AIM
Easter Egg Hunt is 1:00 p.m. at the Montrose Park Saturday, March 31 (rain or
shine) for children ages 0 to 4th Grade. Bring your own basket.
FCCLA
will be cooperating with the Optimist Club on the Easter Egg Hunt at the City
Park on 2:00 p.m. Saturday March 31 after the baseball clinic.
The
Church of God (Holiness) invites the children of the community to an Easter egg
hunt, hosted by Pat Shockey, on Easter Sunday (April 1) at the Church on the
corner of Beech and First Streets at 2:00 p.m. until the eggs are gone. They will reschedule if there is inclement
weather.
The
Appleton City PTO will have a Bake Sale Saturday March 31 in front of Food Fair
Supermarket starting at 7:30. Baked good
donations can be left at Brown Chiropractic starting at 9:00 a.m. on Friday
March 30. All proceeds help support the AC PTO.
The AC PTO supports the elementary teachers and staff and provides funds
for class field trips. Come out and support your local PTO and let them help
you with your Easter baking.
The
Appleton City Cemetery will start spring clean-up soon. Please pick up flowers
and decorations.
Hudson
R-IX will not be in session Friday, March 30 or Monday, April 2 for Easter
break.
The
Montrose Festival Committee is hosting their Easter Chicken Dinner and Bake
Sale March 31 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the VFW Hall. Photos with the Easter bunny are available from
5:00 to 6:30 p.m. Dinner is $10 for
adults, $5 for kids 5 - 10 years old and under 5 years are free. The Bake Sale is a freewill donation.
FarmHouse
Kitchen will serve its annual Easter dinner Sunday, April 1 from 11:00 a.m. to
2:00 p.m. This year’s menu is roasted
turkey, spiral sliced ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, green beans,
deviled eggs, hot roll, homemade dessert and tea, coffee or water. Children 5 and under dine for $4.99, 6-10
years old for 6.99 and adults for 13.99.
Reservations are appreciated but walk-ins welcome. Sumo's Pub will be closed April 1and will
re-open at 5:00 p.m. Monday April 2.
The 2018
Appleton City Spring City Wide Garage Sale dates will be April 6-7. Permits are
$5 and can be purchased at City Hall through noon on April 4. A permit for the
city pole shelter is $25, a stage permit is $15 and a lawn permit is $10. These
can also be purchased on a first come, first served basis beginning March 26 at
City Hall. Maps will be available at Food Fair, Powell's True Value and Casey’s.
House of Joy Ministry will be at the City Park at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday to pick
up donations. Call Dianne Foster at 660-476-2390 if you have questions.
The
Knights of Columbus will have their monthly pancake and sausage breakfast at
the Knight’s Hall in Montrose on Sunday, April 8 from 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Treat your family to a hot breakfast you don’t
have to cook or clean up. A free will
donation will be greatly appreciated
Kindergarten
Round up Screening and Enrollment Day at Appleton City Elementary for the 2018
– 2019 school year will be held Tuesday, April 10. If your child will be 5 before August 1,
please call Malia Mount in the Elementary Office at 660-476-2108 for an
appointment. The following items are
required for enrollment: immunization records, state issued birth certificate,
social security card and proof of residence.
Your child can receive the immunizations that are needed to attend
Kindergarten anytime on or after his/her fourth birthday. You do not need to wait until age five. They
encourage you to have your child fully immunized now and bring the immunization
record to school on the day of Kindergarten screening. If you have questions regarding
required immunizations, please feel free to contact Nikki Piepmeier, School
Nurse, at 660-476-2601, option #7.
Hudson
R-IX Elementary will hold their annual preschool & kindergarten screening
on Thursday, April 5. Please call
Ladonna Green at (660) 476-5467 to set up an appointment. You will need your child’s social security
card, birth certificate, and current immunization record. If you call and the school office is closed,
please leave a message and they will get back to you.
On
Sunday, April 15, 2018, the AIM club of Montrose and other friends and family
will host a fund raiser for Maria Goth Fennewald, currently of Appleton
City. Maria recently suffered from a
severe stroke and continues to battle her daily recovery and the extensive
therapy that is required.
A dinner
of pulled pork and smoked chicken and all the fixings will be served at the
Montrose Community Building from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. There will be a silent and live auction along
with a gun raffle, bake sale, etc. AIM members will be taking orders for “Team
Maria” t-shirts and there will be some for sale the day of the event but early
sales are preferred. A “Love Fund”
account has been set up at the Montrose Saving Bank if you would like to just
make a charitable donation. If you would
like to help, donate, etc. please call Kristina at 660-492-3436 or David at
660-492-7749. If you are donating a
large item for the auction, please contact them soon so they can get some of
the larger item posted on the website.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Mar
30–April 2 Spring Break at Hudson School
Mar
31 AC PTO Bake Sale 7:30 a.m. in front
of Food Fair
Mar
31 AIM Easter Egg Hunt at Montrose
Ball Park 1:00 p.m.
Mar
31 AC Easter Egg Hunt 2:00 p.m. at the
City Park
Mar
31 Montrose Festival Committee Easter
Chicken Dinner and Bake Sale 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the VFW Hall
April
1 Easter Sunday
April
1 Easter Egg Hunt at AC Church of God
(Holiness) 2:00 p.m.
April
3 Election Day
Immaculate
Conception (Montrose) and St. Patrick (Butler) Catholic Churches will have the
following Holy Week schedule: Holy Thursday – St. Patrick 5:30 p.m. and
Immaculate Conception 8:00 p.m., Good Friday – Immaculate Conception 3:00 p.m.
and St. Patrick 7:00 p.m., Easter Vigil (Holy Saturday) 8:00 p.m. at St.
Patrick and Easter Sunday – 8:00 a.m. at Immaculate Conception and 10:00 a.m.
at St. Patrick.
The
Wayside Inn Museum, Preserve Our Past Society of El Dorado Springs, is proud to
present cowboy poet and singer/songwriter Johnny Kendrick for their annual
meeting, 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 9 at the museum in downtown, El Dorado
Springs, Missouri. Come see the beautiful
museum and enjoy snacks on Monday, April 9, and welcome their very talented
special guest, Johnny Kendrick. They are
working on projects to preserve our past, including our annex to house the
senior composites that were removed from the high school and military tribute
and would like to share that information with you. Please come out for a fun filled evening.
Admission is free!
Market Farming
Workshop Series will be held every 3rd Wednesday, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
April-September 2018, at West Central Missouri Community Action Agency Central
Office, 106 West 4th Street, Appleton City, Missouri. Classes include: April 18 Production Planning
and Spring Crops: Preparing for spring;
picking the right crops; soil preparation; irrigation options; May 16 Getting
ready for summer: Planning for summer production; Pest management-weeds, bugs,
and diseases; June 20 Harvest and Post-Harvest Operations: Food Safety on the
farm; proper harvest techniques; washing and storage; July 18 Fall Crop
Production: How to plan for fall production; keeping up with fertility and
ahead of pests; beating the heat; August 15 Pop-up farmers market: Learn tips and techniques on farmers market display
and selling. This will be followed by a
pop-up farmers market open to the public where you will have the opportunity to
sell your farm produce; September 19 Season extension and winter production:
Learn how to keep your production going through the winter; best winter
varieties; and options for protecting your crops. For More Information, contact: Katie Nixon,
Food Systems Specialist at 660-476-2185 ex. 1303 or knixon@wcmcaa.org
Zink
Motor Company and Hudson R-9 PTO are hosting a Ford Drive 4UR School event from
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. April 21 at Hudson School. For every test drive (1 per household)
completed Ford will donate $20 to the new playground at Hudson. Ford will donate $6,000 if 300 test drives
are completed! There is no sales
pressure and these are truly designed for Ford to give back to local schools in
communities. During the event the 6-8
grade students will be hosting a bake sale with all sales going to the
playground. To make an appointment,
please visit the PTO's webpage www.Facebook.com/HudsonPTO
OATS BUS
schedule for the week of April 2: St Clair County to Versailles Apr 3, St Clair
County to Bolivar April 5. For those
that live in St Clair County wishing to ride the OATS BUS please call John at
417-309-3464, Julia at 417-309-3463, or in the Lowry City area, call Heidi
Carden at 417-309-0146. Need a ride,
call on OATS. Rides are available to everyone
(not just Seniors/Disabled). 24 hour advance reservation is required. Donation
per stop is suggested. OATS is a door to door, shared ride service. All vans
are equipped with ramps and helpful drivers!
University
of Missouri Extension along with Lincoln University are working together to
have a Sheep and Goat Workshop that focuses on internal parasite management on
the afternoon of April 19 beginning at 4:00 p. m. at the Osceola First Baptist
Church at 555 Walnut Street, Osceola. Susan
Jaster with Lincoln University Cooperative Extension Small Farm Outreach
Program as well as MU Extension Regional Livestock Specialists Gene Schmitz and
Patrick Davis will lead this workshop.
This workshop will include lecture, discussion, and hands-on activity
related to body condition scoring, FAMACHA© Scoring, Fecal Egg Count in sheep
and goats. Linda Heryford will provide
the sheep and goats used in the demonstrations.
In addition, participants will become certified in FAMACHA eye anemia
system and along with the Five Point Check System, is used to determine when
sheep and goats need to be dewormed. The workshop cost is $35 per person. Preregistration, along with fee payment needs
to be submitted by April 16 to the St. Clair County MU Extension Center at the
St. Clair County Courthouse, P.O. Box 523, Osceola, Mo. 64776. The fee covers supper, refreshments, and
handouts. No refunds on fee after the
registration deadline. For registration
or questions, contact the St. Clair County MU Extension Center at 417 – 646 –
2419 or by email at stclairco@missouri.edu.
The
mission of the Appleton City Landmarks Restoration and Museum Photo Exhibit at
the AC Fair is to preserve history and memories. This year, the focus of the
exhibit will be the 1970 AC Centennial and the 1995 Quasquacentennial in
preparation of the 2020 AC Sesquicentennial. Share with the community what
memories you have that will assist in the preparation of another great Appleton
City event. Entry forms will soon be
available for pickup at City Hall and at the Museum on Fridays starting in May
or email acmolampkin@yahoo.com for a form. See the example display in the
former Yoss Window-southwest corner of Main Street. Participation is what makes
the Fair.
Appleton
City will soon be organizing a committee of citizens to assist in the planning
and implementation of the Sesquicentennial (150th) Celebration of our city,
which will be celebrated in 2020 during the fair. Any citizens interested in coming to the
inaugural meeting, please feel free to come out on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at
the Park Building at 7:00 p.m. For any questions, please contact Rondle Dines
at 417-296-3390.
Ellett
Memorial Hospital Appleton City offers outpatient specialist services for April
Call 660-476-2111, ext. 5257 for appointments: Apr 2– Rheumatology – Dr.
Latinis, Apr 4 - Upper GI, Colonoscopy–Dr. Vardakis, Apr 10 - Ortho – Dr.
Whitaker, Apr 11- Upper GI, Colonoscopy– Dr. Namin, Apr 16 - Rheumatology–Dr.
Latinis, Apr 17 - Ortho – Dr. Whitaker,
Apr 18- Upper GI, Colonoscopy– Dr. Vardakis, Apr 19 - Urology – Dr. Boullier,
Apr 20 - Ophthalmology – Dr. Soni
Once
again DbarJ Quilts Etc will be sponsoring the Elva Gwinn Huffman Essay Contest
for non-profit groups. Any non-profit group can write an
essay
about their group, their good works and how they would use the quilt to help
them raise money for their cause. It is best if you keep it to no more than 2
pages. Due date for the essays is March 31, 2018. They will be read and the quilt will be given
out on April 2, which is Elva's birthday. If you wish more information, you can
call 660-598-2222 during business hours, M,W,TH,F 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., Tuesday
12:00-7:00 p.m.
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