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Skidmore Punkin Show sees great weather, turnout
SKIDMORE, Mo. — The weather was nearly perfect for this year’s Skidmore Punkin Show and the crowds were out in force. The four-day event began Thursday, July 28 with a queen contest and ended Sunday, July 31 with a community church service at the stage and a pot-luck meal. In between, community members and other…
Read More4-H/FFA members show goats at Nodaway County Livestock Show
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Youth goat farmers from across Nodaway County showed their goats on Wednesday, July 13 at the 2022 Nodaway County 4-H/FFA Livestock Goat Show at the Nodaway County Community Building, located at 25669 Hawk Road near the Northwest Missouri Regional Airport. Overall, Gabriel Derks won supreme champion breeding goat, and Samuel Derks won…
Read MorePoultry shown at Nodaway County 4-H/FFA Livestock Show
MARYVILLE, Mo. — A variety of poultry was shown on Thursday, July 14 at the 2022 Nodaway County 4-H/FFA Livestock Poultry Show at the Nodaway County Community Building. RESULTS Large Chicken Class 1 First place – Kayl Brooke Class 2 First place– Carter Wennihan Second place – Kayl Brooke Third place – Taylor Brooke Class…
Read MoreMaryville High School show choir kicks off competition season in Iowa
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Maryville High School’s premier vocal music show choir offered friends and family members a preview of Spectrum’s stage performance “Strictly Business” on Friday, Jan. 7, just one night before it kicked off the competition season at the Mid-Iowa Show Choir Championships in Ankeny, Iowa. Vanessa Parsons, Maryville High School vocal music director,…
Read MoreSticken takes Best in Show again
MARYVILLE, Mo. — No real surprise to anyone, Everett Sticken with his 1957 Triumph took home the Best in Show prize at this year’s Nodaway County Fair Motorcycle Show. Even with a bike that has won three consecutive fair Best in Shows, he hasn’t stopped collecting special, beautiful and rare motorcycles. “They just find me,”…
Read MoreRain doesn’t stop Nodaway County 4-H/FFA poultry show
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Dealing with heavy rainfall, exhibitors at the Nodaway County 4-H/FFA Poultry Show kicked off July 15 dealt with slips, falls and a tiny bit of blood letting. Putting the show just slightly behind schedule, a blood test was performed on each bird by a state veterinarian. Once that was completed and almost…
Read MoreYouths come from northwest Missouri for rabbit show
MARYVILLE, Mo. — With an abundance of entries this year, the 2021 Nodaway County 4-H/FFA Rabbit Show offered a plethora of bunnies for Jenna Ellison to judge July 15 at the Nodaway County Community Building. The Pee Wee Division saw only one exhibitor, Kirby Boyer, 5, from Clover Woods Mini Rex Rabbitry in St. Joseph.…
Read MoreNodaway County 4-H/FFA Beef and Dairy Show results
MARYVILLE, Mo. — With several entries, the Nodaway County 4-H/FFA Livestock Beef and Dairy Show went off without a hitch on July 13. Landon Liebhart, with Northwest Technical School FFA, won Senior Showmanship and Josie Baker, with Nodaway and Busy Bee 4-H won Junior Showmanship. RESULTS Bucket Calf First place – Josie King – Tarkio…
Read MoreNodaway County entrants show well at 4-H/FFA Goat Show
MARYVILLE, Mo. — With a somewhat smaller number of entrants, the Nodaway County 4-H/FFA Goat Show saw some extremely successful animal tenders on Tuesday morning. Opening the week’s activities, youths got into gear parading their animals with care, and sometimes a bit of cajoling. Champion Dairy Goat went to Josie King while Champion Meat Doe…
Read MoreBeatty follows call to ‘go try everything’
RAVENWOOD, Mo. — On a shelf in Heidi Beatty’s third grade classroom, tucked away with all the other products of what she affectionately calls “years of love and accumulation” around her desk, is a binder that, like Beatty herself, seems to be bursting at the seams, overflowing with pieces of positivity that can barely be…
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