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Area News

  • Frogtown News

    Birth
    Jamie and Emily Lotz of Effingham are the parents of a daughter, Aleece Marie, born on March 14, 2011. She weighed 6 pounds, 5 ounces, and was 19 ½ inches long. She is welcomed home by her brothers, Andrew, age 4, and Evan, age 2. Grandparents are Larry and Bev Lotz of St. Peter, and Jim and Rosie Gibbons of Edgewood.
    St. Peter Auxiliary
    The St. Peter American Legion Post #380 and the Auxiliary met on March 16 at 6:30 p.m. for their annual birthday supper.

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  • St. Elmo News

    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    Thursday, March 24
    • The St. Elmo Unit of Home and Community Education, 1:30 p.m., St. Elmo Public Library.
    Friday, March 25
    • Prairieland Pickers will perform at 10 a.m. at the Hillsboro Rehab and Health Care at 1300 E. Tremont, Hillsboro.
    • Prairieland Pickets will perform at 2:30 p.m. at the Tremont Ridge Assisted Living at 1200 E. Tremont, Hillsboro.
    Saturday, March 26
    • Clothes Closet, 9 a.m.-noon. Winter clothes sell for a $1 a bag.

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  • Brownstown-Sefton News

    By Panzi Blackwell

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  • Frogtown News

    By Belinda Harpster

    Meet in West Frankfort
    Dane and Belinda Harpster of St. Peter met their daughter, Mahala Harpster of Cape Girardeau, Mo., in West Frankfort on Friday evening. They ate dinner together, then brought home Mahala’s pet chinchilla for the week while she attends a Farm Bureau conference in Washington, D.C.

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  • St. Elmo News

    By Anna Jean Rhodes

    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    Wednesday, March 16
    • Friendship Manor Nursing Home will have a birthday party at 2 p.m.

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  • Soroptimists take reservations for banquet

    The annual Soroptimist Awards Banquet will be held at 6:30 pm. on April 8 at Days Inn in Vandalia.
    Reservations should be made by calling Judy Wasmuth, 283-2989, no later than April 1. Limited seating is available, so reservations should be made soon.
    Soroptimist International of Vandalia is honoring three ladies in the Soroptimist International of Americas programs: Kathy Critcheloe, Women’s Opportunity Award; Gabrielle McNutt, Violet Richardson Award; and Brenda Benton, Ruby Award.

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  • Retired teachers meet

    The Fayette County Retired Teachers held their meeting at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 24, at Ponderosa.
    The meeting was opened by President Billyanna Dugan, and prayer was given by Jimmie Page.
    After the pledge, the secretary/treasurer reports were given and accepted as read.
    Richard Lowe read an article about insurance for teachers.
    Dugan asked that the group posthumously honor a past member, Jim Smith, for services to the retired teachers. Beulah Brown made a motion, and it was seconded by Jim Page, with voting in favor.

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  • Brownstown-Sefton News

    Gene Watson, an American Citizen…
    …is just one of several deserving tributes that would easily apply to the name of the late Gene Watson.

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  • Frogtown News

    Weekend Visitors
    Weekend visitors of Dane and Belinda Harpster of St. Peter were Mahala Harpster of Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Madison and Dru Eller of Jackson, Mo.

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  • St. Elmo News

    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    Wednesday, March 9
    • Avena Township Park Board, 7 p.m., St. Elmo Community Park Centennial Building.

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