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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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Marian K. Roesner, 93, of Marthasville, passed away March 23, 2021.

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Mrs. Roesner, daughter of the late Anton Roehrig and his wife Anna NEE Mayer, was born April 4, 1927 in Warren County, MO. Marian was a member of the St. Vincent’s Church in Dutzow, attended school there, and on November 20, 1946, married Ambrose Roesner at St. Vincent’s Church.

Marian was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Ambrose Roesner; father and mother-in-law, Herman and Regina Roesner; son, Kenneth Roesner Sr; daughter-in-law, Mary Ann Roesner; two brothers, Anthony and Frederick Roehrig; sister, Rosemary Engemann and husband Herman; great-grandson, Truxton Hurst, and brother and sister-in-laws, Marie Mebruer and husband Nicholas, Raymond Roesner and wife Celia, and Gregory Roesner and wife Francis.

Survivors include her children, Geraldine Gildehaus and husband Charles of Washington, Larry Roesner of Union, Matthew Roesner of Augusta, Stanley Roesner and wife Mary of Marthasville, Daniel Roesner and wife Cindy of Washington, Frederick Roesner of Marthasville, and Roman Roesner and wife Dea of Augusta; siblings, Harold Roehrig and wife Lois of Augusta, and Doris Weber and husband Melvin of Washington; sister-in-law, Arlene Roehrig of Dutzow; twenty one grandchildren, twenty six great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren, step-grandchildren, step-great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and friends.

Visitation: Thursday, March 25, 2021, 3-8 p.m. at Nieburg-Vitt, Miller Funeral Home. Funeral Mass: Friday, March 26, 2021, 10 a.m. at St. Vincent’s Church in Dutzow, with interment in the church cemetery. Memorial donations can be made to St. Vincent’s School or Masses.