Florence Claire Flanary, 92, Burlington Jct., died Saturday, August 11, 2018, at Nodaway Nursing Home, Maryville. Services will be at 11 am, Friday, August 17 at Price Funeral Home, with burial to follow in Oak Hill Cemetery, Maryville. A family gathering for friends and family will be held after the funeral dinner at the Burlington
Billie Jean Anderson, 74, Graham, died Thursday, August 9, 2018, at Parkdale Manor, Maryville. Services were held August 13 at Bram Funeral Home, Maryville. Internment was at Prairie Home Cemetery, Graham. Memorials may be made to SSM Hospice of Northwest Missouri. Online condolences may be left at bramfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Bram
Skidmore Community Betterment has planned a community work day for the afternoon of Sunday, August 26. If assistance is needed on cleaning up properties, individuals are asked to contact Sandy Wright at 660.254.7422.
The Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group will meet at 6 pm, Thursday, August 23 at the Nodaway County Senior Center, 1210 East First Street, Maryville. The program will be hearing loss and dementia risk. Caregivers around the area come together to provide support, become informed and find strength in numbers while progressing forward in dementia and
Community open forums have been set for 6 pm, Monday, August 20 at both Jefferson and South Nodaway school districts to discuss the possible co-oping of all sports as Platte Valley starting the 2019-20 school year. Each school district’s patrons are invited to attend at their school.
The Pickering Christian Church is conducting an outreach mission. Free bread and sweets may be picked up from 4:30 to 6:30 pm, Monday, August 20 at the east basement door.
American Legion Post 464 will sponsor a pancake breakfast from 7 to 11 am, Sunday, August 19 at the legion post, Conception Jct. Pancakes, sausage, eggs, biscuits and gravy, juice and coffee will be served. Cost is a $7 minimum donation per person; children six and under are free. Proceeds benefit Cameron Veterans Home.
Major college football, the FBS, will soon get underway. This week’s proportional symbol map displays the coaches preseason top-ranked team, Alabama, with the largest football and #25, Oklahoma State, with the smallest football. The pattern of southern dominance picks up where last year’s map left off, with 13 of the Top 25 teams from the
The 12th annual Dakota “Bronc” Sisk Memorial Rodeo drew rodeo devotees from all over the midwest to participate in and view the events.
US News & World Report released the 2018 Best High Schools ranking and Jefferson, Maryville, Northeast Nodaway and South Nodaway received national bronze standings. These Nodaway County schools are part of 133 Missouri and 3,237 US public high schools to receive the bronze standing. “We are honored to receive the Bronze level award from US
