RHONE EXHIBIT HALL OPENS AT DELTA CENTER

PORTAGEVILLE -- For the first time ever, those at the University of Missouri Delta Research Center's annual field day, Sept. 2, will be able to eat breakfast and lunch in comfort. After breakfast a ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 8:30 a.m. to mark the opening of G.W. "Son" Rone Exhibit Hall.

Field day will feature tours, exhibits, presentations, plots and preliminary research results.

Agriculture dealers, health care providers, radio stations and other exhibitors will erect display booths in the 235-by-60 foot Rone Hall, located at the Lee Farm near Portageville. The building will also have a full kitchen and a room to display historical and agricultural artifacts from the region.

Among the exhibits is a 1919 horse-drawn mail hack, driven by the patriarch of the Rhone family.

Another new addition to Delta Center is the Telecommunications and Research Center, which is under construction at the research center headquarters in Portageville.

Field day tours will start at 9 a.m. To get to the Lee Farm from Interstate 55, take exit 32 and go east about five miles on Highway 162, then turn right (south) on Highway TT and continue for two miles to the farm. There is no fee, but shoe who want a lunch ticket must register at the site. For more information call Jake Fisher, Delta Center supervisor, at (573) 379-5431.