LEGISLATORS PLAN LISTENING POSTS

Aides of Sens. Christopher "Kit" Bond and John Ashcroft will hold "listening posts" in the region Wednesday to hear from constituents.

Tom Schulte, district office director for the senators, will be at Klein's Medicate in Ste. Genevieve from 9 to 10 a.m.; Hoeckele's Bakery in Perryville from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; Gray Law Office in Marble Hill from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.; and the Chamber of Commerce in Jackson from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Rep. Bill Emerson's mobile office will also make the rounds next week.

On Thursday, an Emerson aide will be at the Marble Hill Library from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. and at the Jackson Chamber of Commerce from 2 to 3 p.m.