People & Living

December 1, 1944 • The United Presbyterian Church is now equipped with a new forced air heating plant which was installed last month. The plant includes a furnace with two  Continue Reading »

December 1, 1944 • Winter weather hit this section of the country Tuesday and brought the first snow of any consequence for the season. Snow fell most of the afternoon  Continue Reading »

The Community Hospital Auxiliary is still selling tickets to win a beautiful quilt. This year’s quilt pattern is the Carpenter’s Star. The quilt was designed and pieced by Judy Laflin  Continue Reading »

Diana Vernon was the guest speaker at the noon meeting of the Tarkio Rotary Club on November 19, 2019. She shared information about her mission trip to Romania this year  Continue Reading »

Tarkio’s community newspaper, The Tarkio Avalanche, started operations on Third Street in 1884. Its first publisher was C.B. Casper. From 1916 until 1981, the paper was owned and published by  Continue Reading »

Fairfax Sorosis met Monday, November 18, 2019, at the Fairfax Methodist Church Fellowship Hall in Fairfax, Missouri. Roll call was answered with naming your favorite Thanksgiving salad.  Cranberry seemed to  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Pastor Richard Boettner, Rock Port Baptist Church “Always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Ephesians 5:20) I am  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio/Westboro Ministerial Alliance is hosting God and Man services December 2-6 beginning at 7:00 a.m. Services Monday through Thursday will be held at the Tarkio Assembly of God Church  Continue Reading »

This year will mark the 61st anniversary of Rock Port’s God and Man services. This year’s services will be held  December 9-13, 7:00 – 7:30 a.m. The host church this  Continue Reading »

First Christian Church, Rock Port, will host an open house and dedication of its new stained glass window Sunday, December 8, 2019. The dedication will be 1:30 – 2:00 p.m.  Continue Reading »

The OATS Transit has announced the following schedule from Atchison County to: Shenandoah: Dec. 3 St. Joseph: Dec. 31 Maryville: Dec. 17 Tarkio in-town: Dec. 6 & 20 OATS Transit  Continue Reading »

The Rock Port Food Pantry is currently low on the following items: macaroni and cheese, tomatoes, crackers, canned beans, potatoes, stuffing, syrup, pasta, pasta sauce, sugar, cooking oil, mandarin oranges,  Continue Reading »