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IGHLAND TOURNAMENT
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See the brackets for the 2013 Highland Tournament beginning on Dec. 28! See Page 11A
REGIONAL ISSUE • COVERING ALL OF LEWIS AND KNOX COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
Serving the communities of Lewis County, Mo. since 1862 (USPS 088-820) Vol. XL New Series, No. 52 Canton, Mo. 63435 • 12 Pages • 1 Sections • 55 cents
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Let it snow!
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ALLIED WASTE TRASH SCHEDULE Allied Waste has announced the trash pickup schedule for the New Year holiday. Mondays will follow the normal pick up schedule. No trash will be picked up on Tuesday, Jan 1. Therefore routes will be ran one day after the normal pick up day. So if trash pick up is usually scheduled for a Wednesday, the pick up will be on Thursday.
EARLY DEADLINE
Photo by Rita Cox
The Press-News Journal will be closed Jan. 1. Due to an early printing schedule, submitted news and advertising deadline for the Jan. 3 edition will be Thursday, Dec. 27 at noon.
After experiencing harsh winds and the first snow of winter, this tree and it’s branches were thoroughly covered with snow from Dec. 20’s snowfall.
BUSINESSES CLOSED
Sugar Creek Bridge
Many banks, government offices, and businesses will be closed for the January 1 holiday and many business will also have an early closing on Dec. 31.
A Year in Review A view of some the highlights that took place in 2012 in Lewis County.
A highly traveled bridge in Lewis County was replaced this summer as part of the MoDOT Safe and Sound Bridge Improvement Program. The Sugar Creek bridge on Route 16 was closed for about 70 days. The new bridge is eight feet wider than the old one. Historic LaGrange buildings torn down
HAPPY NEW YEAR
The FEMA flood buy-out demol-
The Press-News Journal staff would like to wish everyone a safe and happy New Year.
HIGHLAND BAND TO GO TO FLORIDA The Highland Marching Band will appear at the Tax Slayer Gator Bowl on Jan 1 in Jacksonville, Florida. The Marching Highlanders are one of only seven other bands across the country selected to be a part of this great event. The band will also march in a parade, perform their field show and appear at half-time during the football game. The group will leave December. 28 and are expected to return late January 2. The event will be streamed online
ished many downtown buildings in LaGrange after years of flood damage. The historic buildings started to come down May 7 and after a few weeks the landscape was bare. The city now owns the properties. Dr. Dykstra retires After providing the community with caring medical expertise for 41 years, Dr. Mike Dykstra retired Oct. 1. He had taken over his father’s practice, which later became part of the Quincy Medical Group.
It’s that time of year againtime for the “Ho-ho” of Lewis Co. to deliver gifts to the residents taking part in the Adopt-a-Family program. On Friday, Dec. 21, Judy Eaton and a group of jolly workers passed out gifts at the Canton United Methodist Church. The Adopt-a-Family program has been bringing joy to the holidays for several years in and around Lewis Co. Local residents choose to adpot a family and are given a list in which the child of the household is described merely by sex and age and three possible gift choices are given. Though there are suggested gifts, other donations such as bath towels, clothing, etc., can be very useful in the home. This is where Stacey Nicholas from Douglass Community Services says that Lewis Co. residents go “above and
beyond.” She describes giving families asking what more they can buy for the family in need. “This only works because of great community support,” added Nicholas. “Lewis Co. is a county that really cares about their children.” Unknown to many, the majority of the families participating in the Adopt-aFamily program are working families or students. Often these working families are only working part-time jobs or full-time at minimum wage. Part of the program is to attend a two-hour educational course on money habits. This way, not only are the families receiving gifts based on financial needs, they’re also receiving information on ways to better their financial standing. The process in which the applications are taken, families
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The Ewing R4 Fire Department picked up a new rescue pumper truck April 5. The truck has many enhanced features, one of which being a foam feature that uses class A and B foam. The foam decreases water consumption by
ADOPT-A-FAMILY GIVES TO THOSE IN NEED
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Ewing Fire Department receives new truck
Pictured is one of the many volunteers, Nancy Koch
are chosen, gifts are received and given out is split into three parts. Stacey Nicholas handles the processing of applications and suggesting gifts. Pastor Amanda Ross from the Canton United Methodist Church handles the sorting of the gifts and NECAC’s Judy Eaton is responsible for passing them out to families.
Nicholas raves about Lewis Co. residents and their willingness to give during the Christmas season. “It shows how the community trusts each other,” she explained. This year around 175 families were adopted into the program, all of which received their gifts from Judy Eaton at the Canton United Methodist Church.
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