May 2022

Foster grandparents recognized at annual event

“I honestly did not know much about it and visited with citizens throughout the community,” Marshall Mayor Dewey Hendrix said of the Foster Grandparent Program on Friday, May 6. “What I have found is a great appreciation for all of you, what you do … You ladies, gentlemen here — city of Marshall appreciates everything that you do. … It is a great program — once I investigated and saw what you guys were doing.”

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Valley conferred 247 degrees

Missouri Valley College conferred 247 degrees to students this past weekend at the commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 7, at 2 p.m. on the Gregg-Mitchell Field on the campus. The class of 2022 consisted of 232 undergraduate students and 15 students graduating from the college’s graduate programs in community counseling and education administration.

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Coach Flabby

Q: Dear Coach, My feet are killing me. The arch of my foot, from my heel to the ball of my foot is very tight and painful.

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Fitzgibbon Hospital Auxiliary donates over $39,000 to Fitzgibbon Hospital

Thanks to the hard work of the Fitzgibbon Hospital Auxiliary Ambassadors, a check was presented to Angy Littrell, president and CEO of Fitzgibbon Hospital for $39,189.92 at the auxiliary's 31st annual banquet held on May 2. The funds were raised through several events throughout the year, including the annual Holiday Bazaar, sales in the Auxiliary Gift Shop, rummage sale, and special event sales in the hospital atrium including uniform sales, bake sales, The Nutman sales and annual Books Are Fun sales.

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