Thursday, January 9, 2020 • The Vedette • greenfieldvedette.com
Governor Reviews to develop a statewide campaign to educate, warn, and deter the use of vaping devices among Missouri’s youth. The state’s Clear the Air youth vaping awareness campaign was officially launched in November. Also this year, Governor Parson committed Highway Patrol troopers and Department of Public Safety resources to the City of St. Louis to assist with federal task forces (ATF Strike Force, US Marshals Fugitive Task Force, USAO Adoptive Cases, and the Mission SAVE task force) to focus on violent crime. He also designated troopers to police certain interstates in St. Louis at the request of St. Louis
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City elected officials. Flood Recovery Missouri was plagued by record-level flooding this year, devastating businesses, homes, and communities across the state. To help establish a path forward and refocus the state’s flood control priorities, Governor Parson signed Executive Order 19-14 in July creating the Flood Recovery Advisory Working Group. Governor Parson also came together with the Governors of Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa to discuss flood control and identify regional solutions. As a group, they met with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers three times to
discuss what needs to be done differently to be better prepared for the future. The Governors also recently signed a four-state agreement to cooperate on issues relating to flood control and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Missouri State Fair 2019 Governor Parson and First Lady Teresa Parson attended the Missouri State Fair again this year for a multi-day, 15-stop tour of many of the Fair’s biggest attractions. Attendance for the 2019 State Fair reached 337,112 individuals, showing the importance of the Fair to the Show-Me State.
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Lockwood FFA Collects 300 lbs of Food for Ministerial Alliance Pantry
The Lockwood FFA delivered over 300 lbs of non-perishable food items from their food drive to the Lockwood Ministerial Alliance before the start Christmas break. The chapter collected donations during December in a friendly competition between classes. (Photo courtesy Lockwood FFA Chapter)
