The Maryville Public Library, 509 North Main Street, is hosting gingerbread fun for students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. The “disguise a gingerbread” contest is in the library lobby. This project uses brown kraft paper, not actual gingerbread. Project and judging will be due, Thursday, December 15. For all of December, an in-house gingerbread fact
The second annual Maryville Christmas Card Tour starts Saturday, December 10 and runs through Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25. Sponsored by the Laura Street Baptist Church, there is a map and a scavenger hunt information available at the church. Completed hunts can be returned to the church office for a prize. There are 21 cards
“Alibis,” a murder-mystery by Peter Kennedy, will be presented at 7 pm, Thursday, December 8 and Friday, December 9 and 2 and 7 pm, Saturday, December 10, with dessert served at each performance. The play takes place at The Rose Theatre, Maryville. Cast members are, front: Clint Rowen playing aristocrat Sir Tanley Fraude; Scott Lance, playboy
The annual Christmas Creche Exhibit at the Missouri Quilt Museum in Hamilton is now on display. “This year we have over 350 nativity sets on display,” said Dakota Redford, curator at the museum. “This is one of the largest displays in the Midwest, and we are happy to be able to make it available
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) will offer free prescribed burn workshops on December 7 at Brookfield and December 15 at the Lake Paho Conservation Area near Princeton. Prescribed fire can help landowners reduce unwanted vegetation, and the burns can boost native grasses and wildflowers that enhance wildlife habitat. Prescribed burns can also be used
The VFW Post 442 meets at 4 pm, Wednesday, December 7 in room 127, Valk Building at Northwest Missouri State University. For more information, contact Jeremy Cobb at 573.418.1671.
The West Nodaway Food Pantry will be 4 to 6 pm, Tuesdays, December 6, 13, 20 and 27 at the First Christian Church, corner of Third and Ballad Streets, Burlington Jct. The food drop is at 4:30 pm, Wednesdays, December 14, 21 and 28. Numbers are given out and it is first come, first served
Infant Toddler Storytime is 9:45 am, Tuesdays, December 6, 13, 20 and 27 at the Maryville Public Library, 509 North Main Street. Suggested ages are birth to age five.
University of Missouri Extension will host free farm tax workshops in December to update farmers and ranchers on farm and individual tax filings. MU Extension Agriculture Business Specialist Mary Sobba said farmers can attend via Zoom or in person at locations throughout the state. Attendees can attend in person 6:15 to 8:30 pm, Tuesday,
The American Legion Post #528 will hold a freewill donation breakfast from 8 am to noon, Sunday, December 4 at the AL Post in Parnell. The menu includes pancakes, biscuits and gravy, eggs made to order, bacon, sausage, coffee and orange juice.
