Hopkins Community Betterment to meet
Hopkins Community Betterment will hold its monthly meeting at 6 pm, Wednesday, January 4 at the Christian Church upstairs meeting room, Hopkins. All interested individuals are invited to attend.
Bluejays visit tree farm
Northeast Nodaway third graders visited a tree farm and purchased gifts for children in need on December 6. While teaching an economics unit in her social studies class, third-grade teacher Heidi Beatty asked her students to participate in a project to help them learn the vocabulary of needs, wants, goods, services and savings. Beatty had
Parnell AL to hold breakfast
The Parnell American Legion Post 528 will hold a free-will donation fundraiser breakfast from 8 am to noon, Sunday, January 1 at the Legion Hall.
School Calendar, January 2 to 7
Events for the week of January 2 to 7 Monday • Maryville High JV/V girls basketball vs Savannah, 6 pm Tuesday • Jefferson, South Nodaway Classes resume • Jefferson JV/V basketball vs South Holt, 5 pm • Maryville High F/JV/V boys basketball at Lafayette, 5 pm • South Nodaway JV/V basketball vs Mound City, 5
Local Masons to gather
The local Masons will gather at 7:30 pm, Monday, January 2 for regular communications at the Masonic Lodge on North Main, Maryville.
Republican women to hold monthly meeting
The Nodaway County Republican Women will hold a meeting at 11:30 am, Thursday, January 5 at Carson’s Restaurant, Maryville.
Area students sign to play softball at the college level
On December 15, three Nodaway County seniors signed to play softball in 2017 at two community colleges.
Northeast Nodaway 6th graders contribute to animal shelter
The Northeast Nodaway sixth grade class donated money they would have spent on a Christmas gift exchange to the New Nodaway Humane Society in December. The students collected $200 which they used to buy shelter supplies at Wal-Mart. The students are, front: Creed Wilcox, Alexa Hunter, Brendon Deardorff, AJ Adwell, Kolby Sybert, Jaden Atkins and
Maryville receives top community award
The Community Blood Center, Kansas City, recently recognized the Maryville community for the blood drives it has held at the First United Methodist Church. Betty Tinker, Blood Center account manager for Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas, presented the 2015 Top Community award to Evie Church, Business Women of Missouri, Maryville Chapter. In 2015, Nodaway County
Geography with Goudge: All-USA HS football players
Since 1982, the best high school football players in the nation have been selected annually by USA Today. This player production map, based on the past five years of All-USA players, indicates a strong regional concentration in the Deep South. When it comes to recruiting, the rich get richer, and the Power Five conferences account
