In this week’s issue of the Monroe County Appeal: A special Bridal Section featuring the following: Wedding A - Z Who Pays For What? Planning a Green Wedding Photo - Do’s and Don’ts Personalize Your Wedding Day and more... Pages 11-15
OUR FATHER’S CLOSET CLOSED IN FEBRUARY
Our Father’s Closest, at the Paris First Baptist Church will be closed the month of February. They will reopen on March 5.
GRAIN BELT EXPRESS MEETING SET JAN. 25
There will be an informations meeting regarding the proposed 3500 megawatt High Voltage Direct Current transmission line on the Grain Belt Express Clean Line route for the high voltage line across Missouri and in particular Monroe County. It is important to know the facts regarding GBE Clean Line. If you want more information, come to the community meeting on: Saturday, Jan. 25, at 2 p.m., at the Madison Community Center West Room. Refreshments will be served. If you have any questions regarding the meeting, please contact Kevin and Marilyn O’Bannon - 660-2913178.
ARMSE TO MEET FRIDAY, JAN. 17
The Hannibal Mark Twain Chapter of the Association of Retired Missouri State Employees (ARMSE) will meet on Friday, Jan. 17, beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the Nutrition Center, 219 South Tenth Street in Hannibal. A musical program with banjo and guitar will be presented by Delbert Hayes and Charlie Wade. All current and retired State employees are encouraged to attend. Reservations are not required. For more information, call 573-2214157.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH VALENTINE BANQUET
First Baptist Church of Paris will be holding heir annual Valentine Banquet on Feb. 8, at 6 p.m., in Carter Hall. This is an open event in which all donations will go toward the Youth trip to Super Summer. Please join us for a night of good food, fun fellowship, and an opportunity to help send the Youth on a life changing experience.
SENIOR CENTER HOSTS VALENTINE PARTY
The Paris Senior Citizen’s Center will host a Valentine’s Party on Friday, Feb. 14, at the Senior Center. The evening will feature dinner from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The band for the evening is North Ely Band, a bluegrass and country band. The band starts at 6. Dinner will feature “Surf & Turf.” Bring your valentines.
HOLIDAY CLOSINGS
The Monroe County Courthouse, City Offices of Paris and Madison, local banks and post offices will be closed on Monday, Jan. 20 in observance of Martin Luther King’s Birthday. The Monroe County Appeal office will be open on that Monday.
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Pink Out Game - Jan. 21
In a moving display of community service, two former, now graduated, Paris R-II students Lauren Embree and John DeOrnellis launched a “Pink Out Basketball” campaign to raise awareness of cancer and help to raise money to assist county cancer patients with medical expenses. This dynamic duo created an annual event from a rivalry game that changed the rivalry to selling T-shirts and hoodies to raise awareness and raise money to fight cancer. But now since their graduation the baton has been passed and now in the forefront of the “Pink Out” phenomenon are Betsy Embree and Austin Thomas. Betsy is the daughter of Kevin and Shari Embree, Paris, and Austin is the son of Keith and Marti Thomas, Madison Madison C-3 hosted the first two games and the venue will move to the Paris R-II gym this season, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, at 6 p.m. Between now and the game students from the two schools compete to see who could sell the most pink T-shirts and hoodies. The intent is to have everyone in the gym that night - wear pink. In a good-natured spirit of competition P I N K O U T
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the Paris or Madison class that sells the most pink t-shirts and hoodies by percentage will be awarded with a pizza party. All proceeds, as usual, from the shirts and hoodies sales go to the Monroe County Cancer Supporters and in turn directly to county families dealing with the financial burden re-
sulting from a cancer diagnosis. This year paper basketballs have been added for sale. They cost $1.00 and are being mounted on the walls of the gyms. Last year over 600 shirts and hoodies were sold and over $4,000 raised. For additional information contact Shari Embree 660-216-5589 or Mary DeOrnellis 573-473-6938.
NECAC offers special ACA sign-up times The not-for-profit North East Community Action Corporation (NECAC) is offering special informational sessions and sign-up times for the Affordable Care Act in Monroe County. NECAC was awarded a contract by the Missouri Foundation for Health to provide outreach, education and assist with the enrollment process. All NECAC Certified Application
Counselors have been hired, trained and licensed to answer questions and take applications. They have also received state of Missouri required background checks. Each of NECAC’s 12 county service centers will designate specific days when extra staff will be available to discuss the law, review insurance options and enroll people.
In Monroe County, the designated days are Jan. 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17 and 24, and March 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the NECAC Monroe County Service Center, 314 N. Washington in Paris. Appointments may be made by calling 660-327-4110. “We want to encourage larger groups who have questions about the Affordu See NECAC on page 4A
Former PHS student selected as Dickinson Scholar, at Mizzou
Jaelyn Bergmann, Paris, was selected as a Dickinson Scholar at the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR). The Dickinson Scholars Program provides an opportunity for CAFNR students to become acquainted with the Kansas City agribusiness community. The students will be divided into teams for a project-based tour of Kansas City agribusinesses taking place from Jan. 13-17. The tours are designed to be interactive, as the primary objective of the program is to integrate students’ classroom education with the realities of the business environment. In addition, the program gives students opportunities to hear from Kansas City agribusiness professionals, meet CAFNR alumni in the greater Kansas City area and visit with hosts from the companies involved in the program. “I am excited and honored to be traveling to the Kansas City area to interact with agribusinesses as a Dickinson Scholar,” Bergmann said. “I am excited to learn how Kansas City agribusinesses are advocating for agriculture, an industry on which our nation depends. I’m thankful for the opportunity to broaden my agriculture knowledge and experience so I can effectively advocate and contribute to the future of agriculture.” Bergmann, who graduated from Paris R-II High School in 2012, is a sophomore at MU studying agricultural education with minors in agricultural economics and leadership in agriculture. She is the daughter of David and Laura Bergmann. She is a member of the Sigma Alpha professional agriculture sorority, the MU Collegiate Farm Bureau, the Agriculture Education Society and the Missouri Future Farmers of America. Bergmann is also a Jerry Litton Leadership Scholar. The Litton Leadership program is designed to foster future agriculture leaders. MU is the largest and oldest university of the state’s ma- Dickinson Scholar selectee Jaelyn Bergmann. SUBMITTED PHOTO jor public, land-grant research institutions.