by Carol Wilford
The Laredo Lions Club met on Monday, May 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the Laredo Community Center. After the group said the pledge of allegiance to the American flag, Dan Wilford had prayer for the meal and the meeting. Rylee Johnson led the group in singing the “Star Spangled Banner”. Members present were Bonna Dittberner, Lewis Griffin, Margaret Chapman, Martha Owen, Dean Smalling, Dan and Carol Wilford, Cassidy Russell and Marvin Burns. Guests were Lions District Governor Harold Spire of Maryville, Sheila Thompson and daughter, Rylee Johnson, Amy Lewis and son, Cooper, Phil and Kristie Fox and daughter, Ada, Tiffany Larson and daughter, Grace, Heather Smith and daughter, Lacy, Jason Eckert, Barbara Watkins, Drew Rorebeck, Cheyenne Beaty and Steve Purcell. Gov. Spire spoke briefly about how Lions reach out to those in need in our own communities as well as worldwide projects. He commended the five high school graduates, Rylee, Cooper, Ada, Grace and Lacy, who are all college bound. Bonna Dittberner presented each of the students with Lions scholarships. During the business meeting, the members discussed having an ice cream fundraiser in July. The next regular Lions Club meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 28 at 6:30.
Dan and Carol Wilford drove to Green City after church services on Sunday, May 30. They ate at Pete’s Place then went to city hall to attend a college graduation reception for one of their church members, Kendra Hall. Kendra graduated from Southwest Baptist University with a nursing degree. She will be a nurse technician at Mercy Hospital in Springfield.
Bonna Dittberner spent time with her daughter and son-in-law, Barb and Gary Harbo, at the Harbo’s timeshare lodge in Gull Lake, MN from May 31 to June 4. Bonna’s grandchildren, Mollie Maupin and Luke Dittberner, traveled with her as well as her neighbor, Steve Purcell who helped with the driving.
Dan and Carol Wilford drove to Kansas City on Tuesday, June 1, to the home of Donna and Charlie Wilson to attend a graduation reception for their granddaughter, Rosie Wilson. Rosie graduated from Staley High School in Kansas City as well as from Northland Career Center in Platte City.
Abigail, Addison and Alyssa Bowe of Maryville spent from Thursday, June 3 to Sunday, June 6 with their grandparents, Charles and Vickie Bowe. Casey, Cayden and Catelin Bowe of Laredo had lunch and visited awhile at Charlie and Vickie’s on Saturday. Vickie went to Sunnyview Nursing Home on June 7 and on June 9 to visit her mother, Jean Hughes.
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