New Culver-Stockton students will spend a weekend learning how to thrive on campus before classes begin at 8 a.m. Monday, Aug. 27.  The annual Wildcat Welcome Weekend begins Thursdays, Aug. 23 and culminates in all-campus barbeque Monday night, Aug. 27.

Shiloh Christian Children’s Ranch will hold an Open House at Shiloh’s Clarence, MO site on Saturday, September 22, 2007.  The Open House will begin with a luncheon at 12:00 noon. The event will continue through the afternoon with special programs and tours.

One of the best-known traditions of the annual Nauvoo Grape Festival is the Grape Fest Pageant, which portrays the history of Nauvoo from the Native Americans to the present day.  The script for this historical pageant is based upon the timeline of Nauvoo history. It has been presented each year since 1939 during the Grape Festival in the natural amphitheater, called the Sod Stage in the Nauvoo State Park. This is just a stone’s throw from the Rheinberger Museum and it’s 156-year-old vineyard where Nauvoo’s wine industry began.

The Kirksville USDA, Rural Development personnel recently attended a training session on the Community Facility Guaranteed Loan program given by Clark Thomas, Business & Community Programs Director and Nathan Chitwood, Business & Community Programs Specialist. Both are located in the Missouri State Office in Columbia, MO