March 2023

Valle Catholic Grade School presents VALLE Awards

STE. GENEVIEVE – The VALLE Awards honor those students who consistently lived virtue and exceeded expectations in their character traits, work habits and academics during the third quarter of school. Students were nominated by their teachers in five areas that represent who we are here at Valle Catholic. The V in VALLE is for Virtue.

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Phyllis June Hammel

PHYLLIS JUNE HAMMEL, 88, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 6:55 pm, Tuesday, March 21, 2023 Three Springs Lodge Nursing Home, Chester, Illinois.    She was born to the late Robert D. and Eva Rose (nee Flowers) Foster on December 30, 1934 in Swanwick, Illinois.    Phyllis married Roland Samuel Hammel on June 14, 1952

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Alice L. Bachmann

Alice L. Bachmann, 84, of Perryville, Missouri passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at her home. She was born February 7, 1939 in Farrar, MO to Theodore and Lydia (Bachmann) Mangels. She and Oliver G. Bachmann were married at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, MO on June 7, 1958. Alice was a member of Zion

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CGS music students perform well at 2023 IGSMA Solo and Ensemble contest

Earn three Superior, 64 1st Places; and seven 2nd Place ratings BY JIM BEERS, Contributing Writer CHESTER – Saturday February 25 the Chester Grade School Music Department competed in the 2023 IGSMA (Illinois Grade School Music Association) District 3 Solo and Ensemble Contest held in Carterville, Illinois. CGS Band Director, Sue Colonel and Choral Director,

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Archers right on target during 2023 MoNASP state tournament in Branson

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The 2023 Missouri National Archery in the Schools Program (MoNASP) state archery tournament was held March 15-17 at the Branson Convention Center and drew more than 5,000 student archers in grades 4-12 from more than 200 schools across the state. The tournament was sponsored and coordinated by the Missouri Department of Conservation

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Biodiesel Coalition of Missouri announces inaugural biodiesel credit program 

JEFFERSON CITY — To recognize and celebrate National Biodiesel Day, the Biodiesel Coalition of Missouri (BCM) is announcing a new County and Municipal Fleet Biodiesel Credit Program. This annual program will be reserved for fleet operations located in Missouri that are utilizing biodiesel blends of B6 or higher.     “Missouri biodiesel production provides significant benefits to

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