People & Living

November 24, 1944 • John Miles gets the ribbon for the largest turnip reported so far this year. He brought a turnip to Bolin Produce last week that weighed seven  Continue Reading »

The Rock Port Food Pantry is currently low on the following items: Crackers, stuffing, syrup, pasta, pasta sauce, sugar, cooking oil, mandarin oranges, pineapple, beef stew, small canned hams, peanut  Continue Reading »

Operation Christmas Child Collection Week is Monday, November 18, through Monday, November 25, at the United Methodist Church in Rock Port. If you have shoe boxes for the Operation Christmas  Continue Reading »

Dan Gabbert, Rotary District 6040 Foundation Fund Development Chairman, was the guest speaker at the November 12 meeting of the Tarkio Rotary Club. The Rotary Foundation has been in existence  Continue Reading »

Florence (Gillett) Demott, formerly of Rock Port, Missouri, will celebrate her 100th birthday on Tuesday, November 19, 2019. Join Florence and her family for a light lunch and an open  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax Food Pantry Board met Monday, November 11, 2019, with 11 members and one guest present. Churches represented were: Tarkio – St. Paul’s Catholic, First Christian, and Presbyterian; Fairfax  Continue Reading »

Leo Hanmin Yoo Emily and Sam Yoo announce the birth of a baby boy, Leo Hanmin Yoo, born October 15, 2019, at Boone Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. Leo weighed seven  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Pastor Mike Christian, Jr., Tarkio Assembly of God “Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth! Worship the Lord with gladness; come before Him with joyful songs.  Continue Reading »

Mike Hawkins, left, with Oswald Crow in Tarkio, presents Atchison County Multi-Purpose Center Director Juli Buhman, right, with a $100 charity grant at the Tarkio Nutrition Center. When Mike Hawkins  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio Nutrition Center held a Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings Friday, November 15, 2019. Pictured above enjoying the meal are: clockwise from bottom – Bev Sands, John Sands,  Continue Reading »

(Submitted by Jillian Hannah, Farmers City 4-H reporter) On October 30, 2019, Farmers City 4-H held their monthly meeting at MDT Woodworks in Fairfax, Missouri. On Friday, November 15, 2019, Farmers  Continue Reading »

The Fairfax United Methodist Church set a goal of 100 Operation Christmas Child boxes. As of Wednesday, November 13, they only needed 16 to meet their goal. Filled boxes need  Continue Reading »