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USPS-299800 Vol.136, No.37 La Plata, MO, 63549 • 8 Pages • 1 Section • 50 Cents
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
SPRING IS HERE!
Serving Macon County Since 1876 Subscribers to the Home Press are the nicest people! This week we salute
Wanda Dausman Atlanta, Missouri EASTER BUNNY IS COMING TO LA PLATA
The Easter Bunny will be coming to La Plata on Saturday, March 31st at the annual Alpha Beta Alpha Sorority Easter Egg Hunt. The hunt will be held at the Olive McLorn House in La Plata from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Beginning at 11:00 children’s games will begin, hot dogs, cookies and drinks will be provided and at 12:00 noon the hunt will be held. The Easter Bunny will be attending the festivities and will be available for pictures with the children.
LA PLATA ELEMENTARY KINDERGARTEN SCREENINGS Attention Parents….If your child will be eligible for Kindergarten for the 2112-2013 school years please contact Lori in the office to schedule their appointment for Kindergarten screening. Eligible students must be 5 on or before July 31st. Screenings will be held on Tuesday, March 27th beginning at 12:00 p.m. and Wednesday, March 28th beginning at 7:30 a.m. Time slots will take approximately 1 hour. You will need to bring the child’s immunization record, social security and birth certificate. If you do not have a child already enrolled in K-12th grade, you will also need to bring proof of residence, such as a rent receipt or rental agreement, utility bill, real estate contract or tax receipt, or land-line phone bill with your name and address printed on it. While your child is being screened, parents will fill out enrollment papers. Once the child has completed the screening, Mrs. Wood will meet with you to go over the results. To schedule your appointment or if you have any questions, please feel free to contact the elementary office at 332-7003.
Trees are blooming and perennials are budding and springing up from underground with beautiful colors, the air is wonderful to breathe with the fresh smells coming in the windows. Its great to feel the breeze and hear the wonderful sounds of young ones, as well as the old.
Nunan Meat Market Now Open For Business BY BECKY JEFFCOAT EDITOR/PUBLISHER lpnews@marktwain.net
After several months of tearing down, moving, reconstructing, cleaning, butchering and setting up again the Nunan Meat Market at Millard is now open for business. Driving up and down Highway 63 you might have seen the bright yellow and red sign with the Nunan name, well the day has come when the market
is now ready to see faces and ready to meet and greet new customers. Gary and Carol Nunan opened Nunan Locker near Hurdland in 2008 doing custom butchering for local farmers and deer processing. After great thought and huge expectations the Nunan’s uprooted and moved their business in order to further serve the community, by making their business
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Garet Nunan operates the meat cutter at Nunan’s Meat Market, which is now open for business.
WOLTER SELECTED HONORABLE MENTION IN 2012 MISSOURI SCHOLARS High school senior Ashton Wolter of Adair County R-II High School has been selected an “Honorable Mention” student in the 2012 Missouri Scholars 100, a statewide program that honors 100 of Missouri’s top academic students in the graduating class of 2012. The announcement was made by Brent Doolin, principal at Adair County R-II High School, Brashear, MO 63533. Missouri Scholars 100 is a program sponsored
by the Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals. Schools across Missouri were invited to nominate candidates for this statewide recognition. The selection is based primarily on a formula using the student’s grade point average and ACT or SAT score. Each student nominated had to first meet criteria of an “Academic Decathlon,” which included ten “events” designed to assure the academic strength of the student.