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Weekly Update from the Greater Clinton-Area Chamber of Commerce by David Lee: It’s going on right now and we’ve had our first winner! Congratulations to Jodi B...illings. One of the promotions that the Clinton Chamber is doing during the Holidays is now underway. You will find out more about Receipt to Receive on the Clinton Chamber’s Facebook page, but I can tell you that it involves shopping at businesses that are members of our Chamber, bringing or emailing your receipt to the Depot and then waiting to see if you are winner of Chamber gift certificates each week. The big money will be given away Christmas Eve. Your chance to win is each Monday. You can bring in receipts Monday through Friday for purchases that were made that week and then we give away our prize the following Monday. We are open Monday through Friday from 8am until 4:30pm. You can also email those receipts with the business, date and phone number to [email protected] or [email protected]. So shop local, gather those receipts, bring them by the Chamber, and you may be a winner. And we are done. Joyce and I would like to thank Jack Wetzel, Andy Ford, Robert Mendenhall, Dan Wallace and Bretta Plumlee for their help last night in re-bulbing the snowflakes that will line 2nd and Ohio streets and around the Square this Holiday Season. As always, a huge thank you to Elite Laundry for letting us store the lights in their building all year long. Now, it's up to Evergy and Jerry's Pest Management to put up the lights so they are ready to be turned on Nov. 27th. Thanks in advance to those folks. We gathered Thursday aft. at Treva's Place at 901 East Ohio St. to congratulate her for five years of doing business in Clinton. Treva Jones offers skin care, facials, ion cleanse, salt therapy room, reflexology and so much more. All services are provided by a Missouri Licensed Aesthetician. Call Treva at 660-890-1102. What’s good for the Community? Making sure non-drivers are able to access healthy food and connect to everyday locations so that they can live full, complete lives. This includes school age children, senior citizens and those with disabilities. What’s good for the economy? Connecting downtown Clinton to a wider pedestrian network that will bring more business into and help revitalize the downtown square. Livable Streets Policy for Clinton needs your help. This group is trying to prioritize low cost/high impact improvements that will benefit everyone in the City. For information on how to help them identify problem areas on streets, sidewalks and more that you come across daily in town, just use the app https://arcg.is/mjDzH Make sure you use Clinton, MO, USA as the location and then you can report. We have sent out our first weekly newsletter. Here at the Clinton Chamber, we want to keep our members more up-to-date on what we are doing for them, activities and events that are coming up and any other information we need to relay in a timely matter. Businesses, couples and individuals can all belong to the Chamber. Just contact Joyce or me for more information. Our phone number is 660-885-8166. If you are a Chamber member, be sure to look for this new weekly newsletter in your email each Monday. We will also share this newsletter on the Chamber’s Facebook page. Our Friday Facebook Feature this week is with KDKD/KXEA Radio and you can find this video when you go to the Clinton Chamber’s Facebook page. The radio stations have a big auction coming up Nov. 11th and you can get a preview of what they have to sell. Don’t forget, if you’re a business owner and belong to the Chamber, be sure to update those Facebook pages so we can share your information on the Chamber’s Facebook page. If you would like to get involved in moving Clinton forward, just reach out and we’ll find the perfect place for you! Be sure like us on Facebook: Greater Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce, and watch for the new website coming soon. Upcoming activities, events and more: If you know of a CHS graduate or community member who is a veteran, help the Clinton School District celebrate them by emailing a picture and providing their name, branch of military and dates served, and if they are a CHS Alumni, include their graduation year. Info and one picture should be sent to [email protected]. Deadline is Nov. 10th. Pictures of veterans will be shared on the district Facebook page on Veterans Day. The Community Thanksgiving Dinner on Thanksgiving Day will take place this year. Volunteers are needed to bake, put food into boxes, carry meals to drivers, deliver meals and wash dishes. For more information on how to help or get a meal, call 885-6921. The Clinton Animal Shelter is in need of blankets, bath towels and plastic shopping bags. Donations can be left at the front door on North Washington St. For info on how to donate, adopt and more, call 885-7999. Santa Paws is Coming to Town! Get a picture of your pet with Santa or Santa Grinch Dec. 5th from 10am till 4pm and take home some delicious Christmas cookies from the bake sale. $10 for a digital image or $15 for digital image and 5x7 print. All proceeds go to the Clinton Animal Shelter. The Dog Groomer is located at 203 North Washington St. 4-H has something for everyone. Youth ages 5-7 can enroll in the special Clover Kids program. Youth ages 8-18 can enroll in the traditional 4-H. There are six clubs in Henry Co. For all the information, call 885-5556 or [email protected]. Care Connection for Aging Services is providing free one-on-one Medicare Part D prescription and Advantage plan enrollment help by phone. You can get more information by calling 1-800-748-7826 or in Clinton, call Roy Qualls at 660-885-3482. Medicare Part D Open Enrollment is open now and ends Dec. 7th. The Clinton Fire Dept. is in need of bicycles for Project Christmas Cheer. They can be delivered to the fire station at 301 South Washington St. or they can be picked up in the City limits. Call 885-2560. From the Samaritan Center: Need help this holiday season? Sign up for Project Christmas Cheer. The deadline is Nov. 15th. Call 885-8555 for more information. If your non-profit has an event coming up, email that info to [email protected]

REMINDER: With the exception of a dock at Shawnee Bend, all courtesy docks at Corps managed boat ramps will be removed for the winter beginning December 1 thro...ugh February 28. Day use fees are not being charged during this time frame. Shawnee Bend and Bledsoe Ferry ramps, as well as a number of the marina ramps, will have a courtesy dock available for use throughout this time. Please contact individual marinas for information about those facilities.

The next Presidential election will be happening in just a few days, so this is probably a good time to talk politics. Did you know that in 1924 one of Henry C...ounty’s own ran for President of the United States? If that is a surprise, let us tell you one better! His running mate was a woman, the first legally qualified female candidate to run for the vice-presidency following the passage of the 19th Amendment. Herman Preston Faris (H.P. as he was known to his family and friends) ran for President on the Prohibition ticket with Marie Caroline Brehm running as his Vice President. Sadly, their slogan Be Fair With Faris and Brave with Brehm only helped them receive a little over 55,000 votes or 0.19% of the vote. H.P. was born December 25, 1858 in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He and his family moved to Clinton, Missouri in 1867. Early in Faris’s adult life he proved that he was quite an entrepreneur dealing mainly in banking and the real estate business. One of the things H.P. was involved in was the discovery of the Artesian White Sulphur Well located in the now Artesian Park on the southwest edge of Clinton. That is a story for another time. If you take a walk around Clinton’s beautiful square you can see a building that was the Brinkman-Faris Trust and Loan Building. The Faris Building was just east of the only 3 story building on the north side. While you are strolling take a moment to enjoy looking at the over twenty murals located on the square or within a block of the square. You can find three at the Henry County Museum's new WW & H Exchange building.

Re-bulbing volunteers are being sought! How would YOU like to help prepare the snowflake decorations you’ll see around Clinton during the Holidays?!?! Once ag...ain, the Holidays are fast approaching. It’s time for the Chamber of Commerce to re-bulb the snowflakes that decorate our city streets. The snowflakes line the streets on Ohio and Second streets and also around the Downtown Square. The work is scheduled to take place tomorrow evening (Tuesday, October 27th) beginning at 5 p.m. at the Elite Laundry location. Enter the south side of the building (Rogers Street) in the gated area through the large garage door. Bring gloves and needle-nose pliers if you have them. Everyone is welcome to help with this community project. For more information, call 660-885-8166 and talk to David or Joyce. See more

Weekly Update from the Greater Clinton-Area Chamber of Commerce by David Lee: This past Wed. was National Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce Day. It’s cele...brated annually on the third Wednesday of October. The purpose of chambers of commerce is to represent the business community and their needs. We love the way you support us throughout the year and we will continue to work hard for our people and businesses that make up the Greater Clinton-Area Chamber of Commerce. Wed. afternoon, Joyce and I met with our Executive Board (Jack, Nina and Clayton), along with our Economic Developer Mark Dawson. The budget for Clinton Tourism consumed most of the meeting. I mention this because Joyce and I want to thank these four people for helping us get this budget ready so we can be more prepared to answer questions when it’s presented to the full Board and the City. Beginning this Monday, one of the promotions that the Clinton Chamber will be doing during the Holidays will begin. You will find out more about Receipt to Receive on the Clinton Chamber’s Facebook page, but I can tell you that it involves shopping at businesses that are members of our Chamber, bringing your receipt to the Depot and then waiting to see if you are winner of Chamber gift certificates each week. The big money will be given away Christmas Eve. Your chance to win begins Nov. 2nd. You can start bringing in receipts this Monday for purchases that were made Oct. 18th-25th. One of the items we started working on last week was the lighted snowflakes that line Second and Ohio streets and around the Downtown Square. It’s time to start making sure these snowflakes are in good working order with replacement bulbs and any other repairs that need to be made. We will work on these snowflakes this Tuesday evening (10/27) at the Elite Laundry location. Enter the garage door off of Rogers St. Bring a pair of work gloves, needle nose pliers and a friend and we’ll light up Clintonor at least we’ll start the process of lighting up our town. We have completed the work on some new Welcome to Clinton packets for those that are moving to our City, have already relocated here and new businesses. These packets include important information that people need to know such as the hospital, law enforcement, real estate, schools, resources, activities, sports and more. Now that we updated our list of email addresses for all of our Chamber members, we are about ready to send out a new weekly newsletter. We want to keep our members more up-to-date on what we are doing for them, activities and events that are coming up and any other information we need to relay in a timely matter. Businesses, couples and individuals can all belong to the Chamber. Just contact Joyce or me for more information. Our phone number is 660-885-8166. If you are a Chamber member, be sure to look for this new weekly newsletter in your email starting Nov. 2nd. We will also share this newsletter on the Chamber’s Facebook page each Monday. Our Friday Facebook Feature this week is with Courtney and Dana Banks from Banks Motors. Of course they are located at the corner of 8th and Ohio streets and you can find this video when you go to the Clinton Chamber’s Facebook page. Upcoming activities, events and more: The Fourth Annual Fish For Hope at Truman Lake will be Oct. 24th. The tournament is open to the public and is a benefit for the Well of Hope. Register on Oct. 23rd from 5 till 7pm at Trinity Lutheran Pavilion, 1267 East Highway 7, Clinton. Details on Facebook at GV Door of Hope. The Henry Co. Sheriff’s Dept., in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Administration is hosting a Drug Take Back on Oct. 24th. Drop off your unused prescription medications for proper disposal (no sharps) at Summers Pharmacy, 605 Pawnee in Clinton from 9am till 1pm or Merryfield Pharmacy in Windsor from 9:30 till noon. The Henry Co. Republican Club will host its regular monthly meeting on Oct. 26th at 7pm at the Clinton Rotary Club Building, 200 West Franklin in Clinton. The Clinton High School girls basketball team will once again be selling chances to win half a hog processed by Hetherington Meat. The package will include bacon, sausage, ham, pork chops and pork roast, valued at $200. You have until Oct. 27th to purchase tickets at five dollars each. To purchase tickets, simply email Coach Rogers at [email protected]. On Oct. 28th at 7pm, Golden Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church, 2000 North Community Drive, concert violinist Jamie Jorge will perform a free concert. If you plan to attend, call 885-4217 or email [email protected]. Care Connection and the Henry Co. Library are teaming up to offer a virtual book club, Reading Between The Lines, which will meet for the first time at 7pm Oct. 29th on Zoom. Registration is required by emailing [email protected]. The Clinton Women’s Outreach Ministry will hold their conference, Stepping Out On Faith on Oct. 30th at 7pm and Oct. 31st from 9 till noon at the Benson Center. Admission is free. Contact Vicki Jackson at 660-492-5467 for more details. The 5th Sat. Men’s Breakfast will be Oct. 31st at Dietz Family Buffet beginning at 7. David Stevens, the upper school principal at Clinton Christian Academy will be the guest speaker. Stevens also has 26 years of military experience. Trunk or Treat locations, Saturday October 31st that we know of: First Assembly of God 6-7:30pm First Baptist Church 5:30-8pm Henry County Mutual 4:30-6:30pm Jim Falk Motors 6-8pm New Life Baptist Church 4-7pm Northeast Baptist Harvest Fest 6-8pm (Preschool thru 5th grade) Premiere Tanning 6-8pm Vansant Mills Funeral Home 5-7pm Westwood Living Center Halloween Parade 5:30pm Bristol Manor of Clinton will be hosting a Stick or Treat for Halloween. Come by, pick a stick of candy from the yard and give us a wave. The Annual Holy Rosary Turkey Dinner will be Nov. 1st from 11:30am till 1pm at 4th and Wilson streets in Clinton. There will be curbside to go service only this year. Tickets are limited and must be purchased in advance. You can get tickets at the Holy Rosary Church office. 4-H has something for everyone. Youth ages 5-7 can enroll in the special Clover Kids program. Youth ages 8-18 can enroll in the traditional 4-H. There are six clubs in Henry Co. For all the information, call 885-5556 or [email protected]. Care Connection for Aging Services is providing free one-on-one Medicare Part D prescription and Advantage plan enrollment help by phone. You can get more information by calling 1-800-748-7826 or in Clinton, call Roy Qualls at 660-885-3482. Medicare Part D Open Enrollment is open now and ends Dec. 7th. From State Fair Comm. College: Learn To Lead is back by popular demand this fall. The next session will be LIVE (virtual) so your team can easily access the training from the comfort of their workstation. To ensure the quality and integrity of the training is not compromised in a virtual format, we’ve limited this session to 20 participants. It’s filling up quickly so don’t delay! To register, go to http://www.sfccmo.edu GVMH is hosting a breast cancer awareness fundraiser during Oct. Proceeds will be donated to the GVMH Cancer Care Closet. Visit the GVMH bistro or the clinics in Osceola or Windsor to make a five dollar donation for an In Honor or In Memory card and receive a free cookie. The cards will be displayed in the outpatient lobby area throughout the month. For more info, www.gvmh.org. The Clinton Fire Dept. is in need of bicycles for Project Christmas Cheer. They can be delivered to the fire station at 301 South Washington St. or they can be picked up in the City limits. Call 88-2560. From the Samaritan Center: Need help this holiday season? Sign up for Project Christmas Cheer. The deadline is Nov. 15th. Call 885-8555 for more information. Absentee voting for the Nov. 3rd General Election is available in the County Clerk’s office, first floor of the Henry Co. Courthouse. For more info on voting, call 660-885-7204. If your non-profit has an event coming up, email that info to [email protected] Don’t forget, if you’re a business owner and belong to the Chamber, be sure to update those Facebook pages so we can share your information on the Chamber’s Facebook page. If you would like to get involved in moving Clinton forward, just reach out and we’ll find the perfect place for you! Be sure like us on Facebook: Greater Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce, and watch for the new website coming soon.

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How many have heard about the Jesse James house just a few miles northeast of Clinton on YY Highway? Well, for all that have, we want to set the record straight.... The two beautiful homes that sat across the road from one another were really Bronaugh homes. It is true that Frank and Wal Bronaugh had met the James brothers, as they were both in the Confederate Army in the War Between the States. At the end of the war, Jesse and Frank stayed with the lifestyle they had learned during the war while the Bronaughs came back to their homeplace and became well-respected citizens. It is believed that the James brothers would spend the night with the Bronaughs if they happened to be passing through the county. Neighbors said that occasionally a strange horse or two would appear in the Bronaugh's pasture and in a few days would be gone again. Warren C. Bronaugh (nicknamed Wal) fought in the Battle of Lone Jack. After the battle, Wal and another soldier from his unit were separated from the others. Wal was lucky enough to come across other Confederate soldiers who told them where they could reunite with their unit. When the Younger gang was captured after a bank robbery and put in prison in Minnesota, Wal's friend, Frank James, asked for his help. Frank was not allowed to go to Minnesota because of his previous activity in that state. Wal made the trip, hoping to get a parole for a man he did not know. When Wal met Cole Younger, he realized that Cole had been the Confederate soldier who had pointed him in the right direction after the Battle of Lone Jack. Cole probably saved Wal Bronaugh's life and Wal wanted to do the same for him. See more

Less than 3 weeks away! Remember you can register ahead of time. Please continue to spread the word! The Clinton Animal Shelter has been full lately and fundraisers are very important to help them continue to help animals

We are updating our list of places where folks can hold events, weddings and receptions and more. This list will be available on our website, Facebook pages an...d in info packets we give to employers and individuals. To have a venue's address and phone number included on this list, that venue must be a member of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce. If you haven't already, sign up today for the rest of this year and 2021. The following is a list of venue's in Clinton that we know of. If you know of any others, let us know in the comment section. Thanks! VENUES FOR CLINTON 1311 Event space Amphitheatre in Artesian Park Benson Center Clinton Country Club Clinton, MO Eagles Aerie Clinton, MO Elks #1034 Clinton, Mo Rotary Club Dorman House Friends Room-Henry County Library Hampton Inn Heartland Comm. Theatre Henry County Museum Meadow Lake Country Club Parkfield Inn Primitive Olde Crow Village Pavilion

Trunk or Treat locations, Saturday October 31st. First Assembly of God 6-7:30pm First Baptist Church 5:30-8pm Henry County Mutual 4:30-6:30pm... Jim Falk Motors 6-8pm New Life Baptist Church 4-7pm Northeast Baptist Harvest Fest 6-8pm (Preschool thru 5th grade) Premiere Tanning 6-8pm Vansant Mills Funeral Home 5-7pm Westwood Living Center Halloween Parade 5:30pm Bristol Manor of Clinton will be hosting a Stick or Treat for Halloween. Come by, pick a stick of candy from the yard and give us a wave. If you know of any others in Clinton, email [email protected]

Weekly Update from the Greater Clinton-Area Chamber of Commerce by David Lee: Beginning in about one week, one of the promotions that the Clinton Chamber will b...e doing during the Holidays will begin. You will find out more about this on the Clinton Chamber’s Facebook page, but I can tell you that it involves shopping at businesses that are members of our Chamber, bringing your receipt to the Depot and then waiting to see if you are winner of Chamber gift certificates each week. The big money will be given away Christmas Eve. Your chance to win begins Nov. 2nd. You can start bringing in receipts Oct. 26th. Warm weather, sunny skies and dry conditionsLet’s think about the Holidays! One of the items we started working on this week was the lighted snowflakes that line Second and Ohio streets and around the Downtown Square. It’s time to start making sure these snowflakes are in good working order with replacement bulbs and any other repairs that need to be made. In the next couple of weeks, we’ll be asking for volunteers to help us work on the snowflakes, so be sure and watch for that. We also started working on some new Welcome to Clinton packets for those that are moving to our City, have already relocated here and new businesses. These packets include important information that people need to know such as the hospital, law enforcement, real estate, schools, resources, activities, sports and more. Joyce did a lot of work last week and this week compiling a list of email addresses for all of our Chamber members. We want to keep our members more up-to-date on what we are doing for them, activities and events that are coming up and any other information we need to relay in a timely matter. Businesses, couples and individuals can all belong to the Chamber. Just contact Joyce or I for more information. Our phone number is 660-885-8166. If you are a Chamber member, be sure to look for a new weekly newsletter in your email starting Nov. 2nd. It was budget time for the tourism committee on Wed. aft. Joyce and I would like to take this opportunity to thank some members of that committee and some who are not even on that committee for taking about two and a half hours out of their day to help with this project. In alphabetical order: Chad Beaty, Dharam Chaudhari, Stacey Hinkle, Tonya Gilley, Nina Sisk, Bill Thole and Ashley Wareham. Tough decisions have to be made, especially with an ongoing pandemic, and these folks went above and beyond with their contributions. Thanks again! Before the committee meeting on Wed., Joyce and I met with Dharam for the first time. He is the owner of the Westbridge Hotel Group, which of course they have a facility here in Clinton. He told us he is hoping that 2021 will be a year that we can plan more activities so people will shop, eat and of course, stay overnight. Our Friday Facebook Feature this week is The White Flower Quilt Shop. Mary and Cheryl celebrate an anniversary for their shop this month. You can find this video when you go to the Clinton Chamber’s Facebook page. Upcoming activities, events and more: The Christian Women’s Connection Committee is inviting area ladies to a Coffee and Cookies meeting. It will take place on Oct. 20th at 11:45am at the Fellowship Hall of First Assembly of God Church at 1506 East Ohio St. For more information, contact Trish Meyers at 660-885-3296. The Clinton Women’s Outreach Ministry will hold their conference, Stepping Out On Faith on Oct. 30th at 7pm and Oct. 31st from 9 till noon at the Benson Center. Admission is free. Contact Vicki Jackson at 660-492-5467 for more details. The Annual Holy Rosary Turkey Dinner will be Nov. 1st from 11:30am till 1pm at 4th and Wilson streets in Clinton. There will be curbside to go service only this year. Tickets are limited and must be purchased in advance. You can get tickets at the Holy Rosary Church office. Care Connection for Aging Services is providing free one-on-one Medicare Part D prescription and Advantage plan enrollment help by phone. You can get more information by calling 1-800-748-7826 or in Clinton, call Roy Qualls at 660-885-3482. Medicare Part D Open Enrollment is open now and ends Dec. 7th. From State Fair Comm. College: Learn To Lead is back by popular demand this fall. The next session will be LIVE (virtual) so your team can easily access the training from the comfort of their workstation. To ensure the quality and integrity of the training is not compromised in a virtual format, we’ve limited this session to 20 participants. It’s filling up quickly so don’t delay! To register, go to http://www.sfccmo.edu GVMH is hosting a breast cancer awareness fundraiser during Oct. Proceeds will be donated to the GVMH Cancer Care Closet. Visit the GVMH bistro or the clinics in Osceola or Windsor to make a five dollar donation for an In Honor or In Memory card and receive a free cookie. The cards will be displayed in the outpatient lobby area throughout the month. For more info, www.gvmh.org. From the Samaritan Center: Need help this holiday season? Sign up for Project Christmas Cheer. The deadline is Nov. 15th. Call 885-8555 for more information. The MO Dept. of Conservation has reopened the Golden Valley Shooting Range after upgrades were completed. This is located at 598 West Division Road, southwest of Clinton. Absentee voting for the Nov. 3rd General Election is available in the County Clerk’s office, first floor of the Henry Co. Courthouse. For more info on voting, call 660-885-7204. If your non-profit has an event coming up, email that info to [email protected] Don’t forget, if you’re a business owner and belong to the Chamber, be sure to update those Facebook pages so we can share your information on the Chamber’s Facebook page. If you would like to get involved in moving Clinton forward, just reach out and we’ll find the perfect place for you! Be sure like us on Facebook: Greater Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce, and watch for the new website coming soon. dlee