The A.C. Spring City Wide Garage Sale will be April 12 - 13. Maps will be available at Food Fair, Powell's True Value and Casey's beginning Thursday afternoon. House of Joy Ministry will be at the City Park on Saturday from 4:00-5:00 to pick up donations. If you have questions, please call Dianne Foster at 476-2390.
Appleton City Manor and AC Journal would like to invite you to join them Saturday evening April 13 at the AC Manor for the 2019 Appleton City High School Junior/Senior Promenade. Prom attendees will be announced and photographed then featured in the Journal, AC Manor’s Facebook and Newsletter. Family, friends and area residents are invited to share this event with the residents. Guests should arrive early to assure proper seating. Couple names to be announced promptly at 6:00 and then Prom will continue at the High School. The theme this year is Rock Concert.
The Monthly Men's Fellowship Breakfast at the Church of God (Holiness) will be held 7:00 a.m. Saturday, April 13. The devotional will be delivered by Rev. Ryan Campos. All the men of the community are invited to join for a time of food and fellowship.
The Historic St. Ludger’s Church at Germantown will be hosting its first Easter Cantata on April 13 at 7:00 p.m. This is the first time that the Garden City Community Choir will be performing there. There are several members from our local community that sing in this choir of 80+ strong this year and this is the choir's 48th year of praising God with the help of many different denominations. This year, the Cantata, entitled "Thou Art Worthy" by Clydesdale, will have its first performance locally and they promise you it will start the Easter week off by preparing us for what is to come. It will begin with about 15 minutes of great "old time gospel" music that you will want to hear, followed by the Cantata, which will last about 35 minutes. You may contact Lynn Westhusing if you have questions at 660-476-2590.
The Knights of Columbus will have their monthly pancake and sausage breakfast at the Knight’s Hall in Montrose on Sunday, April 14 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
The St. Clair County Historical Society will meet Thursday, April 11 at the Osceola Public Library, at 7:00 p.m. Judith Guthrie will present the program on the "History of Lowry City." The public is invited.
AIM is sponsoring an Easter Egg Hunt 1:00 p.m. at the Montrose Park Saturday, April 20 (rain or shine) for children ages 0 to 4th Grade. Bring your own basket.
Effective April 1, 2019 if you wish to rent the Park Building in Forest Park, you need to contact City Hall for scheduling. Also, effective April 1, the cost to rent the building is increasing to $75.00 per the Park Board. IF you are scheduled to use the park building and have already paid your $50 rental, you will not be required to pay the extra $25, however moving forward with payments, the cost WILL be $75.
The annual PTO Bake Sale will be held at Food Fair Saturday, April 20 from 8:00 a.m. until sold out. Grab your goodies for Easter breakfast or dinner! If you are willing to donate any kind of baked good(s), please plan to have them delivered to Little Apples Daycare/Sarah Eye between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 19 or dropped off at Food Fair by 7:45 a.m. Saturday morning. This event raises funds that allow elementary students to participate in field trips throughout the school year, as well as fund additional requests from teachers throughout the school year.
Hudson R-IX will have a student performance and art fair on Thursday, April 25 in the multi-purpose building. The performance begins at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 28, the AC Area Ministerial Alliance will host the baccalaureate service for the 2019 ACHS Graduates in the Easy Gym at 7:00 p.m. All students, their families, teachers and administration are invited to attend.
HiSet/GED classes have some openings available. They are held Tuesday and Thursday from 5:00-7:30 in the Appleton City School Library. Please enter through the library door across from the elementary playground.
The last Box Top, Best Choice and Food Fair receipt collection will take place on May 6. Please send in all of your labels and receipts with your student at this time. Any community members may contribute by dropping them off at the elementary office during school hours. Box Tops cannot be expired and Food Fair receipts need to be from January 1, 2019 through April 30, 2019. All older receipts will not be counted. Please help the PTO earn money through this on-going fundraiser!
The Appleton City FFA will be hosting a Mother’s Day spaghetti dinner with salad, garlic bread and dessert on May 12 from 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. in the high school commons area. This free will donation dinner is to help fund FFA members who will be attending Washington Leadership Conference in Washington D.C. this summer.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
April 11 St. Clair County Historical Society meeting at the Osceola Public Library, at 7:00 p.m.
April 12-13 Citywide Garage Sales in AC
April 13 Men's Fellowship Breakfast at the Church of God (Holiness) 7:00 a.m.
April 13 ACHS Prom activities starting at 6:00 p.m. at AC Manor
April 13 Easter Cantata at St. Ludger’s Church in Germantown 7:00 p.m.
April 14 Knights of Columbus pancake and sausage breakfast 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. at the Knight’s Hall in Montrose
April 15 Income Taxes due
April 19-22 No classes at Hudson or Appleton City Schools for Easter break
The Appleton City Area Ministerial Alliance will hold Community Services as follows: Holy Thursday Service April 18, 7:00 p.m. at the Rockville River of Life Church with Pastor Gar Garman; Good Friday Service April 19, 7:00 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church with Pastor Alan Black; and Sunrise Service April 21, 6:30 a.m. at Church of God Holiness with Pastor Ryan Campos. Everyone is welcome.
Holy Week schedule for Immaculate Conception and St. Patrick’s Catholic Churches: Holy Thursday – 5:30 p.m. St. Patrick’s, 7:30 p.m. ICC. Good Friday: 3:00 p.m. St. Patrick’s, 7:00 p.m. ICC, Holy Saturday: 8:00 p.m. ICC, Easter Sunday: 8:00 a.m. ICC, 10:00 a.m. St. Patrick’s.
The ACHS Alumni meeting is May 25, 2019. Reservations$12/person may be sent to Patti Purvis Young x68, 101 E. 3rd St., Appleton City, MO 64724. Class Representatives to contact are: 1959 Ellen Nichols Higgins; 1964 Sandra Waite Long; 1969 Deb Durst Seider; 1974 Len Gilmore; 1979 Paul Noble; 1984 La Donna Knight Green; 1989 Pam Parsons Craft; 1994 Kisa Monard Eye; 1999 Zeb Salmon; 2004 Katie Dains Evans; 2009 Micach Noble; 2014 Katie Parsons Dunnman. Please report (since May, 2018) deceased alumni or if you have questions, contact Linda Lampkin 660-476-5857 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. or acmolampkin@yahoo.com. Alumni still working and traveling distances like to receive information early.
The Appleton City High School Alumni Scholarship Foundation, Inc. will be awarding five $1,000 scholarships to the graduating seniors in May, 2019. Students may attend any type of post-secondary training. The applicants' names are eliminated from the forms before being mailed to the out-of-town alumni judges. Seniors may pick up their forms from the school counselor. The deadline for application is March 27, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. All ACHS seniors are encouraged to participate. These awards are made possible by contributors interested in the youth of the Appleton City area.
The AC Fair will be June 6-8 in the evenings. The theme is "A Salute to Volunteers”. You may become a Proud Sponsor by giving a donation. Proud Sponsor and booth forms are available at City Hall. You can keep up on Facebook at Appleton City MO Fair 2019. If you have questions, contact Linda Lampkin at 660-476-5857 or acmolampkin@yahoo.com 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
OATS BUS schedule for the week of April 15: St Clair County to Bolivar April 16, St Clair County to OATS Meeting April 18. 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, in the Lowry City area call Heidi Carden at 417-309-0146. Need a ride, call on OATS. Available to everyone (not “just” Seniors/Disabled) 24 hour reservations advance reservation required. Donation per stop is suggested. OATS is a door to door, shared ride service; all vans are equipped with ramps and helpful drivers!
Ellett Memorial Hospital Appleton City offers outpatient specialist services for April, 2019. Call 660-476-2111, ext. 5257 for appointments: Apr 12 - Ophthalmology – Dr. Soni, Apr 15– Rheumatology – Dr. Latinis, Apr 17 - Upper GI, Colonoscopy–Dr. Vardakis, Apr 18 - Urology – Dr. Boullier, Apr 23- Ortho – Dr. Gray.
One of the highest input costs for a cattle operation is meeting cattle daily nutrient needs. One way to reduce the cost is to increase grazing forage consumption and reduce grain-based supplements. Two ways to do that include increasing forage growth and utilization efficiency as well as forage quality consumed. University of Missouri Extension agriculture specialists, Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) employees and Missouri State Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCD) work together to educate the public on utilizing MiG in their cattle operation through regional grazing schools. Upcoming regional grazing schools include: May 9- 10 at the First Baptist Church, Osceola, Mo. Fee, which includes meals and materials, is $130 per person or $150 per couple sharing materials. For registration and more information, please contact the St. Clair County Mo. SWCD office at 417-646-8108, ext. 3. May 14 - 15 at the Vernon County Fairgrounds home economics building, Nevada, Mo. Fee, which includes meals and materials, is $130 per person or $150 per couple sharing materials. To register or for more information please contact the Vernon County Mo. SWCD office at 417-667-8137, ext. 3. These schools have limits on the number of attendees, so if you are interested in attending please contact the offices as soon as possible. To receive cost share benefits, you need to attend one school.
Both first time gardeners and seasoned professionals can benefit from the "Vegetable Planting Calendar" guide available from University of Missouri Extension. The guide provides a complete list of planting dates and varieties that do well in southwest Missouri. Everything from asparagus to zucchini that is listed in the planting calendar represents the varieties that provide the best yield, quality and disease resistance under Missouri conditions. The guide also deals with when to plant certain vegetables by giving planting dates for south, central and north Missouri. If you live within the Ozarks plateau, you may want to follow the north Missouri planting dates due to the possibility of late spring frosts. "If you follow the south Missouri planting dates for spring plantings, be prepared to cover plants for frost protection. This MU Extension guide also provides information on the following: how much to plant per person; how much seed to purchase for a 100 foot row; row spacing; inches between plants in the row; depth of planting; days from planting to eating; and vitamin content of the vegetable. If you need additional gardening and horticultural advice, or want to obtain a copy of the Vegetable Planting Calendar (Guide sheet 6201), contact the Master Gardener Hotline at (417) 874-2963, search for and download the file online at extension.missouri.edu or contact the St. Clair County MU Extension center on the first floor of the courthouse in Osceola, (417) 646-2419 or e-mail: stclairco@missouri.edu.
On April 23 and 25, at the El Dorado Springs Veterinary Clinic in El Dorado Springs, Mo., MU Extension will be working with Dr. Brian Collins, DVM and Zoetis to conduct a bull BSE clinic. The BSE will be performed on the bull to ensure that he is reproductively and structurally sound before entering the breeding season. The veterinarian will examine the testicles for adequate size, penis and prepuce to make sure there are no injuries, the accessory sex glands to make sure they are sound, and the semen for adequate motility and morphology. In addition, the veterinarian will look at the structural soundness of the bull to determine if he is physically sound to breed cows during the breeding season. In addition to the BSE, MU Extension Regional Livestock Field Specialist Davis will educate cattle producers on bull body condition scoring (BCS) and foot scoring (FS) which are tools to assess the energy status and structural soundness of your bull. Since Zoetis is a partner, the bulls will be given booster vaccinations as well as treated for internal and external parasites at no charge to the producer. Contact the El Dorado Springs Veterinary Clinic for scheduling bulls for the BSE Clinic and fees associated with the BSE and other tests, such as trichmoniasis or genomic testing at (417) 876-5805. For more information on prebreeding bull management and BSE, contact your local MU Extension Livestock Field Specialist.
Jamie Kidd, retired horticulture specialist from Kansas State University, will present information on how to design and create a spectacular perennial garden. Learn about site selection, plant selection and purpose of an outdoor room setting along with helpful tips on soils, planting, and maintenance. The class is 7:00 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at the Healthy Nevada meeting room, 212 W. Walnut, Suite B, Nevada, MO. The cost is $10. Pre-register by calling University of Missouri Extension Center at 417-448-2560 by April 23.
