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Coming Events June 10, 2021

LICKING LIBRARY SUMMER READING PROGRAM The Licking Library Summer Reading Program will continue at 1 p.m. on Thursday’s, throughout June and July except July 8 at 10 a.m. A Story Walk will be held on Tuesdays beginning June 8 at Old City Park. For more information call the library at 573-674-2038. MONTAUK HAPPENINGS Montauk State…

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Classifieds: June 10 – June 16, 2021

Yard/Garage Sale: Yard Sale: Friday and Saturday, June 11 – 12, 8014 Indiana Rd., Houston. Pressure canner, gallon jars, glass and plastic; windows, lots of glassware, lots of cheap stuff, cleaning out garage.       H/7/1tp Yard Sale: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Thursday – Friday, 16226 Cleveland Rd., Houston, Gunter/Martin. Black glass-top cookstove, microwave, king comforter.…

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Obituary – Billy Jack Hayes, Jr.

Billy Jack Hayes, Jr., age 30, son of Christy Murphy and Bill Hayes, Sr., was born September 6, 1990, in Houston, Mo. Billy was taken from us in a very tragic unexpected way June 2, 2021, early in the morning. He is preceded in death by grandparents, Ray Raymond and Sylvia (Brannam); and two of…

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Obituary – Judy B. Page

On Saturday, August 15, 2020, Judy (Kirkman) Bultas Page, loving wife, mother and grandmother, passed away at the age of 71. She was born on February 7, 1949, in Licking, Mo., and had resided in Fenton, Mo., the last 46 years. Judy is preceded in death by her father and mother, Clark and Alene Hilton…

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Obituary – Charlene “Char” DuBois

Charlene “Char” Lorriane DuBois was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. She left this world suddenly on May 29, 2021, at the age of 66. Char was born to Clifford and Elinor DuBois on July 15, 1954, in Hartford, Conn. Char was preceded in death by her mother, Elinor DuBois; father,…

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Obituary – Johnathin J. Quintin

Johnathin Jeffery Quintin, of Rolla, Mo., passed away Tuesday, June 1, 2021, at the age of 18. He was born on August 1, 2002, in Rolla, to Derek Quintin and Mary Harris. Johnathin loved working and had plans to join the U.S. Army to become a paratrooper. Johnathin was preceded in death by two brothers,…

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VFW Post #6337 Memorial Day service; Flags fly in honor

  By Shari Harris, Publisher The annual tradition of honoring Memorial Day resumed this year at the Memorial for the Fallen in Licking, Monday, May 31. Licking VFW Post #6337 presented the service. The words spoken in honor of those who gave all for our freedoms, followed by the rifle salute and the playing of…

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In this edition: June 3, 2021

In addition to the current media postings, in this week’s print edition of The Licking News: The 36th Annual Licking Chamber of Commerce Rodeo events begin Friday and continue through Saturday! For better or worse, Rick Mansfield discusses the “Lasts” in life, and Larry Dablemont describes some oddities in nature, birds and fish in this…

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Law Enforcement Torch Run in Licking

  By Shari Harris, Publisher The Special Olympics Missouri State Summer Games are scheduled for Saturday, June 5, at Hickman High School in Columbia, Mo. The Law Enforcement Torch Run precedes the event and is a campaign to raise awareness and funds for Special Olympics. The 11-day relay covers more than 950 miles with more…

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