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Governor Reviews (Continued from page 4) to develop a statewide City elected officials. discuss what needs to campaign to educate, Flood Recovery be done differently to be warn, and deter the use Missouri was plagued better prepared for the of vaping devices among by record-level flooding future. Missouri’s youth. The this year, devastating The Governors also state’s Clear the Air businesses, homes, and recently signed a four-state youth vaping awareness communities across the agreement to cooperate campaign was officially state. on issues relating to flood launched in November. To help establish a path control and the U.S. Army

Also this year, Governor forward and refocus Corps of Engineers. 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 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 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. the request of St. Louis Engineers three times to

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)