Vol 32 no 03
January 17,
2024
Community
Spotlight Night, featuring ACHS FCCLA Department will be 6:00-8:00 p.m. January
18 in the Commons Area. Come listen to District updates, get a campus tour, and
listen to presentations from the talented group of FCCLA students. Refreshments
and snack will be provided.
Due to
the inclement weather last weekend, River of Life Fellowship, 2nd and
Vernon Streets in Rockville, has rescheduled the Deliverance Seminar to the
weekend of January 27 - 28. They will
have a meeting at 3:00 p.m. with Dr. Steve Highlander and Pastor Cody Persell,
both sharing about deliverance, followed by a light snack meal. They will then have an evening worship
meeting followed by teaching and a time of individual prayer for healing and
deliverance, to begin near 6:00 p.m. Regular Sunday morning includes Sunday
School and fellowship at 9:30 a.m., followed by worship service with Cody
ministering and praying over needs, beginning around 10:15 a.m. The weekend concludes with an evening service
Sunday night at 6:00 p.m. that will have a time of worship and teaching, as
well as a mass deliverance meeting.
There is no cost associated with any of these meetings and all are
welcome to attend any or all of them.
St. Mary's
School will have their annual dinner on Saturday, February 3 from 5:00 - 8:30 p.m.
in St. Mary's School basement. The
dinner consists of spaghetti, salad, breadsticks, dessert, tea, and
lemonade. The dinner is a free will
donation. They will also be having a
silent auction, 50-50 raffle, and 2 basket raffles. Names will be drawn for everything at 8:30 p.m. You do not need to be present to win.
It is
once again time for any non-profits to determine if they could use a quilt to
help with their fund raising needs. All
you have to do is write an essay and send it in. Best essay wins. Your essay should tell who your non-profit
is, what it does and how you would use the quit to raise money for the
non-profit. Be sure to include your
mailing address and phone number. Send the essay to Elva Gwinn Huffman Essay
Contest c/o DbarJ Quilts etc, PO Box 48, Rockville MO 64780. This year, they
will accept email submissions at [email protected]. All essays need to
arrive before March 31, 2024 as they will be read April 2. Any question may be
asked at 660-679-1809.
Extension
services from universities of Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Missouri, and
Arkansas are providing a joint conference titled the KOMA Beef Cattle
Conference. This year’s Missouri portion
of the conference will be held on February 12, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. at the MU Southwest Research Extension and Education Center, 14548 State
Rd H, Mount Vernon, MO 65712. This year’s conference will update the public on
recent research from the 4 universities in cattle feeding, supplementation,
reproduction, and grazing management.
These presentations will be given by university agricultural graduate
students and professors. In addition,
there will be a keynote presentation given by James Mitchell who is an
extension livestock economist with the University of Arkansas Division of
Agriculture. A catered lunch will be provided by MERCK Animal Health. In addition, snacks and drinks will be
provided throughout the day. Agriculture businesses that support the event will
also have booths set up. Attendees can
visit the booths and learn how their products can help improve their beef
cattle operation. To attend the event, register and pay the fee prior to
February 8. Fee for the event is $20 per
person. No refunds for cancellations
after the registration deadline. No
walk-in registrations allowed. Register
online at https://extension.missouri.edu/events/koma-beef-cattle-conference. For questions related to registration or the
conference contact the Cedar County MU Extension Center at (417) 276-3313, ext.
4, or by email at [email protected].
The 40th
SW MO Spring Forage Conference will be held Tuesday, February 20, 2024, at the
Oasis Hotel and Convention Center, 2546 N. Glenstone Ave., Springfield,
Missouri. Keynote presenter Jim Gerrish, independent grazing lands consultant,
will address the conference on “Why we can’t continue business as usual” from
his numerous years of research and outreach experience in grazing and ranch management. Besides Gerrish’s keynote presentation, he
will also have a presentation following lunch titled “Does Cow Size Really
Matter?” For further education, conference participants can attend several
breakout sessions. Breakout session
topics include pasture recovery following drought, benefits of annual forages,
native warm season grass establishment & management, enterprise options for
$5000/acre pasture, extending the grazing season, managing nitrates in your
forage system, understanding beef quality & yield, geo fencing, benefits
& economics of liming, black vultures, and stretching your forage through
efficient hay feeding. This conference
also provides educational sessions specific to sheep and goat producers. These
session topics include myths around parasite control, breed selection or
crossbreeding, and a multi-species grazing Q&A that includes a key small
ruminant industry producer as well as being moderated by an MU Extension
Specialist. There will also be a
producer panel discussing guard animals that includes local sheep and goat
producers. A trade show is held in
conjunction with the conference.
Agricultural businesses and organizations will have exhibits and
representatives available to discuss their products and services. If interested
in becoming an exhibitor or sponsor, contact Jody Wade at the Webster County MO
SWCD office at (417) 468-4176 ext. 3 or by email at [email protected]. Conference
check-in begins at 8:00 a.m., with sessions running from 8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
A banquet luncheon is included with the registration. The cost is $55 per
person. To attend, register by February
9 online at www.springforageconference.com.
No walk-in registration allowed.
For additional questions contact Jody Wade at the Webster County MO SWCD
office at (417) 468-4176 ext. 3 or by email at [email protected].
Ellett
Memorial Hospital Appleton City offers outpatient specialist services for January.
Call 660-476-2111 for appointments: Jan 17 – Upper GI, Colonoscopy-Dr. Namin,
Jan 18– Podiatry- Dr. Pace, Jan 23 –
Rheumatology-Dr. John, Jan 24 - Ortho-Dr. Gray, Jan 24 – Ophthalmology-Dr. Soni,
Feb 1– OB/GYN, Dr. Kallberg, Feb 7–
Upper GI, Colonoscopy-Dr. Vardakis, Feb
9 - Ortho-Dr. Gray, Feb 13 –
Rheumatology-Dr. John, Feb 14– Upper GI,
Colonoscopy-Dr. Vardakis, Feb 15– Podiatry- Dr. Pace, Feb 21 – Upper GI,
Colonoscopy-Dr. Namin, Feb 28 - Ortho-Dr. Gray,
Feb 28 – Ophthalmology-Dr. Soni.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Jan
18 Community Spotlight Night,
featuring ACHS FCCLA Department 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the Commons Area
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