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The 70th New Melle Festival June 8 - 10

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Kyle Shell Receives Community Service Award

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New Melle Chamber of Commerce Scholarships Winners

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The 9th Annual Kickin’ It For Cancer Kickball Tournament

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    • Letter to the Editor - Is More Growth Too Much?

      June 01, 2023 This past November, I expressed concerns about the explosive growth in St. Charles County, including the explosion of apartment buildings by over 300% in the past two years.

      Recently, a request for rezoning was submitted to the St. Charles County Planning and Zoning Commission to develop an approximate 600-home subdivision near Frontier Middle School on Highway DD to Schwede Road. In this request, the property is being rezoned from Agricultural District to R1A (1-acre minimum lot size) and R1E Residential District (7,000 square feet minimum lot size).

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    • New Melle Chamber of Commerce Scholarships Winners

      June 01, 2023
      By Dianne Sudbrock

      The New Melle Chamber of Commerce awarded four $2000 scholarships to area students this year at their annual scholarship banquet May 18 at The Quarry Wine Garden.

      The 2023 Scholarship recipients were Allison Counts, Rachel Deason, Caden Hayek, and Kendall Martin.

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    • Kyle Shell Receives Community Service Award

      June 01, 2023 By Dianne Sudbrock

      For the third year in a row, the New Melle Chamber decided to recognize an individual member who has gone above and beyond in serving both the Chamber of Commerce and the community at large. This year, that person was Kyle Shell. He was surprised with this award at the NMCC Scholarship Banquet, May 18.

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    • The 9th Annual Kickin’ It For Cancer Kickball Tournament

      June 01, 2023 The 2023 New Melle Festival Queen Candidates hosted the 9th Annual Kickin' it for Cancer Kickball Tournament on Friday, May 12 and was again a tremendous success.

      It was a beautiful night for kickball, and twelve teams registered and came out to play to support the cause. The teams were: 2 Legit 2 Kick, Balls of Fury, Booze on First, Burbes, Catala & Red Beauty, Elite Alcoholics, Freeballers, Homefront Homies, Kickin' It, Shadow Wizard Money Gang, The Blue Balls, and The Lenders.

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    • The 70th New Melle Festival June 8 - 10

      May 06, 2023
      New Melle Sports and Rec is hosting the 70th Annual New Melle Festival from June 8-10. On Saturday, June 10, the New Melle Festival Parade will begin at 1 p.m. This year’s theme is the 70s. Be sure to register and enter your float today!

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Edward H. Reuther Jr. passed away on December 31, 2020 at the age of 67.

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He is survived by his four brothers, Daniel (Sherry) Reuther of Cedar Hill, MO, Kevin (Sue) Reuther of Foristell, MO, Mark (Kathleen) Reuther of Chesterfield, MO, Vince (Denise) Reuther of Defiance, MO; sister, Diane Gurney of Ballwin, MO;  many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. He is preceded in death by his parents, Edward Henry Reuther, Sr. and  Rose M. Reuther nee Yahl, sister, Donna Price, brother-in-law, Tim Price. 
 
Ed worked at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, MO for 36 years.  He was a donor to Mid-America Transplant.  He loved doing puzzles with his best friend and brother-in-law Tim.  Ed enjoyed reading and sending birthday cards to all of his family and friends.  He was a strong believer in Christ and attended church on a regular basis.  He also enjoyed gardening, watching sports especially the St. Louis Cardinals.  Most of all, he loved his family and friends and cherished spending time with them.  He will be dearly missed by all who knew him.
 
Private family services are being held with a Celebration of Life to be held at a later date. Cemetery:  Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Cemetery, New Melle, Missouri.
 
Memorials: In Lieu of flowers memorials may be made payable to:  Humane Society of Missouri or Masses in care of Pitman Funeral Home, P. O. Box 248, Wentzville, MO  63385