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Appleton
City High School Homecoming is scheduled for Friday, October 2. The list of activities and information for
Homecoming 2020 is as follows: 1:45 - Pep assembly for high school and junior
high, 2:30 - Students participating in the parade are dismissed, 2:45 -
Homecoming Parade, 7:00 - Football game against Osceola Indians with
Queen/Princess coronation at halftime. There are no restrictions for spectators
and there will be concessions available. The Junior Class will sell breaded
tenderloin sandwiches starting at 6:00 p.m.
Immediately following the game until 11:30, there will be food, games,
and music at the football field, provided by the ACHS Student Council. This
activity will take the place of a traditional Homecoming dance. This activity
will only be available for Appleton City students in grades 9-12 and their
registered out of school dates.
Junior
Class will be selling tenderloins under the big white tent at the Homecoming
game this Friday starting at 6:00 p.m. before the game. The regular concession
stands will still be available. A tenderloin sandwich, chips and water will be
$8.00. All proceeds go to the ACHS
2020/2021 Prom expenses.
Ellett
Memorial Hospital is hosting a GIRLS DAY OUT on Sunday, October 4, 2020 from
11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.at the Hospital.
Please come join them for their 3rd Annual Breast Cancer
Wellness & Awareness Day. Come receive your pre-registered annual mammogram
by Diagnostic Imaging Center Mobile Coach and receive a special gift. There
will be Breast Cancer speakers sharing their life stories, talking about
genetics and facts of Breast Cancer. Door prizes awarded, fellowship, stories
from survivors, caregivers and support will be shared. A light lunch served and
treats to indulge. Vendors will be set up for your guilty pleasures and
essential information available. If you or someone you know is a Breast Cancer
survivor, please let them know who and how long, so that they may recognize
them and celebrate. Stay connected to the Girls Day Out on the Hospital’s
Facebook page event link
(https://www.facebook.com/Ellett-Memorial-Hospital-155939294485962/) to receive
more updates. Uninsured women 40-49 that
meet the guidelines can apply for funding of a mammogram through our “Show Me
Healthy Women Program”. Call EMH at 660-476-2111
and speak with April Loney or Julee Snyder for info or help scheduling a
mammogram.
The Montrose Fire Department
is hosting a series of events in support of this year’s Fire Prevention Week
campaign, “Serve Up Fire Safety in the Kitchen!” including an open house at the
fire station on October 4, 2020 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. You will be able to meet and talk with your
Firefighters, First Responders and Jr. Firefighters, tour the station, view
fire and medical equipment and see how they work. There will be fire education station, Sparky
the Fire Dog and games for the kids. You
can also enjoy refreshments of hamburger / hot dogs, chips, cookie and drink.
Back to School
"Underwear, Sock & Hygiene" packs can be picked up at the Trinity
United Methodist Church (214 E 3rd) on September 30, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. and October
1, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Please come to the West Door (Office). Call 660-476-5322
for more information.
The Appleton City
Landmarks Restoration was featured in “Ozark Farm & Neighbor Newspaper”. The article can be found at http://www.ozarksfn.com/2020/09/21/saving-history/
The deadline for Quasquacentennial
Souvenir Stamp Cancellation is October 8. Mail items to be cancelled (with
stamps on them) to USPS, 119 W. 4th St. ACMO 64724.
Sesquicentennial
Poster Contest guidelines are coming soon for children living in the Appleton
City or Hudson School Districts and any adult who has ever resided within 15
miles of AC. Categories will include both free hand art and computer generated
art. The art must be about “Appleton City Past or Present”. Everyone may
participate by encouraging artists in the AC area to create and enter a poster.
The annual Fall
Festival at Living Water Ranch, Osceola, is scheduled for October 3 from 11:30
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The festival is free to attend and is open to the public. A
full concession stand will be available, no outside food or drinks, please.
Activities will include zipline, archery, Forgers for Christ forging station,
Wild Edible samples (cricket cookies anyone?), giant slide, petting zoo, pony
rides, hayride, BB guns with the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Deputies, and other
activities. Come enjoy a beautiful day outdoors. Address of the festival is
Living Waters Ranch, 4520 SE 450 Road, Osceola, Missouri. Living Waters Ranch
is a faith based, 501C3 nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching the lives
of people in rural MO.
Appleton
City Manor is asking area residents to send Virginia Wolf a card to help
celebrate her 100th birthday. On October 2, 2020, Virginia Wolf,
will be 100 years young. Please send cards to Virginia Wolf, 600 N Ohio St.,
Appleton City, Mo 64724. Also, if you would like to make her day even more
special they ask you to drive through their parking lot following the ACHS
Homecoming parade October 2, 2020 and give her a birthday honk. They ask that you
stay in your car at all times. If you have any questions, contact Tracey at
476-5524.
Ellett Memorial
Hospital Appleton City offers outpatient specialist services for October. Call
660-476-2111 for appointments: Dr. Tay, Oct 1 – OB/GYN-Dr. Kallberg, Oct 2
–Ophthalmology, Dr. Soni, Oct 7- Upper GI, Colonoscopy Dr. Namin, Oct 8–
Rheumatology, Dr. Tay, Oct 9– Ortho-Dr. Gray, Oct 14-Upper GI, Colonoscopy-Dr.
Vardakis, Oct 21 - Upper GI, Colonoscopy-Dr. Namin, Oct 22– Rheumatology, Dr.
Tay, Oct 28– Ortho-Dr.Gray
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Sept 30 –
Oct 1 "Underwear, Sock &
Hygiene" packs can be picked up at the Trinity United Methodist Church
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Oct
2 ACHS Homecoming activities. Parade
at 2:30 p.m., Varsity Football against Osceola 7:00 p.m., Coronation at
halftime
Oct
4 Girls Day Out at Ellett Memorial
Hospital
Oct
4 Montrose Fire Department Fire
Prevention Week activities 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
The
University of Missouri Extension in Cass County is offering a virtual workshop
“Surviving Parenting the Teen Years” class October 17, 2020 from 10:00am
-12:00pm via zoom. Raising adolescents or tweens? This class is for you.
Adapted from the Parenting a Second Time Around curriculum, this is a parenting
program designed for anyone who is raising teens. They will discuss adolescent behavior and when
things have progressed beyond typical; and how to provide guidance and maintain
safety. Continuing education hours are
available for foster families. The cost
is $25 per person. Register online at
https://extension2.missouri.edu/events/surviving-parenting-the-teen-years. If
you have any questions please call the facilitator Kyleigh Sullivan at
660-619-1355. And find MU Extension
Kyleigh HDFS Specialist on Facebook for updates.
A master
gardener training has been scheduled beginning October 6, 2020 and concluding
November 10, 2020. The mission of the
Missouri Master Gardener Extension Program is “helping others learn to
grow”. The Master Gardener program
provides in-depth horticulture training to individuals throughout Missouri who
then volunteer their time applying what they have learned to help others in
their communities to learn about gardening and environmental education. This
class will be a hybrid virtual training.
Participants have the option of attending the class completely online,
via Zoom, from the comfort of their home.
The alternative is to attend the class live at one of the following
locations: Boonville – Cooper County Extension Office, Sedalia – Pettis County
Extension Office, Versailles – Morgan County Extension Office, Columbia – Boone
County Extension Office and Higginsville
– Lafayette County Extension Office. There
will be a limit of 10 participants at each of the live locations and social
distancing/masking recommendations will be in place. At each of the 5 in-person locations there
will be a moderator knowledgeable in horticulture to help facilitate and answer
questions. At some point during the
training each site will have a live speaker.
During other weeks, the live speaker will be at one of the other
locations and broadcast to the remaining sites. The class will be held on
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. beginning on October 6 and
concluding on November 10. The cost for
the training is $200. Registration can
be done online at https://extension2.missouri.edu/events/multi-county-hybrid-master-gardener-fall-2020-training
or by calling the Cooper County Extension Office at (660)882-5661.
Each
year, the Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center (HARC) and University
of Missouri Center for Agroforestry (UMCA) host the family-friendly and
educational Missouri Chestnut Roast event. This year is going to look a little
bit different. Instead of offering an
in-person event at the Research Center, located in New Franklin, Mo., HARC and
UMCA will go virtual this year, along with the rest of the University of
Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR)
Agricultural Research Centers during the annual field day season. The HARC
Virtual Chestnut Roast will be held Saturday, October 3, with numerous unique
videos available through the Research Center’s website and Facebook page.
The
videos will include informative content on the production of pecan, chestnut
and elderberry, from start to finish. While you won’t be able to smell the
aroma or taste the flavor of roasted chestnuts, you will be treated to new
behind-the-scenes footage and video tours of HARC that will immerse you in a
true Missouri agroforestry landscape. The event promises to be inspiring for
audiences near and far. The Virtual Chestnut Roast will include a keynote video
given by Curtis Stone, known as “The Urban Farmer” from Canada, who, according
to his website, has an area of expertise in quick-growing, high-value annual
vegetables for direct consumer market streams.
Individuals can find the presentations beginning around 8:30 a.m. on
Saturday, October 3, on the Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center
Facebook page (facebook.com/mizzouharc/). Presentations will be posted
throughout the morning. The videos will also be posted on a special webpage
(harc.missouri.edu/chestnut-roast/) on the HARC website. Attendees are welcome
to visit the Center for Agroforestry Facebook page
(facebook.com/centerforagroforestry) and the Mizzou Agroforestry YouTube
channel (youtube.com/channel/UCUOh8LRAf21gW2dt3uPf_UA) for the videos and
additional resources as well.
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.
As the
General Election rapidly approaches, questions linger about the best, safest
and most effective way to vote on November 3. Absentee voting is now open for
eligible voters at the Henry County Clerk’s office (1st Floor of the Courthouse).
In Missouri, mail-in ballots and some absentee ballots must be notarized. In
October, The Democrat Club will host 2 Free Saturday Drive-up Notary Events for
all voters who have received their mail-in ballot or an absentee ballot that
requires a notarized signature. The deadline to register to vote – on-line or
in-person - is Wednesday, October 7, 2020. County residents can register to
vote at the Henry County Clerk’s office (Courthouse – First Floor) during
regular office hours. Registering on-line requires access to a (computer)
tablet, mobile device, or other touchscreen device to electronically sign the
registration form. “Mail-In Ballots” can
only be mailed to the local election authority (County Clerk) and must be
received by 7:00 pm, Tuesday, November 3, 2020.
Votes that are not received by that time will not be counted. The Free Mail-in Ballot Notary Events will be
on the East Side of the Clinton Square outside the Switzer Law Office (136 S.
Main, Clinton) Saturday, October 3 and 17 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Voters
can choose to bring their mail-in ballot into the law office to be notarized
but will also be greeted outside and can have their ballot notarized in their
car. Voters must bring state or
federally-issued legal photo identification (such as a driver’s license or
identification card). Face coverings are requested to ensure safety for the
voters and the notaries. After the mail-in ballot is notarized, the voter
should immediately deliver the ballot to the U.S. Post Office around the corner
to ensure vote safety and ensure that the ballot arrives in time to be counted.
Once the vote is submitted by absentee or a mail-in ballot, it is illegal for
the voter to vote again in-person at the polls. If you have any questions about
the mail-in ballot process, please contact the Henry County Clerk (660)
885-7204 or the Missouri Secretary of State at (573)751-4936.
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