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When Revona Blanton of Bevier was pulling out of her driveway she saw what she thought at first was the Google map people or a surveyor. She was so wrong. She drove by him and asked what he was doing? He told her he was painting her trees. He liked the contrast of color. He said that on overcast days it’s easier to paint because he can capture the colors better and when it’s sunny or there are clouds there are too many shadows. His name is Nyle Gordon and lives in Ethel. He teaches art at Callao school and also teaches a class in Kansas City on Tuesday nights. He has had his artwork displayed at the Jaeger Building downtown and does art shows around the area.

Tigers Advance to District Championship!

Next Week’s Regional Issue Featuring Black Friday & Small Business SaturdayJust a reminder that next week’s paper, #47, November 20, 2013, is the Re-gional Issue! This goes out free to all of the households in Macon County. Please note these are not delivered to our usual drop points, so if you would like an extra copy, please call 660-332-4431 or drop us an email at: news.homepress@gmail.com

La Plata Community Thanksgiving Worship will be held Sunday Evening, November 24, 7 p.m. at the La Plata United Methodist Church (Gex at Colbern Street) being sponsored by La Plata Ministerial Alliance any offering goes to La Plata Christian Ministries projects. O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever. 1 Chronicles 16:34

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La Plata’s New Hunting & Fishing Permit Vendor Macon County 4-H members rounded

out the 2012-2013 4-H year November 3rd with the annual Recognition Program. This year the event was hosted by the Atlanta Home Pioneer 4-H club at Crossroads Christian Church in Macon. Throughout the year members and volunteers worked very hard learning and teaching skills related to different project areas such as archery, beef, cake decorating, robotics and many more. Volunteers also assisted youth active in 4-H develop skills that last a lifetime such as teamwork, public speaking, responsibility and decision making. The annual Recognition Program recognizes those volunteers and members that have strived to teach and learn in the Extension program known as 4-H. Areas of recognition included, number of years in 4-H, volunteer leader recognition, participation in projects, participation in sate competition, participation in

Achievement Day and many more. The following awards were also

presented: Top Secretary’s Book, Remingtyn

Bealmer from the Atlanta Home Pioneer 4-H Club.Top Treasurer’s Book, Madeline Smith

from the Macon County Jr. Leaders.Top Historian, Kristopher Walker from

the Bevier Buck A Roos 4-H Club. Top Reporter, Kristopher Walker from

the Bevier Buck A Roos 4-H Club. Friend of 4-H award, Chris Shoemaker

of Macon. Outstanding Leader award, Kathy Rowe

of New Cambria. 4-H Hall of Fame inductees, Cathy

Baker of Atlanta. “I Dare You” award from the Danforth

Foundation, Madeline Smith, Atlanta Home Pioneer 4-H Club. Outstanding 8-10 Girl, Sheridyn

Bealmer from the Atlanta Home Pioneer

4-H Club. Outstanding 8-10 Boy, Jonathon

Arbuckle from the Ethel Ridge Runners 4-H Club. Outstanding 11-13 Girl, Lauren Wilson

from the Macon Easy Riders 4-H Club Outstanding 11-13 Boy, Kristopher

Walker from the Bevier Buck-A-Roos 4-H Club. Outstanding 14 and over Girl, Abby

Seipel from the Callao Shamrocks 4-H Club. Outstanding 14 and over Boy, Ben

Nelson from the Bevier Buck-A-Roos 4-H Club. The 4-H Recognition program was

made possible by the support from Macon Atlanta State Bank, Bank of New Cambria, WOW Church Without Wall, Bangert Trucking Company, Sydenstricker and the Macon County 4-H Council.

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Just For FunDid you find all flags last week? If not, look a little closer!This week look for the cornucopias!

Macon Tigersvs centralia

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Two weeks ago the Macon tigers traveled south to Centralia to close out the regular season. The game ended with a 9-7 victory over Centralia. The Tigers moved on to District Championships against California. Photo taken and used with permission by Julia Anne Kelsh Adami

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Stephen King's Doctor Sleep returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels, The Shining. Dan has been drifting for decades, desper-ate to shed his father's legacy of violence and alcoholism. He settles in a New Hampshire community and gets a job at a nursing home. When he meets Abra Stone his own demons reignite and summon him to a battle for Abra's soul. Readers from all over give high ratings for this novel of an epic war between good an evil. You may want to reread The Shining before checking out Doctor Sleep. Reserve them both today.

Richard North Patterson's Loss of Innocence is the second book in the Blaine trilogy. This book is a bit different from his other novels. The story begins in 2011 at Martha’s Vineyard. Carla, an actress, recovering alcoholic and hiding from the media is staying in the guest house of Whitney Dane. As the women become acquainted they learn they both share a past with Carla's now deceased boyfriend, Ben. Reminiscing, Whitney is taken back in time to 1968. The year

1968 was a politically fueled year with much upheaval, assassina-tions, riots and the draft. Ben, or Benjamin Blaine, a collage dropout worked for Robert Kennedy prior to his assassina-tion. He and Whitney met and became friends much to her parents dismay. Ben disrupts the tranquil of security surrounding Whitney and begins to awaken an need for independence form the 'perfect' family syndrome. This family saga will capture your attention and keep those pages turning.

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Smoke testing of all sewer lines within the City of La Plata has been completed and many citizens have received a letter indicating that they have a problem with non-sewer waters infiltrating the system because of leaks on their property.Most of these are minor,

but not all. The City has given all a 60 day initial period to correct or repair the problem. Hopefully residents will comply. If you received a

letter, you need to contact city hall and a picture will be provided of the smoke emitting from your property indicating a surface water leak into the system. Upon repair, notify the City and crews will re-smoke your lines to see if all is sufficient.Please remember that

DNR (Department of Natural Resources) has citied the City for its lagoon leaking into a creek because of overflowing. Mostly this is caused by tons of water getting into the system that the lagoon wasn’t designed to hold.I urge all citizens to

comply and if you have any questions about the letter you received or you problem, feel free to contact me at anytimeHave a good winter

season.Charlie ThompsonMayor, City of La Plata

Members of electric co-operatives around the nation are flooding the Environmental Protec-tion Agency with mes-sages with a similar theme: “Don’t raise our rates.” The Take Action Network campaign, launched re-cently by Jo Ann Emer-son, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, aims to fight regulations pending at EPA she says would crip-ple the affordable and re-liable supply of electricity for electric cooperatives.Consumers can send

their own message at www.action.coop web site or can contact any electric cooperative for help.The proposed regulations

would make it impossible to generate electricity us-ing coal, the fuel source for 80 percent of the electric-ity used by Missourians, including those served by electric cooperatives, municipals and investor-owned utilities.It would also raise rates,

impacting families, small businesses and farms struggling to make ends meet. Worse, it would hamper efforts to attract new jobs to the state. Gov. Jay Nixon often cites low electric rates as one of Missouri’s key assets for job creation.“Electric cooperatives in

Missouri serve some of the most economically disad-vantaged members of our society,” said Barry Hart, CEO of the Association of Missouri Electric Coop-eratives. “Our latest sur-vey shows that half of our members are seniors 55 years old or older, with 35 percent over the age of 65. One third of these senior members earn less than $25,000 a year, and one third are retired and living on a fixed income. On the other end of the spectrum, those younger members just getting started with families and careers also

earn less than $25,000 a year.“These are the people

least able to afford a rate increase of the magnitude we see coming if the pro-posed rules from EPA are enacted. “Already, more than

13,000 emails have been sent to EPA officials. Of these, 3,570 are from Mis-souri, the most of any state. Emerson hopes elec-tric cooperative members will send 1 million mes-sages by March.Electric cooperatives rely

heavily on coal because it is the lowest-cost source of generation and has been since the late 1970s when Congress banned the use of natural gas for electric generation. When these units were built, they were equipped with the best available technology for emission reduction, and since 1994, more than $1.1 billion more was spent to reduce emissions. Last year, more than 10

percent of members’ elec-tricity came from renewa-ble resources, both hydro-power and wind. Electric cooperatives led the way in bringing wind power to Missouri, and today purchase electricity from 5 — soon to be 6 — wind farms. In addition, an en-ergy-efficiency program is helping members use elec-tricity more efficiently. “We invested in these

resources because of our concern for doing the right thing and not because a regulation required it,” Hart says. “We would like to see EPA follow these common sense approach-es instead of regulations that would ban the most affordable fuel for power generation.”Missouri’s electric co-

operatives encourage all consumers who believe affordable electricity is important to make their voice heard at www.action.coop.

Electric Co-Op Members Tell EPA: “Don’t Raise Our Rates.”

Joe Koenen, Agri-Business SpecialistWHO SHOULD PLAN YOUR ESTATE

I will conclude my dis-cussion on estate plan-ning this time by some-thing that should really be thought of first in this process. I will end with who should be involved in planning your estate. Who should be involved

when you plan your estate is a very critical question. Let’s start with the 1st and most obvious and that is you and your spouse/sig-nificant other. You two build this farm and assets and so both should be in-volved in deciding how it will be divided after you’re both gone. Men, if you don’t have input before you’re gone your wishes may not be included so that’s why you both need to be there. Remember you need to care for the surviving spouse’s finan-cial and care needs too. Secondly, your estate plan-ning attorney needs to be involved. I know many folks like to use your local attorney that has done oth-er things for you over the years but farm businesses are large capital businesses and complex so a farm es-tate planning attorney is my suggestion. They are harder to find in our area but worth the travel. You’ll need your land deeds, list of machinery and live-stock and how you want

your property distributed at a minimum before go-ing to them. Third, other financial advisors such as your tax person, insur-ance agent, banker, etc. should be included for their knowledge of you sit-uation and what you have. Ask them before going to see an attorney. Fourth, other advisors such as trusted friends and your Agricultural Business Spe-cialist (that’s me) should be asked for their input on specific issues. Friends can help with attorneys they’ve used and the Ag Business person can assist you with that and with planning be-fore seeing the attorney. Fifth, your children and other heirs should be in-cluded. Certainly if you have a child/grandchild or more that have interest in the farm business you need to know that and how firm their interest is. Don’t forget your heirs need to know your plans but don’t need to have input into it, especially in-laws unless they are part of the farm business too. Yes this is all complicated

which is why University of Missouri Extension is here to assist you and holds classes every winter on this subject. Please feel free to contact us (947-2705 or koenenj@missouri.edu) if we can help you.

On 10/29/13 at approxi-mately 2:35 am, a Macon Police Officer made en-forcement contact with a vehicle on Highway 36 near Kellogg Avenue in Macon. As a result of the contact, police arrested the driver for exceeding the posted speed limit. The driver was released on summons. A 34-year-old white female passenger in the vehicle was arrested on drug-related violations. The female suspect was found to be in possession of marijuana, drug para-phernalia and pills identi-fied as being prescription medications. The female was transported to the Macon Police Department for processing where she was issued summonses for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. She was given a municipal court date for the violations. She was then transported to the Macon County Jail and placed on 24-hour hold for possession of controlled substance. She later posted $10,000 surety bond and was released pending a Di-

vision II Court date. For-mal charges are pending at this time.On 10/31/13 at approxi-

mately 3:35 pm, the Ma-con Police Department’s School Resource Officer was notified of a note containing a bomb threat being located in the Ma-con High School. Officers of the Macon Police De-partment, Macon County Sheriff ’s Department and the Missouri State High-way Patrol responded to the school to investigate. School Administration chose to evacuate the building for safety of the remaining staff and stu-dents. Law enforcement searched the school cam-pus with negative results of any explosive devices being located. The investi-gation of the incident con-tinues by the Macon Police Department.On 10/31/13 at approxi-

mately 9:10 pm, the Ma-con Police Department received a report of un-known persons shooting airsoft or BB guns from a Continued on Page 4A

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The Family of Mark Kelley would like to thankDr. Moots and staff for the amazing kindness

and treatment over the past years.Another thank you to the Hospice of

Northeast MO and Chaplain Paul Milliken for their care & kind words in the last few weeks.

Reverend John Becker and Sarah Beth Fouch thank you for the lovely service.

To our family and friends thank you for your cards, phone calls, food and prayers.

Most of all thank you for your encouragements and love during this trying time in our lives.

It means more to us than words can say. .

I want to thank all of my LaPlata friends for your concern, phone calls, and prayers

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Your thoughtfulness is very much appreciated and God Bless each of you!!

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Tiny Bits of Life

He was hitching a ride on Highway 63 between La Plata and Kirksville. Years ago, I always picked up hitchhikers. When I was younger, I hitchhiked a lot; so I am sympathet-ic. In recent years, I have grown more cautious and seldom stop. This time God seemed to tell me to pick this guy up. I did. It took me a while to get the car stopped. I noticed he didn’t hurry to get to my car. I thought that strange.He got in, arranged his

pack at his feet, held out his hand to me and said, “I’m Harold B. Thanks for stopping.”“Nice to meet you, Har-

old.” I’m Wade Paris. Where are you going?”“To Minnesota to a Vet-

eran’s hospital.”“Where did you come

from? Have you been traveling all day?”“Yeah, I left from Branson

this morning about 7:00. I’ve made pretty good time . . . got a bunch of rides, usually 20 or 25 miles.”He asked me what I did;

and I told him I was a Baptist minister. That bit of information made him very talkative. As a boy, he attended a Baptist church. One of the high points of his childhood was attend-ing Royal Ambassadors, our mission program for boys. He knew a lot about our mission program, so I concluded he wasn’t trying to “snow” me. I learned a lot from Harold in our brief ride. He was a Viet-nam veteran. He married late but divorced. He suf-fered from muscular dys-trophy, which explained

his slowness in getting to the car. Sometimes his condition was worse, and he had spent time in a wheel chair. He explained he normally used a cane but broke it fending off a Rottweiler. The Veteran’s hospital in Minnesota had an experimental program he hoped would help him.We had a good conver-

sation. He seemed as in-terested in me as I was in him. I let him out just past McDonald’s north of town. I told him I was dropping him at McDon-ald’s so he could get some-thing to eat. I expected him to make a pitch for me to buy his dinner. He didn’t. He said he would just keep traveling.I watched him travel up

the highway a bit; then, I caught up with him. “Harold, are you not eat-ing because you have no money?”“I just want to keep mov-

ing.”“Here,” I said handing

him five dollars. “Go back to McDonald’s and get you something to eat.” Reluc-tantly, he took the five, thanked me, and started back. Keeping out of sight, I watched to see if he went to McDonald’s. I feared he might go to a convenience store to buy booze. Harold went to McDonald’s. I felt like a cynic for doubting him; but I felt good about helping him.It was a brief encounter,

just a tiny bit of my life; but I feel I am better for the experience. After all, life is composed of many tiny little bits like this one. We should be thankful when those tiny bits are good.

John Laye and Gary Chadwell led Church ser-vices for the residents and their guests Sunday morn-ing. We so appreciate our many friends from our local churches for shar-ing God’s Word with us! Isabel Hutcherson played the piano. Those attend-ing were Jim Hill, Grace Killen, Blanche Hoffman, Norma Latimer, Doro-thy Dee Daniel, Dolores White, Frank & Martha Mason, Darrell McDow-ell, Larry Vaughn, and Nelda Pantaleo. This af-ternoon, Bill Bevan came out and read for us. This is such a relaxing time of immersing ourselves into the pages of a book. Thank you, Bill!Holly and the residents

played the card game, SkipBo, Monday morning. Blanche Hoffman won the most games. We played Bingo this afternoon with our wonderful Bingo Vol-unteers, Margaret Lath-rom, Linda Barton, Helen

Sinklear, Mary Lee Gin-grich, and Delores Bur-meister. Thank you, ladies, for all the prizes and fun fellowship! Those play-ing were Doreena Young, Dorothy Dee Daniel, Isa-bel Hutcherson, Norma Latimer, Martha Mason, Helen Griswold, Vivian Leftridge, Nelda Panta-leo, Jane Rainey, Blanche Hoffman, Larry Vaughn, Frank Mason, and Dar-rell McDowell. The grand prize winners were Frank, Larry, and Norma.Tuesday morning, the res-

idents were ready to play the Nintendo Wii, Wheel of Fortune game. Every-one took turns guessing the letters and solving the puzzles. The Home Baked Love cooking class met this afternoon. They made Pumpkin Bars. David Fos-ter came out this evening and brought his guitar. He sang many of the residents’ favorite songs. Thank you, David, for sharing your evening with us!

The residents played their favorite dice game, Left, Right, Center, Wednesday morning. The high scorer was Norma Latimer. Rev.Stan Hudson, from the Clarence Church of the Nazarene, led Bible study this afternoon. Scripture was read from 2 Kings 6:15-17. Rev.Stan talked about “The Promised Land”. We are so grateful for our local pastors! Our favorite country dancers, The County Kickers, were here this evening. Thank you, County Kickers, for making our night so fun!Thursday morning, the

Friendship Design class met. They made Thanks-giving cards with pilgrims on them. Holly and the residents played Bingo this afternoon. The grand prize winners were Do-lores White, Norma La-timer, and Doreena Young.Clark Dobbs, from

the Macon First Baptist Church, led Bible study Friday morning. The

study title was “Stand Your Ground”. Scripture was read from Galatians 2:1-14. Clark told us to never compromise when the is-sue is a matter of biblical right and wrong. Mark and Holly took several res-idents on a bus ride for this afternoon’s Outdoor Ad-venture. Those traveling were Jane Rainey, Blanche Hoffman, Dolores White, Oreta Imler, Norma La-timer, Clarence Mueller, and Marvin Burkhardt.Saturday afternoon, the

residents enjoyed a movie during Movie Time with Darrell.We would like to offer

our sincerest sympathy to the family and friends of Juanita Garner.Thank you to Sue Wynne

for her recent donation to the Care Center. We are reminded every day of how blessed we truly are! Have a wonderful week!

Kim Hutcherson

We are in a busy season of missions trips right now. A team of thirteen people flew to Jericho re-cently to work with our good friends Tass and Ka-ren AbuSaada. David Bar-ton led the team through some technical difficulties to get there. Due to storms on the East Coast, they missed a connecting over-

seas flight. It took three days to get everyone on flights, but they eventually all arrived and had a great time. This team included lots of seasoned travelers who took the problems in stride. But they also had a couple of first-time trave-lers along. It was quite an introduction to the mis-sions experience.

They hadn’t been home long when another team of workers left for South Dakota. That team pro-vided skilled labor for a remodeling project at the church of our friends Dale and Larry Salaway. Their church serves families on Native American reserva-tions in the area.This week, another group

led by David Barton will depart for Brazil. This is a group of skilled craftsmen who will do several build-ing projects for Marc and Ruth Marques in one of the poorest areas of Brazil. Marc and Ruth minister to street children and provide refuge, education, and love through their day school and outreach projects.

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Continued From 2ALocust Street. A partial vehicle description was given and officers con-ducted a search of the area. During the investiga-tion, police were contacted by a 12-year-old juvenile reporting to have been struck by a BB and also described the vehicle and occupants. Police located a vehicle matching the de-scription in the 300 block of West Bourke Street oc-cupied by three male sub-jects. Police conducted interviews of the subjects and of additional persons. At this time, the incident remains under investiga-tion. On 11/01/13 at approxi-

mately 1:30 pm, the Ma-con Police Department responded to a call to in-vestigate a report of a sus-pect presenting an altered prescription at a local pharmacy in the 100 block of Vine Street. A male sus-pect was identified by em-ployees as still being pre-sent within the business. The business reported a written prescription was presented and found to have had the quantity of medication changed. As a result of the investigation, police arrested a 25-year- old white male of Moberly for fraudulently attempt-ing to obtain a controlled substance and forgery. The suspect was processed at the Macon Police Depart-ment and was later taken to the Macon County Jail where he was placed on 24-hour hold pending formal charges. Charges were later filed against Ty-ler R Dowling of Moberly with bond being set at $9,000.00 cash or surety. In addition, police also ar-rested a 23-year-old white female of Moberly for fil-ing a false report. She was issued a summons and released pending a future Division II Court date.On 11/01/13 at approxi-

mately 7:40 pm, a Macon Police Officer recognized a male subject walking near Rubey & Sixth Streets to

have active arrest warrants out of the City of Macon. Police made enforcement contact with the 27-year-old white male of Macon and placed him under ar-rest on three warrants is-sued for stealing, driving while revoked and pos-session of marijuana. The suspect was transported to the Macon Police De-partment for processing. He was able to post the required bond totaling $1,134.00 and was released pending a future munici-pal court date.On 11/01/13 at approxi-

mately 9:30 pm, a Macon Police Officer served an active arrest warrant out of Greene County (MO) on a 22-year-old white male of Macon. The male sus-pect was taken into cus-tody in the 1300 block of North Missouri Street and transported to the Ma-con County Jail to be held awaiting extradition. On 11/02/13 at approxi-

mately 10:00 pm, a Macon Police Officer served an active arrest warrant upon a 36-year-old white male of Macon at the Macon Police Department. The male suspect was arrested for a warrant out of the City of Macon for failure to appear on the charge of property damage. The sus-pect posted the required bond of $515.40 and was released pending a future municipal court date.On 11/02/13 at approxi-

mately 1:30am, an officer of the Macon Police De-partment made enforce-ment contact with a ve-hicle in the 1200 block of North Rutherford Street. As a result of the contact, police arrested a 24-year- old white male of Macon for driving while intoxi-cated and failure to stop at a stop sign. The suspect was transported to the Macon Police Department for processing and was lat-er released pending a mu-nicipal court date.On 11/03/13 at approxi-

mately 1:25 am, an officer of the Macon Police De-

partment made enforce-ment contact with a vehi-cle at the intersection of Missouri and Riggs Streets. As a result of the contact, police arrested a 24-year- old white male of Macon for driving while intoxi-cated, exceeding the post-ed speed limit and failure to stop at a stop sign. The suspect was transported to the Macon Police Depart-ment for processing and was later released pending a municipal court date.On 10/31/13 at approxi-

mately 3:35 pm, the Ma-con Police Department’s School Resource Officer was notified of a note containing a bomb threat being located in the Ma-con High School. Officers of the Macon Police De-partment, Macon County Sheriff ’s Department and the Missouri State High-way Patrol responded to the school to investigate. School Administration chose to evacuate the building for safety of the remaining staff and stu-dents. Law enforcement searched the school cam-pus with negative results of any explosive devices being located. The investi-gation of the incident con-tinues by the Macon Police Department.UPDATED RELEASE:On 11/05/2013 at approx-

imately 9:30 am, the Ma-con Police Department’s School Resource Officer at Macon R-1 Schools arrest-ed an 18-year old white male suspect following the investigation of the bomb threat made in the Macon High School on 10/31/13. The suspect was transport-ed to the Macon Police Department for process-ing and was then taken to the Macon County Jail where he was placed on 24-hour hold pending for-mal charges.A criminal charge is mere-

ly an allegation and the defendant is, of course, pre-sumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

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A HONOR ROLL: Sen-iors - Kailey Grinder, Da-mon Porter, Bailey Ratliff; Juniors - Zachary Duncan, Lydia Malloy; Sophomores - Curtis Mossbarger A AVERAGE HR: Juniors

-Brady Duncan; Freshmen -Benett Duncan, Bailey Johnson, Justin Mossbarg-er; 8th Grade - Kasey Lile;

7th Grade - Reka Behr-man B HONOR ROLL: Sen-

iors - Jonna Burch, Caleb Klingsmith; Juniors - Katherine Huff, Kali Lor-enzo, Dakota Purdy; 8th Grade -Angel Fesler, Kris-tina Purdy; 7th Grade - Allison Gall, John Moss-barger, Emilie Nolte

B AVERAGE HR: Sen-iors - Daniel Hernandez, Dakota Kincanon, Derek Lochner; Dillan Nolte, Bri-anna Shaw, Joshua Teter, Page Thomas; Juniors - Garrett Coffman, Ethan Pulliam; Sophomores - Paula Haun, Megan Lieb-hart; 7th Grade - Kimberly Gaul, Andrea Peterson

Macon County R-IV School 1st Quarter Honor Roll

It is November 6 and it is a special day for me. On this day in 1962 I gave birth to my first child. I know a lot of you remember him. He is Larry Muck and he and is wife and family live in Elk City Oklahoma. He was the first of five very special gifts I received as God blessed me with 5 very special children. Happy Birthday Larry! Saturday night Kenny

and I had a very great evening. We went to the United Methodist Church here in Clarence. The oc-casion was the yearly Lord’s Hour Sale. We had a wonderful supper and a great time visiting lots of old friends. People from every church in town at-tended this very special night. The group served about 250 people a fried chicken supper. As we fin-ished our meal two very

beautiful and polite girls came and got our empty plates and dirty silverware. Both were so grown up and a delight to see. They were Abby and Ally Fos-ter, the twin daughters of Steve and Echo Foster.The highlight of the even-

ing was the auction. Lots of great items had been do-nated for sale and the big item was a beautify hand made quilt. The quilt was made and quilted by the ladies of the church. They did a beautiful job and the quilt was a great thing. We had a great night. Sunday we had two lovely

visitors. Our granddaugh-ters Kaylee and Katherine Claus stopped by for a visit. These girls are always welcomed visitors at our house anytime.Monday after work I

made a run to Moberly and got another Christmas

Tree. I wanted a 6-foot ‘skinny’ tree for my up-stairs sitting room. I don’t have a lot of extra space so I wanted a tall slim tree. I plan to put it up tomorrow. I put the little Victorian tree in my upstairs bath-room today. I will have 5 up by Thanksgiving and 8 up by the end of Novem-ber. I also pack up all my nick-knacks and put out lots of Christmas decora-tions. I love Christmas!Monday evening my son

Raymond and wife Jessica and daughters Norma and Bell came up for a visit. Raymond started putting up some of my outside lighting on my dark patio. Remember the key to hav-ing a safe home is to have a well lit home.Hope all of you have a

blessed week. Patty

SATURDAY IN THE PARK

With such nice temperatures for November, Joyceanna Compton, above, and her sister Jessica Comp-ton, below, enjoyed a day at the park.

Eva Buck spent Monday October 28th with Verna Buck. Nancy Haley and Linda Moore joined them for lunch. Pam and Dean Burris were supper guests along with Mike Buck.Mike Buck, Eddie Buck,

and Verna Buck, Glen and Sherry Pippin, Billy Pippin and Chase Pippin attend-ed a Billups family dinner in Wein Saturday hosted by the children of the late Ruby Darrell and our only living aunt Alma Pope and family. Had lots of cousins present.Verna Buck enjoyed sup-

per with Mike and Joyce Buck Friday evening.Glen and Sherry Pippin

visited Monday morning with Verna Buck.Alma Baker visited Sun-

day afternoon at La Pla-ta Nursing Home with Madeline Thompson, Roby Robinson, Marteena Gunnels, Helen Nichols Holland and Ella Clem.Glen and Sherry Pip-

pin, Tom Ruttinger, Carol Carlson, Duane and Jean-ette Chrisman, Jimmy Overstreet of Kirksville, Jana Russon and Jack and Betty Settle of Ethel, Dean and Barbara Green of Gibbs joined Red Roberts for music Monday evening at La Plata Nursing Home.Dinner guests of Janet

Tuggle to help celebrate Stella’s birthday on Sun-day October 22 were Willie and Mary Tuggle, Susie Tuggle, Lindsey Ev-ans, J.R. and Molly Tug-gle, Barb Tuggle ad Greg, Kris and Lisa McDow and baby, Cassie Robinson and Hagen Ryan and Toni Tug-gle and children. Patsy and Loren Pippin, Mary Ann Collins, Laura Tuggle. Ed-die Buck and Verna were callers.Dora Lovinger, Alma

Baker and Verna Buck attended the Halloween party at La Plata Nursing Home on Thursday.

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The Board of Directors of the La Plata Commu-nity Fire Protection Dis-trict will hold their regular monthly meeting Mon-day, November 18, 2013 at 8:00 pm in the depot Inn Meeting Room. Agenda will include Fore Chief Report, payment of bills, setting filing dates and other items pertaining to the daily operations of the District. All patrons are invited to attend.

La Plata Community Fire Protection District Meeting

The October 7, 2013 FLPP meeting was called to order by Gary Smith, President.The September minutes

were ready by Carolyn Craig; Arlene Bunch made a motion to accept the minutes as read. Cindy Moore seconded the mo-tion.The Treasurers Report

was given by Arlene Bunch, Treasurer. A mo-tion to accept was made by Cindy Moore and sec-onded by Wava.New business that was

discussed was the thermo-stat in the Annex. Trent Perry checked it out and said that it will need to be replaced.

The piano in the Silver Rail needs to be moved. Brent Coursey volun-teered to move it for FLPP. He will coordinate the time with Amy.Cindy Moore made a mo-

tion to buy a new window for the Annex. Sharron Burns seconded the mo-tion.Material for the new

threshold for the Annex is needed. Cindy Moore made a motion for the pur-chase and Arlene Bunch seconded the motion.Old business was dis-

cussed that concerned the Green Theatre. Jack men-tioned some bad brinks on the west side of the build-ing. Jack placed a shelf on

the east window and it is now watertight. At the time of the meeting, it was not certain as to when Julia from The Possibil-ity Alliance would be able to paint the sign over the front door of the theatre. Other business discussed was concerning the mark-er. Randy Travis is go-ing to contact the monu-ment company about the marker at La Plata’s first schoolhouse site in what is now the cemetery. Randy said if we have it made out of marble, the company will charge for the job. If we have it made out of bronze or something else, the company will charge by the letter. At the time

of the meeting, we did not make a decision.We discussed the upcom-

ing fundraiser on October 25th. This will be a Ham & Bean supper held at the American Legion from 4-7 pm. Flyers were handed out to put up around the area.Another fundraiser com-

ing up is the annual win-ter flea market to be held January 25th, 2014. Flyers will be going out in the next few weeks.Another fundraiser is a

Big band Dance to be held either in March or June at the Silver Rails. Details will be available as they are worked out.Thank you notes went out

to Zack, England, Thira and Anita of the Possibility Alliance for the help they gave us in getting the An-nex ready for move in of The Home Press. A thank you note went out to Don-nie Sizemore for his help and materials donated.The next meeting will

be November 4, 2013 at 5:00 pm at the La Plata Library. The meeting was adjourned.

Friends for La Plata Preservation Meeting

Two weeks ago the Macon tigers traveled south to Cen-tralia to close out the regular season. The Tigers had won seven straight games and set just one game out of the conference lead. This would be a opportunity to show everyone how formidable the Tiger defense was and the talent possessed by the Macon Defense. The Panthers threw cold water all over the Tigers that cold fall night. The Panthers put 49 points on the score board and held the Tigers to 14. Macon bounced back to crush Boon-ville the following week to open district play. Most teams would find playing the same team that rolled over them daunting, not these Tigers. As I said two weeks ago, re-venge is a dish best served cold and the Macon fans that traveled to Centralia Wednesday night can attest there was a chill in the air. Macon kicked off to start the game and the Panthers

tried to crank-up their offense. After a 1st down pass the Centralia offense went backward with two penalties. Unlike the first game Panther Quarterback Zach Etzler was not on target and the Macon defense blanketed his receivers. He threw 3 straight incompletions and gave the ball over to the Tigers. The Tigers went to work; a short run by Joe Lewis was followed by a nice 18 yard pass to Jon Murray moving the ball to mid-field. Chris Little moved the ball into Panther territory then on a 3rd and 7. QB Chris Smith found Josh Turner on a sweet pass for 30 yards. The Tiger drive stalled but Brandon Sontheimer kicked a short Field Goal and the Tigers led 3-0. The Panthers on their next possession tried to use the ground game on the Tigers. Macon only gave up short yardage and after an initial 1st down forced anoth-er punt. The Tigers took over after a punt to their own 35; fate looked to swing to the Panthers after a Macon fumble set them up in excellent field position. The Ti-ger defense again rose to the occasion shutting down the Panthers. Caleb Welch led the way with a hard stick on Panthers running back Cullen Ralphs for a loss. The Ti-gers took over on downs and at the end of the 1st quarter had moved the ball to their own 42 with runs by Luke Mosley for 10 and Little for 5 yards. Macon led 3-0.

At the start of the 2nd quarter Turner continued his nice game with a 15 yard reception from Smith to the Panther 43 yard line. The Tigers used the hard charging runs of Little to drive the ball to the 34 with back to back handoffs. A penalty set the Tigers back to a third and long. A nice catch by Brendan Watts got the Tigers to the 30 but they were unable to convert a 4th down and turned the ball back to the Panthers. The Tiger Defense came to play shutting down the Panthers run game and blanketing their receivers. Defensive Linemen Jordan Lolli stuffed Etzler on a short run attempt and the Tigers forced a three and out punt by the Panthers. The Tigers did not fair much better on their next possession. The Tigers were forced to punt after their own three and out and the battle of wills continued. You could feel the ten-sion in the crowd and the seeming disbelief building in the Centralia stands. The tension appeared to be getting to the Panthers as well with a bad snap leading them to another punt. The Battle continued to swing back and forth as Macon had to punt after moving the ball to midfield. Centralia took the ball and started to show life

on offense. A 16 yard pass was followed by a 14 yard pass that had the Tigers on their heels. The Panther run game then moved the ball to the Tiger 37. Etzler was hounded by the Tigers Defense and threw three straight incompletions leading to a 4th down attempt. Eztler dropped back to pass and was sacked by Macon’s Lukus Still and a turnover on downs. The Tigers tried a little razzle-dazzle before the half as Smith hit Turner on a short pass and he tossed it to a following Luke Mosley for 16 yards. Joe Lewis broke a long 23 yard run but the Tigers stalled and the half ended Macon leading 3-0. Two weeks ago The Panthers had scored 28 by the half and this night they were scoreless. At the start of the 2nd half the Tigers chewed up the

turf in Centralia. Josh Turner started things with a 15 yard reception. Little rumbled behind the Macon offen-sive line for 4 yards, which was followed by Joe Lewis reception for 6 more yards. Chris Smith was able to get a first down with a quarterback keeper. Smith on the next snap was intercepted but as fate would have it Cen-tralia fumbled the ball and Turner jumped back on it for Macon. The Tigers took advantage; an undaunted Smith found Watts for a 17 yard pass to the Panthers 23 yard line. Two short runs by Little and Lewis moved the ball into the red zone and Smith capped the drive hit-ting Watts for a 19 yard touchdown. The Tigers missed the point after but led 9-0. Centralia then pinned their hopes and their season on the feet of Eztler. Eztler and Ralphs were able to move the ball all the way to the Ti-ger 2 yard line and were stopped cold by a fired up Ma-con Defense. Chris Little then took over and crushed the hopes of the Panthers. Little rumbled for 7 yards, he slammed through for 6 more, crashed the line for 10 and rolled for 11. Joe Lewis got in on the act for 3 yards of his own and Smith to Watts for 9 moved the ball to midfield. Little again followed the offensive line that disintegrated the Panthers defense driving them back to the own 32 before giving it back on downs. The Pan-

thers next drive showed them for the class football team they are each year. They chipped away at the Tigers on short runs before finally punching it in for a touchdown. Macon led 9 to 7 with 4:19 remaining in the game. Ma-con offensive line and Little drove the ball back out to the 50 before giving it back to the Panthers for one last drive. Macon’s defense clung to the Panthers receivers and ended all hope of a comeback as Josh Turner tipped away a Panther 4th down try. For the second time in four years the Tigers lost to Centralia in the regular season only to rip out their hearts in district play. A ruckus Ma-con crowd cheered on the victorious Tigers as they head to battle California for the District Title.

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Three locations in Nov-inger will be providing lots of shopping choices on Saturday, November 23 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.The 28th annual Coun-

try Christmas Craft Festi-val in the school (on Hwy 149, four blocks north of Hwy 6). Over 70 booths of all types of crafts will line both gyms and all the hall-ways. Among the hand-made items this year will be baby and young chil-dren’s items, woodwork-ing, candles, bird houses, hair accessories, various types of jewelry, knitted and crochet items, wreaths and floral arrangements, ornamental blacksmith-ing, embroidery items, handcrafted cards, nature

photography, rugs, tile art, hand painted and country crafts. Crafters will also be selling all types of fab-ric items, afghans, quilts, primitive art, ceramics, doll clothes, toys, dog treats, baskets, balloon art, recycled art, windchimes, lawn art and seasonal dec-orations. A bake sale (fea-turing homemade candy), and a food stand serving throughout the day will also be open during the activity. Free drawings will be held every half-hour.On the other side of

town, the Community Center will host a Holiday Bazaar including antiques, collectibles, flea market items, crafts and com-mercial products. Visi-

Novinger to Celebrate Christmas Early

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ners21. ___ than hen’s teeth22. “Yadda, yadda, yadda”

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moon”26. Way, way off29. ___ of the Unknowns31. “My boy”32. Bow35. Mosque V.I.P.37. Attribution of human

emotions to inanimate ob-jects40. Ancient colonnade41. Forever, poetically42. “___ any drop to drink”:

Coleridge43. Pie perch45. Gift on “The Bachelor”

46. Chain letters?47. At hand50. CD follower52. Even smaller54. Base of a triangular

truss for a pitched roof (2 wds)58. Mutual reliance60. Absolute worst61. “Don’t get any funny

___!”62. “Let it stand”63. Bad day for Caesar64. Gave out65. “___ quam videri”

(North Carolina’s motto)Down1. Kind of dealer2. Pipe problem3. Beheaded queen of

France4. Nautical pole5. Mountain goat’s perch6. Threadbare clothing7. “___ moment”8. People of Wales9. Prepare for winter take-

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Gothic window24. Dangerous biters25. Marina sights27. Destiny28. Came down30. Breakfast sizzler33. ___-American34. Staffs36. “___ Breckinridge”38. Robust good health39. Looked lecherously44. Animal house48. Made over49. Ornamental embroi-

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tors should take Route O toward the former down-town area and turn left at the caboose. The center is located next to the fair-grounds area. In addition, Shopper’s

Delight will be held in the Fire House located on Hwy 6 on the east side of town. All types of com-mercial vendors, such as Avon, Norwex, Watkins, Tupperware, etc., will sell their wares along with some craft items and ket-tle corn.The Country Christmas

Craft Festival and Holi-day Bazaar are fundrais-ing events for Novinger Renewal, Inc., a non-profit corporation whose mis-sion is to preserve the his-tory of the area and overall community betterment. Renewal’s projects include the Novinger Log Home-stead, Community Center, caboose restoration and Coal Miner Days. Shop-per’s Delight is sponsored by the Novinger Lion’s Club who coordinates the Labor Day Celebration. For more information call 660-488-5280.

Infectious diseases such as chronic wasting disease (CWD) threaten Missouri deer, Missouri’s nearly 520,000 deer hunters, mil-lions of wildlife watchers, thousands of landowners, 12,000 Missouri jobs, and hundreds of businesses and communities that depend on the $1 billion boost in economic activ-ity related to deer hunting and watching.The Missouri Depart-

ment of Conservation continues to work with hunters, landowners, busi-nesses, other agencies, and partner organizations to identify and limit the spread of CWD in Mis-souri.All deer hunters, land-

owners, businesses — including captive deer breeders and big-game hunting preserves — and conservation organiza-tions in Missouri must continue to do their parts in limiting the spread of CWD and other infectious diseases.Be informed and get in-

volved:MDC has finished its

eight public meetings held around the state on Protecting Missouri’s White-tailed Deer. The

Department continues to welcome comments on this issue. All com-ments will be considered as MDC formulates pos-sible regulation changes related to this topic. These regulation changes will be presented to the Missouri Conservation Commis-sion for its consideration in the near future.CWD kills deer:Chronic wasting disease

infects deer and other members of the deer fam-ily, called cervids. CWD belongs to a group of dis-eases known as transmis-sible spongiform encepha-lopathies (TSEs) which cause degeneration of the brain in cervids. CWD is transmitted through pri-ons, which are abnormal proteins that attack the nervous systems of these species. These prions ac-cumulate in the brain, spi-nal cord, eyes, spleen, and lymph nodes of infected animals.CWD is spread both di-

rectly from deer to deer and indirectly to deer from infected soil and other surfaces. Animals with signs of CWD show changes in natural behav-ior and can exhibit ex-treme weight loss, exces-

sive salivation, stumbling, and tremors. CWD in deer can only be confirmed by laboratory tests of brain stem or lymph tissue from harvested animals.The disease has no vac-

cine or cure. CWD is 100-percent fatal. Deer and other cervids can have CWD for several years without showing any symptoms. Once symp-toms are visible, infected animals typically die with-in one or two months.There is no scientific evi-

dence that white-tailed deer have a genetic immu-nity to CWD that could be passed on to future gen-erations.Once well established in

an area, CWD is impos-sible to eradicate. States with CWD must focus on limiting the spread of the disease and preventing its introduction to new areas.CWD is in Missouri and

21 other states:Missouri’s first cases of

CWD were detected in 2010 and 2011 in captive deer at private big-game hunting preserves in Linn and Macon counties. A total of 11 cases of CWD have been confirmed in captive deer at these facili-ties. CWD has since been

Be Informed and Help Protect Missouri’s White-Tailed Deerfound in 10 free-ranging deer within two miles of the captive facility in Ma-con County. In Missouri, CWD has not been detect-ed outside of small area that borders northeastern Linn and northwestern Macon counties.CWD is a serious prob-

lem for all Missourians:Missouri offers some

of the best deer hunting in the country, and deer hunting is an important part of many Missourians’ lives and family traditions. Infectious diseases such as CWD could reduce hunt-ing and wildlife-watching

opportunities for Mis-souri’s nearly 520,000 deer hunters and almost two million wildlife watchers.Deer hunting is an im-

portant economic driver in Missouri and gives a $1 billion annual boost to state and local econo-mies. Lower deer numbers from infectious diseases such as CWD could hurt 12,000 Missouri jobs and many businesses that rely on deer hunting as a sig-nificant source of revenue, such as meat processors, taxidermists, hotels, res-taurants, sporting goods stores, and others.

CWD also threatens thousands of private land-owners who manage their land for deer and deer hunting, and who rely on deer and deer hunting to maintain property values.MDC is leading detection

and containment efforts:Missourians care about

conservation and have given the Missouri De-partment of Conservation constitutional responsibil-ity to protect and manage all of the state’s wildlife, in-cluding white-tailed deer. Both captive and free-ranging white-tailed deer in Missouri are wildlife.

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We opened the meet-ing with our TOPS and KOPS pledges and the song “Look Me Over” led by Karen C. Roll call was “Did you lose or gain?” Best TOPS loser was

Barb Y. and runner-up was Bobbi, Bobbi earned TOPS for the month of October. KOPS Barbara G. remained in leeway.Barbara G. gave the pro-

gram entitled “Smart Goal.” SMART means Specific, Measureable, Attainable, Realistic and Timely. This is a four-les-son plan brought to us by Cindy Story, Area Coordi-nator.Donnie Joyce introduced

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The American Legion & Auxiliary Post 282 met Wednesday evening, Oc-tober 23 with only three ladies present; Alma bak-er, Debbie Becker and Mary Plumlee. Men pre-sent were David Johnson,

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Think back on your early memories of baking. If you’re like many Ameri-cans, you may have taken those first attempts at cre-ating cakes, cookies and other sweet snacks with an Easy-Bake Oven. In fact, more than 30 million ovens were sold over the years since the brand was first introduced in 1963.And now the toy from

Hasbro that captured the imagination of millions of children is turning 50. Here’s a brief look at its sweet history:• 1963: America’s first

working toy oven, sold for $15.95, debuted in turquoise with a carry-ing handle and pretend stovetop.• 1971: Avocado green

was the popular color. By year’s end, more than five million ovens had been sold in the stylish hue.• 1979: As microwaves

became ubiquitous, the Easy-Bake Oven remained on trend with the Mini-Wave oven.• 2006: Inducted into the

National Toy Hall of Fame.• 2011: The Easy-Bake

Ultimate Oven was in-

troduced with a larger cooking chamber, bigger baking pan, and a heating element similar to conven-tional ovens.• 2013: To celebrate its

50th anniversary, the Easy-Bake Ultimate Oven is being unveiled in a new color scheme: sleek silver, blue, and black, along with the new Easy-Bake Ulti-mate Decorating Pen Kit.The Easy-Bake Oven is

not only popular among today’s youth; it brings back sweet memories for many.

Half-Century of Child’s Play: The Easy-Bake Oven Turns 50

Left: The Easy Bake Oven premiers in 1963. Right: The 2013 version of the oven.

Nov. 11, 1995: Organiza-tional Meeting. Attending: Ann Bullock, Ed Green, Hugh Moore, Dr. George Pipes, Bill Bullock, Geri Moore, Elaine Pipes, Mary Lu Slaughter.Jan. 8, 1996: First regular

meeting. Charter Mem-bers: Robert Bailey, Ann Bullock, Charles Cham-bers, Judy Franke, Ed Green, Sharon McDow-ell, Blanche Meeks, Cindy Moore, Hugh Moore, Dr. George Pipes, Karsa Shipp, Mary Lu Slaughter, Bob Zurcher, Earl Beckman, Bill Bullock, Curtis Franke, Gene Grear, Darrell Mc-Dowell, Blair Mears, John Meeks, Geri Moore, Elaine Pipes, Richard Rudd, Steve Shipp, Don White, Donna Zurcher.May 8, 1996: Plans are

made for refurbishing the Santa Fe Depot in con-junction with the Nemo Model Railroad Club & other volunteers.Jun. 12, 1996: The logo

for the FLPP is designed, using the Victorian sym-bol for “the open book.”Sept. 11, 1996: The Santa

Fe Depot restoration is un-derway.Oct. 1, 1996: Amtrak

signs were erected on Highway 63 & 156 into La Plata via MoDOT.April 1, 1997: FLPP was

awarded a grant of $747 through the DNR for the building of the “Natures-cape”, with volunteer help of Truman State Univer-sity students.Aug. 30, 1997: The FLPP

celebrate the 110th Anni-versary of the coming of the Santa Fe Railroad with a Special Postal Cancella-tion.Nov. 26, 1997: La Plata

High School students in the Science Club under Karen Keck and the stu-

dents in the Jr. High Citi-zenship Club under Peggy Mohan become the first “Stream Team”, to clean up the creek behind the De-pot. Later the Oklahoma Indians 4-H clubs under Karen Lovingier & Shar-ron Burns took over the job.May 1998: Awarded the

“Great American Station Foundation” grant for $2,500.Oct. 1998: FLPP re-

ceived the “Hometown Pride” Honorable Mention Award by the Midwest Living Magazine, for their efforts to refurbish the De-pot (no cash award).Apr. 18, 1999: A fashion

show benefit was held at the McLorn House to raise money for the Depot res-toration.Apr. 1999: The Depot

restoration received the “Platform Grant” through MoDOT for $163,606.Sept. 1, 2000: MoDOT

again awarded FLPP the “Transportation Equity Act” (TEA-21) grant for $41,000.Jan. 17, 2001: FLPP re-

ceived the “Surbeck Trust” grant for work on the Depot in the amount of $7,000.Dec. 1, 2001: An Open

House was held at the De-pot, showing off the new-ly refurbished building. Ronnie McHenry Con-struction did the renova-tion.Feb. 1, 2001: Plans are

made for FLPP to spon-sor the “La Plata History Book”, to be published in 2004 as part of La Plata’s Sesquicentennial celebra-tion.Jun. 1, 2001: Ronnie

McHenry Construction began work on the Depot renovation.Aug. 3, 2002: FLPP print-

ed an address book, featur-ing the new 911 addresses throughout the northern part of Macon County.2003: FLPP received a

$3,000 grant from Mo-DOT for station improve-ments at the Depot.Apr. 15, 2004: FLPP

planted the “La Plata Ses-quicentennial Rose” gar-den on the lawn of the Post Office, as part of La Plata’s Sesquicentennial celebra-tion. The roses were do-nated by J. Benjamin Wil-liams, a rose breeder & former resident of La Pla-ta. The roses planted were specially bred in honor of the Sesquicentennial cel-ebration.Oct. 28, 2005: FLPP pur-

chased the Green Theatre from the Don White Es-tate for $2,400.Dec. 28, 2005: We again

received the “Surbeck Trust” grant for $4,939 to renovate the back room of the Library into the La Plata Museum.Feb. 20, 2006: The “Su-

per Chief ” 10 car model train was donated to FLPP by the Lawrence Scripps Wilkinson Foundation-through their “Adopt a Train” program.Aug. 16, 2006: Mary Lou

Wait’s “Hair Raising Event” was held in conjunction with an Ice Cream Social fundraiser.Oct. 18, 2006: FLPP host-

ed the first “Lester Dent Day” & “Doc Savage Con-vention” at the McLorn House.Dec. 29, 2006: A “Pi-

ano Showcase” was held was held featuring pia-nists Shirley Matticks, Jenita Davison, Janis Mit-ten, Kenner Bailey, Craig Frutiger, and Sara Beth Fouch.Dec. 2006: FLPP pur-

chased the former Ameri-

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can Legion building at 215 S. Gex, now called the Green Theatre annex, for $7,500.Mar. 9, 2007: The “Green

Theatre Benefit Gala & Auction” was held at the Moose Lodge in Kirksville, MO. Col. David Christy was the Auctioneer & mu-sic was provided by the Krazy Kats, of Moberly, MO.Apr. 25, 2007: The La

Plata Post Office donated an Air Conditioning unit to the Theatre that they no longer needed.Apr. 25, 2007: Greg and

Judy Williams donated a 120,000 BTU Ruud fur-nace to FLPP.Aug. 2, 2007: FLPP re-

ceived $1,999 from the MoDOT Station Improve-ment Funds for upkeep on the Depot.Sept. 19, 2007: The Mis-

souri Theatre in Colum-bia, MO donated theatre seats to the group. John and Martha Rhein picked them up & Bill Adams was instrumental in getting them unloaded along with area youth. Jamie Henson allowed us to store them in one of his buildings. Oct. 2, 2007: Ronnie

McHenry Construction completed work on the new roof on the Green Theatre & annex at a cost of $40,000.Oct. 12, 2007: The Grand

Opening of the “Lester Dent Museum of Pulp History” was held during the 2nd Annual Doc Sav-age Convention in the an-nex.Feb. 16, 2008: The 2nd

Annual La Plata Vaude-ville Show was held.Sep. 17, 2008: The Leo

Club, a branch of the La Plata Lions Club, helped in the clean up of the exte-rior of the Theatre. Those helping were: J. T. Allen, Aaron Thomas, Erin Bor-en, Molly Safely, Travis Small, Brendon Curtis, Timerrick Gunnels, Bra-dlee Vice, Colton Hurley, Nancy McKenzie-Adams, Birdie Buck, Candice Pe-terson, Matthew Fox & Trevor Crow.

Oct. 1, 2008: The Possi-bility Alliance “Super He-roes” spent the day work-ing in the Theatre.Nov. 12, 2008: A $1, 000

grant was received from the Macon Wal-Mart to be used in the renovation of the Green Theatre.Nov. 20, 2008: Through

the efforts of the FLPP, the “La Plata Square Historic District” designation is awarded to La Plata and placed on the National Register of Historic Places. This designation includes the Green Theatre and an-nex. The program is part of the Department of Nat-ural Resources.Jan. 31, 2009: The 1st

Winter Flea Market fund-raiser was held in the Sil-ver Rails Event Center.Mar. 31, 2009: FLPP was

awarded $90,000 in stim-ulus funds for ADA im-provements at the Depot.Sep. 7, 2009: The “La

Plata Square Historic Dis-trict” sign was installed in the City Park by the City of La Plata employees, & un-veiled at the annual Soy-bean Festival.Mar. 1, 2010: Jack Craw-

ford and the Possibility Al-liance received Certificates of Recognition for their work in the Green Thea-tre, at the annual Dinner Meeting.Sep. 15, 2010: The

“Clown Theatre Extrava-ganza” fundraiser was held at the Silver Rails Event Center through the efforts of Ethan Hughes and the Possibility Alliance.Nov. 11, 2010: FLPP host-

ed a soup luncheon at the American Legion build-ing, after the Veteran’s Day Parade.Mar. 26, 2011: A “Talent

Show” fundraiser was held in the La Plata RII School gym.May 24, 2011: The Pos-

sibility Alliance again helped in the renovation of the Green Theatre. Floor-ing & dirt under the floor was removed.Jul. 31, 2011: A “Piano

Showcase” was held at the Community Presbyterian Church. Pianists included

were: Kenner Bailey, Janis Mitten, Samantha Shelley, Emily Marshall, Preston Payne, Angeline Han-son, Jenita Davison, Amy Burns, & Sara Beth Fouch.2011 & 2012: Work ac-

complished by Jack Craw-ford & Carl Campbell at the Theatre included bricking in the coal chute and air vent on the west end of the building; 3 ceil-ing trusses were removed by Jack, large stumps in the rear of the building were removed by Jack and Bud Payne. Bud also dug out and filled in a well at the rear of the building.Jan. 26, 2013: The 5th An-

nual Winter Flea Market was held at the Silver Rails Event Center.Mar. 12, 2013: FLPP held

it’s 17th Annual Dinner Meeting at Grandma’s Home Cookin’ restaurant.Jun. 15, 2013: The group

had a large booth at the City Wide Yard Sale.Jul. 11, 2013: The new

“Lester Dent” sign was set by the Dent family at the north edge of town on the property of Dr. John Moore. FLPP helped make this happen.Aug. 2013: A new Thea-

tre canopy was installed by contractor Jonathan Wad-dington.Sept. 2013: Theatre seats

were donated to FLPP by a church in Edina, MO. Sept. 10, 2013: Antique

tin ceiling tiles were do-nated by Ken Read of Kirksville, through the ef-forts of Angela Schultz and Bill Adams.Oct. 1, 2013: The annex

became the new home of the The Home Press.Oct. 11, 2013: Brent

Coursey & the Possibility Alliance moved the Don-na Burnett piano from the Silver Rails Event Center to the Green Theatre an-nex.Sept. & Oct. 2013: Ren-

ovations to the annex: plaster work in the front part done by the Possibil-ity Alliance; electrical up-grades by contractor Brad Apadaca; construction work by contractor Andy Cordray & Jack Crawford & other help by Donnie Sizemore Construction. Other construction work was done by Jack Crawford & cleaning and painting in the annex was done by Ar-lene Bunch, Cindy Moore, and Randy Bunch. New exterior Theatre doors were installed at the Green Theatre with the help of contractor Vernon Knight; cement work was finished on the rear of the annex building & a new exterior back door was installed by Jack. New guttering on the back of the building was also installed by Jack.