MADIGAN FARM DINNER SPEAKER

BENTON -- United States Secretary of Agriculture Ed Madigan, Rep. Bill Emerson (R-Cape Girardeau), and Roger Wilson (D-Columbia), representing the 19th state senatorial district, will be guest speakers during the Farm Bureau appreciation dinner to be held here Thursday.

The dinner, held in recognition of area legislators for their help on various legislative issues, is sponsored by the 8th Congressional District Farm-Pac.

Tickets for the dinner, which starts at 6:30 p.m., are $5 per person, and are available from local county Farm Bureau offices.