Area News

The Shoal Creek Chapter of ABATE and ABATE Chapter 27 ($4,800) and JK Builders ($1,000) recently made donations to the Shriners' Hospitals for Children.

The ABATE chapter also donated a box of shirts for children in the hospitals. In front are Jim Pryor and Terri VanHuss of ABATE, Ron Rauch of the Old National Trail Shrine Club and Kathlynn Max of J&K Builders. In back are Mick Eddington and Eric Ward of ABATE, Carl Hall of Shriners Hospitals, Bob White of ABATE and Jeremy Marx of JK Builders.

Baby Bucky Donkey’s First Winter
Little Buckwheat (a.k.a. Baby Bucky) is probably wanting to return to
his former home in Okawville, where he was born and lived with Ron and Rhonda Gronnet. It was warm weather at that time and he hadn’t experienced winter weather.
Since Bucky and his mother, Madricka, moved to the Homestead in October, we have had downpours of rain, a little bit snow and sleet (among some almost summer-like days).

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thursday, November 27
• Have a happy and thankful Thanksgiving!
Sunday, November 30
• The Avena Township Park Board will host Santa in the Park from 2-4 p.m. in the St. Elmo Community Park Centennial Building.
• First Advent Service of the Wolf Creek Cluster of United Methodist Churches, 4 p.m., Brownstown United Methodist Church. Ed Wojnar of the Altamont Circuit will speak.
Monday, December 1

Weekend Visitors
Mitch Harpster of Cape Girardeau, Mo., and his brother-in-law, Brandon Spitzmiller of Peoria, spent the Thursday through Sunday with Mitch’s parents, Dane and Belinda Harpster of St. Peter.  
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Sunday morning attendance was 163.   
The Rev. Alan Holtz was the organist.  
Brodie Chambers served as acolyte.
Jay Rothe and Curtis Jenne were attending elders.
Remember in Your Prayers
• Those with health concerns:
-Mark Dunaway