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Culver-Stockton Unveils New Logo Story on Page 6A Lewis County
Serving the communities of Lewis County, Mo. since 1862 (USPS 088-820) Vol. XL New Series, No. 24 Canton, Mo. 63435 • 16 Pages • 2 Sections • 55 cents
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Annual rodeo was weekend hit in LaBelle
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BY DAN STEINBECK Editor dan@lewispnj.com
STUDENTS MAY NOW PICK UP THEIR GRADUATION PORTRAITS AT CANTON R-V Students may now pick up their graduation portraits from Canton R-V school for the next few weeks. The pictures may be picked up in the high school any day between 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
CANTON ADULT SUMMER READING PROGRAM The Canton Public Library is planning a summer reading program for adults. The group will meet on every other Thursday morning starting June 21. The first book to be read is The Help by Kathryn Stockett. At the first class meeting, we will discuss the book and then eat lunch (brown bag – bring your own) while watching the movie together. Books will be supplied by the library and are ready for pick up. Two other books planned are The Moonflower Vine by Jetta Carleton and The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas. Sign up is at the library.
HUEBOTTER RECEIVES MASTER’S FROM COLUMBIA COLLEGE
Organizers of the 62nd annual LaBelle Rodeo say things went without a hitch. “It was a real good weekend. The weather was perfect. The crowds were great, absolutely great,” said Dennis Scifres, president of the LaBelle Rodeo Association. “It’s nice to have two good nights in a row.” Scifres estimates there were some 170 participants in the twonight event, and no serious injuries were reported. “We had a lot more bareback and saddleback riders than in some years. The bull riding (numbers) were really up both nights. Evidently, we’re doing something right. Saturday’s grand entrance before the rodeo had the addition of a dozen or so trail riders from Newark that made the 15mile trip on horseback to participate. “Next year, it might be bigger,” Scifres said, adding a trail ride leader was going to further talk it up with other riders. Junior Miss Rodeo Missouri, Jillian Albrecht, of Green City, was present, and said the LaBelle Rodeo Grand Story continues on page 6A A cowboy ropes a young calf during the La Belle Rodeo held Saturday, June 9. Photo by Sabrina Sparks lifeadventurephoto.com
LEWIS COUNTY PRESS TO ANNOUNCES THE ADDITION OF A NEW PAPER
Sarah Huebotter recently graduated from Columbia College with Master of Arts degree in Teaching. Sarah is the daughter of Jack and Chris Huebotter of Lewistown, and the granddaughter of Gene and Betty Huebotter of LaBelle. Sarah is currently teaching summer school in the Columbia Public School District.
BRIDGE CLOSED Sugar Creek Bridge east of Monticello is closed for replacement. Detours available until work is completed.
This Norman Rockwell print of his famous “Country Editor” hangs in the lobby of the Monroe County Appeal, in Paris, Mo. Another copy can be found in the Monroe County Courthouse rotunda. APPEAL PHOTO
Lewis County Press, Inc. proudly announces the addition of a new newspaper to its growing group of weeklies - the Monroe County Appeal, in Paris. The new paper will allow Lewis County Press to expand its coverage area and will be a useful tool that its advertisers can take advantage of to reach even more customers as the Appeal covers the southern portion of Northeast Missouri including Monroe County and parts of Ralls, Audrain, Randolph and Shelby. According to Appeal publisher David Eales, things haven’t really changed much in the 50 years since Norman Rockwell immortalized the
weekly Monroe County Appeal with his painting of “The Country Editor.” It depicts the Monroe County Appeal, a weekly that has been published continuously in Paris, Missouri, since 1867. The Appeal, like other weeklies in Missouri, is read and read again, a fixture in the living room until the next one arrives. “The Appeal tells people exactly what is going on in our small town,” said Publisher David Eales. “Many people read the paper and when done, it is cut up to go in numerous scrapbooks.” Rockwell came to Paris in 1945 to capture the essence of the small-town newspaper office for the Saturday Evening Post. He spent a couple of days there, sketching, attending a country ham supper in his honor at a local tavern, speaking to the Rotarians. Rockwell then returned home to Vermont to paint, and his two-page color likeness appeared on May 25, 1946. The focal point of the painting is longtime Appeal editor Jack Blanton, who was by then already something of a legend for his well-crafted editorials, deep religious beliefs and occasional bouts of eccentricity. Rockwell’s painting portrayed the busy Appeal office minutes before
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the paper went to press. The Saturday Evening Post described it this way: “Blanton is shown batting out a lastminute editorial. That picture above his desk is one of his father, who founded the Appeal. The gold-star service flag hangs beneath a picture of a grandson of Blanton’s, who would have succeeded him as editor if he hadn’t lost his life in the Army Air Force. Peering over Blanton’s shoulder is the Appeal’s printer, Paul Nipps, whose experienced eye is gauging the number of printed lines the editorial will take up.” The painting also shows customers buying a subscription and other office workers scurrying about. And walking in the door, trademark pipe jutting out, is Rockwell himself. The painting still hangs prominently in the Appeal lobby, another copy in the rotunda of the Monroe County Courthouse. The painting’s home is the National Press Club in Washington D.C. The painting spent the past year traveling to Brooklyn, N.Y., El Paso, Texas, Stockbridge, Mass. and Rochester, N.Y., as part of a highly popular exhibit, “Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera.” Sources used in article include, with their permission, the St. Louis Post Dispatch and Associated Press.
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