Pat Waelder, owner of Hickory Stick Quilt & Gift Shop in Hannibal, said she was “shocked and surprised” when she learned her shop had been named one of the top 10 quilt shops in North America. She learned of this honor from Better Homes and Gardens, which told Waelder her shop was chosen from among 3,000 quilt shops.

On June 7, 2009, Athena Eitel received her 10-year membership pen from Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri.

Members from Gasconade Valley (formerly known as the Dixon Baptist Builders), Salt River, and Bethel Baptist Associations (and others),  have for their 14th consecutive year (since the summer of 1996), teamed up to assist the Hannibal-LaGrange College Maintenance Department in a variety of major building and renovation projects.

Campers from throughout a six-county area, including Marion County, traveled to attend the area Junior 4-H Camp. 

The members of Marion County 4-H attended 4-H Teen camp May 27 through 30. The camp theme was “Games Galore.”

Hannibal educator, Terry Smith, is on an educational journey in Europe. He is pictured visiting a primary school in Rowsley, England.

Sister Pat Phillips, a Hannibal native and a member of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus (SHCJ) of Drexel Hill, Pa., has created a DVD to encourage women to consider becoming a Catholic sister (formerly called a nun). Sister Pat is related to local families named Schnelle, Fohey, Willows and Brummer.

For Linda Spaun and Rick Florea, Mount Olivet Cemetery is a living part of Hannibal.
The two are board members of the not-for-profit association that oversees the graveyard, and are recruiting volunteers to help the full-time caretaker with upkeep.

John Grossmeier and Linda Coleberd were crowned king and queen of the Twain on Main River Life Festival Saturday morning in downtown Hannibal.
In keeping with the theme, Mark Twain’s book “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court,” Mayor Roy Hark invited the festival crowd to the coronation by loudly declaring, “Here ye! Here ye! Here ye! All gather round. Let the royal subjects come forth. Here ye! Here ye!”

On Thursday May 14, Douglass Community Services Early Head Start honored Nadine Allensworth at a retirement party, as she is leaving the agency after 20 years of service.