Malden, Missouri - On Monday Oct. 17, 2016 the 23rd Wing, Group 2, 151st Squadron (Bootheel Squadron) held a changing of command ceremony at the Malden Regional Airport. Lt Coln Carolyn Rice, Group 2 Commander, was on hand for the ceremony. 

Major Tommy Sheppard has stepped down as squadron commander after being with the squadron since for the past 10 years.

Captain Jason Williams, formally the squadrons Health Service Officer, has assumed command and plans to continue with preparing the squadron to fill a vital role in Emergency Services in Southeast Missouri. 

The squadrons next major training event will take place Saturday Oct. 29th with squadron becoming a qualified Community Emergency Response Team, CERT, with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

"In the late 1930s, more than 150,000 volunteers with a love for aviation argued for an organization to put their planes and flying skills to use in defense of their country.  As a result, the Civil Air Patrol was born one week prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.  Thousands of volunteer members answered America's call to national service and sacrifice by accepting and performing critical wartime missions. Assigned to the War Department under the jurisdiction of the Army Air Corps, the contributions of Civil Air Patrol, including logging more than 500,000 flying hours, sinking two enemy submarines, and saving hundreds of crash victims during World War II, are well documented."

"After the war, a thankful nation understood that Civil Air Patrol could continue providing valuable services to both local and national agencies.  On July 1, 1946, President Harry Truman signed Public Law 476 incorporating Civil Air Patrol as a benevolent, nonprofit organization.  On May 26, 1948, Congress passed Public Law 557 permanently establishing Civil Air Patrol as the auxiliary of the new U.S. Air Force.  Three primary mission areas were set forth at that time: aerospace education, cadet programs, and emergency services."

The Bootheel Squadron meets on Monday evenings from 6:00-8:00 PM in the Cardinal Aviation Building located at the Malden Regional Airport.

All are welcome to come buy and check out the Civil Air Patrols activities and the squadron is always looking for new members, both senior members and cadets.

Shown in the photo from left to right. Capt. Williams, Major Sheppard, and Lt Coln Rice.

Provided photo.

If you felt a sense of déjà vu over the weekend while scrolling through your Facebook News Feed, you’re not alone.

Those dreaded paragraph-long privacy hoaxes that have been circulating on Facebook for years are resurfacing. That’s right, you know the posts we’re talking about.

The language may be slightly tweaked, but the message is the same:

"Deadline tomorrow !!! Everything you’ve ever posted becomes public from tomorrow. Even messages that have been deleted or the photos not allowed. It costs nothing for a simple copy and paste, better safe than sorry. Channel 13 News talked about the change in Facebook’s privacy policy. I do not give Facebook or any entities associated with Facebook permission to use my pictures, information, messages or posts, both past and future. With this statement, I give notice to Facebook it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute, or take any other action against me based on this profile and/or its contents. The content of this profile is private and confidential information. The violation of privacy can be punished by law (UCC 1-308- 1 1 308-103 and the Rome Statute). NOTE: Facebook is now a public entity. All members must post a note like this. If you prefer, you can copy and paste this version. If you do not publish a statement at least once it will be tactically allowing the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in the profile status updates. DO NOT SHARE. Copy and paste."

THIS IS A HOAX!  It has been circulating since 2012 and Facebook addressed the rumors years ago in a fact-checking blog post regarding the ownership of users’ information or content they post to the site.

So please stop posting to your timeline!  Always check your sources before posting and make sure it is a legitimate website with credible content.

National Boss’s Day is observed annually on October 16th; however if the 16th falls on a weekend, then this day is celebration the closest working day!

Employees across the United States show appreciation and thankfulness to their bosses for being kind and fair throughout the year by celebrating National Boss’s Day.

HOW TO OBSERVE

Show your boss some appreciation and use #NationalBossDay to post on social media.

HISTORY

National Boss’s Day, also known as National Boss Day or Bosses Day, is a secular holiday that began in 1958.  

Patricia Bays Haroski worked as a secretary for State Farm Insurance Company in Deerfield, Illinois when she registered “National Boss’s Day” with the United States Chamber of Commerce.  

She selected October 16 because it was her father’s birthday and at the time, he was also her employer!

It was four years later, in 1962, that Illinois Governor, Otto Kerner, backed Haroski’s registration and officially proclaimed Boss’s day.

In 1979, Hallmark Cards introduced Boss’s Day cards to their inventory.

Dexter, Missouri - Do you like trains?  Most everyone in Dexter and the surrounding area know all too well the train schedules in these parts, but have you ever seen a piece of train history even rare and unique to the locomotive industry?

This is one of Union Pacific's oldest serving locomotives and is the only steam locomotive never retired by the North American Class 1 Railroad.
In 1960 the train was saved from being scrapped to be used as a public excursion train.

"Steam Locomotive No. 844 is the last steam locomotive built for Union Pacific Railroad. It was delivered in 1944. A high-speed passenger engine, it pulled such widely known trains as the Overland Limited, Los Angeles Limited, Portland Rose and Challenger."

Union Pacific says its 4-8-4 No. 844 steam locomotive will arrive in Bloomfield on Wednesday, October 19th around 2:30 p.m. on County Road 527 and stop at 15399 CR 527 for about an hour.  It will then depart around 3:45 p.m. and stop in Dexter at the junction of County Road 708 and County Road 717 from 4:30 p.m. Wednesday until 8:00 a.m. Thursday morning.

The Class I railroad released a full October schedule for its famed Northern-type locomotive which shows the engine departing its Cheyenne, Wyo., base at 8 a.m. Oct. 13, and passing through North Platte, Neb., Oct. 14; Fairbury, Neb., Oct 15; and taking a day for display in Kansas City, Mo., on Oct. 16; before heading to Illinois. The locomotive and crew will cross the Mississippi River for brief visits to Chester, Gorham, and Wolf Lake, Ill., on Oct. 19, before returning to Missouri and heading through Arkansas on the way to Memphis.

"Hailed as Union Pacific's "Living Legend," the engine is widely known among railroad enthusiasts for its excursion runs, especially over Union Pacific's fabled crossing of Sherman Hill between Cheyenne and Laramie, Wyoming."

To follow the Steam Locomotive's schedule click HERE.

Bloomfield, Missouri - Request for Bids - Notice is hereby given that the City of Bloomfield is accepting sealed bids on the following item:

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This item may be viewed at City Hall or call 573-568-3464