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E-Newsletter - October 19, 2007
Local Girls Say Hurrah For Hannah “The girls had a great time and Miley Cyrus put on a good show,” said mom Claudia Papenberg. “The girls weren’t disappointed.” With a majority of the attendees female, many of many of the men’s bathrooms were switched to women’s. “Most of the dads there spent most of the show standing around the beer stands,” reported mom Judy Brinkmann. Brinkmann said her daughter Katie and her friends really enjoyed the show, as they were surrounded by 22,000 screaming fans. “I should have worn earplugs,” said Brinkmann, who said the loudest part of the evening was when Cyrus came on stage and yelled, “Hello, St. Louis.” The highlight for Brinkmann was when Cyrus’ dad, country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, was introduced as he stood next to the soundboard. All the girls said they enjoyed the concert and spent a lot of time at school today talking about their evening.
Statue Made In Honor Of Father Hustedde In other Gibault news… the annual Gibault Oktoberfest Dinner Auction is Saturday evening at the gym. This year’s theme is mission possible. Denny Pieper is a patient at Missouri Baptist Hospital after experiencing chest pains Friday afternoon. He was checking in at The Independent when he requested an ambulance be called. He is the paper’s circulation director, in addition to his duties managing the Lakers and his cell phone business. He has reported by cell phone that he is resting comfortably and will undergo further tests this weekend.
Friday Night Football The Columbia High School football team is hoping to remain undefeated in the regular season, but will have a tough time in their final game this evening. They face Mascoutah, who has a record of 7-1. The last time the Eagles went undefeated was 1992.
Upcoming Blood Drives Darrell and Tootie May of Columbia recently returned from a driving vacation from St. Louis to California along historic Route 66. While in Los Angeles they visited former Monroe Countians Jim Vogt and his sister, Becky Hayes. Their grandfather owned the Vogt Building in downtown Columbia. The building was restored by Greg Crawford and now is home to several businesses, including Prudential Select Properties. “We really had a great time, took pictures of the old sites and ate at all the old diners,” said Tootie. Valmeyer’s Salt Lick Pointe Nature Trail will be dedicated Oct. 28, at 1 p.m. The ceremony will be at Borsch Park in old town, followed by refreshments and a hike on the nature trail. This weekend the Valmeyer High School drama department will present the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific. The Friday and Saturday shows start at 7:30 p.m., and the curtain rises Sunday at 6 p.m. Former Waterloo Police Office Joe Brauer has taken a job with MPRI and is heading to Afghanistan. A going-away party will be held in his honor at The Ridge on Saturday, Oct. 27, after 7 p.m. All his friends are invited to stop by. Glenn and Nancy Voelker will celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary this weekend.
Humane Society of Monroe County’s Pet of the Week The Monroe County Fraternal Order of Police is advising they are not affiliated with an organization calling local residents asking for donations to benefit the Monroe County Police Department. The local departments in this county do not receive any of the funding collected from this solicitation. The Monroe County FOP asks for donations once a year by mail in the spring.
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