FRIDAY  08/18/17

AN ALERT FROM THE ADAIR COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFICE:  ECLIPSE GLASSES PROVIDED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFICE IN KIRKSVILLE HAVE BEEN RECALLED BY AMAZON AND SHOULD NOT BE USED TO VIEW THE ECLIPSE. 

THE COLUMBIA RED CROSS BLOOD DONATION CENTER WILL BE OPEN FOR DONORS FROM 7AM TO 3PM.  A RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE WILL BE HELD AT THE COLUMBIA VA HOSPITAL, FROM 8AM TO NOON.

THE ADAIR COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD A REGULAR CLINIC DAY WITH CHILDREN’S IMMUNIZATIONS, BLOOD SUGAR AND BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS, AND FASTING CHOLESTEROL SCREENINGS FOR ADAIR COUNTY RESIDENTS, ALL DAY, AT THEIR OFFICE IN KIRKSVILLE.

THE LIVINGSTON COUNTY HEALTH CENTER WILL HOLD A FREE SKIN CANCER SCREENING CLINIC, FROM 9AM TO NOON AND FROM 1 TO 4PM, BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, AT THEIR OFFICE IN CHILLICOTHE.  THEIR BREASTFEEDING CLASS WILL MEET AT 1PM AT HEDRICK MEDICAL CENTER IN CHILLICOTHE. 

THE SULLIVAN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD A BLOOD SUGAR AND BLOOD PRESSURE CLINIC, FROM 8:30 TO 9AM, AT THEIR OFFICE IN MILAN.

A VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER WILL BE IN MOBERLY, NEXT TO THE USDA BUILDING ON COUNTY ROAD 1325, FROM 9AM TO 4PM. 

THE MOBERLY HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES OF 1961 AND 1963 WILL MEET FOR LUNCH AT NELLY’S IN MOBERLY, AT 11:15AM. 

THE COMMUNITY BLOOD CENTER WILL HOLD A BLOOD DRIVE AT THE HAMILTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, FROM 2 TO 6PM. 

THE MOBERLY PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL HOLD A TEEN ‘END OF SUMMER’ LOCK-IN, WITH LOTS OF FUN, FOOD AND ACTIVITIES ABOUT MONDAY’S SOLAR ECLIPSE, FROM 6 TO 9PM AT THE LIBRARY IN MOBERLY. 

CHILLICOTHE’S CORNERSTONE CHURCH WILL HOLD A FREE BACK TO SCHOOL CELEBRATION AT CHILLICOTHE’S SIMPSON PARK, FROM 6:30 TO 8:30PM. 

DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF WALTER PLANT AT THE GRAND RIVER MULTIPURPOSE CENTER IN CHILLICOTHE, STARTING AT 7:30PM. 

SATURDAY  08/19/17

THE RED CROSS WILL HOLD A BLOOD DRIVE AT ROSE VALLEY GROCERY IN CARROLLTON, FROM 9AM TO 1PM.

THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN IN MOBERLY IS OPEN EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY TO SERVE MEALS TO LOCAL RESIDENTS IN NEED FROM 10AM-2PM AT 411 WEST REED IN MOBERLY.

THE KIRKSVILLE MOOSE RIDERS WILL HOST A MOTORCYCLE RODEO, FEATURING MOTORCYCLE GAMES, A BBQ, MUSIC AND MORE, FREE TO EVERYONE, FROM 10AM TO 7PM AT THE KIRKSVILLE MOOSE LODGE. 

A BACK TO SCHOOL SAFETY BASH WILL BE HELD AT THE JC PENNEY STORE IN KIRKSVILLE, FROM 10AM TO 2PM. 

THIS WEEK’S FREE SATURDAY MOVIE AT THE MOBERLY PUBLIC LIBRARY IS ‘MINIONS’, STARTING AT NOON. 

MOBERLY’S ANNUAL ‘TASTE OF MISSOURI’ WINE STROLL WILL FEATURE WINE, BEER AND WHISKEY TASTING AT SEVERAL VENUES IN DOWNTOWN MOBERLY, FROM 2 TO 10PM.  TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE DURING THE EVENT AT MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM. 

A RETIREMENT RECEPTION FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY ASSESSOR RICHARD TREGNAGO WILL BE HELD FROM 2 TO 4:30PM AT THE LODGE IN MOBERLY’S ROTHWELL PARK. 

THE MADISON AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR PULL WILL BE HELD AT THE MADISON ACTIVITY COMPLEX.  GATES OPEN AT 5PM AND THE PULLING ACTION STARTS AT 7. 

THE MILAN COMMUNITY CENTER WILL HOST ‘HOPE FOR MADDIE’, A BENEFIT FOR A SIX YEAR OLD GOING THROUGH EXTENSIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT.  GAMES, FACE-PAINTING, A DUNK TANK, PRIZES AND AN ‘EAT WHAT YOU WANT – PAY WHAT YOU WANT’ DINNER WILL BE HELD FROM 5 TO 10PM. 

COLUMBIA’S ODYSSEY CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES FEATURES A FREE LIVE CONCERT INSPIRED BY THE SOLAR ECLIPSE, STARTING AT 7PM AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN COLUMBIA. 

SUNDAY  08/20/17

THERE ARE RED CROSS BLOOD DONATION OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COLUMBIA AREA…THE COLUMBIA RED CROSS DONATION CENTER WILL BE ACCEPTING DONORS FROM 7AM TO 3PM…A BLOOD DRIVE WILL BE HELD AT OUR LADY OF LOURDES IN COLUMBIA, FROM 8AM TO 12:30PM. 

THE NOMO BOWHUNTING CLUB WILL HOLD A 3-D ARCHERY SHOOT, LOCATED WEST OF MOBERLY PAST WALMART. 

MOBERLY’S ST. PIUS X CATHOLIC CHURCH WILL HOST A PRE-ECLIPSE PARTY, WITH FOOD, GAMES, MUSIC AND FAMILY FUN, AT THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS PARADISE PARK IN MOBERLY, FROM NOON TO 7PM. 

THE COMMUNITY OF ROCHEPORT HAS A WEEKEND-LONG SOLAR ECLIPSE FESTIVAL UNDERWAY.  THE FRIENDS OF ROCHEPORT ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AND FUN FEWST WILL BE HELD FROM 1 TO 5PM ON THE LAWN OF THE MUSEUM. 

MONDAY  08/21/17

TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.  PARTIAL ECLIPSE BEGINS LATE MORNING WITH TOTAL ECLIPSE OCCURRING GENERALLY BETWEEN 1 AND 1:30PM, FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA.  ALSO NOTE:  THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS WARNING MOTORISTS TO BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY TRAFFIC IN THE AREA, AS ECLIPSE WATCHERS TRAVEL IN TO TAKE IN THE EVENT.  STAY OFF THE ROADWAYS, IF POSSIBLE, AROUND THE TIME OF THE TOTAL ECLIPSE, TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS.

ALSO, YOU’RE REMINDED TO HEED THE SAFETY WARNINGS AND DO NOT LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN DURING THE ECLIPSE, WITHOUT PROPERLY CERTIFIED SAFETY GLASSES.  EYE DAMAGE IS LIKELY, IF YOU’RE NOT PROPERY PROTECTED.      

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ECLIPSE WATCH PARTIES IN THE AREA. 

CHILLICOTHE WILL HOLD EVENTS AT THE COMFORT INN AND FAIRFIELD INN PARKING LOTS, WITH FOOD AND VEDORS AVAILABLE.  THE GRAND RIVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM WILL ALSO HOLD A WATCH PARTY WITH SPECIAL EXHIBITS AVAILABLE.  LOOK FOR MORE IN CHILLICOTHE EVENTS AT THEIR FACBOOK PAGE, ‘THE GREATEST ECLIPSE SINCE SLICED BREAD’. 

A WATCH PARTY WILL BE HELD AT MILL STONE PLAZA IN SALISBURY, FROM 11AM TO 2PM, WITH HAMBURGERS, HOT DOGS AND DRINKS. 

IN THE MOBERLY AREA, FAMILY LIFE FELLOWSHIP WILL HOLD AN ECLIPSE WATCH PARTY AT THE CHURCH, SHADY TUESDAYS IN DOWNTOWN MOBERLY WILL HOST A PARTY STARTING AT 11AM, THE COOPER OAK WINERY IN HIGBEE WILL START THEIR ECLIPSE WATCH AT 11AM. 

IN COLUMBIA, WATCH PARTIES ARE PLANNED ON THE MIZZOU QUADRANGLE, AT ROCK BRIDGE STATE PARK, IN COLUMBIA’S COSMO PARK,  AT CORPORATE LAKE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF COLUMBIA, AS WELL AS OTHER LOCATIONS. 

THE MACON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD A WIC RECERTIFICATION, BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, AND TB TESTING ALL DAY, AT THEIR OFFICE IN MACON. 

THE ADAIR COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD A REGULAR CLINIC DAY WITH CHILDREN’S IMMUNIZATIONS, BLOOD SUGAR AND BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS, AND FASTING CHOLESTEROL SCREENINGS FOR ADAIR COUNTY RESIDENTS, ALL DAY, AT THEIR OFFICE IN KIRKSVILLE.

THE LIVINGSTON COUNTY HEALTH CENTER WILL HOLD A WIC DAY AT THEIR OFFICE IN CHILLICOTHE. 

THE COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF NORTHERN MISSOURI WILL HOLD A WOMEN’S HEALTH CLINIC AT 511 ELM IN CHILLICOTHE, FROM 9:30AM TO NOON AND FROM 1:30 TO 5PM.

THE ADAIR COUNTY COMMISSION WILL MEET TODAY THRU WEDNESDAY FROM 8:30-4 AT THE COURTHOUSE IN KIRKSVILLE.

A VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER WILL BE IN MOBERLY, NEXT TO THE USDA BUILDING ON COUNTY ROAD 1325, FROM 9AM TO 4PM. 

THE RED CROSS WILL HOLD BLOOD DRIVES IN THE AREA…AT LOWE’S HOME IMPROVEMENT IN CHILLICOTHE, FROM 10AM TO 2PM…AND AT THE MERCER COUNTY SENIOR CENTER IN PRINCETON, FROM 1 TO 5PM. 

THE LINN COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT IS SET TO KICK OFF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR…THEY’LL HOLD A DAY-LONG OPEN HOUSE, FROM 10AM TO 6PM.  SENIOR ORIENTATION BEGINS AT 4PM, FRESHMAN ORIENTATION WILL BE HELD AT 4:30PM, THE REQUIRED ATHLETIC PARENTS MEETING WILL START AT 5PM IN THE LINN R-1 GYM. 

MOBERLY AA WILL MEET AT 8PM AT 23 KEHOE, IN MOBERLY.

THE MOBERLY OPTIMIST CLUB WILL MEET AT THE BRICK IN MOBERLY AT 6:30AM TOMORROW MORNING.