News courtesy of the Appleton City Industrial Development committee
The Board of Aldermen
has approved the shooting of fireworks off inside the AC city limits from dusk
on July 1 through 11:00 p.m. on July 7. They do ask, on behalf of your working
neighbors, that you be courteous and not shoot fireworks after 11:00 p.m.
nightly.
Countywide Disposal
trash pickup will run as normal on Thursday July 4.
The Back to School
Fair for Appleton City and Hudson Schools is coming up. Last year they were
able to provide 74 children with school supplies and a backpack. Without
donations from our community, this fair would not be possible. Thank you to
everyone that donated last year. West Central has started collecting donations
for this year’s fair from now until July 29. Please send donations to WCMCAA, Attn.
BTSF, 106 W 4th St., Appleton City, MO 64724. All children must be
pre-registered in order to receive school supplies and a backpack at the fair.
The pre-registration forms are available in the lobby at the West Central
office. For any questions, please contact Joy Cooper at 660-476-21852 or
jcooper@wcmcaa.org.
The 15th Annual
Appleton City Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show will be held Saturday, July 13 at
the City Park. Check-in is from 9:00
a.m. to noon and the Car Show will be from noon to 3:00 p.m. There will be a $10 entry fee per
vehicle. There will be judging for all
classes with the top 70 for cars and trucks, top 3 for motorcycles and top 3
for rat rods. There will also be 6 special pick awards. The first 150 entries
will be given dash plaques. D.J. Brandon
Wallace will present music on the stage. There will also be a 50-50 drawing, door
prizes, goodie bags and a live auction.
Food concessions, biscuits & gravy and cobbler & ice cream will
be available. Proceeds from the Show will go toward a pair of $1000
scholarships for local high school students.
In addition, Zink Motor Co, which is one of the oldest Ford dealerships
in the country, is hosting the Kansas City Antique Car Clu8b at the dealership
in Appleton City during the car show.
20-25 Model A’s and Model T’s will be on display. There will be an open
house and tours of this historic dealership.
The admission is free. The
location for this show is across the street from the Appleton City Car Show. For
car show information, call Bob Roos 660-492-2822, Ted McDaniel 660-492-3779, Ed
Hardesty 660-464-0360 or Doug Snodgrass 660-492-2814, or email to
appletoncitycarshow@yahoo.com. T-Shirts are available for sale at Powel’s Tru
Value Hardware.
The Moving Vietnam
Memorial Wall will be in Harrisonville June 27 through July 1 at the Mill Walk
Mall which is west of I-49 at the 291 exit.
A special ceremony will be conducted at 7:00 p.m. on June 27 recognizing
all veterans.
Appleton City is
asking business owners on Main Street to please adopt a flower barrel and keep
it watered. Everyone would appreciate that!
Quasquacentennial
1995 Pictorial Books may be purchased at both of the AC Banks and the Museum. Make
checks for $25 to AC Park-SQC. This is the first time this book has been
printed. If you haven't purchased one in the last 2 weeks you do not have this
book. A new SQC-Sesquicentennial
Historical Calendar will be offered for sale for $10 as well. The calendar is
packed with historical facts and 144 pictures.
The AC Cemetery
Association is raffling (2) half beefs with processing. Proceeds go to support and maintain the AC
Cemetery. Winners will be announced at
the Applefest in September. Tickets are
available for purchase at St. Clair Co. State Bank, Powell’s Tru Value and
Noble Machine and Manufacturing for $10 each.
The fireworks stand
run by the James Girls and Bry in the back room of the old Pizza Store are set
up and ready. The open Friday, June 28
and will be open until Sunday, July 7.
The hours of operation are noon to 9:00 p.m. July 4th hours are 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. The shelves are overflowing with a wide
variety. Follow them on facebook at July
with the James's for more information and specials.
FarmHouse Kitchen and
Sumo's Pub will be closed from Sunday June 30 through Monday July 8. FarmHouse will open Tuesday July 9 at 11:00
a.m. for regular operating hours.
The Ellett Memorial
& AC Rural Health Clinic are sponsoring the “Fit and Fun Community Block
Party” from 8:00 a.m. to noon on Saturday, August 3, 2019. The day begins with 5K Run/Walk/Bike
registration at 7:00 a.m. The 5K begins
at 7:30 a.m. There will be multiple
vendors, various free health screenings, information booths, drawings, prizes,
demonstrations and special priced lab services inside. The Auxiliary bake sale is from 8:00 a.m. to
noon. FFA will sponsor an exotic animal petting zoo and inflatable Mega
Slide. Free walking tacos are available from
10:00 - noon, Life Flight will land at noon, weather permitting. This year’s
special guest will be KC Wolf.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
June 26 School sports physicals at AC Clinic 8:00
a.m.-5:00 p.m.
June 24-28 Swimming lessons at AC Pool continue
June 24-28 First Baptist Church of Appleton City
Vacation Bible School continues from 5:15 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.
June 27-July1 The Moving Vietnam Memorial Wall in
Harrisonville at the Mill Walk Mall
July 4 Independence Day
July 4 Normal trash pickup in Appleton City
July 13 The 15th Annual Appleton City
Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show at the City Park
SQC - The acronym
will appear many times over the course of the next year in articles. SQC is short
for Sesquicentennial, which will be the 150th year celebration June
10-14, 2020 in Appleton City. Preparation
has already begun. It will take the entire community to make it happen like in
the past town celebrations. The core committee hopes everyone will become
involved, which includes the simplest things, like being in the audiences, attending
the events and wearing period dress or tee shirts that have Appleton City on them.
But, there is so much work, that volunteers are needed to come forward. They
have asked people whose talent may be recognized from past service but there
are so many others that have talents we do not know about. Please let the committee know your abilities.
57 areas have been identified that need committee members. They will entertain
suggestions, but they need to know ideas now to see if will work into the
schedule. They know some people are last minute to everything, but that really
doesn't make it easy for those trying to get everything in place. This SQC is a
celebration of what has happen in the past to the Appleton City area, so think
historical for this celebration...generic activities can take place any year. Step
forward with what you'd like to be involved doing during the event. Contact
maybe made by us mail to Linda Lampkin, 1704 NE County Road 14963, Montrose, MO
64770, 9-9pm 660-476-5857, acmolampkin@yahoo.com
Farmers dealing with
flooding in Missouri can find reliable, up-to-date information on many
flood-related topics from University of Missouri Extension at
extension.missouri.edu. Specialists in MU Extension have assembled information
on flooded fields, crops, forages, livestock and property, as well as
information on how to navigate an array of government agencies and entities
prepared to help producers during and after flooding. Online resources include
helpful news and articles, downloadable publications, contact information for
extension field specialists, and an extensive collection of answers to
frequently asked questions related to livestock, field crops, horticulture,
soil and more. While the rain and its
aftermath will require some time for healing to occur, the decisions we make
today will determine how pervasive the effects will be over time. From ensuring
a safe water supply to filing insurance claims, all the decisions to make can
seem overwhelming. But through MU Extension’s online resources and county-based
specialists, we can help those affected make informed decisions that provide a
firmer footing on the road to recovery. To access the flood resources page
directly, go to extension2.missouri.edu/programs/flood-resources. The MU
Extension Community Emergency Management Program (CEMP) provides education and
technical assistance to individuals, families, local governments, schools and
organizations in preparing for and responding to natural and man-made
disasters. Regardless of size or impact, all disasters are local events. MU
Extension is a key resource for the public, emergency services and public
officials because of the unique relationship it maintains with each community.
CEMP is a central point for MU Extension emergency management functions,
including mitigation programs, preparedness activities and recovery issues. For
more information, visit extension.missouri.edu/cemp.
Ellett Memorial
Hospital Appleton City offers outpatient specialist services for July, 2019. Call 660-476-2111, ext. 5257 for appointments:
July 1 – Rheumatology – Dr. Latinis, July 3 - Upper GI, Colonoscopy–Dr. Namin, July
9 - Ortho – Dr. Gray, July 10 - Upper GI, Colonoscopy– Dr. Vardakis, July 11 -
Urology – Dr. Boullier, July 15 - Rheumatology–Dr. Latinis, July 17 –Upper GI,
Colonoscopy-Dr. Namin, July 23 - Ortho – Dr. Gray.
The Ellett Memorial
Hospital Foundation was established in 2000 by a local couple to benefit and
carry out the purposes of Ellett Memorial Hospital. The Foundation has played a major role in the
Hospital’s recent renovation/expansion project.
The Foundation is a 501c3 organization and plays an important role in
ensuring the future of the Hospital by providing an avenue for individuals,
groups and corporations to lend their financial support through tax-deductible
contributions. The Ellett Memorial Hospital Foundation would like to extend an
invitation to the community to assist with this project. They would like to welcome all current and
past members of the community and service area to make a donation to the Ellett
Memorial Hospital Foundation. Donations can be restricted or non-restricted for
use as the donor identifies. Recognition
will be given for all contributions. For
further information, contact Julee Snyder, Ellett Memorial Hospital,
660-476-211.
OATS BUS schedule for
the week of June 24: St Clair County to Clinton June 27. 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!
Native grasses can be
useful when grazing your cattle through the summer months. Native grasses provide adequate forage
quality and quantity for stocker cattle to gain approximately 2 lbs.
daily. In addition, these grasses grow
more efficiently during the summer months on less water and fertility resulting
in higher stocking rates and better performance than typically grazed cool
season grasses. Also moving cattle to
native grass pastures during the summer reduces the consumption of ergovaline,
which is associated with fescue toxicosis symptoms, resulting in healthier
better performing cattle. Since native grasses are beneficial to cattle grazing
during the summer, MU Extension is cooperating with NRCS, Missouri Department
of Conservation, and Quails Forever to provide a pasture tour to learn more
about cattle grazing native grasses. This Partners in Pasture tour will be held
on July 24 at the Wah’Kon-Tah Prairie near El Dorado Springs, Mo. beginning at
5:30 p.m. People from each of the partnering organizations will be available to
provide discussion and answer questions related to grazing native grasses. Topics of discussion will include:
Patch burn grazing as
a forage management tool for cattle and wildlife on Wah’Kon-Tah Prairie and Practical
cattle grazing management and performance on native pastures. As part of the
tour, there will be a potluck meal, so bring you favorite dish. Missouri Department of Conservation will
provide hamburgers for the tour. The tour is free to the public but please
register by July 18 by contacting the Cedar County MU Extension Center at
417-276-3313 or Patrick Davis by email at davismp@missouri.edu.
For more information or if you need accommodations because of a disability,
need to relay emergency medical information or need special arrangements if the
building is evacuated contact the Cedar County MU Extension Center. You may also find more information on how to
improve your grasslands at https://extension2.missouri.edu/programs/nrcs-mu-grasslands-project.
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