Raised bed gardens, building picnic tables and benches, creating an outdoor classroom, and landscaping main streets are a few of the community projects that 4-H and FFA youth will be doing this spring as recipients of a Shaping Rural Missouri Grant. Fifty-two 4-H clubs and FFA chapters received a $500 Shaping Rural Missouri Grant to
The Maryville City Council heard about three downtown events planned this summer. The events’ leaders all requested specific streets and parking lots to be closed for the safety of the participants. The council approved the Maryville Chamber’s annual summer concert series with the first being Kids Block Party, Thursday, May 27, the preliminary round of
American Legion Post 464 will hold a pancake breakfast from 7 to 11 am, Sunday, May 16 at the Conception Jct. post. The breakfast features pancakes, sausage, eggs, biscuits and gravy. There is a minimum $7 donation per person. Children six and under are free. Proceeds will go to various veterans programs and upkeep of
During Motorcycle Awareness Month, the Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety wants to remind motorists and motorcyclists alike to “Watch for Motorcycles” in order to help prevent motorcycle crashes, deaths and injuries on Missouri roadways. “Preliminary reports indicate that 13 percent of all Missouri traffic fatalities in 2020 involved a motorcycle, with 117 motorcyclist lives lost,”
An “All You Can Eat” fish and chicken dinner with all the fixings will be served from 5 to 7 pm, Saturday, May 15 at the American Legion Post 100, 1104 East Fifth Street, Maryville. Carryout is available. Cost is $12 for adults and $5 for children age 11 and under. All proceeds go to
Town-wide yard sales will be happening all day Saturday, May 15 in Bedford, IA. Other events include the Red Brick Run which starts at 9 am and a pancake breakfast.
Diana Lynn Leipard Pope, 69, Maryville, died Tuesday, May 11, 2021. She was born February 21, 1952, in Kansas City, to L.H. and Lila June Jeffrey Leipard. She received her bachelor’s degree in geography and geology from Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, in 2007 and then her master’s in G.I.S., Geographic Information Systems, also from
Terry E. Nicholas, 68, Burlington Jct, died Monday, May 10, 2021, at Clarinda Regional Health Center, Clarinda, IA. He was born August 3, 1952, in Maryville, to Robert L. and Neva L. Evans Nicholas. On June 6, 1987, he married Kay Bennett in Burlington Jct., in the old church. Service will be at 2 pm,
David L. Duvall, 68, Maryville, died Friday, May 7, 2021, at the Nodaway Nursing Home. He was born August 25, 1952, in Excelsior Springs, to Lonnie and Myrtle Hunnicutt Duvall. He graduated from Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, with a master’s degree in music education. A memorial service was held Thursday, May 13 at Price
