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There will be a blood drive from 1:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, at the Church of Christ, 302 East Hospital Road in the Fellowship Hall. Schedule your appointment at www.cbco.org. Photo ID required. Eat and drink well prior to the blood drive.

MU Extension will provide a Warm Season Grass Cattle Grazing Workshop on Feb. 1 beginning at 1:00 p. m. at the Immanuel Lutheran Church and School in Lockwood.  This workshop is part of the NRCS + MU Grasslands Project. Jill Scheidt and Patrick Davis, MU Extension Regional Agronomy and Livestock Field Specialists, respectively, will provide

Hazel Dell Missionary Baptist Church will hold its revival meeting beginning at 7:30 p.m. Monday night, Jan. 21, Monday-Saturday evenings and 5:30 Sunday evenings. Helping Pastor Jason Cornell, will be Brother Brock Devine.

Stockton area residents are invited to attend the ribbon cutting ceremony and open house for the new 90-bed Lake Stockton Healthcare Facility (LSHCF) on Saturday, Jan. 26. The ribbon cutting ceremony will start at 1:30 p.m. with the open house following until 4 p.m. Guests will be able to tour the facility, talk with staff,

On Friday, Jan. 18, the Mo-Kan Square Dancers will hold  a dance with Jay Wright calling from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in the Home Ec Building at the Vernon County Fairgrounds, Nevada.  Admission is $5 per adult dancer and $3 per youth dancer.  All dancers and interested persons are invited. For information, call the Harolds

MU Extension will have a beef cattle producers meeting beginning at 6 p.m. Feb. 11 in the Cedar County Library, 717 East Street, Stockton.     Patrick Davis and Andy McCorkill, Regional Livestock Field Specialists with MU Extension, will provide the evening’s education. They will discuss proper replacement heifer and bull development. Cost of the

Cattle producers will hear how to grow warm-season grasses for better nutrition and profits at a free Jan. 28 workshop in Vernon County. University of Missouri Extension agronomy specialist Pat Miller tells producers how to develop and manage warm-season grasses. MU Extension livestock specialist Patrick Davis shares how warm-season grasses offer better nutrition for cattle.

An MU Extension Soil Fertility Shortcourse will be held in El Dorado Springs, January 29, 31, Februrary 5, 7, and 12 (Tuesdays and Thursdays) evenings from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Cedar County Library. 808 S. Main, El Dorado Springs.    The International Plant Nutrition Institute Soil Fertility Manual will be used for the

Walker Rural Fire Department will host a chili and soup supper beginning at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, in the Walker Rural Fire Barn, Hwy. C, Walker. The menu will include chili, soups, desserts, iced tea, lemonade and coffee. A donation box will be present. Please give what you can and help raise money to