News & Notes
Daughters of Isabella to meet Nov. 11
St. Paul — Linda DeGarmo, Regent, opened the October 14th meeting of the Daughters of Isabella, St. Luke’s Circle. Guest Cathy Swartz was introduced. Cindy VanLeuween gave the spiritual reflection on the meaning of the last lines of the Our Father, The Lord’s Prayer.
Regent Linda then gave a short spiritual reading on Everyday Blessings.
A crucifix, formerly belonging to the Parsons D of I, before joining the St. Paul Circle, was shown to the members. The purpose of the traveling crucifix is to use it and the special prayer for the D of I in daily prayer, with it being passed to a different member each month. It was suggested the rotation be scheduled alphabetically among the members.
Eleven officers were present. Mary Jane Gouvion reported on the America Needs Fatima, Public Square Rosary Crusade held Oct. 11, in the St. Francis Church parking lot, St. Paul. Many youth, as well as adults, helped make the annual event a success with the largest crowd to date numbering 60. There were 23,000 rosary leaders across the United States holding the same event in their local community.
The Nov. 11th meeting will be the traditional pot luck dinner at 6 p.m. followed by a memorial service for deceased members. Following the meeting, a rosary was said for World Peace. Hostesses were Marilyn Bradshaw, Lois Corn and Mary Alice Diskin. Jolene Born was named “Daughter of the Month” and door prizes were won by Marlene Clark, Francie Bohrer and Joan Davied. The remainder of the evening was spent playing bingo.
Help Community National can hunger in the community
Community National Bank and Trust in Parsons is hosting a food drive now through Nov. 15.All proceeds will go towards the Labette County Emergency Assistance Center and our branch will donate 25 cents per item donated. Any donation of canned goods, hygiene products, laundry detergent, breads, or other shelf stable food, will be accepted. Drop off location is at Community National Bank and Trust in Parsons; 330 N. 16th St. Parsons, KS.
At the Library
Below are the events this week at the Parsons Public Library.
MONDAY, Nov. 10: 4 p.m., Story hour for ages 7-10; 6 p.m., Family Bingo.
TUESDAY, Nov. 11: Library closed for Veterans Day WEDNESDAY, Nov. 12: 10 a.m., Story hour for ages 2-6; 4 p.m., afternoon story hour for ages 2-6; and 6 p.m. Herbal medicine Part 1 for adults. 18+ THURSDAY, Nov. 13: 1 p.m., Let’s Color for adults and teens; 4 p.m., Switch free play for teens; 6 p.m., Library Board of Directors Meeting.
FRIDAY, Nov. 14: 4 p.m., Let’s Cook for teens; 4 p.m., Adult Bingo for ages 18+.
Montgomery County Beekeepers
The Montgomery County Beekeepers Association will meet on Thursday, Nov. 13 at 6:30 p.m. This meeting will be held at Independence Community College West, 2615 West Main in Independence. This meeting will be our annual potluck dinner, so please bring food to share and your own table service and your families. We will also have a silent auction and honey tasting event and officer elections. Please bring something for the silent auction if possible. Examples of items can be anything relating to beekeeping, but also items such as baked or canned goods, crafts, books, or anything you think someone would purchase. There will be several décor items relating to honeybees that some of you might like to purchase for home decorating. The auction will help benefit our scholarship program that enables a new beekeeper to begin an adventure with honeybees. Beekeepers are asked to bring their honey in a squeezable container, such as a honey bear, so each person’s honey can be dispensed into small containers for sampling. A door prize related to beekeeping will be given at the meeting. This will be our last meeting of the year as we do not meet in December. As always, our meetings are open to the public. We welcome all beekeepers and anyone interested in honeybees to our meetings. For more information, call 620-331-9394, 620249-4864, 808-347-1557 or 918-977-1502.
Parsons Livestock Market
The Parsons Livestock Auction sold 1201 cattle Wednesday. Choice cows 162-182, canners-cutters 152-161, shelly cows 151 and down, bred cows up to $3,850 pairs up to $5,750, choice bulls 190-202, lower grades 189 and down.
Steers: Up to 400 pounds, 402-500; 400-500, 350-465; 500600, 345-400; 600-700, 320-379; 700-800, 305-355; 800 and over, 190-320.
Heifers: Up to 400 pounds, 340-515; 400-500, 335-395; 500600, 310-361; 600-700, 290-340; 700-800, 190-329; 800 and over, 220-310.
