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8th Annual Home Run Against Hunger -- Missouri Farm Bureau Insurance Teams up with Feeding Missouri to Knock Hunger Out of the Park for Missourians Unionville Mo. —The number of Missourians facing hunger would fit into Busch Stadium more than 15x. Missouri Farm Bureau Insurance recognizes the need to obtain and distribute food to hungry families across the state. For the ninth consecutive year, insurance agents and producers, customer service representatives, regional coordinators and many volunteers are accepting donations from April 2, 2024 to April 30, 2024 at area offices. The 2024 Home Run Against Hunger campaign is one of several events Missouri Farm Bureau Insurance organizes annually to help those in need. Unfortunately, ONE in every EIGHT Missouri children are faced with not knowing when they will eat their next meal on a regular basis. You can help provide hope by donating. Missouri’s food banks are working to provide relief to many
families struggling to make ends meet but they can’t do it alone. A donation of only $25 can provide up to 100 meals to our neighbors in need. Help us fight hunger in our county. The most-needed items include: canned meat, canned fruits and vegetables, beans, rice, cereal, peanut butter, soups and pasta. Drop off your donations (food or funds) at our office between April 2, 2024 and April 30, 2024 at 109 N 22nd St., Unionville ,Mo. 63565 , the office of Missouri Farm Bureau Insurance Agent. Joseph Carter During the campaign’s final days, each Missouri Farm Bureau Insurance office will deliver donations to a local pantry. A statewide grand total of donations in pounds will be announced along with total monetary donations. Last year’s efforts garnered nearly 4.4 tons of food and over $16,100.
Key Permit for NCMRWC Project Dam Approved
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Volume One Hundred Fifty-seven, Issue Number 41
Beals and Jackson Selected for 2024 FRS Washington, DC, Youth Tour
Maddi Beals and Sadie Jackson have been selected to attend the 2024 FRS Youth Tour to Washington, D.C., June 3-7, 2024. This annual event gives selected rural youth an all-expenses paid trip to tour our nation’s capital sponsored by NEMR and the Foundation for Rural Services. Pictured are the 2024 applicants. Pictured are (L to R): Maddie Beals, Putnam County R-I; Sadie Jackson, Scotland County R-I; Adelynn Hoyal, Scotland County R-I; and Lathen Lee, Putnam County R-I. Submitted by Jennifer Chrisman, Marketing and Sales Manager, NEMR.
West Pocket Park Sidewalk Work Milan, MO: On cies Act. The Roy Blunt is in Progress Wednesday March 27th, Reservoir will impact Chairman of the North Central Missouri Regional Water Commission (NCMRWC), Harve Rhodes signed the Clean Water Act Section 404 Permit, and it was delivered to the Kansas City District of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) where it was countersigned and approved. The 404 Permit requires that habitat impacted by a project must be replaced through restorative efforts in equal or greater amounts at another location preferably as near to the impacted area as possible. The NCMRWC has also satisfied the requirements for Cultural Resources and Endangered Spe-
jurisdictional Waters of the U.S., which includes wetlands. and its approved mitigation plan provides for restorative measures in the Lower Grand Watershed where it resides. The North Central Missouri Regional Water Commission’s Project Team reviewed dozens of proposals and sites in search for a combination of locations to restore habitat. None of those sites or proposals proved sufficient or economically feasible. The Project Team developed a plan for restoration at
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Work has begun on the sidewalk through the Pocket Park at the corner of 17th and Main Streets. The park is a project of the Unionville Rotary Club and is being funded through donations and grants. Engraved pavers are still available for purchase and will eventually be placed on the sidewalk. Photo credit: Tom Keedy
April 10, 2024
Free Classes Scheduled at PC Public Library Submitted by Mary Constock Two free classes are offered in April at the Putnam County Library. On April 12 beginning at 2 p.m., Linda Davis will demonstrate how to make ghee and yogurt. (Ghee is clarified butter.) Linda and her husband Darl own a milk cow and she has perfected various ways to use the abundance of milk produced by the cow. Samples and written instructions will be provided. Jennifer Schutter, University of Missouri Extension Horticulture Specialist, will give information on “Insects in the Garden” on Tuesday, April 30, beginning at 5:30 p.m. She will also answer general gardening questions at the end of the one-hour class. Both classes will be held in the meeting room of the library. The classes are sponsored by the Friends of the Putnam County Library group. Anyone interested in the library is welcome to join for an annual $5 fee. The group meets the third Monday of each month at 9 a.m. ~~~ “When adversity strikes, that’s when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.” -- LL Cool J ~~~