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Baker’s Cafe In Ewing Celebrates Grand Opening See Page 4A
A GOLDEN MESSAGE
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Olympic Medalist Shares His Story With Highland See Page 8A
Serving the communities of Lewis County, Mo. since 1862 (USPS 088-820) Vol. XL New Series, No. 39 Canton, Mo. 63435 • 16 Pages • 2 Sections • 55 cents
Thursday, September 27, 2012
HILLBILLY AUCTION
BREAKING NEWS UPDATES
CANTON CITY WIDE YARD SALES THIS WEEKEND See map on page 7B
INTRODUCING... THE VENT Starting next week, The Press-News Journal would like to hear the thoughts of Lewis Co. residents in a new section of the paper called The Vent. The purpose of the vent is for Lewis Co. residents to put out their thoughts on anythingcooking, politics, or about the events going on around town. Similar to a Letter to the Editor, The Vent is a short statement (typically less than a paragraph) giving an opinion, in which we would need a name and township of the writer. An example vent would look like this: “In all the craziness going on between our two ‘potential Presidents’, has anyone noticed that the Cardinals have won six out of seven games?” –John Doe, Monticello. “My family is so glad to see fall after this terrible droughtbring on the rain!” –Jane Doe, Canton. PNJ would like to ask that residents keep their vents clean and family-friendly and also to save any “thank you” notes for our ad section. Otherwise, let us hear your thoughts! To send us your vents, please email us at news@lewispnj.com, give us a call at 573-288-5668, or if you see us out and about your town, feel free to tell us your vent in person.
Photo by Rita Cox
Kyle Bringer of the Oyster Prairie 4-H Club and Charles Hetzler from Ten Mile 4-H Club helped with the Hillbilly Auction held at the Lewis County Fair Grounds near Lewistown on Sept. 22. Sharon Newman of Dallas City was the volunteer auctioneer. The semi-annual 4-H club fundraiser sells a variety of farm animals and barnyard supplies. Chicken, ducks, turkeys and rabbits were among the animals sold.
Highland Celebrates Homecoming Highland High School is celebrating their homecoming with a week of activities including the football game and crowning of the homecoming queen on Friday evening, Sept. 28. Highland principal Alan Koch said that the school is full of bright colorful decorations and many activities are planned. The classes are competing against each other to win the spirit stick. On Monday they were to wear red, white and blue, Tuesday was fake and injury day, Wednesday is generation day, Thursday is Olympic day and Friday will
LEWIS COUNTY RELAY FOR LIFE TOTALS GOAL - $37,000
be brown and gold day. The classes are also having a can goods drive and teachers have brought in their baby pictures for the kids to guess who is who. These contests will benefit the local food pantry. A lip sync contest is scheduled for Thursday afternoon at 1:30. Several acts have signed up to participate. A bon fire will follow the senior night softball game Thursday evening. A parade of homecoming floats will be Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the football field, weather permitting and the Elementary school students
will attend. The band will perform and cheering contests will be held. The Highland Cougars football team will take on Mark Twain after suffering a loss on the road at Macon last week. The homecoming queen and attendants will be announced on Friday evening, along with the Highland Band performing at pregame activities and half time. The public is invited to the events, please remember that any visitors to the school should check in at the office.
Photo by Sabrina Sparks, lifeadventurephoto.com
Delta Upsilon - $44.01 Theta Alpha Phi - $80.00 Lambda Chi Alpha - $880.00 CSB Relay Team - $2,001.33 Canton RV - $2,072.90 BASH Cancer - $4,788.25 Save Second Base - $5,257.82 Fighting On - $5,906.00 Cancer Busters - $13,657.95 Misc. donations of - $975.10 Highland Basketball “Pink Night” - $2,364.00
TOTAL - $38,027.36
SHERIFF’S OFFICE WARNS OF TELEPHONE SCAMS The Lewis Co. Sheriff’s Office has recently received several reports of attempted telephone scams throughout the county. Concerned citizens have asked the Sheriff’s Office to make everyone aware of these attempts by use of local media. These telephone scams include fraudulent claims that the person has won unclaimed funds from publisher’s clearinghouse. In this scam, the caller has identified themselves as a bank president and an FBI agent in the at-
tempt to legitimize the call seeking financial payment through Western Union. A second scam involves a local resident who had an item posted on Craigslist for sale. A scammer appeared to make a legitimate payment through Paypal, but It was actually a fraud. The victim, believing the buyer had overpaid in order to pay for shipping, then sent over $1000 back to the buyer through Western Union. The deposit was never actually made. A third scam attempt in-
FARM BUREAU INSURANCE
volved someone asking for Medicare information including the victim’s personal banking information. Another Lewis Co. resident called to report that someone attempted to identify themselves as a grandchild who was out of the country. The called tried to convince the victim that they were in the Dominican Republic and needed money in order tog et back the United States. Sometimes, they report they are with friends and have lost all their belongings. Other
times, they report they have gotten arrested and need money to get out of jail. Lewis Co. residents are reminded they should never give any information over the phone unless they have directly contact the company or person themselves. Please contact you local bank or law enforcement agency before committing to any transaction if you are in any way concerned about it.
Kim Hugenberg Multi-Line Agent 203 E. Lafayette, Monticello, MO
573-767-5351
khugenberg@mofb.com
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