The Mires family reunion will be Sunday, March 26 at the Nodaway County Senior Center, Maryville. There will be a carry-in basket dinner at noon. Drinks and table service will be provided. The Trimble branch of the family is hosting.

The Hopkins Community Club will sponsor a Beef and Noodles Dinner from 11 am to 1 pm on Sunday, March 26, at the Hopkins Community Building. The menu of homemade beef and noodles, mashed potatoes, greenbeans, salads and drinks costs $8 for adults and $3 for children. Proceeds support community projects.

The Ravenwood Community Betterment breakfast will be held from 8 am to noon on Sunday, March 26, at the Ravenwood Community Building, on West Hawk Street. Cost is $8 for adults and $5 for children. The breakfast includes: bacon, hashbrowns, biscuits and gravy, fried and scrambled eggs, pancakes, coffee and juice. Proceeds go for the

There will be a free pesticide collection for farmers and households, from 8 am to noon, Saturday, March 25, at the Graves-Chapple Research Center, 29955 Outer Road, Fairfax. All pesticides including, herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides, dewormers, fly tags and fertilizer containing pesticides will be accepted. It is sponsored by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources,

Wear Blue: run to remember, Maryville, meet-up will be at 8 am, Saturday, March 25, at the Raymond J Courter College Park Pavilion at Northwest Missouri State University. The event is an informal gathering where runners honor the service and sacrifice of the American military. For more information, visit the Facebook page, Wear Blue Maryville

Jerry Moser, 76, Maryville, passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2017, at Mosaic Life Care, St. Joseph. Visitation was Sunday March 19 at Price Funeral Home, Maryville. Funeral services were held on Monday, March 20, at Price Funeral Home, Maryville, followed by burial at Forest City Cemetery, Forest City, MO.

Arlene Klindt, 92, Maryville, passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2017, at Mosaic Life Care, St. Joseph.   Mrs. Klindt has been cremated. Her memorial service will be 2 pm, Thursday, March 30, at the Bram-Danfelt Funeral Home, Maryville. The family will receive friends before the service, at 1 pm. The dual inurnment for Mr.

David and Amy Smyser, Hopkins, announced the birth of a son, Dayne Thomas, born Sunday, March 5, 2017, at SSM Health St. Francis Hospital, Maryville. He weighed eight pounds and 10 ounces and joins a sister, Samantha Lee Smyser. Maternal grandparents are Sandra Mires, Pickering, and the late Richard Mires. Paternal grandmother is Ida Smyser,

Rita Teresa Strueby, 93, Stanberry, died Friday, March 17, 2017, at an Albany hospital. Mass of Christian burial was held Tuesday, March 21 at St. Columba Catholic Church, Conception Jct. Burial was in St. Columba Cemetery, Conception. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association of America and/or St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Stanberry in care

Richard Eugene “Rick” Kemper, 49, Maryville, died Thursday, March 16, 2017, at Prairie Home, Maryville. Mass of Christian burial was held Saturday, March 18 at St. Gregory Church. Burial was in St. Columba Cemetery, Conception. Memorials may be made to Nodaway County Services Prairie Home, 410 South Prairie, Maryville, MO 64468 or SSM Hospice, 2016