Community briefs 03/01/04

AARP meets today at Grace United

The Cape Girardeau County chapter of AARP will meet at 1:30 p.m. today at Grace United Methodist Church, Broadway and Caruthers. The program will be "The Mississippi River -- Our Greatest Resource" by Frank Nickell of Southeast Missouri State University.

Sunflowers subject of Jackson meeting

The University of Missouri Extension and the Jefferson Institute will present information about new varieties of sunflowers among other related subjects from 12 to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Woodard's Restaurant, Jackson. For more information, call (573) 449-3518.

Women's Impact Awards scheduled for March 13

An awards breakfast to honor five women in leadership roles who serve as role models will be held at 8:30 a.m. March 13 at Dempster Hall on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. Recipients are Dr. Karen Hendrickson, Joyce Peerman, Dr. Janet Ruopp, Marjorie Thompson and Valeria Tuschhoff. For more information, call 334-7741.

Agriculture seminar to be held in Jackson

Outlook for Missouri Agriculture 2004 will include topics and presentations that focus on commodity outlook, Missouri representative farm outlook, relevant ag policy and recent market developments. The event will be from 8 to 10:30 a.m. March 9 at the University Extension Center in Jackson. For more information, call 243-3581.

MoDOT holding annual poster, coloring contest

MoDOT is sponsoring its fourth annual coloring and poster contest for students in third to sixth grade, and children ages 2 to 5. The theme is why work zone safety is important. To enter, log onto MoDOT's Web site at www.modot.org, click Your Local MoDOT, click Southeast District. Coloring sheets can be printed from the Web site. Entries should be sent to MoDOT Southeast District, P.O. Box 160, Sikeston, Mo. 63801. Deadline is March 19. For more information, call (888) ASK-MODOT.

American Legion Post 158 meets

At a recent American Legion Post 158 meeting. Homecomers plans were reported as productive. Contributions to the Post 158 American Legion Memorial Scholarship were from Norman Short in memory of brothers Grub Short, Paul (Bill) Short and Al Bertling. An executive committee meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday; a Legion meeting at 7 p.m. March 9 and the Legion birthday banquet will be held at 6:30 p.m. March 18.

-- From staff reports