August 3, 2007 - The Focus News

Arts & Entertainment
Open House and Informational Meeting Planned
August 11 at Cuivre River State Park
The Missouri Department of
Natural Resources will hold an
open house and informational
meeting on Saturday, Aug. 11
to discuss issues related to
Cuivre River State Park near
Troy.
The informational meeting
will be held from 2 p.m. to 3
p.m. at the park’s visitor center,
with the open house lasting until
5 p.m.
Representatives from the
park will be available to present
information about the park and
to answer questions. Visitors
are invited to share comments
on the park’s goals and objectives
and future plans.
Refreshments will be
served.
This informational meeting
and open house are part of an
ongoing effort by the department
to ensure that the public
has input on facilities and services
offered in state parks and
historic sites. Cuivre River State
Park is located three miles east
of Troy on Highway 47 in Lincoln
County. The visitor center
is located at the junction of
Highway 147 and Lincoln Hills
Drive. Persons requiring special
services or accommodations
to attend the open house
can make arrangements by
calling the park directly at (636)
528-7247 or by calling the department
toll free at 1-800-334-
6946 (voice) or 1-800-379-2419
(Telecommunications Device
for the Deaf). For more information
about Missouri state
parks and historic sites, visit
the Web at www.mostateparks.
com.
Fifth Annual Continuing Education Art Show August 23-25
The Division of Corporate
and Community Development
at St. Charles Community College
will host the fifth annual
Continuing Education Art Show
– The Ernest Avery Memorial
Exhibit this month at the College
Center Rotunda on the
SCC campus. The event is free
and open to the public.
The show will be open from
1-9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23;
9 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday Aug. 24;
and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday,
Aug. 25. The show will feature
a sampling of non-credit art students’
work completed in 2006-
07.
A special artists’ reception
will take place from 4-6 p.m.
Saturday. Refreshments will be
served, and visitors will have
the opportunity to speak with
featured artists.
The college is located at
4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive in
Cottleville. For more information
about the art show, call
636-922-8410.
For more information about
other non-credit classes offered
at St. Charles Community College,
contact the SCC Division
of Corporate and Community
Development at 636-922-8233,
or visit the Web site at www.
stchas.edu/divisions/ccd/cce/
communityconed.html.
Farmer’s Market Group Meets
The regular summer meeting
of the River Hills Farmers’
board of directors was held on
Saturday, July 7th at Silex, MO.
Members present were Paul
and Kelly Harter of Mexico, Mr.
and Mrs. Mark Wagstaff of Silex,
Nathan and Sarah Price of
Warrenton, Kelly Klober of Whiteside,
and Gary Schneider of
Troy.
A number of matters were
discussed including the scheduling
of future activities for the
group. Group members Paul
Harter and Kelly Klober were invited
to judge the poultry show
at the Montgomery County Fair.
The group’s annual Fall Poultry
Fest will be held on September
15 instead of the originally
scheduled September 29 date.
Last year this was perhaps the
largest poultry themed event
of the Fall in Eastern Missouri.
The group will again be actively
involved with the Small Farm
Today show at Columbia, MO,
on the first weekend of November.
There they will display a
number of heirloom poultry
breeds and conduct teaching
activities. Family Farm 2008,
the group’s primary Spring
event, has been moved to the
earlier date of the third Saturday
of April. A tentative, early-
Spring Small Farmers’ Auction
was also discussed.
The Troy Market, on Main
Street, opened on Thursday,
July 19 and hours have since
changed from afternoon to
morning. They will be there
each Thursday from 8:30 to
12:30 through mid- to late-
September. The third Saturday
morning market in August
(at Silex) will again be free to
all 4-H and FFA members with
project birds and animals and
surplus goods and animals and
surplus goods and equipment
to sell.
The Fall business meeting
for the entire group was discussed
along with a potential
slate of officers for the next
year. A finance committee to
assess future funding and business
activities was appointed,
including members Mark Wagstaff,
Kelly Klober and Paul
Harter.
The markets are open to all
farmers and gardeners in Eastern
Missouri and across the
state. At a time when a great
many food items are literally
thousands of miles in transit
and gobbling up huge amounts
of energy to reach consumers,
these markets offer farm-fresh,
historically true, regional farm
production. For more information,
call (573) 581-7093 or
(636) 579-9391.
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infections of the respiratory and
urinary tracts.
Breastfeeding also reduces
a baby’s risk of environmentborne
illnesses, food sensitization
and allergies. In addition,
babies who are breastfed exclusively
for at least six months
have a reduced risk of obesity
later in life.
Mothers benefit as well.
Breastfeeding reduces postpartum
bleeding, helps the mother
return to her pre-pregnancy
weight sooner, boosts her immune
system and even reduces
a diabetic mother’s need for
insulin. Women who breastfeed
also have increased protection
from breast and ovarian cancers
and osteoporosis.
The percentage of Missouri
mothers choosing to breastfeed
their newborns has steadily
increased over the past few
years; however, many women
are still not breastfeeding their
babies. While more mothers
are initiating breastfeeding at
birth, breastfeeding rates drop
by more than half by the time
a baby is 6 months old. In Missouri,
32.6 percent of infants
were still being breastfed at
6 months of age in 2005. The
CDC breastfeeding goal for
6-month-old babies is 50 percent.
The American Academy of
Pediatrics recommends that
infants be exclusively breastfed
for approximately the first 6
months of life and continue to
be breastfed – while food is being
introduced – until the baby
is at least 1 year old.
“Community support is vital
to increase the number of women
breastfeeding their babies,”
Rogers said. “Family members,
friends and health care providers
need to encourage women
when they decide to breastfeed
their babies.”
THE FOCUS NEWS Friday, August 3, 2007 Page 1
Events Calendar
August 3
10th Annual American Cancer Society of Lincoln County Relay
for Life, 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., Clouts Field, Troy. All proceeds
to help the fight against cancer.
Relay for Life Lincoln County Midnight Volleyball Tournament,
Clouts Football Field in Troy.
Free concert, Farmhouse Field, Innsbrook, 7:30 p.m., featuring
Gumbohead, a New Orleans Jazz festival veteran.
August 4
Free Summer Concert in the Park, Dyer Park, Warrenton,
Rich Helton and His Circle of Friends, 7 p.m.
August 5
Free concert at Clara Eitmann Messmer Amphitheatre, Hermann,
Hermann City Band. Lawn seating.
August 10
Warren County Old Threshers 30th Annual Show, Agricultural
Museum, 29550 Palmyra Rd., Warrenton. Allis-Chalmers
tractors, Hercules engines. Free admission and barrel train
rides for kids. Threshing wheat, saw mill, tractor games, kids’
games, raffles and more. Dance with Missouri Fiddlers and
Country Music Association.
August 11
Great Stone Hill Grape Stomp, 1 p.m. Annual grape stomp for
fun and charity, live music, Stone Hill Winery, Hermann.
Warren County Old Threshers 30th Annual Show, Agricultural
Museum, 29550 Palmyra Rd., Warrenton. Allis-Chalmers
tractors, Hercules engines. Free admission and barrel train
rides for kids. Threshing wheat, saw mill, tractor games, kid’s
games, raffles and more. Dance with Missouri Fiddlers and
Country Music Association.
August 12
Warren County Old Threshers 30th Annual Show, Agricultural
Museum, 29550 Palmyra Rd., Warrenton. Allis-Chalmers
tractors, Hercules engines. Free admission and barrel train
rides for kids. Threshing wheat, saw mill, tractor games, kid’s
games, raffles and more. Dance with Missouri Fiddlers and
Country Music Association. Eastern Wind and Garage Band
will play.
August 13
10th Annual Golfing for Youth Benefit hosted by Youth in
Need, Whitmoor Country Club in St. Charles. Funds raised
will benefit Youth in Need’s programs and services that provide
crisis prevention and intervention services to more than
9,000 children, teens and families in six counties in eastern
Missouri. Kickoff at 11:30 a.m. with lunch served by Culpepper’s
Grilll & Bar. Includes a social hour with cocktails, dinner,
a silent and oral auction (with KTVI Fox 2 meteorologist Glenn
Zimmerman as guest auctioneer).
August 16
Get Motivated Seminar with Zig Ziglar, General Colin Powell,
George Foreman, Suze Orman, Steve Forbes and Brian
Tracy, 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Scottrade Center, St. Louis.
August 17
31st Annual Montgomery County Old Threshers Show, Montgomery
County Fairgrounds.
August 18
“Let Freedom Ride,” Second Annual “Support Our Soldiers
(S.O.S.)” Motorcycle Ride. Registration from 9 a.m. to 11:30
a.m. at UAW Local 2250 Union Hall, 1395 E. Pearce Blvd.,
Wentzville. Leave at noon for VA Hospital at Jefferson Barracks,
St. Louis. All proceeds to three non-profit organizations:
USO, Task Force USA, and Care Packages by Dru.
31st Annual Montgomery County Old Threshers Show, Montgomery
county Fairgrounds.
To submit an event for the community calendar,
email thefocusnews@yahoo.com.