Volume 76 34 8 CONTENTS | MAY 2023 | Number 5 30 8 Answering the call Missouri co-ops help their neighbors in Kentucky 14 50 years on the line Junior Curtis hangs up his hooks after a long co-op career 22 Restored & electrified New Bloomfield auto shop is blazing its own trail 26 Missouri Snapshots Photo Contest Missouri State Parks & Rural Missouri contest rules 30 Crafting & weaving State parks offers basket weaving classes at first Capitol 45 Wagons for warriors Largest chuck wagon gathering in the nation helps veterans IN EVERY ISSUE 4 Cooperation 5 Perspectives 18 Neighbors 34 Eats 39 Recipes 42 Events 50 Outdoors 54 Just4Kids ON THE COVER Laclede Electric's Corey Honey works to repair a downed power line while helping electric co-ops in Kentucky recover from a storm. You can read more on page 8. May23_Cover 2.indd 1 MISSOURI RURAL MAY 2023 | ruralmissouri.coop The Clarktonian | Wagons For Warriors | GKR Motor Cars 4/5/23 10:29 AM MAY 2023 | RURALMISSOURI.COOP 3http://www.ruralmissouri.coop http://www.RURALMISSOURI.COOP