CONTENTS Volume 77 36 | DECEMBER 2024 | Number 12 14 29 9 Fun on the ice IN EVERY ISSUE Moberly's Ice Rink provides wintertime fun for families 14 Help after Helene Missouri lineworkers turn lights back on in Georgia 20 Angling for big cats Josh Morris makes fi shing accessible to all 29 Tractors on parade Farm equipment and more bring holiday spirit to Centralia ON THE COVER 32 Best of Rural Missouri Voting open for state's best eats, shops and destinations 36 Christmas with the Boones Return to Christmas past at the Boone Homestead Macon Electric Cooperative members Madeline Schmidt (left) and Gracie Jamerson skate at Moberly's Ice Rink. Read about the new outdoor destination on page 9. Missouri RURAL 4 Cooperation 5 Perspectives 20 Outdoors 41 Recipes 46 Eats 52 Events 54 Just4Kids Abyss Catfishing | Frisco's | Tractor Parade DECEMBER 2024 | ruralmissouri.coop DECEMBER 2024 | RURALMISSOURI.COOP 3http://www.RURALMISSOURI.COOP