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The Mustard Seed Food Pantry at Prairie Home United Methodist Church held their January distribution on Thursday, January 20. In spite of the frigid, single digit wind chill, 17 households were served. Volunteers included Brenda and Donnie Sells, Jerry Oglesbay, Dennis Toalson, Angela Marcum, Betty and Dave Hatfield, Don Almond, and Nancy Kixmiller. The Mustard Seed distributes the third Thursday of the month. For more information, send a private message to the Prairie Home United Methodist Facebook page or email Nancy Kixmiller at kixmiller@ yahoo.com.

Christopher Herriman, Student Services Coordinator at Cooper County R-IV School in Bunceton, has released the second quarter and first semester honor roll lists for the entire school. Second Quarter Principal Honor Roll recipients from Jr.

Pilot Grove seniors Ethan Rentel and Grace Phillips were crowned Homecoming King and Queen while juniors Izaya Price and Olivia Felten were named Prince and Princess during the festivities Saturday night in the high school gymnasium. (Photo by Becky Munden)

This week was a flurry of activity with the final version of the congressional district maps approved and sent to the Senate, the governor’s State of the State speech, and committee meetings proceeding every day. I’ve included in this report some of the highlights of the week.

Fayette, Mo. – Sometime in the early 1950s, a Central Methodist College freshman named Ellery Johnson (’56) sent a letter home to his parents. Much like a student today would check in with parents over text or FaceTime, he wanted to update them on how college life was going – he was busy with a research paper, had enough money to last the semester, was going on dates.