Youth get drenched in Laura Street’s water wars
Laura Street Baptist Church held its annual Water Wars youth games on August 5. Local firefighters closed Laura Street and allowed youth to use fire hoses in competitive games.
Buses gear up for school
North Nodaway personnel surveyed the bus fleet and revved up maintenance before school starts. Drivers brought the buses to Parson’s Tire, Maryville, to be inspected before beginning their bus routes on August 18. Parson’s eight-year veteran mechanic, Travis Foreman, looks under the hood to check belts. Save
Northeast Nodaway marches through camp
Twenty-three Northeast Nodaway seventh- to twelfth-grade students attended band camp August 8-13. They will host a practice performance at noon, Saturday, August 13 at the school. Lunch and games will follow.
Practice starts for high school sports
Team practices have begun across Nodaway County as high school fall sports teams prepare for the season to start.
Pumpkin Center Charlie’s Girl: A goal achieved on the farm
by Kay Wilson One of my parents’ goals for the farmstead, which now we own and occupy, was to have a “good-sized” pond. My folks bought the beginning acreage of the family farm in the early 1950s. They were able to add a pond within the first decade, but Dad was not happy. It was
Addalyn Palmer
Nathan and Carissa Palmer, Maryville, announce the birth of a daughter, Addalyn Marie, born on Thursday, July 28, 2016, at Liberty Hospital, Liberty. She weighed seven pounds and 14 ounces and joins brother, Korbin David. Maternal grandparents are Jonathan and Regina Keyes, Maryville. Paternal grandparents are David and Sally Palmer, Bolckow. Maternal great-grandparents are Marilyn
Jim Fall, Jr.
James “Jim” Randolph Fall, Jr., 79, Maryville, died Tuesday, August 9, 2016, at Mosaic Life Care, St. Joseph. A memorial service will be held at 4 pm, Saturday, August 13 at the First United Methodist Church of Maryville. Following the service, family will receive friends at a reception at the Mozingo Golf Course clubhouse. Memorials
Pawsatlapoola for the MAC
The New Nodaway Humane Society will host Pawsatlapoola from 5:30 to 7:30 pm, Monday, August 15 at the Maryville Aquatic Center, 504 North Laura Street, Maryville. The fundraiser opens the pool to dogs and their handlers. Cost is $5 per dog and $2 per person. Handlers are only permitted in the shallow end of the
Scott presents museum program
Fred Scott will present “Life in a Native American Earth Lodge” at 2 pm, Sunday, August 14 at the Nodaway County Historical Society Museum, 110 North Walnut, Maryville.
Post 464 to host pancake breakfast
American Legion Post 464 will sponsor a pancake breakfast from 7 to 11:30 am, Sunday, August 14 at the legion post, Conception Jct. Pancakes, sausage, eggs, biscuits, gravy, juice and coffee will be served. Cost is $7 per person. Children six and under are free. Proceeds benefit the Cameron Veterans’ Home.
