The Jamesport Community Association will sponsor the 11th Annual Handcrafted Furniture and Crafts Auction next month. The event will be held at the Spillman Event Center in Jamesport March 10th starting at 9 o’clock in the morning and will include items made by the Amish; dining, living, bedroom, kitchen, and office furniture; quilts; and crafts. […]
Missourians are fortunate to be home to plentiful agriculture which grows a variety of foods like beef, pork, peaches, walnuts, watermelon, potatoes, sweet corn and so much more. Today, the Missouri Department of Agriculture has unveiled its new Missouri Grown website, www.MissouriGrownUSA.com, which connects consumers to the bounty of food grown and raised in the […]
The Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri will celebrate Community Action Month by collecting items for food pantries. Energy Services Representative Kim Brashear urges everyone to donate non-food items to their local food pantries, such as shampoo, toothpaste, soap, and other toiletries. She explains that EBT cards cannot be used to purchase those items, […]
The Scouting for Food drive on Saturday in Trenton resulted in the collection of nearly two thousand pounds of non-perishable food, paper products, and personal hygiene items. The 1,965 pounds was an increase of 90 pounds over last year and the greatest amount in three years. Boy Scouts from Troops 97 and 99, Cub Scouts from […]
Scouts from the Trenton area hold their annual “Scouting for Food” campaign October 29th. Collection bags will be distributed this Saturday, October 22nd for pickup on October 29th beginning at 9 o’clock that morning. All non-perishable food, personal hygiene, paper products, and cleaning supplies will be donated to the Grundy County Food Pantry. Food items […]
This fall millions of Americans will make an annual pilgrimage to a retail outlet to purchase a vegetable that, unfortunately, they are very unlikely to eat, said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein. While many people throughout the world use pumpkin as a staple in their diet, in the United States this colorful member […]
The Chula Street Fair is set to begin on Saturday, September 17, with a full slate of activities. You can start your day with biscuits, gravy, and coffee which will be available from 7 until 9:30 at the Community Center for a free will donation which benefits the Chula Rural Fire Department. A baby show begins […]
Six schools will again participate in the Backpack Buddies supplemental food program through the community food pantry of Grundy County. Distribution of the backpacks and food items is scheduled at the schools beginning after Labor Day. Participating schools are Rissler elementary, Trenton Middle school, Pleasant View R-6, Grundy R-5 at Humphreys, Laredo, and Spickard. Ginny Wikoff […]
Home food preservation has been making a comeback in a big way. Many people with gardens at home are finding it beneficial to preserve the extra produce instead of letting it go to waste. While home food preservation can take quite a bit of time, the end result is well worth the work. Safety has […]
Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge will be hosting its final “First Fridays at the Refuge” event of the 2016 season on August 5. As in past years, the event will have multiple activities focused on a family-friendly atmosphere. Stations will include Archery, a prairie maze, a birders’ quest, canoes, a turtle tank, and a hot […]
Another activity has been announced for the Hometown Independence Day celebration July 3rd in Princeton. There will be a tractor cruise starting at 2 o’clock. The group will leave from the city barn; then return to the Princeton school campus for evening activities. More information on the tractor cruise can be obtained from Dewayne Demoss […]
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that turkey hunters checked 44,187 birds during Missouri’s 2016 regular spring turkey season April 18 through May 8. Top harvest counties were Franklin with 961 birds checked, St. Clair with 878, and Texas with 861. Young turkey hunters harvested 4,167 birds during the 2016 spring youth […]
