THURSDAY, 09-02-10
REMINDER: IT’S BROOKFIELD VS. MARCELINE, ALL WEEK LONG, AS BOTH COMMUNITIES ARE HOLDING A ‘BELL GAME WEEK’ FOOD DRIVE. DONATIONS ARE WELCOME ALL WEEK AT WALT DISNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MARCELINE…AND AT THE BROOKFIELD ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE SCHOOL OFFICE. DONATIONS BOXES WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FRIDAY NIGHT AT CHESTER RAY STADIUM.
A VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER WILL BE AT THE NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY IN MOBERLY FROM 8-4, THE PHONE # IS 660-263-4960.
THE BROOKFIELD LIONS CLUB WILL MEET AT NOON IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM AT THE BROOKFIELD FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THE MARCELINE ROTARY CLUB WILL MEET AT NOON AT ODD FELLOWS LODGE IN MARCELINE.
THE MOBERLY ROTARY CLUB WILL MEET AT THE HEARTLAND BANQUET ROOM IN MOBERLY AT NOON.
THE COLUMBIA CHAMBER AMBASSADORS WILL HOLD A RIBBON-CUTTING FOR THE MACC – COLUMBIA HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER, BEGINNING AT NOON.
THE RED CROSS WILL HOLD A BLOOD DRIVE AT THE CAIRO CHRISTIAN CHURCH, FROM 2:30 TO 6:30PM.
RANDOLPH COUNTY IS CONSIDERING REVISIONS TO ITS EXISTING COUNTY SEWER ORDINANCE AND A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING TO OBTAIN PUBLIC INPUT ON THE REVISIONS WILL BE HELD TODAY AT THE RANDOPLH COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFICE IN MOBERLY.
THE MACON COUNTY REPUBLICAN WOMEN WILL HOST A RECEPTION AT THE MACON COMFORT INN…CONGRESSMAN BLAINE LUETKEMEYER WILL BE ON-HAND FOR A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION, FROM 4:30 TO 6:30PM.
KIRKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL HOLD AN OPEN HOUSE FROM 5:30 TO 6:30PM.
A KIRKSVILLE AREA BOY SCOUTS SIGNUP EVENT WILL BE HELD AT RAY MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN KIRKSVILLE, STARTING AT 6PM.
THE 34TH GREAT PERSHING BALLOON DERBY GETS UNDERWAY WITH AN EVENING OF PAGEANTS. BALLOON DERBY ROYALTY WILL BE CROWNED IN FIVE AGE GROUPS, BEGINNING AT 6PM IN THE TWIN PARKS GAZEBO, IN DOWNTOWN BROOKFIELD. THE GREAT PERSHING BALLOON DERBY CONTINUES THRU MONDAY MORNING IN THE BROOKFIELD AREA.
A WEEKLY DIVORCE OR SEPARATION SUPPORT GROUP MEETS ON THURSDAY EVENINGS IN LANCASTER…FROM 6:30 TO 8:30PM AT THE XLCR BUILDING, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SQUARE.
FRIDAY, 09-03-10
THE ADAIR COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD A REGULAR CLINIC DAY, WITH CHILDREN’S IMMUNIZATIONS, BLOOD SUGAR AND BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS, AND FASTING CHOLESTEROL SCREENINGS FOR ADAIR COUNTY RESIDENTS, ALL DAY, AT THEIR OFFICE IN KIRKSVILLE.
A VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER WILL BE AT THE FAMILY SERVICE BUILDING IN MACON FROM 8 TO 4…THE PHONE NUMBER IS 660-385-6192
A VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER WILL BE AT THE MISSOURI CAREER CENTER IN CHILLICOTHE FROM 9 TO 4…THE PHONE NUMBER IS 646-0671.
THE MACON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY WILL HOLD ITS FUNDRAISING GARAGE SALE TO BENEFIT THE MUSEUM, STARTING AT 8AM TODAY AND SATURDAY.
THE COLUMBIA CHAMBER AMBASSADORS WILL HOLD A RIBBON-CUTTING AT NOON, FOR THE GRAND OPENING OF CELLULAR CONNECTIONS IN COLUMBIA.
THE RED CROSS WILL HOLD A BLOOD DRIVE AT THE MARSHALL WALMART STORE, FROM 2 TO 6PM.
THE 34TH GREAT PERSHING BALLOON DERBY CONTINUES IN DOWNTOWN BROOKFIELD…SIDEWALK SALES WILL BE HELD THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE SOUTH MAIN NIGHT FLAME GETS UNDERWAY AT 8PM. THE FIRST SANCTIONED BALLOON FLIGHT IS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY MORNING.
THE VANDALIA VFW POST WILL HOST A FUND-RAISING FISH FRY, WITH LIVE MUSIC AND MORE, FROM 4 TO 7PM AT THEIR LOCATION ON HIGHWAY 54 WEST IN VANDALIA.
THE 59TH NEW CAMBRIA FALL FESTIVAL GETS UNDERWAY, WILL A FULL EVENING SCHEDULE, STARTING AT 5PM. EVENTS INCLUDE THE PARADE, OPENING CEREMONIES, THE QUEEN CONTEST, LIVE MUSIC BY SOUTHERN EDGE AND A TEEN DANCE. THE FALL FESTIVAL CONTINUES ALL DAY SATURDAY IN NEW CAMBRIA.
BROOKFIELD AND MARCELINE FACE OFF IN THE ANNUAL BELL GAME AT CHESTER RAY STADIUM IN MARCELINE. THE FIRST EVER BROOKFIELD VS. MARCELINE FFA BELL GAME COOKOFF BEGINS AT 5PM, OUTSIDE THE MAIN GATE AT THE STADIUM, AND COLLECTION BOXES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR THE COMPETITIVE FOOD DRIVE BETWEEN THE TWO SCHOOLS. WE’LL HAVE LIVE BELL GAME COVERAGE ON KZBK-FM AND KFMZ-AM, COMING UP.
KIRKSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WILL HOST ‘ORANGE CRUSH’ NIGHT, AT KIRKSVILLE’S HOME FOOTBALL GAME VS. CHILLICOTHE. HELP CRUSH HUNGER AND GET A REDUCED ADMISSION PRICE BY WEARING ORANGE AND DONATING A NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS TO THE FOOD BANK. A BOOSTER CLUB TAILGATE PARTY BEGINS AT 5PM.
TRENTON HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI WEEKEND FESTIVITIES GET UNDERWAY WITH A MIXER AT 6PM AT THE RIVERSIDE COUNTRY CLUB, ALONG WITH ACTIVITIES SURROUNDING TRENTON’S HOME FOOTBALL OPENER AT C.F. RUSSELL STADIUM.
THE MOBERLY SPARTANS BOYS SOCCER SHOOTOUT WILL BE HELD THIS WEEKEND, WITH GAMES THIS EVENING AND SATURDAY. IT’S ALSO THE MOBERLY FOOTBALL HOME OPENER AT LARRY K. NOEL STADIUM, AS THE SPARTANS HOST SCHOOL OF THE OSAGE.
MACON HIGH SCHOOL WILL HOLD ITS FBLA DANCE, FOLLOWING THE MACON HOME FOOTBALL OPENER VS. MONROE CITY…UNTIL 11PM.
DOWNTOWN CHILLICOTHE’S FINAL ‘TUNES UNDER THE MOON’ CONCERT WILL BE HELD, FEATURING STREETSIDE VENDORS AND LIVE ACOUSTIC COUNTRY MUSIC BY COLES WHALEN, STARTING AT 7PM.
CROWDER STATE PARK, LOCATED WEST OF TRENTON, WILL HOST A FREE ‘CREATURES OF THE NIGHT’ PROGRAM, STARTING AT 8PM IN THE CAMPGROUND AMPHITHEATRE.
SATURDAY, 09-04-10
THE 34TH GREAT PERSHING BALLOON DERBY CONTINUES THRU MONDAY. THE FIRST SANCTIONED BALLOON FLIGHT IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS MORNING, WITH A BALLOON FESTIVAL IN DOWNTOWN BROOKFIELD, FEATURING SIDEWALK SALES, CRAFT BOOTHS, GAZEBO ENTERTAINMENT AND MORE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE BALLOONISTS PARADE BEGINS AT NOON. GATES OPEN AT THE LAUNCH SITE AT 4PM WITH AN EVENING BALLOON FLIGHT FOLLOWED BY A ‘NITE LIGHT’ AT 8PM.
A BAKE SALE TO BENEFIT BABY KATRINA WILL BE HELD ON THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THE BERRY PATCH IN BROOKFIELD, FROM 8AM TO 1PM.
THE PURDIN COMMUNITY CENTER WILL HAVE SLABS OF RIBS AVAILABLE AS A FUND-RAISER, STARTING AT 9AM IN THE ORSHCELN PARKING LOT IN BROOKFIELD…AND DINNERS AVAILABLE AT THE BALLOON DERBY LAUNCH SITE THIS EVENING.
THE MACON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY CONTINUES ITS FUNDRAISING GARAGE SALE TO BENEFIT THE MUSEUM…STARTING AT 8AM AT 504 BROADWAY IN MACON.
THE MOBERLY SPARTAN BOYS SOCCER SHOOTOUT CONTINUES WITH A FULL SCHEDULE OF GAMES TODAY.
THE 2010 LA PLATA SOYBEAN FESTIVAL GETS UNDERWAY WITH VENDORS IN THE PARK ALL DAY, A NUMBER OF GAMES AND CONTESTS, OPENING CEREMONIES AT NOON, STAGE ENTERTAINMENT THRU THE EVENING, AND THE ROYALTY PAGEANTS STARTING AT 5:30PM.
THE 59TH NEW CAMBRIA FALL FESTIVAL CONTINUES ALL DAY, WITH A VARIETY OF GAMES AND CONTESTS, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND MORE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE EVENING’S SCHEDULE FEATURES PERFORMANCES BY CARL ACUFF, JR. AT 6:15 AND 8:20PM.
TRENTON HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI WEEKEND EVENTS CONTINUE, WITH REGISTRATION AND AN OPEN HOUSE AT THE SCHOOL FROM 9 TO 11AM, FOLLOWED BY A VARIETY OF EVENTS BY VARIOUS CLASSES, AND THE ALL ALUMNI DANCE AT 9PM AT THE TRENTON ELKS LODGE.
CROWDER STATE PARK, LOCATED WEST OF TRENTON, CONTINUES A SERIES OF FREE PROGRAMS OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. NATURE BINGO BEGINS AT 10AM IN THE CAMPGROUND AMPHITHEATRE.
THE ANNUAL MARK TWAIN FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD, WITH LIVE MUSIC, PERIOD CRAFTS, KIDS GAMES, FOOD VENDORS AND MORE, FROM 10AM TO 4PM, AT THE MARK TWAIN BIRTHPLACE STATE HISTORIC SITE, LOCATED AT MARK TWAIN STATE PARK.
THE ARROW ROCK LYCEUM THEATRE PRESENTS ITS PRODUCTION OF ‘PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES’, OPENING WITH PERFORMANCES AT 2PM AND 8PM.
THE 4TH ANNUAL ‘BATTLE OF BROOKFIELD’ MUD BOG AND SIDE BY SIDE DRAG RACES WILL BE HELD AT THE DRAG STRIP LOCATED SOUTH OF BROOKFIELD. GATES OPEN AT 3PM. PROCEEDS BENEFIT LINN COUNTY 4H AND FFA.
THE ANNUAL MACON JAYCEES MUD RUN WILL BE HELD AT THE MACON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IN MACON. A FULL EVENING OF EVENTS BEGINS AT 6PM.
THE 2010 KIRKSVILLE WILD WEST DAYS RODEO WILL BE HELD TONIGHT AND SUNDAY EVENING, STARTING AT 7:30PM, AT THE NEMO FAIRGROUNDS.
THE ANNUAL PARIS BULLRIDE WILL BE HELD AT 8PM TONIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT.
SUNDAY, 09 05-10
THE 34TH GREAT PERSHING BALLOON DERBY CONTINUES WITH BALOON FLIGHTS SCHEDULED FOR MORNING AND EVENING. THE ANNUAL LABOR DAY FLY-IN AT THE NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI REGIONAL AIRPORT INCLUDES A PANCAKE BREAKFAST, PLANE RIDES FOR KIDS AGE 7 THRU 14, STARTING AT 9AM, AIRCRAFT DISPLAYS AND MORE. GATES REOPEN AT THE LAUNCH SITE AT 4PM FOR THE EVENING BALLOON FLIGHT, FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER NITE LITE AT 8PM. THE FINAL COMPETITIVE BALLOON FLIGHT IS SCHEDULED FOR 7:15AM MONDAY.
THE 2010 LA PLATA SOYBEAN FESTIVAL CONTINUES WITH VENDORS IN THE PARK ALL DAY. A CHURCH SERVICE IN THE PARK BEGINS AT 11AM. THE AFTERNOON’S SCHEDULE INCLUDES BLOW UP GAMES FOR THE KIDS AND A TRUCK AND TRACTOR PULL. THE EVENING FEATURES AN OLD TIMERS BALL GAME AND A TEEN DANCE. THE FESTIVAL CONTINUES IN LA PLATA, ALL DAY MONDAY.
TRENTON HIGH SCHOOL’S ALUMNI WEEKEND ACTIVITIES CONCLUDE WITH A BRUNCH, STARTING AT 10AM, IN THE HIGH SCHOOL COMMONS.
CROWDER STATE PARK, LOCATED WEST OF TRENTON, CONTINUES A SERIES OF FREE PROGRAMS FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND…A CAMPFIRE COOKING DEMONSTRATION WILL BE HELD AT 2PM.
MOBERLY’S ROTHWELL PARK MINI-TRAIN WILL HAVE ITS NORMAL SUNDAY AFTERNOON RUN, FROM 1 TO 5PM.
THE PEACE NOOK IN COLUMBIA KICKS OFF A NEW FILM SERIES WITH A FREE SHOWING OF ‘NORMA RAE, STARTING AT 7PM.
THE 2010 KIRKSVILLE WILD WEST DAYS RODEO CONTINUES AT 7:30PM AT THE NEMO FAIRGROUNDS IN KIRKSVILLE.
THE ANNUAL PARIS BULLRIDE CONTINUES WITH A FULL NIGHT OF ACTION, STARTING AT 8PM.