Arbor Day tree giveaway, April 2, 2011

COLUMBIA, MO (March 23, 2011) – City of Columbia TreeKeeper volunteers and Columbia Parks & Recreation will honor Missouri Arbor Day with a tree giveaway on Saturday, April 2. One thousand bare-root seedlings will be given away beginning at 8 a.m. at the parking lot of the ARC, 1701 West Ash.

TreeKeeper volunteers and Parks & Recreation Department forestry staff will be on hand to distribute the seedlings to the public and answer any tree questions. Eight species of trees will be available including flowering dogwood, bald cypress, redbud, northern red oak, pecan, blackhaw viburnum, river birch and blackgum. Members of the public may take two trees of different species.

TreeKeeper volunteers participate in a course on tree identification, planting, pruning and other management topics and are then asked to volunteer on tree projects in Columbia’s city parks and along trails and rights of way. In 2010, 86 TreeKeepers gave 816 hours of service to the city valued at more than $17,000.

The next TreeKeepers class will begin in early 2012. To find out more about the tree giveaway or volunteering with the city of Columbia, call Volunteer Programs at 874-7499 or visit www.GoColumbiaMo.com.

2010 Christmas Carol (in honor of LTS)

Good Thing LTS  (to the tune of Good King Wenceslas )

Good thing LTS is here, working on my P.C..
Windows Seven’s bugging me; all it does is tease me.
Intermittent wi-ireless, students want to log in
iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, bandwidth they are hogg–in’.

More computers every year, never a dull moment
Library technology’s… in a state of foment
EndNote, MoSpace, online books, audio is streaming
We are happy LTS… isn’t running  scre -ea – ming.

Good thing LTS is here; we’d all like to hug them!
Always full of wit and cheer, even when we bug them.
Just to prove we value the…help they are imparting,
Before we pick up the phone, we will try resta-ar-ting.

Created by Rachel Brekhus

Team Trivia to benefit Camp Hickory Hill

Gather your friends and join us for a night of fun and trivia on Saturday, September 13 at McGinty’s Pub.

Register your team of up to 4 people beginning at 6:00 p.m. for a suggested donation of $10 per person.  Trivia beings at 7:00 and goes until 9:00; prizes to be awarded for each round and for overall winners! 

Pizza and snacks available for purchase; other ways to win included.

McGinty’s Pub, 1312 Old 63 Hwy. http://www.mcgintybros.net/

All proceeds got to benefit Camp Hickory Hill, local diabetic children’s camp.  http://camphickoryhill.com/

Harvest turnips for Food Bank, earn points for Food Drive contest

Join us Saturday, November 13 at 9:00 a.m. to help harvest turnips for the Food Bank! Participants will earn 5 pts. per hour toward the MULSA Food Drive Contest.

Meet in the parking lot at Wilkes Blvd. United Methodist Church (corner of 7th & Wilkes) to carpool/caravan to the turnip field.  Wear layered clothing and shoes/boots you can get muddy in.  Those who can’t harvest from the field are  invited to bring knives with which to top the turnips before they are bagged fo the Food Bank.

Harvest is scheduled to continue until 12:00 noon.  See Karla Geerlings in the church parking lot on return to get documentation to turn in for the contest.

Kansas City Chiefs 2010 Season Offer

A Special Offer From The Kansas City Chiefs

This fall the Kansas City Chiefs will make their regular season debut at the New Arrowhead on Monday Night Football. We now offer a limited number of $250 and $390 Full Season Tickets for the grand opening of the New Arrowhead in 2010.

2010 Home Opponents:

  • Philadelphia Eagles
  • Green Bay Packers
  • San Diego Chargers
  • San Francisco 49ers
  • Jacksonville Jaguars
  • Buffalo Bills
  • Arizona Cardinals
  • Denver Broncos
  • Tennessee Titans
  • Oakland Raiders

All seats are available on first-come, first-served basis. Call 816-920-4732 or email  Svoss@chiefs.nfl.com with any questions or to reserve seats today.  Lower Level and New VIP Club Level seating is also available!

We hope you join us for the 2010 Season!

Susan Voss

SEASONAL TICKET SALES REPRESENTATIVE

WWW.KCCHIEFS.COM

Summer Reading

What books are you reading this summer? Me, it’s the Dresden Files series all the way. This series is the closest I’ve ever come to reading and enjoying either noir mystery or horror fiction. It was the wizard protagonist named Harry that drew me in and the character development that keeps me coming back.

Haiti Relief Benifit at Bleu Tuesday, Jan. 19

Have a good meal and help the Haitian relief effort:

All profit (price of meal minus cost of food and beverages) from all sales during lunch and dinner at Bleu Restaurant & Wine Bar on Tuesday January 19 will be donated to Florida 1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team, currently deployed to the Haiti earthquake disaster.  See  www.floridaonedmat.com

Bleu will feature an all-Aitian menu, including traditional vegetarian, pork, fish and chicken dishes.

Call 573-442-8220 to make your reservation.