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Wondel to speak at March 16 Altrusa Lenten Luncheon

Janet Morales — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:21:49 +0000

Mike Wondel, pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church will be the featured speaker at the March 16 Lenten Luncheon.

Lenten Luncheons, a community service project of the Altrusa International Club of Moberly began Ash Wednesday, March 9. The luncheons, held at Nelly’s on Urbandale, begin with a meal at noon and include an

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Send us your 2010 Memories

Janet Morales — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:19:43 +0000

Send us your 2010 memories

The Moberly Mirror started online February 3, 2010. We printed our first edition April 21.

A lot has happened in that year. In our March 30 issue, we are going to review some of the top stories and reprint some of our favorite photos.

We would

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Remodeling?

Janet Morales — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:19:06 +0000

The Mirror is looking for remodeling projects to write about. If you re-did your kitchen, added a deck, put on a non-traditional roof, expanded with an addition, or you are undergoing a remodel now please contact us at the Mirror, 263-1411.

School board hears reports on math, money

Janet Morales — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:18:26 +0000

It was a night of numbers as the Moberly Board of Education met for its regular monthly meeting Tuesday night.

Math

In the program evaluations, Ken Bailey, assessment coordinator, presented information about the district mathematics program. The goal, of course, is to improve test scores. Some of the strengths of the current

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Cairo requests donations, pledges for intersection project

Janet Morales — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:16:26 +0000

The village of Cairo is now accepting pledges as well as donations to go toward the construction of a new intersection.

The proposed intersection is a cross-over intersection connecting the Cairo Outer Road & County Road 1635, currently both dead-end roads, with Highway 63 north of the MidAmerica/Enterprise Products Pipeline. This intersection is

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PSC holds Ameren rate hike hearing

Janet Morales — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:15:33 +0000

By Janet Morales

Moberly Mirror

About 30 persons turned up to ask questions and expression their opinions during a public hearing Monday held by the Missouri Public Service Commission in regards to an AmerenMissouri rate increase. The meeting was held in the MACC auditorium.

Ameren is asking for an increase of

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Kara Myers wins Miss Moberly

Janet Morales — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:37:17 +0000

The 2011 Miss Moberly Scholarship Pageant was held Saturday night with Kara Myers named Miss Moberly 2011. Myers, 17, is the daughter of Diana Hakola and John Myers. She is a senior at Moberly Senior High School and performed a vocal solo for her talent presentation. Her platform was “Reach for Dreams.”

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Snow, winds, gas price hikes hit RC

Janet Morales — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:34:02 +0000

They say things happen in threes and it seems to have happened in Randolph County in the past week.

On Tuesday, there were actually people out in their shorts. It was colder Thursday and a few playful flakes could be seen in the morning. People who went out to lunch, did some shopping over… Read the rest

Westran announces snow make up days

Janet Morales — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:16:15 +0000

Due to the inclement weather and loss of school time, the Westran School Board amended its school calendar as listed below.

According to Dr. Kelly Shelby, superintendent, by State law all schools in Missouri must at a minimum attend 174 days and 1,044 hours of school each year. The current law is that you make… Read the rest

MACC Board hears English report

Janet Morales — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:14:49 +0000

“Teachers are serving a real purpose in development classes in community colleges: they are teaching people to read and write.”

MACC Board of Trustees President Rodney Loesch made this statement during the board’s monthly meeting Monday night, quoting the education reporter for the Wall Street Journal. Tarasa Gardner, MACC English instructor, gave a presentation to… Read the rest