remember him hooking

a monster that same night, and then I saw his pole snapped in

half like a twig. I will never forget that look on Pop’s face. I am not

certain if it was bewilderment or defeat.

I do remember those times shared as

great memories with my parents. They were

simple times, but they were happy times. I

would hate to venture a guess of how many

tons of fish we pulled out of the river. I know

that sounds like an exaggeration, but trust

me, it isn’t. The neat thing is we released the

majority of those fish to fight again. It was

seldom that we kept a single fish, unless

someone had asked for some fresh fish, like

the elderly widow down the street. I now

wonder how many fish fell prey to my pop’s

fishing tactics more than once over the

years. I know some of them looked familiar,

and they had a look on their face like “Oh, it’s

you again.”

I realize that I didn’t mention my mom

much throughout the story. You need to realize she was always

there and very involved. She caught more than her fair share of

fish, too. I really don’t think that mattered to her. What mattered

to her was that she got to spend every night with the two most im-

portant men in her life, and she was perfectly content just being

there. She was quite the trooper to tolerate two outdoor maniacs

in the same household. That is something only a mother’s love

could tolerate. I think Pop always looked for her to say “I told you

so” when he destroyed another fishing reel or had another pole

fall victim to a huge carp. They seemed to always have a perfect

balance between them. I learned from those fishing trips that

family togetherness is important, regardless of how you tend to

achieve it.

I realize as an adult that I learned a great deal more from

those fishing trips, too. I learned about love, laughter, fun, team

work, dedication, commitment, success, defeat and so many

other things that lack descriptive words to define them. I also

learned that “the big one ALWAYS gets away!” Take a kid fishing,

and good luck!

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s Hannibal Regional Hospital’s Emergency Management

Specialist, it’s Mike’s job to be aware of every possible

disaster scenario and plan drills to prepare his team

members to deal with them in case a disaster should happen.

Mike’s background—21 years as a firefighter, dealing with the

unexpected every day—has prepared him to manage disasters of

all kinds.

“With my experience, I’ve developed an emergency situation

mindset. I like training people and training them on what they will

face in a disaster. I gain more and more knowledge every day and I

enjoy interacting with all the different hospital departments.”

Mike works year round with the emergency planning team

that also includes Doug Ruble, Vice President–Facilities Manage-

ment; Diane Slough, BSN, RN, Director–Emergency Services; Keith

Mosley, Director–Plant Operations; and Melonie McAfee, Office

Supervisor–Plant Operations. While no hospital can predict the

nature of a future emergency or the date of its arrival, critical areas

can be managed so responses can be more effective. The emergen-

cy planning team, with access to facilities, emergency services and

a wide network of resources in our community and region, plans

for disaster response and the continued care of our patients, team

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members, and the community.

“The emergency planning team’s first job is to consider com-

munity hazards specific to us,” Mike said.

This assessment, known as the Hazard Vulnerability Analysis

(HVA), is designed to help the hospital gain a realistic understand-

ing of possible vulnerabilities to help mitigate and prepare to

respond to emergencies.

“Community hazards take into consideration the local business-

es, hazardous materials, geography, and weather specific to each

area. We have two major highways, two railroads, a nearby chemical

plant, and a major river to take in to account,” he explained.

While no type of disaster can be completely ruled out, the

emergency planning team has also listed possible scenarios in

order of the likelihood of their occurrence.

“Severe weather, with thunderstorms, tornadoes and all of our

code grays, is our number one hazard,” Mike said. Human factors,

hazardous materials, and technological failure (such as loss of

electricity or water) are other potential emergency situations.

With this in mind, Mike works to create drill scenarios that are

then submitted to the emergency planning team for approval and

implementation. To build a drill, Mike watches news and weather

reports to gather actual disaster information from other locations.

“It’s preventive maintenance,” Mike said. “We try to take other

people’s disaster experiences and build a defense in case those

things happen to us. We are trying to get a little more protection

for our community.”

Although each hospital is required by The Joint Commission to

hold emergency drills, HRH exceeds all required disaster prepared-

ness requirements. In the event of a disaster in our area, HRH would

begin by assessing locally available resources including hospital

equipment and personnel and then progressing to calling in re-

gional, state and nationwide resources if needed.

“We would do what we can here,” Mike explained. “If an incident

is bigger, we would work up the chain to pull in more resources.”

HRH is part of Missouri Region B, a federal and state-defined

geographical area grouping nearby hospitals. Because of HRH’s suc-

cess in developing Joint Commissioned-approved emergency plans,

the Missouri Hospital Association has recognized HRH as a state-

wide leader and asked HRH to serve as a consultant and resource to

help other Region B hospitals attain the same quality standards.

“This opportunity,” said Mike “will also allow us to learn from

the experiences of many other hospitals.”

Once a drill has been planned and executed, Mike keeps track

of all aspects and results of the drill in order to improve responses

for a future event.

“If a Joplin happens here,” said Mike, referring to the tornado that

devastated St. John’s Hospital in that southwest Missouri commu-

nity, “this knowledge of emergency plans would provide a structure

to work by. With the wide variety of disasters that could happen, it

is hard to prepare and plan for everything. But the planning team

works hard to make our all hazards plans in order to bring us back

to where we need to be after an event.”

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magine feeling symptoms that might be a heart attack. You

ask a family member, neighbor or friend to drive you to the

nearest emergency room. Just as you pull up to the hospital

the heart attack hits and emer-

gency room staff rushes to get

you out of the car and inside

the hospital to save your life.

That situation has occurred

outside the Blessing Hospital

Emergency Center. As bad as

that is, Steven Krause, DO,

cardiologist and medical direc-

tor, Cardiac Catheterization

Lab, shudders to think of what

could have happened.

“That person could have

had the heart attack a couple miles away from the hospital and

could have died,” Dr. Krause said. “Driving yourself to the hospital

with heart attack symptoms is not a good idea. It’s not safe for

you or for others on the road.”

The numbers support Dr.

Krause’s position.

The American College of

Cardiology national goal for

“door to balloon time (D2B),”

the time a person arrives at the

hospital to the time a blocked

artery is opened with balloon

angioplasty, is under 90 min-

utes. Blessing Hospital’s most

recent D2B times are far better

than the national goal:

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• 59 minutes when a patient arrives by private vehicle (31

minutes better than national goal).

• 42 minutes when a patient arrives by ambulance (48 min-

utes better than national goal).

• 23 minutes when a patient arrives by ambulance and

meets medical criteria to bypass the Emergency Center and go

directly to the Cardiac Catheterization Lab (67 minutes better

than national goal).

The minutes saved by calling 9-1-1 versus private vehicle

when feeling heart attack symptoms can be life-saving.

“The heart is not like skin,” Dr. Krause said. “Skin regenerates

throughout a person’s entire life. The heart muscle, once dam-

aged, becomes scar tissue, lost forever. It does not regenerate.

We have a very short time to open an artery because the heart

does not survive long without blood flow.”

Dr. Krause thinks too many people see the ambulance as

simply a ride to the hospital. But paramedics and emergency

medical technicians, also known as first responders, begin heart

attack treatment on the way to the hospital, and send back test

results that prepare hospital staff to treat the patient upon ar-

rival.

“First responders do an awesome job,” Dr. Krause said.

Members of the Blessing Hospital Emergency Center and

Heart & Vascular Center meet monthly with representatives

of other area hospitals and ambulance services in a constant

search for ways to further reduce D2B times.

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QMG Massage Therapist to Speak for Wellness Workshop Cancer Group

he Wellness Workshop cancer group will meet on Wednes-

day, August 17, 2011 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The

meeting will be held in the Complementary Services Room on

the lower level of the Blessing Cancer Center at Broadway at

11th Street in Quincy, IL.

Please join us when Cindy Spake, LMT, NCTMB, Massage

Therapist with Quincy Medical Group, will speak about

Yoga and Stress Relief. Get ready to experience Yoga

before lunch. Wear comfortable clothing and access

to bare feet.

The Wellness Workshops are intended to

support and complement the patient’s cancer

treatment, any side effects, and to help

develop healthy sustainable programs

post treatment as well as sometimes

just be fun.

The Wellness Workshop cancer group will

meet on the Third Wednesday of each month from

11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Complementary Services

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you will have the resources you need to become a non-smoker.

The next series of classes will begin on Tuesday, August 16, at the JECCC.

The Break Free—Freedom from Smoking series of classes offer education and sup-

port to help people stop their use of tobacco products over eight sessions. The classes

feature one-on-one counseling with a registered nurse, peer support, education mate-

rials, web resources, information on tobacco replacement products and a voucher for

a one-month supply of a tobacco replacement product. New classes start frequently.

The classes are offered at no charge to participants, thanks to a grant from the Mis-

souri Foundation for Health. The cost of a one-month supply of a tobacco replacement

product—which can be as high as $150—is also covered for each participant.

The Break Free program follows the American Lung Association’s stop smoking

program. Many smokers find it hard to quit because there are several aspects to their

addiction. Our trained facilitators teach smokers to recognize physical, mental, and

social cues for smoking, giving smokers a better chance of quitting for good.

Funding for this project was provided in part by the Missouri Foundation for

Health. The Missouri Foundation for Health is a philanthropic organization whose vi-

sion is to improve the health of the people in the communities it serves.

For more information, visit carycancercenter.org. To register for the next available

Break Free class, call 573-406-1633. You can quit!

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The next meeting is sched-

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annibal Clinic is always looking for ways to improve

the services we offer to the community. It is our goal to

ensure the kind of care our patients need and deserve is

the care our patients get. It’s just another way that all of us here

strive to be the place “where the patient comes first.”

With that goal in mind, it is my pleasure to announce the ad-

dition of three new fine physicians to our Hannibal Clinic family.

On August 1, we welcome Justin Imhof, DO, to our Otolaryngol-

ogy (Ears/Nose/Throat) Department. Dr. Imhof will join his

father in practice and will see patients in his offices on the third

floor of the main Clinic in Hannibal.

We also welcome Gina Pontius, MD, to our Palmyra facility

beginning August 17. Dr. Pontius is a family practice physician,

which means she can see anyone in your family who needs

medical care. She has additional training in sports medicine,

which makes her an excellent choice for any athletic injuries.

Dr. Pontius will serve our friends in Palmyra with the same dedi-

cation that our other physicians have always shown.

Finally, after much consultation with other professionals in

the community who serve youth, we have added a Child Psychi-

atrist to our services in Hannibal. Dr. Fe Maria Pimentel-Yager

is a seasoned professional and will enhance our Mental Health

department. Dr. Pimentel-Yager will begin seeing patients on

August 22, and will see children with ADHD and other mental

health issues.

If you or your family require the services of any of these fine

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annibal Regional Hospital’s Chris Coons Women’s Care

Center team members are highlighting the benefits of

breastfeeding during World Breastfeeding Week 2011,

themed Breastfeeding, A 3-D Experience, August 1-7, and Mis-

souri Breastfeeding Month—encouraging mothers to exclusively

breastfeed their babies for the first six months.

As Missouri’s only Baby-Friendly™ facility, the Chris Coons

Women’s Care Center has been recognized by the Missouri

Department of Health as the state experts on breastfeeding and

asked to share their expertise with other hospitals in the state.

With their expertise, the Chris Coons Women’s Care Center

team is supporting national goals of improving the health of

U.S. citizens. The U.S. Surgeon General, as well as a White House

Task Force and the U.S. government’s Healthy People 2020 objec-

tives have called for more education regarding the benefits of

breastfeeding in order to foster healthier communities.

Hannibal Regional Hospital’s Chris Coons Women’s Care

Center has achieved higher breastfeeding rates than the average

at Missouri hospitals. Patient satisfaction rates have increased

through support for new breastfeeding moms and their families

on the importance and benefits of breastfeeding while they are

in the hospital and after they go home.

Chris Coons Women’s Care Center offers twice-weekly breast-

feeding support groups, held in the OB classroom on Mondays

at 5:00 pm and Wednesdays at 10:00 am. Reservations are not

required and all breastfeeding moms are welcome, regardless of

where their child was born. Women’s Care also offers a breast-

feeding Warmline (573-406-2122) that breastfeeding mothers

can call anytime day or night for assistance with breastfeeding.

The Baby-Friendly™ initiative has the goal of increasing

awareness of the benefits of breastfeeding in order to foster

better health for babies and ultimately better health for our

community. Baby-Friendly™ is a worldwide effort of UNICEF

and the World Health Organization. Hannibal Regional Hospital

achieved the Baby-Friendly™ designation in 2009. Fewer than 4%

of hospitals nationwide have achieved this designation which

recognizes hospitals and birthing centers that offer an optimal

level of care for breastfeeding mothers and their babies

Breastmilk is widely acknowledged to be the most complete

form of nutrition for infants and provides health benefits for

both moms and babies. All current health research demon-

strates that breast milk is extraordinary, is the most complete

food for babies, and that the health benefit it provides is life-

long. Breastfed babies have fewer ear infections, fewer respirato-

ry infections, and fewer allergies. Breastfed babies are less likely

to be obese as teens or adults or to develop diabetes.

Mothers who breastfeed lose weight more easily after preg-

nancy. Breastfeeding may also reduce the mother’s chance of

getting breast cancer or ovarian cancer, Type 2 diabetes and

metabolic syndrome.

Families of breastfed babies benefit from reduced healthcare

costs and our community also benefits as breastfed babies grow

into healthier children and adults.

Breastfeeding is convenient—always the right temperature,

always ready to feed, nothing to pack along when you leave the

house, nothing to buy or prepare in the middle of the night, spit

up does not stain or smell bad and breast milk is free.

For more information on the Chris Coons Women’s Care

Center at Hannibal Regional Hospital or on breastfeeding, please

call 573-406-5170 or visit hrhonline.org.

he Northeast Missouri Humane

Society will be hosting their annual

summer fundraiser on Saturday,

August 27 at the Mark Twain Cave just south

of Hannibal. Registration begins at 9:30

am with activities staring at 10:00 am. This

year’s theme will be “Furry Friends Fiesta”

and promises to be great fun for pets and

their owners. Special Emcee “Frijole Fritz”

will be on hand providing music to set the

tone. Headlining the event will be exhibi-

tions by Sit Means Sit of St. Louis ( formerly

known as Dog Smarts) and the Missouri

Department of Conservation. Karen’s Dance

Academy will put on a show that is always a

crowd pleaser. Eric and Turk of the Marion

County Sheriff ’s Department and the Han-

nibal Police Department will both entertain

and educate with their exhibitions.

Games and activities for participants

have always played an important part of the

event and this year is no exception. “Casa

Highlights FIESTA!de Karen” Pet-icures by Karen Stine, “Gringo

Grafitti” Facepainting by Donna Hemme and

“Three Amigos” Photography by Michael Gaines

will all offer their services. Games will include a

“Mexican Hat Dance,” “Sombrero Switch,” and the

“El Diablo Ring Toss.” “Mi Jalepeno” Pepper eating

contest should heat things up a bit while guests

should not pass up the opportunity to soak a local

celebrity at the “Siesta Splash.”

Competitions include a costume contest for

the dog (Best-dressed Male and Female dogs will

be crowned King and Queen of the Fiesta and

receive free registration to next year’s fundraiser!),

Costume Contest for Team (Dog and Owner),

Smallest Dog, Largest Dog, and of course, “Tricks

for Treats.”

Rounding out this year’s event will be a Silent

Auction and a Raffle featuring products and

services for both pets and their owners. While

attending, be sure to enjoy “mucho munchies” at

“The Cantina” with beverages cour-

tesy of Refreshment Services Pepsi.

This will be the 14th annual

fundraising event and it has always

been fun to visit with all of our fel-

low animal lovers and their pets.

Everyone has a great time, espe-

cially the dogs. Funds raised will go

directly toward operations at the

shelter, such as the SNAP program.

Through this effort, we will contin-

ue to offer discount certificates to help income-eligible people

alter their pets. This is our way to help control the overpopula-

tion problem of domestic animals.

Registration for the Fiesta! will be $20.00 and will include

a commemorative T-Shirt along with a goodie bag filled to the

brim. Register at the event or pick up forms at any of the local

veterinary clinics, as well as the Hannibal Public Library or the

Northeast Missouri Humane Society during regular business

hours. Participants are encouraged to collect donations prior to

the event. There will be a fantastic prize for the person raising

the most money.

Please mark your calendar and make plans to attend. Oh yes,

and don’t forget to visit our 50/50 booth to “Eat the Worm”!

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· Music by pianist Thad Fiscella

· 2011 Paragon Volunteer Awards Presentation

· HAC Annual Meeting

· Unveiling of 35th An-

nual Folklife Festival

Commemorative

Poster

· “Building for our

Future” Donor

Recognition

· Music by singer/song-

writer Kori Caswell

Don’t miss it—exhibit ends August 6!

Hometown Collection features artists with Hannibal

connections—paintings by Alan Gerson of New Orleans;

paintings by James Winn of Sycamore, Illinois; Willy Rich-

mond’s abstract photography

and a one-of-a-kind full-scale

Harley Davidson completely

made of wood created by

Hannibal resident Mike Sohn.

Hannibal Arts

Registration is required.Call (573) 221-6545 to join the fun!

Participants will enjoy this Keith Haring-inspired hands-on workshop,

a creative opportunity to learn more about artist Keith Haring and his works

inspired by the street culture of New York City. Local

artists will work alongside participants while they

create their own original masterpieces.

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Art, wine, friends and special events make Hannibal’s

downtown galleries the place to be each second Saturday.

Join the fun at the Hannibal Arts Council’s

FREE hands-on art festival, where kids ages 2

to 12 make cool projects and create memories!

2011 Projects:

• Krazy Kaleidoscopes

• Comical Clown Hats

• Hoop N’ Holler Drum Circle

• “Step Right Up” Photo Op

• Masterpiece T-Shirts

• Amazing “Airigami” Balloon Art

• Clown Expressions Puppet

—Internationally-

known watercolorist

—2010

Best of Show Awardees

• Sarah Minor • Kim Shinn

—The process of combining or uniting

multiple entities into one form, or exhibit in this case!

• Joe Conover • Stephen Schisler

• Josh McCurdy • Tonya Vogel

• Rhonda McHargue • Rebecca Zahn

• “Jingle, Jangle, Juggle” Juggling Art

• Cirque du Face Painting

• 3-Ring Box Town

• Circus Treats

Parents as Teachers will lead

special projects for children ages

2-5 years!

Perry Cruise Night

he Perry Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting

their 5th Annual Perry Cruise Night on Saturday night,

August 6th. The annual event will be moving to a new loca-

tion this year, the Bill Trower Memorial Park on Main Street.

Those showing cars, trucks and motorcycles are encour-

aged to have their vehicles in place at the park between 3:45

pm and 4:45 pm. Watch for signs. Parking will be avail-

able on grass, but in case of

inclement weather, street

parking will be available. Ve-

hicles will be on display from

5:00–7:00 pm. There are no

entry fees, classes or awards.

Food, drinks and homemade

ice cream will be available on

grounds. All proceeds from

the food and ice cream will benefit the Perry Community

Center building fund. There will also be a 50/50 raffle, draw-

ings and music. Over 80 vehicles were displayed in 2010. A

cruise will take place at 7:00 pm to Mark Twain Lake. For

more information, visit www.perrymissouri.com.

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“Golf Is a Good Walk Spoiled” Mark Twain Benefit Golf Tournament

he Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum in conjunction

with the Hannibal Country Club is pleased to present the

“Golf is a Good Walk Spoiled” Mark Twain Benefit Golf Tourna-

ment on Monday, August 22nd.

The tournament will be a four-person, 18-hole Florida

scramble with a red, white and blue twist. Lunch begins at 10:30

am, tee-off is at 12:00 noon and dinner begins at 6:00 pm with a

social hour being held from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

The entry fee is $75 per person and includes lunch, dinner

and a golf cart. Help packages will be available for $40 and will

include 25’ of string, scissors and 3 mulligans.

In addition to the golf tournament, tickets are available for

purchase to the evening dinner. Tickets are $25 per person and

include social hour from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm with dinner being

served at 6:00 pm. 50/50 raffle tickets will be sold throughout

the day.

Proceeds from the event will be used toward the completion

of the interior of the Becky Thatcher House. For more informa-

tion contact: Dena Ellis at 573-221-9010, ext. 403. Deadline to

register is August 15th.

he Hannibal

Area Chamber

of Commerce

will sponsor the annual

Leadership Hannibal

course for the 22nd

consecutive year.

Over the past 21

years, Leadership Hannibal has produced approximately 450

graduates, many of whom have assumed leadership roles in local

government, civic clubs, and service organizations throughout the

community. Leadership Hannibal, in its 28-hour curriculum, will

put class participants in contact with key decision-makers of busi-

ness, industry, and local governments in the Hannibal area. The

program’s goal is to enhance the social and economic well being

of the Hannibal area by creating and cultivating an active group of

effective leaders.

This year’s Leadership Hannibal program will start off with

a Class Orientation Dinner on August 25, from 5:30–8:30 pm at

the Hannibal Country Club. The five training sessions will run

during the months of

August, September,

and October and will

cover the following

topics:

Session I (August

29): Governmental

Affairs

Session II (September 14): Tourism & Recreation

Session III (Septermber 29): Education: A Lifelong Learning

Process

Session IV (October 12): Industry & Economic Development

Session V (October 19): Quality of Life within Our Community

& Graduation. The graduates will be acknowledged during the

Chamber Noonday Luncheon on this date.

The cost of the program is $350 and includes all training

materials, meals and transportation between locations. Regis-

tration deadline is August 22nd. For a registration application or

for more information, call (573) 221-1101 or stop by the Cham-

ber office at 623 Broadway in Hannibal.

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et’s just say I’m over 35. I don’t feel old, at least not until I

sit Indian style on the floor too long. And I’m still trying to

figure out what I want to be when I grow up.

Young children can make you overly conscious of ascending

numbers. When they wave their treasures in front of my face,

about an inch from my eyes, I tilt my head back to make better

use of my bifocals. A couple years ago, when they were little and

wanted pony rides, I insisted on playing in the room with the

thickest rug. When they wanted to be tossed into bed, I lifted

them carefully so I didn’t strain my back. I started working out

again because I wanted to be able to catch my three-year-old fu-

ture Olympic champion when he escaped the cart and sprinted

down the grocery store aisles. Now that he’s bigger, I need to be

able to run alongside that bike while he learns to ride.

Running isn’t as easy as it used to be because I broke my leg ice

skating last year, and apparently the older you get the slower you

heal. Lesson learned. Consider my ice skating days behind me. On

the plus side, the small child who fell down in front of me, causing

me to perform the most graceless spontaneous pirouette in history,

escaped without injury and remains blissfully ignorant of the

trauma she caused. Kids take things for granted, you see, and rarely

ask questions like, “Why is that lady crawling across the ice with

her teeth clenched?” My kids said, “Mommy, where are you going?

I don’t want to leave yet!” Are they used to seeing me crawl on hard

surfaces? Indeed not! This is what I mean—a child’s idea of normal

is not like ours. I’m lucky no one thought I was offering pony rides.

I catch myself saying things like, “When I was a kid, back in

the 20th century, we didn’t have DVDs or Wii.” (Or seat belts and

bicycle helmets, but I don’t tell them that.) In fact, at our house we

didn’t even have color TV. During the summer, we weren’t allowed

in the house except to use the bathroom. My mother used to bring

us our lunch on the screened porch and hose us off at the end of

the day. I don’t remember being allowed in just because “it’s hot

and I’m itchy!” Jeez, I’m a wimpy mom, to fall for that one.

But I digress.

I flip flop daily between feelings of satisfaction and inadequacy.

The kids are happy and healthy. I must be doing it right! They’re

frustrated, the house is a wreck, I’m short tempered and pushing

a deadline. I’m a mess, completely inadequate! Whose stupid idea

was it to put someone like me in charge? I haven’t even figured out

what to be when I grow up!

It’s the career thing that puts the stress in out lives. Nowadays

we think we’re not respectable without a title. Mommy and Mrs.

don’t count as respectable titles, you know. We need more to

define us. And it’s always there, on every form we fill out, every

conversation with a new acquaintance. “And what do you do?”

I’m told this is considered rude in other countries. Here, it’s

just one of the many ways we catalog one another. Put me under

C for creative.

I can see the gears turning. “Oh, but you look so plaid

flannel for an artsy type. I never would have guessed. Aren’t you

supposed to dress all in black or something?”

I debate whether to give the honest answer: I used to dress in

fashionably monochromatic tones, but then I had children. You

see, black just doesn’t hide the spit up and peanut butter finger-

prints like plaid flannel can.

Their eyes slide downward, toward the shoes. Are they sensi-

ble? Hmm. Canvas sneakers. Very urban. What does that mean?

It means I like my feet not to hurt. Also, they help when

sprinting down grocery store aisles.

Who wants to be categorized, anyway? My children get to

wear cowboy hats with camouflage shorts, white socks and

snow boots, and no one criticizes their fashion choices.

It should be obvious by now that I’m self-employed. I love

the flexibility that goes with that. It means I get to

spend more time with my kids.

Occasionally, I take a few days off and

just wear my Mommy hat. The kids

play in the yard and eat juice-cicles

while I sit in the shade with a garden-

ing magazine and a frozen citrus treat of

my own. Lovely. Life is good.

I can’t imaging what family life would be like if

I worked full time across town like I used to, got home

about the same time as my husband, and had only a couple

hours with the kids each evening before bedtime. But that’s what

most women do, bless their hearts.

So I know I have it good. I’m very fortunate to have the life I do.

I have everything I need and most of what I want. I am blessed be-

yond measure, yet contentment often remains elusive. I pondered

these things today as I sipped my frozen treat in the shade of a

cherry tree and admired my roses, the mundane sounds of bicker-

ing children providing a comfortable background for my thoughts.

So I asked myself again, what do I want to be when I grow up?

Epiphany! Career categories and job titles aren’t the answer,

I realized. Nope, what I need are adjectives. Like Fun. Healthy.

Kind. Cheerful. Nurturing. Wise.

In fact, the answer has been hanging on my refrigerator all

along, one of “Mommy’s Life Lessons” that the kids get so tired of

hearing: Behave like the kind of person you want to be.

Next question: Am I who I want to be? No. Can I be? Yes.

It’s all in the adjectives.

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