2016 Wellness Incentive starts Nov. 1

What does wellness mean to you? The 2016 Wellness Incentive for faculty and staff kicks off Nov. 1!

The 2016 Wellness Incentive starts Nov. 1 for all eligible faculty and staff. From November 2015 through September 2016, you can earn up to $450 for taking steps to improve your health. The 2016 Wellness Incentive has two tiers: Tier 1: Educate yourself – Complete Tier 1 by April 30, 2016, to earn $100 in May. Tier 2: Invest in yourself – Complete Tier 2 by Sept. 30, 2016, to earn an additional $350 in October 2016. Get a jumpstart on Tier 1 points by taking the Wellness Pledge during Annual Enrollment. Educate yourself to discover ways you can improve your health. Then, invest in yourself by participating in Tier 2 activities that help you reach your goals. Check out http://umurl.us/incentive for more information.

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How to order your 2016 calendar

MU Printing Services is printing a 12-month calendar containing the Columbia campus class schedules, official university holidays and recognized religious holidays. These are produced by Printing Services and offered at no charge. Preorder online individually to receive one. Go to ps.missouri.edu/cal to order. The half-sheet and keyboard calendars will be included with the wall calendar and distributed in December by Campus Mail. If you have co-workers without access to a computer, please contact Joanne Rotert at rotertj@missouri.edu.  A limited number will be printed, so order soon. Extra copies will be available at our two campus Digiprint Centers located in Ellis Library and MU Student Center.

Meatpalooza this Saturday, Oct. 17!

After a fantastic first year, MeatPalooza is back for 2015, sponsored by the Missouri Pork Association and Logboat Brewing.  We'll reunite Mid-Missouri with butcher shops, grocers, sausage-makers, ranchers, b-b-q vendors, restaurants and everyon else who supplies our world with delicious protein.  You'll stroll past dozens of booths offering free samples of every kind of meat you can imagine!  This outdoor celebration features games, live music, beer gardens, cooking demonstrations, pork steak cook-off, and vendors from across the midwest selling their meat, cured meat, meat seasoning and meat cookery and grills.

For more information and tickets, go to http://www.meatpalooza.com

Boone County Art Show this weekend

It's almost here – Boone County Art Show this weekend, Sat 17th 9am-5pm, & Sunday 18th 11am-4.30pm. Plus Artrageous Weekends with loads of fun art activities throughout The District. At CAL we've got a live art busk on Friday evening with Rock Bridge art students, and on Saturday a live Brush & Bass improv session on Saturday at CAL with musician Ethan Moll from 12-12.30pm and 1-1.30pm.

Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival this weekend!

http://www.hartsburgpumpkinfest.com/

 The Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival has been providing festival-goers with food, fun and many pumpkin related activities for over 23 years. Since the early years of the festival the Boone County Sheriff's Department has provided traffic safety as the town of 106 swells to several thousand for the one weekend a year. One of the major struggles over the years has been the safety of the festival-goers as we have been forced to commingle vehicles with pedestrians due to the makeup of the city streets. Many alternatives have been explored over the years, but unfortunately there are too many limitations inside the town to accomplish alternative parking, traffic routes or shuttles.

 

This year the Boone County Sheriff's Department, in conjunction with the Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival Committee, have made the decision to not allow vehicle traffic through town at all during the festival's operating hours. Traffic routes to and from the festival will be changed to increase the safety of all involved.

 

Anyone wishing to attend the festival will follow posted signs along the following route: From Route A go south on Old Highway 63. Veer right onto North Mt. Pleasant Road and continue south. Follow North Mt. Pleasant Road south and continue on it as it changes to South Mt. Pleasant Road. Veer right onto Soft Pit Hill Road. Continue on Soft Pit Hill Road until it changes to Hartsburg Bottom Road. Continue west on Hartsburg Bottom Road until you reach Bush Landing Road. Turn right on Bush Landing Road and you will be directed to the parking area.

 

Upon leaving the festival you will be directed west and north on River Road. Continue traveling north on River Road until you reach Route M in Wilton. Turn right on Route M and follow it through Ashland back to Highway 63.

 

Route A will be closed to festival traffic with the exception of motorcycles. Christian School Road will be closed to festival traffic. Both Route A and Christian School will be open to local traffic while the festival is operating.

 

We understand this change may cause issues for both local residents and those attending the festival, however it is necessary to provide a safe environment for all in attendance. 

 

THE HOME OF THE PUMPKIN FESTIVAL FOR OVER 20 YEARS