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E-Newsletter - March 9, 2007 Dump Truck Slams Into Pflueger’s Car  Jennifer Pflueger’s Pontiac Grand Prix sustained heavy damage during a three-vehicle accident Wednesday morning. Jennifer Pflueger of Smithton was taken by ambulance to Memorial Hospital in Belleville Wednesday morning after being rear-ended by a Wolfmeier Trucking dump truck. Pflueger, 36, was driving her Pontiac Grand Prix northbound on Route 3 approaching Columbia. As she stopped at the light at South Main Street, dump truck driver David Hoock, 58, slammed on his brakes but was unable to avoid hitting the rear end of Pflueger’s car. The impact caused the Grand Prix to side swipe Hershel Lillis’ Chevy Silverado. Lillis, 52, was not injured. Hoock was ticketed for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. Relay For Life Kicks Off Annual Fundraising Campaign
U.S. Circuit Judge Patrick Murphy is expected to have a ruling next week regarding the case of Gene Taake versus Monroe County. The case, being heard at the Federal Courthouse in East St. Louis, involves whether Taake’s bid of $5,000 for the old Monroe County Care & Rehabilitation Center was accepted by the county commissioners. The county is wanting to sell the property to the City of Waterloo, which plans to build a new fire station at the location. Waterloo High School Principal Todd Manning has announced he will be leaving his position after the end of this school year. He plans to move to the Chicago area, closer to his hometown, and continue in the education administration profession. St. John UCC of Maeystown is welcoming Patrick Poole as its new pastor. His family includes wife, Anita Louise, and children Elliot Allen, 17, Paige Allen, 12, Grace Allen, 10, and Lily Anne Poole, 7. Lynn Ahrens said St. John UCC of Valmeyer is gearing up for this evening’s fish fry. Plates will be served from 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. “Dine in or carry out,” said Ahrens. Lenten fish sales are brisk at the Waterloo VFW reports Post Commander Butch Sparwasser. “But people are served quickly,” he said. Sparwasser added that they are going through more slaw than ever. “Maybe it’s because people are eating healthier.” Maeystown will host the annual Spring Art Show March 10 and 11, featuring original works by Monroe County artists Suzie Huebner Aycock and Sara Colbert Schoenborn. Aycock is a native of Monroe County. She is a self-taught artist and has been painting for the past 10 years. Her primary medium is oil on canvas, and she particularly enjoys mixing colors on the canvas. Most of her paintings are landscapes and still life, and she has won several ribbons at the Monroe County Fair. Schoenborn is a native of Sparta and has lived in Monroe County for the past 19 years. She currently is the visual arts teacher at Valmeyer Community Unit 3 schools, where she has worked for the past 16 years. She has degrees in studio arts and art education from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and she studied drawing and painting under the direction of her father, the late Sparta artist Vernon Colbert. Her work places emphasis on line and the use of color, with photorealism serving a secondary purpose. The art show will be held at the rock mill and Corner George Inn in Maeystown from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Select works will be for sale. Admission is free. Local authors, the Heartland Women’s Writer’s Guild will have a book signing Saturday, noon to 2 p.m., at the Missouri Botanical Gardens Orchid Show. The Guild’s book, "Orchids in the Cornfield," is having brisk sales and will soon be out of print, reports writer Lucy Engbring. The Botanical Gardens are located at 4433 Shaw Boulevard in St. Louis, Mo. The Waterloo High School Band Parents’ 16th annual Community Variety Show is Saturday, March 10, 7 p.m., at the WHS gym. Talent of all ages from the community will perform a variety of acts, including vocal solos and duets, band numbers, tap and jazz dances, instrumentals and martial arts demonstrations. Special feature acts are the WHS Jazz Band and the Kaskaskia Trail Chorus. Tickets, which include a gourmet dessert, are $6 for adults and $3 for students.
Recent Obituaries John Shields, 60, of Red Bud, died March 7. He was preceded in death by a son, Charles Wayne Shields. Survivors include son, J. Scott (Kellie) Shields; grandchildren Isaac and Madison Shields; and sisters Patty (Jerry) Fults and Nancy (Roy) Candler.
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