A Community Blood Center Blood Drive will be from 2 to 6 pm, Thursday, December 12 at the Ravenwood United Methodist Church’s fellowship hall, 211 East State Street. To sign up, go to savealifenow.org/group and use group code T4. For more information, contact David Primm at 660.582.9394 or ldprimm@grm.net.
The Maryville City Council met on November 25, and authorized two special use permits for short-term rentals. The first is a duplex located at 609 West Torrance Street, owned by Darwin and Mary Gessert. The application is to use one side as a short-term rental. Both units are two-bedrooms with adequate off-street parking. The second
The winners of the Ravenwood Winter Festival Light Contest were recently named. They are Billie Shunk, Clark Griswold category; Charley and Kathy Brand, judges’ favorite; Karl and Stephanie Wilmes, most inflatables; Bryan, Marcy, Arlee and Aubree Sobotka, reason for the season and Wanda Fankhouser, traditional.
The correct “Walk with a Doc”time and date is at noon, Wednesday, December 11. It takes place on the walking path at the north end of Mosaic Medical Center-Maryville.
The town of Elmo hosted its first Thanksgiving morning’s Turkey Trot. Jennifer McGinness was the costume winner from the 31 of the participants. The turkey trot was two miles, chicken chase, one mile, and duck dash, which was around the block that morning.
The Second Harvest Food Drop will begin at 10 am, Tuesday, December 10 at the First United Methodist Church parking lot, 102 North Main Street, Maryville.
Skidmore will hold a town hall meeting at 5:30 pm, Tuesday, December 10 at Newton Hall. Proposition U will be discussed for placement on the Tuesday, April 5, 2025 ballot. The proposition is a use tax on the purchase of goods by Missouri residents from out-of-state vendors.
Women’s College Soccer Champions, NCAA Div. I 1982-2023 This weekend is the NCAA Women’s Div. I Soccer Final Four in Cary, NC. This proportional symbol map displays the 11 different schools that have won championship titles over the last 42 years. North Carolina dominates with half (21) of the titles. However, they have not won
On December 3, the St. Francis Foundation (SFF) hosted its annual Giving Tuesday Souper Bonanza event at A&G Restaurant in Maryville. For every Souper Bonanza purchased this year, one-dollar was donated by the 27 sponsors to the St. Francis Foundation Cancer Care Patient Assistance Fund. Together, nearly $10,000 was raised for local cancer care patients.
On November 20, Jefferson National Honor Society helped the school observe a combination Veterans Day and Thanksgiving for area veterans. After the Thanksgiving lunch, grades three to eighth sang songs and high school students made speaking presentations.
