Independent Journal Article

The Independent-Journal • Thursday, January 31, 2013 • PAGE 1B
At it Again For
Haiti in 2013
Take A Stand, Wear
Blue
Against Bullying
Have you experienced BULLY- ing heard. That we are here to sup-
ING personally, or do you know
someone who has been a victim of
BULLYING?
First Assembly of God Church, Potosi, is organizing local parents, students and individuals to “Stop Bullying.”
They urge that local residents
shows their support by Taking A
Stand and Wear Blue... Against Bullying Wednesday, February 6, 3013.
Planners urge “Please help by
Uniting Together to let everyone
know that the cries of victims are be-
port you and ready to take this Stand
Together... as a TEAM and a Community!!”
First Assembly is being joined for
this statement against Bullying by Potosi High School, John Evans Middle
School, the City of Potosi and Potosi
Community Church Awana. All others interested will be welcome to join
in and help support victims and show
unity against this dreaded scourge on
the Nation, State and Community’s
young people.
St. Joachim Making Plans
For Upcoming School Year
St. Joachim Principal Joyce Politte,
has announced her retirement as Principal of St. Joachim Catholic School,
Old Mines. The Advisory Board of
Education (Search Committee) will
be interviewing applicants beginning
around February first. Applicants
must have completed an application
process through the Archdiocese of
St. Louis.
Mrs. Politte says that she is confident that the Search Committee will
fill the leadership position with a candidate who will continue and grow
the excellent religious and academic
program that has been the legacy of
Catholic education at St. Joachim for
over one hundred years.
Catholic Schools Week is underway with special events and celebra-
tions. The theme, Catholic Schools
Raise the Standards, challenges
Catholic Schools to do better what
they have always done well.
An enrollment campaign is also
underway for the 2013-2014 school
year. Consider enrolling your student
at St. Joachim where they receive religious formation, individualized instruction, nurturing, and guidance in
practicing virtues daily. Students of
all faith backgrounds are welcome.
Call now to come and spend time at
St. Joachim. The new Alive in Christ
Scholarship strives to make a Catholic education affordable for all. All
new and existing students may apply.
For more information, please call
573-438-3973.
Senator: Increased beef exports
will be ‘huge’ for state’s producers
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator
Claire McCaskill released the following statement after the Japanese
government announced this week
that it would relax its current restrictions on U.S. beef imports:
“This is a big win for Missouri’s
ranchers, who for too long have
had to comply with restrictions
that were simply unnecessary. I’m
glad that the pressure applied has
made Japan rethink a position that
never made much sense.”
This week’s action follows years
of pressure from McCaskill urging a
change in Japan’s beef import policy
prior to the Obama Administration
negotiating any future bilateral trade
agreements with Japan. Japan was the largest foreign consumer of U.S. beef before 2003, when
Japan sharply restricted imports of
U.S. beef after a single case of ‘mad
cow’ disease in a Washington dairy
cow. Under the new agreement, Japan will accept imports of U.S. beef
from cattle less than 30 months of
age, compared to the previous limit
of 20 months. The changes go into
effect February 1, and are expected to
result in hundreds of millions of dollars in exports of U.S. beef to Japan
in the coming years, creating jobs
in Missouri and across the United
States.
McCaskill’s Fight for Missouri’s
Ranchers Pays off as Japan
Eases Beef Import Rules
Benefit Gospel Sing
Ironton Pentecostal
A Benefit Gospel Singing will be
held Friday, Feb. 8th starting 7 P.M.
at Ironton Pentecostal Church of
God. The benefit is for a accident
victim who is unable to work.
Singing will be “Chosen Generation, “Fresh Anointing” and “The
Singing Believers.”
The church is located at the Jct. of
Hwy. 21 and Rt. NN North of Ironton.
Pastor Virginia Nettles and the
congregation are inviting everyone.
Hugh and Ruby E. (Weber)
Richards Scholarship
Established by Family
The children and grandchildren
of the late Hugh (July 10, 1956) and
Ruby E. (Weber) Richards (October
11, 2000) have established a Scholarship Trust Fund at Belgrade State
Bank in memory of their parents and
grandparents.
A $500 Scholarship is being
awarded annually to a Potosi High
School graduating Senior who plans
to attend college to become a teacher.
Ruby Weber Richards served as
co-publisher at “The Independent
Journal” for the last forty-four years
of her life, but at heart she was a
teacher-and she never forgot that.
Ruby received her teaching certificate following two years of college
at Southeast Missouri State Teachers College (Now Southeast Missouri
State University) Cape Girardeau.
She then was a teacher in various Washington County one-room
schools until marriage and raising a
family became her vocation.
Hugh Richards was not afforded
the privilege of completing high
school, rather leaving school at age
sixteen to help with family expenses.
He worked for 31 years as Printer’s
Devil, Typesetter, Printer and finally
Co-owner/Publisher of “The Independent Journal” for a little over ten
years prior to his death.
Hugh and Ruby Richards recognized the value of and need for education with three of their four children going to college.
The family believes that they
would be very pleased that part of
what they left was a heritage that assists other young people to obtain an
education to be a teacher-to further
help others see the need for education... and so on.
Recipients are required to show
they are attending college to receive
the award-show records in January
for attendance at Fall Semester.
A Scholarship will be awarded this
Spring to a Potosi High School student who plans to attend next year
(who will claim the money next January).
Applications are available in the
P.H.S. Counselor’s Office or may be
picked up at “The I-J;” Potosi High
School Seniors or P.H.S. Graduates
who plan to be teachers please. Deadline is 4 P.M. Friday, February 22nd,
2013 at “The I-J” Office.
The Compassionate Missionary Outreach of Potosi Pentecostal
Church has the goal this year to send
five young men to Haiti in November. They have had three very prosperous missionary journeys to Haiti,
one in 2011 and two in 2012. While
in Haiti, they work on orphanages
and houses. Most of all they show the
love of Christ to the poorest country on this side of the world. They
greatly appreciate the support this
community has shown them in their
previous endeavors and look forward
to the support again this year.
This year they are starting a Monthly Dinner fundraiser on the first Friday of every month. Dinners offered
each month will vary. The first one
will be this Fri., Feb. 1st from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. You can pick up the
dinners or call Bro. Chris Massey at
573-210-7731 or Sis. Leann Massey
at 573-854-2928 for delivery.
They are offering homemade
chicken and dumplings, green beans
and a roll for only $5 a plate. They
will greatly appreciate your support
and you will not be disappointed.
Look To Your Smart Phone DAKOTA GLORE SIGNS TO PLAY
BASEBALL AT MINERAL AREA
To “Show Me My Buzz”
Recently, Dakota Glore, who is a south as Perryville. He was also seSenior at Potosi R-3 High School, lected to the first team MHSBCA All
On Super Bowl Sunday
signed his letter of intent to play State Team as an outfielder.
JEFFERSON CITY –Super Bowl
party planning is in full swing statewide. As you plan gatherings with
friends to root on your favorite team,
MoDOT sends a quick reminder of
the Show Me My Buzz smartphone
application that can aid in making
smart choices about designating sober driving.
The “Show Me My Buzz” free
smartphone app, available in the Apple App Store and the Google Market, allows users to calculate their
estimated blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) based on the number of
drinks consumed, the length of time
since the first drink, body weight and
gender.
“Drinking and driving is always a
bad decision because even a small
amount of alcohol affects your reflexes,” said Don Hillis, MoDOT’s
assistant chief engineer. “This app is
a creative way to get people talking
about the subject and thinking about
pre-designating a sober driver.”
The app emphasizes that designating a driver who has not consumed
alcohol is the only safe option. It
even provides the phone number of a
local cab company.
“The added feature of finding a
Chili & Dog Dinner
Youth Fundraiser
At River Christian
The River Christian Centre, 506
Austin St., Potosi, will be hosting
a Hot Chili & Dog Dinner from 12
Noon to 5:30 P.M. Sunday, February
3rd in the Church Fellowship Hall.
Donations will be accepted at the
door. All donations will go to the
W.A.V.E. Youth Group.
Your support will be greatly appreciated.
baseball for the Mineral Area College
Cardinals, Park Hills. Dakota is entering his fourth and final season with
the Potosi Trojans. He has been and
will be a starter all four years of his
high school career.
As a Freshman he had a batting
average of .418 and was third on
the team in RBI’s with 25 on a team
that finished with a record of 20-3
winning a District Championship in
which he played a big part.
His Sophomore season he led the
team in almost all offensive categories except for being second in doubles and stolen bases. He had a batting average of .508 on a team that
had a record of 17-6 and he earned
many honors including MHSBCA
All State.
His Junior season, he was the team
leader in all offensive categories on
the team including a .514 batting average. He was also one of the team
leaders on a young team that had a
record of 11-13. Despite the losing
record, teams in the conference and
in Southeast Missouri recognized his
talent as he was selected to the KTJJ
Dream Team for baseball, which includes only 10 players from as far
north as Windsor (Imperial) to as far
The best part for the Potosi Trojans
is that he still has his Senior season to
complete this year before he extends
his baseball career with the Mineral
Area Cardinals.
Coach Brian Weible
Head Baseball Coach
Potosi High School
Gospel Sing Benefit
At Desloge For Ty Harris
A Benefit Gospel Singing for Tyler Harris (a young boy has been in
a battle for his life since right after
Christmas and is still in the hospital
at the present time) will be held at
Desloge First Church of God, 103
Monroe Street, Saturday, February 9,
2013 starting at 6 P.M.
Singers will include “Heartfelt”
and The Canters. Let’s get behind
this family and show support in their
great time of need.
A Love Offering will be taken up
for the Medical and family expense
needs. Pastor David Aubuchon and
the Church are inviting everyone to
come and join in this benefit.
Please keep young Tyler in your
prayers and his family as well.
For more info call 573-562-7776.
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Applications are due by 4:30 P.M.
Friday, February 15th to Neil Richards at “The Independent-Journal.”
There is a drop slot next to the door
should the office not be open.
Announcement of the Scholarship
winners will be at a Dinner at the
Elks Hall in March at a date to be
determined according to scheduling
conflicts among recipients.
taxi in more urban locations takes
away one more excuse for a person
who has been drinking,” said Hillis.
“It’s easy to simply touch the button
to call a cab.”
The BAC calculator is a guide that
calculates averages.  Alcohol affects
everyone differently.  Influencing
factors include food consumption,
medication, health and psychological conditions.  The best plan is to
always designate a sober driver. A
sober driver is someone who has not
had anything to drink.
Download the free “Show Me My
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Scholarship Committee Chairman
Billy Joe Boyer has announced that
applications for the 2013 Elks College Scholarships are now available
at the various high school Counselor’s Office across the county.
Potosi Elks will again award a
scholarship to each of the County’s
three high schools -Potosi R-3,
Kingston K-14 and Valley R-6.
Dakota Glore Signs to Play Baseball AT Mineral Area College- Potosi Baseball standout Dakota Glore recently signed a Letter of Intent to play Baseball at Mineral Area College, Park Hills. Pictured above at the signing are, seated from left, his mother Melissa Eye, Dakota and his father Jody Glore and
standing, from left, Coaches Stan Walden and Mike Overman of MAC; Grandma Jane Reed, Grandpa Wayne
Reed, Grandma Ruth Glore and P.H.S. Coach Brian Weible.
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