Wallace Tire and Supply has been in business in Lovilia since 1995. It is located at 2202 Highway 5 and that location is what drew Rob Wallace to set up his business there. The phone number at the store is 641-946-9500. Business hours are 8am-5pm Monday through Friday. If there is work to be done he will be there on Saturday as needed.
Rob retails tires for cars, pickups and farm tractors. He will also repair tires. Minor vehicle repair is also part of his services. Since his dad died, Rob plans to take over his used car business and also sell salvaged parts.
He lives on a hobby farm and has 20 head of cattle and 200 acres of hay. One favorite pastime for him is wild turkey hunting. You can see some of the feathers mounted on display in the tire shop. Once a year in the fall you can find him at Pierce’s Pumpkin Patch near Columbia selling Kettle Korn for the visitors. That is a sweet sideline!
Rob’s family includes his wife, Renee, a registered nurse. He has four children: Rhianna, 18; Ross, 16: Rebecca, 14; and Reese, 8. Rhianna will graduate from Twin Cedars this May and is enrolled at Kansas State University in Manhatten, Kansas.
Drama depicts the Passion of Christ
Local family John Bacon, Kathy, and daughters Claira and Rachel are apart of this wonderful live presentation at the Moravia Church of the Nazarene. John and Claira play the father and his dead daughter whom Jesus restores to life. John also plays a Roman soldier. Rachel is a child with a palm branch celebrating Jesus’s entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Kathy is behind the scenes caring for little ones in the church nursery whose parents are in the cast or in the audience. The play lasts about two hours and is filled with music, singing, and acting out the teaching, miracles, and passion of Jesus. Over 50 people in period costume on the stage at once with very professional sets and props. It is good to have reservations as the house is packed with people from all over Iowa and Missouri. All seats are good as they have auditorium style seating. The entrance to the church is even filled with baby lambs, chicks, calf, and ducks cared for by children and adults in period costume. The life of Jesus really comes alive! I highly recommend it. They will perform at 7pm on Good Friday for the last time this year. But you can plan to go next year if you can’t this time as they have this elaborate drama each year. There is no admission charge but donations are accepted after the show to help defray costs of the production.