Upcoming

Friday, March 3rd, 9am to 2pm

A Veterans Service Officer will be present at Trenton VFW Post 919 to help with VA paperwork and answer any questions. You are asked to bring a copy of your DD-214, and all VA pa-

The squad that had the highest average score in all three performances was awarded the honor of the Gameday title. Putnam County placed 1st in the timeout and fight song and 2nd in the band dance categories and became the Missouri 1A Gameday State Champions 2023.

This concludes a successful competition career for some of our senior cheerleaders. Check out their career stats:

Gameday Champions - 2022, 2023

Timeout Division Champions - 2018, 2019

Timeout Division 2nd Place - 2020

Regional Performance

Division Champions2019, 2020, 2021,2022

Performance Division

Champions - 2019, 2021, 2022

Performance Division 2nd Place - 2020

Several All-State Team Recognitions

To schedule an appointment, please call 1-800-RED CROSS (1800-733-2767) or visit RedCrossBlood.org and ener: UnionvilleCommunity to schedule an appointment. ******

Jesse James Program

The Putnam County Historical Society will host a special free program on Jesse James and his ties to Putnam County on Saturday, March 11. Randy Webber will be making the presentation which will be held at the Putnam County Historical Society Museum at 1:00 - 3:00 PM.

The public is always welcome at the museum. So please plan to attend this special program that is one of several events planned for the upcoming months.

Veterans events for March 2023

perwork you may have.

Monday, March 6th, 9 am to 2pm

A Veterans Service Officer will be present at Trenton VFW Post 919 to help with VA paperwork and answer any questions. You are asked to bring a copy of your

DD-214, and all VA paperwork you may have.

A Counselor is available on as needed basis throughout the month. Dr. Hudson helps with PTSD, and readjustment counseling. Discharged and active military are welcome.

We are looking for people who would like to be VA Shuttle Drivers. For more information please call 660-3592078.

For more information please call 660-3592078.

Hi Ron & Staff—

I wanted to say thank you for all your support and to let you know we were able to be fully funded in buddy packs in large part because of your partnership in getting the word out about buddy packs with the adopt a buddy in the paper.

I had 8 eight counties and Adair and Putnam were the only counties that were fully fundedso thank you for your support with the paper. Because you promoted the adopt-a-buddy program in the paper, one of your customers decided to fully fund the program last year- which was amazing!

So I am hoping we can do that again this year as the need in all of our counties has gone up and folks are struggling even more.

Thank you guys again for all you do!!!

Looking forward to hear from you and hopefully partnering with you.

Gratefully, Teresa Ross Northwest Regional Coordinator The Food Bank

for Central & Northeast Missouri

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Karen Bradshaw

I spent a little time in Kansas City last week, arriving just after the Chiefs’ parade on Wednesday and just before the icy rain that evening. While I like to support local businesses as much as I can, there are just some things not available here, such as some delectable KC barbecue. In my experience, nothing quite compares. A grandson’s favorite restaurant in Des Moines was a barbecue joint. Even though he assured me the burnt ends were some of the best ever, they fell short of any I had ever had in KC, no matter the restaurant. Consequently, burnt ends and sides were on the menu one evening. Actually, the portions were so large, they lasted for three meals.

The Dairy Lane is opening soon, but to curb chocolate malt cravings until that day, KC’s Shake Shack was the answer. The shakes and malts are thick and rich and not too sweet and paired with a burg- ers used to determine it was the same killer (e.g. killed with blunt side of axe, close to train tracks, etc.) got rather annoying, but overall it was a good read. Not that it is a topic I have thought much about, but with the exception of Jack the Ripper, I don’t think I had ever considered the presence of serial killers a hundred or more years ago. By the way, this dark non-fiction work was quickly followed by a humorous cozy mystery. A case of cleansing the mind, rather like cleansing the palate after a heavy meal.

In a totally unrelated topic, if more and more stores are expecting customers to ring up their own purchases, why don’t they follow Sam’s Club example and offer a scan and go app? That way the items could be scanned as they are added to the cart, reducing the amount the customer has to handle the items, and then paid for with a swipe on the smart phone. Just a thought. Have a great week!

H. Wade Paris

Who Cares?

On our way home from the grocery store, I observed two teenage boys on the sidewalk who were fighting. There was only one skateboard, and the big kid kept pushing the smaller one down into the ditch. “Were those boys fighting?” I asked my wife as we drove by.

“I don’t know,” she answered. “I did not see them.” Noticing the concern on my face, she said, “Turn around and go back.” er!” Without realizing it, these two boys had just made some interesting commentaries on humanity. er and fries are hard to beat, especially until our local venue opens for the season.

All the time in the city wasn’t spent eating, but quite a bit was spent relaxing and reading. A couple of weeks ago some reference to the 1912 Villisca, IA, axe murders came up in conversation. In searching for more information, I came across a reference to a book, The Man From the Train: the Solving of a Century-old Serial Killer Mystery, by Bill James and Rachel McCathy James about the subject and ordered it from Amazon. The author searched newspapers for other murders with similar or identical M.O.’s and in studying and compiling that information, determined that the Villisca murders were just one in a chain of murders stretching from the late 1890’s to the early 1900’s. The book was interesting and the authors made a pretty strong case for the serial killer theory. The repetition of the identifi-

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Thursday, March 2

Linda Crawford, Ferne Snyder, Kelsey Ray, Riley Hendee, Cash Middleton, Caleb Stout, Cristen McLain, Mike Harlan

Friday, March 3 Brent Minear

Saturday, March 4 Stephanie Goodwin, Gloria Smith, David Hines, Natalie Bayer, James Wymore, Pat Parsons, Kaleb Dover, Lisa Lunsford, Charli Ingersoll, Brian Ryals, Matt Hornaday, Lisa Schlarbaum

Sunday, March 5 Ranae Shields, Jim Busch, Stephanie Sisel,

Kenny Branscomb, Gage Phipps, Clyde Bondy, III, Melanie Robbins

Monday, March 6

Lacie Tingley, Theda Perrin, Jessica Garr, Susan Ryals, Pam Gardner, Timmy Trent, Jenny Steiner, Terri Nelson, Heather Micetich

Tuesday, March 7

Janice Myers, Traci Lewis, Amy McLaughlin, Janelle Paul

Wednesday, March 8

Connie Eckhoff, Cheryl Hunt, Kerri Lane, Andrea Bonnell, Hall Ryals, Faye Pipes, Kelli Anders, Andrea Leeper, Larry Pippen

PC Café Menu on Page 9

“People who wonder if the glass is half empty or half full miss the point. The glass is refillable.” -- Author Unknown

In Like A Lion

The old saying about March is “In like a Lion, out like a Lamb” or vice versa. There are many of these old weather sayings and I suppose they are “old”

Kevin Collins because they have, more often than not, proved to be true. This one is kind of a conundrum: which would you prefer in March? A good beginning or a good end? I think I would prefer a good end. I’m already in the winter mode at the beginning of March but by the end I am ready for spring. I don’t want that spoiled by a Lion.

Playle & Collins

Please come to hear Pastor Kevin Collins bring you a reassuring word from God.

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709 S. 27th St., Unionville

As we approached the kids, it became obvious they were fighting. I stopped the car beside them and was about to get out and separate them. Before I could get out of the car, my wife rolled down her window and in her most authoritative voice said, “You boys stop fighting and go home!”

Quite shocked one boy asked, “Who are you?”

“It doesn’t matter who I am,” my wife answered, then repeated, “Stop fighting and go home before someone gets hurt.”

“You’re not supposed to care,” one boy said.

Well, I do care.”

We watched as they gathered their belongings and were leaving, presumably to go home. At the corner one of them turned around and said, “He’s my broth-

“You are not supposed to care!” Indeed, it is easy not to care. For a few seconds I debated whether or not to interfere in the fight. Kids fight all the time, don’t they? Then I thought, “That big kid is picking on the little one,” and I decided I could not let that go. To care means you have to get involved; we turned around and went back. Often, we’d rather not be involved. Sometimes we humans stand back and watch people in distress but do nothing because we don’t care enough to get involved.

“He’s my brother!” the boy shouted. That should make a difference. You should treat your brother with love and kindness. If we can’t get along with our brother, then who can we get along with? You realize, don’t you, that we are all brothers and sisters. We are all God’s children, and that makes us brothers and sisters.

The first comment the boys made was wrong, “You are not supposed to care.” We are supposed to care. The second comment they made was right, “He’s my brother.” Yes, and that is precisely why we care.

Putnam County Genealogy Minutes

Judy Robinson, President, called the meeting to order on February 11, 2023, with the following members present: Judy Robinson, Maribeth DeHaven, Denise Halley, Gloria Couchman, Darleen Webber, Evelyn and Gary Griggs, Judy McDonald and Evelyn Morgan.

Minutes of the January 15, 2023, meeting were read and approved by Denise and seconded by Gloria.

Treasurer’s report was given by Gloria Couchman with Gary making the motion to approve and Judy McDonald seconding.

Judy McDonald made the motion to leave the officers the same as last year with Gary Griggs seconding the motion.

Gloria told of calling the IRS about collecting the sales tax on cemetery books. She was told that she didn’t have to collect on anything less than $10.00. Karen Bradshaw got her the form to send in for that purpose.