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Eight people attended the December 23 meeting of Sturgeon’s board of aldermen.

Centralia Young Farmers’ Tractor parade a Christmas-time success

Courtesy Jacob Shellabarger, Audrain County prosecutor I'm Jacob Shellabarger, Audrain County Prosecuting Attorney, with another look inside the criminal justice system in our community. Today, a look back at 2024 and a look forward to 2025 as we continue to hold offenders accountable, protect and support victims, and ensure our County remains a great place to live, work, raise a family, get healthy and make your future. Our office has a singular focus-justice for all of Audrain County. In the courtrooms at your Courthouse, we are balancing multiple appearances with multiple judges over a given week. Sometimes we have six or more total dockets a day, in Audrain County and in other Counties. Most Court is still conducted in person, in the Courthouse, although we often appear in other Counties through videoconferencing, which saves us travel and logistics time. Although WebEx video conferencing has made it easier to appear in multiple locations, the schedules of multiple judges, different dockets at different times, and technology issues have created additional challenges. Our Court clerks do a masterful job getting Judges, courtrooms, jails, defendants and support systems in place to ensure successful, speedy dockets.

Vibrant and eccentric green, gold and red poinsettias fill the greenhouse at Centralia High School (CHS) as Christmas time approaches. The greenhouse class offered by agriculture instructor Mr. Scott Stone allows students the opportunity to grow poinsettias and get them ready to be sold to people around the community. While not only giving the community a sentimental gift during the holidays, the benefit of growing them extends into the knowledge of the class.

Cheyenne Boggs is the newest Centralia High School (CHS) Student of the Month. Boggs is a sophomore and is currently a student in health teacher, Mrs. Brinkmann's PASS class. Last year Brinkmann got to know Boggs as she was in two of her classes. "Cheyenne always comes to class ready to work and with a smile on her face," said Brinkmann.

From part-time gigs in retail, babysitting, teaching positions and summer internships these early jobs provided lessons in responsibility, work ethic and perseverance. Everyone's journey to their current career begins somewhere, and for many, that starting point was their first job. These jobs, though sometimes simple or short-term, lay the foundation for future career paths and provide essential skills that last a lifetime.