News Update

49th Annual Farm City Banquet next week

     Plans are being finalized for next week’s Farm-City Banquet in Maryville.
      The Maryville Chamber of Commerce is putting on the 49th annual event in the J.W. Jones Student Union Ballroom on the Northwest Missouri State Campus next Monday. The event includes a dinner, awards for outstanding farm family, farm woman, farm youth, conservationist and farm advocate. There will also be recognitions for Missouri Century Farms from Nodaway County, Extension Leader Honor Roll and the Nodaway County Hall of Fame.
      This year’s guest speaker will be Missouri’s Director of the Department of Agriculture, Dr. Jon Hagler.
      Tickets for the banquet are available at Maryville area banks as well as the Chamber of Commerce.

Legislators to discuss higher education in Maryville

     Three northwest Missouri legislators will be in Maryville tomorrow evening addressing what challenges are ahead for higher education in the state.
      Senator Brad Lager, Representative Mike Thomson and Representative Rob Schaaf will discuss with attendees the future of higher education in the state and more specifically how it will affect Northwest Missouri State University, with the budget the biggest concern in recent years.
      Members of Northwest’s Political Science Club will moderate the event at the J.W. Jones Student Union Ballroom. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions of the legislators as well.
      Tomorrow’s discussion will take place at 7:00 PM and is free and open to the public.

Nearly $4,500 donated to MHS by Ford

     A recent fundraising effort netted nearly $4,500 for Maryville High School.
      Ford, Lincoln Mercury’s Drive One 4 UR School Program brought to Maryville by Tri State Ford, Lincoln Mercury saw 223 people test drive vehicles, which drew a donation of $20 each for the Maryville Booster Club. After verifying each test drive registration was from a different household the car company donated the $4,460 to the booster club.
      Since starting the program in 2007 Ford Motor Company has donated more than $1.3 million to high schools across the nation.

MoDOT to allow heavier trucks for harvest

     JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Heavy rains could lead to some heavier trucks on Missouri roads.
      An unusually wet fall has made it harder for some farmers to get their crops out of the fields. So the Missouri Department of Transportation is making it easier for them to haul their crops to market.
      At the request of the state Department of Agriculture, the transportation department has issued an emergency declaration. It allows trucks to be loaded up to 10 percent heavier than their legally licensed weight when taking crops to local grain bins, elevators or processors.
      The heavier loads are not allowed on Missouri interstates, nor on any bridge with a weight restriction lower than that of the loaded vehicle.