Stiff wind made for a breezy time 

VANDALIA—Gary Sosniecki came back to Vandalia last Thursday to talk about the book he wrote on a family tragedy—the 1906 murder of his great grandmother at the hands of her husband.

BOWLING GREEN—It may have been delayed by two weeks, but that didn’t seem to dowse the enthusiasm for the truck and tractor pull at the Pike County Fairgrounds.

LOUISIANA – The Louisiana Community Betterment Association held its Twin Pike Photo Contest and Exhibition Saturday, Feb. 29 at the Twin Pike YMCA on Kelly Lane in Louisiana.  This was the fifth year for the event, which is organized by the LCBA committee.

LOUISIANA – The group that would become Joyful Noise didn’t have a name when it gathered outside Centenary Methodist Church to sing Christmas songs more than a year ago.

LOUISIANA – Cub Scout Pack 156 hosted their annual Pinewood Derby on Sunday, Feb. 16.

The deadline for submission of photos to compete in this year's Louisiana Community Betterment Photo Contest and Exhibition is quickly approaching.

The second annual “Ribs on the River” barbecuing event will take the weekend of May 15-16.

LOUISIANA – Money raised during a bingo event next month will go to paying of school lunch debt in Pike County, organizers say.

LOUISIANA – When Ronnie Stoops wrote the refrain for a song about his hometown, he didn’t realize that the old Champ Clark Bridge   was not long for this world — and how prescient his lyrics would prove to be.

LOUISIANA – Procrastinators beware: next year’s Colorfest is coming sooner than you think. If you were counting on 346 days until Louisiana’s premier autumnal event recurs, this is fair warning: you now have 322.

Carl and Judy Schmidt, of Louisiana, entertained crowds with traditional music at the 43rd annual Hannibal Folklife Festival Oct. 19. Pictured, from left, are Carl, guitarist Jeanne Murray of Quincy, Ill., Judy, and bassist David Parrish of Lewistown, Mo. The song the group played at the tim…

CLARKSVILLE – This year’s annual Clarksville Applefest offers an opportunity for the town to show off how far things have come since this year’s flooding swamped much of the town. Organizers of the event have laid out a crowded roster of events to greet them.

LOUISIANA – The Louisiana Community Betterment Association is sponsoring a Business Scarecrow Decorating Contest for any business in the Louisiana business community.

The internationally-known band Cornet Chop Suey performed a wide-ranging selection of jazz and other tunes during its annual performance Sept. 28 at the Apple Shed in Clarksville. More than 150 people were treated to tunes such as “Dipper Mouth Blues,” “Honeysuckle Rose,” “Blueberry Hill,” “…

BOWLING GREEN – Kimberly Niemeyer, a member of the Bowling Green FFA chapter will be on stage and in the spotlight Oct. 30-Nov. 2 during the 2019 National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis.

Up and down the hill approaching Henderson Park, around the crown of Riverview Cemetery, and at scattered locations elsewhere around town Saturday, artists sat, trying to capture picturesque Louisiana scenes in the precious hours allotted to them as part of Golden Hills Plein Air.

PAYNESVILLE – The City of Paynesville will hold its Annual Halloween Fest on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 6-8 p.m.

LOUISIANA – A little more than a month out, the details of Louisiana’s premier annual event is settling into place.

LOUISIANA – As of Monday evening, around 20 artists are signed up to paint Louisiana and its environs this weekend as part of Golden Hills of Louisiana Plein Air, the town’s annual open-air art event.

PERRY, MO. – Come set sail with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Mark Twain Lake Sailing Association for a day of pirate fun on Saturday Sept. 21, 2019 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the M.W. Boudreaux Memorial Visitor Center on Mark Twain Lake.

CLARKSVILLE – It’s hard to imagine a more ambitious assignment for what was billed as Donna Grote’s first solo concert.

LOUISIANA – The work of several local artists were recognized at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia earlier this month.

BOWLING GREEN – The Louisiana Elks Lodge No. 791 will once again hold a Youth Fishing derby for area youths age 4-12 on Saturday, Sept. 7.  

Members of the Louisiana Garden Club awarded the Yard of the Month to Jack and Trina Sims for the month of August. Jack and Trina have maintained their beautiful yard at 2300 Georgia Street during the midst of all of the Georgia Street corridor construction. Jack and Trina enjoy sitting on t…

CLARKSVILLE – The sounds of ecstatic shouts and banging drums echoed off the walls of the Apple Shed in Clarksville Sunday.

CLARKSVILLE – The Clarksville Garden Club hosted a Ladies Luncheon and Purse Auction on Saturday, Aug. 17 at the Village of the Blue Rose Restaurant.

By Adam Thorp

CLARKSVILLE – In “Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day” the denizens of the Hundred Acre Woods faced a problem the residents of eastern Pike County could sympathize with this spring: inexorably rising waters.

CLARKSVILLE – Friends of the Clarksville library gathered Sunday for an early celebration of the country’s birthday and of the library’s dedication 109 years ago.

CLARKSVILLE – Officers of the Clarksville Memorial VFW Post 4610 were honored at the Department of Missouri Convention held from June 6 to June 9 in Springfield, Mo.

Louisiana –  Deciding not to nix Colorfest for 2019 turned out to be more-or-less the easiest question on the table at a meeting of concerned citizens on Thursday.

A portion of “Westward Journey.” Photos by Adam Thorp.

More than 30 vendors will be featured during the first Spring Fling Shopping Spree hosted by the not-for-profit North East Community Action Corporation (NECAC).