Weekend Wrap-Up - August 23, 2010

 

Waterloo Student Named National FFA Finalist 

Waterloo High School student Andy Schaefer has been selected as a finalist for the FFA Proficiency Award in Agricultural Mechanics Design and Fabrication - Entrepreneurship/Placement. Schaefer is one of four FFA students competing for this award at the finals to be held this October during the FFA National Convention in Indianapolis, Ind. The proficiency awards recognize outstanding student achievement in agribusiness gained through establishment of a new business, working for an existing company or otherwise gaining hands-on career experience. Schaefer became eligible for the national award after winning the Illinois State FFA competition earlier this year.

Andy Schaefer

 

Jason Blanchard of rural Waterloo avoided injury after his truck collided with tree during an accident early Saturday morning along Route 156, just east of Waterloo. According to the police report, Blanchard, 31, was driving his 2005 Chevy Silverado eastbound on Route 156 towards his home on Goeddeltown Road when he apparently lost control at 12:55 a.m. trying to avoid hitting a deer. The truck went off the roadway at Hartman’s Curve, sideswiped a tree and then traveled down a hill and into a field. The vehicle sustained extensive front-end damage but Blanchard declined medical treatment that evening.

 

WHS Dugouts Gets Roofs: Waterloo Booster Club President Steve Frank, left, led a group of volunteers Saturday building the roofs for the softball and baseball dugouts at the new WHS athletic complex behind the high school.

photo by Bob Haentzler

 

The Monroe County Chapter of the Ducks Unlimited’s 32nd Annual Banquet is Saturday, Sept. 18 at the Columbia Legion Hall. Doors open at 5 p.m. As always, prizes will include guns, hunting equipment, artwork, raffles for items, a silent and live auction, door prizes and hunts for sale. There are a limited number of dinner tickets available. They are priced in advance at $45 / single, $65 / couple and $25 for youth. For information, call Joe at 618-210-8332 or send an email to moco.du@gmail. 

 

Recent Obituary

Helen F.  Frierdich, nee McKinney, 78, of Columbia, died Aug. 23, 2010 at Oak Hill Care Center in Waterloo. She was born Dec. 12, 1931, in Linn, Mo., the daughter of the late Jesse and Josie (Walker) McKinney. She married William E. Frierdich in 1994. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Frierdich is survived by her sisters, Doris (Dean) Moore of New Bloomfield, Mo., and Jean Loesch of Ava, Mo., brothers, Clarence McKinney of Warrenton, Mo., Glen (Florence) McKinney of Holts Summit, Mo., and Bill (Yvonne) McKinney of Holts Summit, Mo.; step-grandson, Brad (Kim) Gilmore of Chesterfield, Mo.; sisters-in-law Mary McKinney of Wentzville, Mo., and Hilda Schaefer of Millstadt; and a brother-in-law, Walter (Agnes) Frierdich of Millstadt. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Howard and Kenneth McKinney. Mrs. Frierdich was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Columbia and worked as a manager at Mavrakos Candy. Visitation is Wednesday, Aug. 25, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Lawlor Funeral Home in Columbia. Funeral is Thursday Aug. 26, from 10 a.m. at the funeral home with Father Carl Scherrer and Father Ken Schaefer officiating. Mrs. Frierdich will be buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Eugene Schorb - Immaculate Conception School Education Fund