Stoddard County, Missouri - Three Rivers College students from Stoddard County have received scholarships from the Stoddard County Development Foundation.
The recipients were honored at the college’s “Fulfilling Dreams” reception for students awarded Three Rivers College and Three Rivers Endowment Trust scholarships. Recipients are listed below by hometown.
Advance: Kristina Goolsby, Rebecca Heuring, Gracci Ward
Bernie: Bailey Muse
Bloomfield: Abrie Love
Dexter: Destiny Ann Cagle, Joshua Lacy, Lauren Stidham
Essex: Drew Hickson
Puxico: Shalynn Caldwell
Shown in the photo from left to right: Mark Stidham, Three Rivers Endowment Trust Board Member; Kristina Goolsby, scholarship recipient; Shalynn Caldwell, scholarship recipient; and Destiny Cagle, scholarship recipient.
Not shown: Rebecca Heuring, Drew Hickson, Joshua Lacy, Abrie Love, Bailey Muse, Lauren Stidham, and Gracci Ward.
Dexter, Missouri - Three Rivers College students Kimberly Luna, Ashlyn Werneck, Terry Pettypool, Katy Wondel, and Laurie Wright have received TRUST Scholarships from the Three Rivers Endowment Trust.
From left to right: Dr. Marty Michel, Chair of the Three Rivers Endowment Trust; Katy Wondel, scholarship recipient; Allen Brooks, Three Rivers Endowment Trust Board Member; and Mark Stidham, Three Rivers Endowment Trust Board Member.
Not shown: Kimberly Luna, Ashlyn Werneck, Terry Pettypool, and Laurie Wright.
Dexter, Missouri - Each year the Stuff A Bus campaign brings joy and much needed foods for the elderly and those who are struggling to pay bills and buy food. The students love collecting the non-perishable foods and delivering a "bus" full to the Stoddard County Gospel Mission.
Last year nearly 18,000 canned and non-perishable food items were collected at Dexter Schools. They set a new record and it is their hope to set another new record this year.
While shopping this week, please pick up an extra case or a few cans of vegetables and send them with your student by Friday, December 9, 2016. Each building is competing to see who collects the most food. Williams Moving will provide the truck to haul the food to the Mission and hopefully there will be a cookie party for the winning school building.
"This is our 5th year of collecting for the Stoddard County Gospel Mission," stated Judy Patterson, freshman/junior high school counselor. "It's my last one as I am retiring at the end of the 2017 school year. I just hope we break another record."
The High School initiated the competition between the schools five years ago to help the local Mission with food for the holidays.
Southwest Elementary, Central Elementary, T.S. Hill Middle School and the Dexter Senior High School will all be competing for delicious treats! The school that brings in the most cans will receive home-made cookies from OPAA, their food service company!
Items needed for the Stoddard County Gospel Mission are dry goods and canned goods such as pasta, spaghetti, canned vegetables and fruits, mac & cheese, cookies, crackers, peanut butter, and any item that is non-perishable.
Throughout the Christmas Season people come together and realize how fortunate they are and also how some families are in great need this time of year. The Stuff A Bus event was such a great hit the past four years they hope to continue to participate for many years to come to help those in Stoddard County.
We should feel very proud to live in such a community that is always willing to give back any chance we can. We hope to see the Stuff A Bus event continue to positively affect many families for as long as possible.
Shown in the photo representing Central Elementary are from left to right: Jake Pain, Ryan Goode, Maddi Sutton, and Avery Ackman.
Columbia, Missouri - Emily Johns had the honors of earning 4th Chair French Horn at the 2016 - 2017 Missouri All-State Concert Band auditions in Columbia, Missouri on Saturday, December 3, 2016.
Only 8 French Horns and 2 alternates were accepted to this prestigious ensemble. The Missouri Music Educators Association in cooperation with the Missouri Bandmasters Association, Missouri Association for Jazz Education, American String Teachers Association, and the American Choral Directors Association will present an All-Festival Concert at Tan-Tar-A Resort in January 2017.
Emily is the daughter of Kevin and Janet Johns and is a senior at Dexter High School.
She earned Honorable Mention at State her sophomore and junior years in high school.
"It has been a goal of mine to finally make the All-State Band," commented Johns. "I have been playing the French Horn for about 6 1/2 years now and I practice about 1 to 1 1/2 hours a day."
Bernie, Missouri - Lari Spitzer, daughter of Kevin and Lisa Spitzer of Bernie, was recognized at the annual Southeast Missouri State University Scholarship Reception held on November 4th at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau.
More than 600 people attended the recognition event where more than 400 scholarship recipients were recognized for outstanding academic records, leadership, and/or athletic success.
Spitzer, a junior in early childhood education, was recognized as a recipient of the James M. and Joyce Petty Overby Family Scholarship, a scholarship endowed by former Bernie residents.
Joyce Overby and one of her three daughters, Diane Overby Sides, were on hand to congratulate Spitzer.
Spitzer is a 2015 graduate of Bernie High School and was active in Sr. Beta Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Pep Club, and was also on the Academic Team and Publications. She was a member of the varsity softball team and varsity cheer.
This is the second year Sitzer has been awarded the Overby Family Scholarship.
Shown in the provided photo are from left to right: Joyce Overby, Diane Overby Sides, Lari Spitzer, and Dr. Carlos Vargas, President of Southeast Missouri State University.
