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  • Joined: August 30, 2022
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Chamber to host Meet the Candidates

With the August Primary fast approaching, campaigning for public office is in full swing. Candidates are out meeting people and trying to get their name and message across to the voting public. As in the past, the Boonville Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a Meet the Candidate night. The Chamber hosts a special candidate night for each contested race for our Boonville City Council seats or for our county positions within Cooper County, and if necessary, try to schedule participation from candidates running for state positions. This year, Meet the Candidates will be on Thursday, July 14. The forum will be held at United Church of Christ’s Activities Building, 700 E Spring Street, Boonville and begin at 7 p.m. Meet the Candidates provides a public forum where the local media and public can ask questions through a moderator to the participating candidates in contested races.

Heritage Days Quilt Show features Lola Watts

The Quilt FanAttics have been hosting the quilt show at Heritage Days for years at the First Christian Church on Fourth Street. This year was no different. The church sanctuary will filled with beautiful quilts loaned for the weekend by residents of Boonville and Cooper County. This year there were 85 pieces of art on display. Members of the Quilt FanAttics were on hand to answer questions about the quilts and the quilting process. As well as to demonstrate the craft of putting together a quilt. The oldest quilt on display this year was owned by Carla Brewer. It was made in 1900 and is named Sunbonnet Sue after the pattern it features. Carla’s great-grandmother made this quilt for her granddaughters. It was hand pieced, appliqued, and quilted.

Five Midwest Fishing Trips to Take this Summer

With the arrival of summer, outdoor opportunities often turn into family affairs. The relentless pursuit of spring gobblers is just behind us and long stretches of days in treestands are still far off. You hopefully hammered crappie in the spring, and maybe even put enough walleye filets in the freezer to last until fall. This is the time of year to focus on family and take some kids fishing. All across the Midwest, we are fortunate to have simple pursuits that can be used to build outdoor passions in the next generation. This list includes a five top Midwest summer fishing trips.

Drury Deans List

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (June 27, 2022) - Earning a spot on Drury University’s Dean’s List is a significant accomplishment. The recognition means a student earned a grade point average of 3.6 or greater (on a 4-point scale) while carrying a full-time course load of 12 or more semester hours at Drury, a top Midwestern university, according to US News & World Report.

Wine Garden is a crowd pleaser

The ever-popular wine garden and Cooper County Cattleman’s steak dinner were held at the Hain House Gardens again this past weekend and drew a stead crowd. This year the wine garden featured wines from Les Bourgeois, Wildlife Ridge, Seven Springs, St. James wineries. This year the tastings were set up a little different. Wines were grouped and offered by category, i.e. dry, sweet, semisweet, etc., instead of by winery.

Heritage Day Parade

Current Cooper County and Missouri State Fair Queen Rosie Lenz rode in a red convertible donated by Rick Ball Automall for the Heritage Days parade. (Photo by Laura Wax) A 1989 3/4 scale model built off of a 1915, 65 horsepower Case steam engine, owned by Tracy Friedrich, led the antique tractor section of the Heritage Days parade on Saturday June 25.

Law enforcement reports

Boonville Police Department 6/27/22 Citations Kevin D. Cooke 50 of Boonville was cited for Failure to Register a Motor Vehicle.

Southern Peach Cobbler

(courtsey of Paula Dean) 1-1/2 cups self-rising flour 1 stick butter 1/2 cup water 2 cups sugar, divided 4 cups peaches, peeled and sliced 1 cup milk Ground cinnamon (optional) Serves 15 Preheat oven to 350 F. Combine the peaches, 1 cup sugar, and water in a saucepan and mix well.

Patricia Marie Lammers (Pat)

Patricia Marie Lammers (Pat), age 86, of Blackwater passed away on June 27 at Katy Manor Nursing Home in Pilot Grove, MO. Pat was born February 21, 1936 to Aloysius and Mary Felten in Clear Creek MO.

Rhodes Leonard

Rhodes Leonard qualified for the Junior Olympics in the 800-meter race at the four-state regional meet held in Carl’s Junction, MO in the 17-18 year-old division. Leonard qualified by taking fifth place out of 28. Only the top six advance to the Junior Olympics. This will be his third time competing at the national level. The national race will be held on August 1 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Photo provided by Mitch Leonard)