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You have an easy way to help feed the hungry when your mail arrives tomorrow. The National Association of Letter Carriers and the U.S. Postal Service are teaming up once again this year for their Help Stamp Out Hunger food drive. All you have to do is leave some non-perishable food items by your mailbox tomorrow and the letter carriers will pick it up when they deliver your mail. The letter carriers would like you to avoid leaving food that is in glass containers, but would take any other non-perishable items. You can find more information on this annual event at www.helpstampouthunger.com.
The Community Blood Center will again be looking to northwest Missouri to help keep blood supplies up in the area. The blood center will hold a blood drive this afternoon in Hopkins. The drive will be set up at the Hopkins Community Center on North 3rd Street from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Donors at today’s drive will receive free t-shirts for their efforts. The blood center asks that you eat well and drink plenty of fluids before you donate. If you would like more information on area drives or the Community Blood Center you can visit their website at
Maryville’s Rotary Club has been active in trying to keep shoes on the feet of orphans worldwide. The group recently collected 265 pairs of shoes and 87 pairs of socks that were sent to Buckner International’s Shoes for Orphan Souls program. The collection was part of about 17,000 pairs of shoes, 1,300 pairs of socks and $7,500 collected by 53 Rotary Clubs in Missouri. Shoes and socks collected are distributed by Buckner International to orphans in 55 countries throughout the world.
A Maryville woman was injured in an accident north of Stanberry yesterday afternoon. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 21-year-old Tabita Axtell suffered serious injuries when the car she was riding in pulled onto Highway 136 from Route B, two miles north of Stanberry. A second vehicle driven by 45-year-old Tomma Wirth of New Hampton, Missouri was on 136 and struck the driver’s side of the vehicle Axtell was in. The driver of Axtell’s vehicle was 19-year-old Daniel Sellers of Cuba, Missouri. Both Axtell and Sellers were taken to Northwest Medical Center in Albany before being taken by air ambulance to Heartland Regional Medical Center in St. Joseph with serious injuries.
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Updated May 9, 2008. Email the News
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