Update: the event has been postponed. Marion Blumenthal Lazan, a Holocaust survivor and author of the children’s book “Four Perfect Pebbles,” will share her experiences at 7 pm, Tuesday, March 19. The event will be in the Charles Johnson Theater in the Olive DeLuce Fine Arts Building and is sponsored by the college of arts
The deadline to RSVP for the 2019 Lincoln Day Dinner is Monday, March 18. The dinner is sponsored by the Nodaway County Republican Committee and will be at the Country Side Bistro, 33618 State Highway H, Skidmore. Featured speaker is Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe. Registration begins at 5:30 pm, buffet at 6 pm and program
The Pickering Christian Church is conducting an outreach mission. Free bread and sweets may be picked up from 2 to 4 pm, Monday, March 18 at the east basement door.
The Masonic Lodge Nodaway 470 will meet at 7:30 pm, Monday, March 18 at the lodge in Maryville.
The Maryville City Council heard the city’s audit report at the March 11 council meeting. Mike Williams, partner at Hochschild, Bloom & Company, LLP, Chesterfield, presented the audit findings of the 2018 business year of Maryville. For fiscal year 2018, the firm’s fee is $40,150 which is split among various funds. Williams gave a review
By Brent Johnson For the fifth time in school history, the Jefferson boys took home a state basketball championship. The Eagles, making their first Final Four appearance since 2011, knocked off Dora, 75-65, to claim the 2019 MSHSAA Class 1 Title on March 9 at JQH Arena in Springfield. Strong starts were a recurring theme
The official length of this year’s World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Maryville is 82 feet. It will start at the corner of Third and North Market streets, in front of Burny’s Sports Bar & Upper Deck, at approximately 3:17 pm, Saturday, March 16 and proceed north. The parade is free, organized by the local
The Saint Joseph Symphony presents the Myths, Monsters, Faeries & Fantasies concert at 7:30 pm, Saturday, March 16 at the historic Missouri Theater in St. Joseph. The table is set for an extraordinary feast. What is on the menu? Mendelssohn’s enchanted overture to “A Midsummer Night’s Eve,” the haunting house spirit of Anatoly Lyadov’s “Kikimora,” Zoltán
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at the Nodaway County Historical Society Museum from 11 am to 1 pm, Saturday, March 16 at the Irish Luncheon. The menu will be Irish stew, red cabbage and corned beef, Irish soda bread, relishes, dessert and beverages. Tickets are $10 for adults; $5 for children ages three to 12; under
The NOCOMO Board of Directors were finally able to meet on February 26. The meeting had been postponed three times because of snowstorms. The sheltered workshop’s late starts and no work days correspond with Maryville R-II and the workshop had missed several days. Altogether, Manager Nicki Samson said there had been 14 altered work days
