Month: April

Trojans qualify for nationals in archery

Nodaway-Holt archery student Dakota Allen has qualified to compete in the national archery shoot held in Kentucky, May 11-13. Dakota and her teammates are part of the National Archery in School’s Program (NASP) that was created by Kentucky Departments of Fish and Wildlife Resources and Department of Education in 2001. The program is open to

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Buford Weddle

Buford Gene Weddle was born November 25, 1929, in Allendale and died April 2, 2017, at his home in Maryville. He was 87 years old. Visitation was held from 6 to 8 pm, Tuesday, April 4, at Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home in Grant City. Services were at 10 am, Wednesday, April 5, also at Prugh-Dunfee. Interment

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Francis Hilton

Francis W. Hilton, 83, Beaverton, OR, formerly of Hopkins, died Thursday, March 30, 2017. Mr. Hilton’s body was cremated.

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Nothwest jazz group to perform

Northwest Jazz Ensembles will be performing at 7:30 pm, Monday, April 10 in the Charles Johnson Theatre on the Northwest Missouri State University campus.  The event is free and open to the public. The studio jazz ensemble and jazz ensemble are presenting an evening of music featuring a mixture of original big band charts and

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Maryville Young Players holds auditions

The Maryville Young Players will be holding auditions for the 2017 play “Honk Jr.” “Honk Jr.” marks the 11th show that Pat Immel and Vanessa Parsons have produced. They came up with the idea of starting Maryville Young Players around 12 years ago. They had noticed there were a lot of summer activities in the

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Geography with Goudge

Now that college basketball is over, another winter sport, college ice hockey, is having its Frozen Four this weekend. Denver, Harvard, Minnesota-Duluth and Notre Dame are in the finals. The per-capita production of hockey players by high school state/country is a good example of a regional sport. Obviously, the availability of ice is important for

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DARE holds 25th annual auction dinner

The 25th annual DARE auction and dinner will open its doors at 6 pm, Saturday, April 8 at the St. Gregory’s Parish gymnasium, 333 South Davis Street, Maryville. Dinner will be served at 6:30 pm with the auction starting at 7:15 pm. The all-you-can-eat barbecue feast will be prepared by Mike Casteel and Phil Smail.

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Hopkins appoints Baldwin to cemetery board

At the April 3 Hopkins City Council meeting, Nathan Baldwin was appointed to the cemetery board. Again this year, Marilyn and Carol Oxley will be mowing, trimming and performing other upkeep items for the 15-acre Hopkins Cemetery. They will charge $600 for each mowing. Discussion was held on delinquent water/sewer accounts with six landowners being

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Richard Zimmerman

Richard Zimmerman, 87, Elkhorn, NE, died Thursday, March 30, 2017, near his home. Mass of Christian burial was Monday, April 3 at St. Gregory’s Church, Maryville. Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Maryville. Graveside services were conducted by Missouri Military Honors and James Edward Gray American Legion Post #100.

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Madge Horn

Lora Madge Sharr Horn, 96, Maryville, died Friday, March 31, 2017, at SSM St. Francis Hospital. Mrs. Horn’s body has been cremated. Graveside services will be held at Hopkins Cemetery at a later date. Online condolences may be left at pricefuneralhomemaryville.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Price Funeral Home, Maryville.

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