Menus for senior centers from May 14-15

Award-winning country singer - and Ralls County native - Helen Cornelius shared her testimony about how a positive attitude helped her make a quick recovery from breast cancer, as she spoke to the large crowd at the Hannibal Country Club Monday night.

Txas Longhorn offensive lineman No. 71 Chris Hall, the grandson of John and Kay Bogue of Hannibal, will speak to the graduating class at Immanuel Baptist Church,  3600 McMasters’ Ave., at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 11.

Brother Pachomius Meade, a Palmyra native who has been a member of the Benedictine community at Conception Abbey in Conception since 2001, will be ordained to the diaconate on Thursday, May 15, in the abbey’s Basilica of the Immaculate Conception.

The Ashburn Rural Fire Department is hosting a turkey shoot Sunday, May 18, at the fire station. The event will begin at noon.
Paper targets will be shot. Ammunition will be furnished for each division: 4-10, 20, 16 and 12 gauge.

Brownie Troop No. 15 planted at tree in Huckleberry Park in honor of Arbor Day and Earth Day. The troop’s motto for the year is “giving from the heart” and they wanted to give this Bald Cypress tree to the community for everyone to enjoy. Troop members include: Hatti Mueller, Kylee Schanbacher, Maria Clark, Lexi Hays, Kennedy McKay, Amanda Swanson, Miranda Frick and Kaylee Murphy. Olivia Evans is not pictured. Troop leader is Terra Murphy. (Contributed photo)

Master Barnum hosted a Regional Taekwondo Tournament in Chicago, Ill., on April 12. ATA competitors were there for top honors in forms, sparring, weapons and Xtreme martial arts. Taylor Estes, 1st degree black belt, from Edwards ATA Black Belt Academy in  Hannibal, took first place in sparring and 4th place in weapons.

Army Reserve Pvt. Roy D. Turner has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

Artist John Ard will be recognized during a reception and show from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today, May 10, at the Rooster’s Crow Art Center, 211 Bird St., Hannibal.

Michael Chlebanowski accepted an invitation from the Riverland Artists Group to display his paintings at the Hannibal Clinic during the month of May.  Riverland Artist’s Group, whose focus is the creation of visual art, sponsors Art in Public Spaces, a program that brings fresh artwork to prevalent public locations in Hannibal.