Correspondence

Congratulations to GP senior, Raylynn White, on being named the Brad Lipcaman Country Financial Student-Athlete of the Month! Raylynn is the daughter of David and Viki White of Chambersburg.

Happy New Year! Congratulations to Joe & Sina Ringhausen who celebrated 70 years of marriage on December 31.

Hope you are all enjoying this spring like weather. Don’t take these days for granted. Keep each other in prayer. Pray for God’s guidance in each other’s lives. Thank God for everything He has done for us and continues to do for us. Big River Band schedule:

Marsha is resigning, any one interested in keeping Pleasant Hill in the loop? Here’s to hoping you had a nice Christmas everyone! Another year of hustle and bustle just up and gone so quickly!

Christmas week in the area was in the mid to upper 60’s and on Christmas Day broke a record as being one of the warmest days in history for this area on December 25, reaching a warm 65 degrees. The past week has now been somewhat cooler and only a couple days of sunshine. Now…

Christmas Week was enjoyed by all. The church services were beautifully decorated and depicted the reason for the season. The Christmas Concert by the Exertainment Company was delightful, and the New Year’s get togethers celebrated a time to make resolutions, and to start anew for a new year in 2026. Some of the families getting…

May God be with each of you as we start the year of 2026! Keep each other in prayer. Pray for God’s guidance in each other’s lives. Thank God for everything He has done for us and continues to do for us.

I usually save this part of my column for toward the end but this past week Kampsville lost a great man.

We wish all our readers a very merry and happy Christmas and New Year! Call with your news this coming year. We’ll be glad to get it. Marcy Klockenkemper 1-618-396-2468. The Christmas Mass Schedule is Wednesday, Dec. 31, 4 p.m. at St. Anselm, Kampsville, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 6:30 p.m. at St. Mary, Brussels, Thursday, Jan.…

All news correspondents were asked to write their news column by this afternoon. So I’ve included all news I have at this point. This Thursday morning it started out with very windy conditions and some rain, as of this afternoon the rain ended and winds are calm. We did enjoy a beautiful Wednesday with temperature…