August 2022

1 injured in early morning crash Monday

A Marshall man was injured in an early morning crash Monday, Aug. 8, in Saline County. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, the incident occurred on Park Road near Forest Avenue when a 2021 Toyota traveled off the road and overturned, coming to rest on its driver’s side. The driver – Robert W. King, 41, of Marshall – sustained minor injuries. He was transported to Fitzgibbon Hospital via Saline County Ambulance for treatment. King was reportedly wearing a safety device.

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Missouri Valley Friends of NRA banquet scheduled for Aug. 27

The Missouri Valley Friends of NRA will host its eighth annual banquet and fundraiser. Doors will open at 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, with dinner beginning at 7 p.m. and an auction to follow. The NRA Foundation is a charitable organization in support of shooting sports. It was established in 1992, and the first Friends of NRA fundraising banquet was held in Columbia. Friends of NRA was conceptualized by Larry Potterfield, owner of MidwayUSA, when he attended an annual NRA meeting in Salt Lake City. Over the years, it has become one of the most successful programs of the NRA, raising roughly $1 billion to date. According to the local organization, all 114 counties in Missouri are receiving grants, which fall into the following areas: youth firearms and marksmanship training and safety, education programs, hunter education, range development and improvement, and wildlife conservation efforts. Historically, more than 75 percent of funds have gone to youth-related programs. This year, Friends of NRA appropriated 62 grants totaling more than $345,000.

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End of Summer Bucket List

by Jennifer Carollo Fischer Can you believe it is just about the end of summer? If your kids are anything like mine, the battle cries of, “We are bored!” and “What are we doing today?” have started to fill the time between waking up and finishing my firstcup of coffee.I always like to hold out on some tricks up my sleeve for August. July is often filled with family visits, sleeping late and the standard quo ice cream, bike trips, pool days and backyard shenanigans.

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The Living Center and Fitzgibbon Hospital offer unique continuum of care

Fitzgibbon Hospital When his mother fell three years ago, her son David knew that she needed additional care that was over and above what he could provide in his home. Van Horn is thankful for The Living Center, which offered an easy transition for his mother from her stay at Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall to skilled nursing care and then to longterm care on the samecampus.“When she fell, she came to the hospital and was in ICU for a while.

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