The Chillicothe Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce "The Songs of Christmas" has been chosen as the 72nd Annual Holiday Parade theme. The parade this year will be sponsored by Hy-Vee, Hedrick Medical Center, and Midwest Gloves & Gear. The parade will begin at 10:00 am on Saturday, November 17, 2018, in downtown Chillicothe and will include floats, bands, vehicles, animals, mascots, and Santa. All businesses, organizations, churches, youth groups, scout troops and schools are encouraged to have an entry for the parade. Entry forms are required and may be picked up at the Chillicothe Commerce Center, 514 Washington Street, during regular business hours M-F, 8:30am - 4:30pm. Call the Chamber at 660-646-4050.
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The 34th Annual Chautauqua in the Park was held Sept. 8-9, 2018, in Simpson Park in Chillicothe, Missouri. This annual event, sponsored by the Chillicothe Area Chamber of Commerce and the Chillicothe Area Arts Council, and presented by Hedrick Medical Center, featured a wide variety of entertainment, activities, artists, crafts and food. Booth items sold needed to be quality, original, handcrafted and/or creatively and artistically enhanced by the seller. Color photos showing detail of merchandise representative of the work to be exhibited and sold were submitted with the application and payment. Despite a rainy start, Sunday was sunny, and there was good attendance both days with vendors extremely happy with sales! C-T Photo Butch Shaffer
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A church built in Chillicothe about 150 years ago will be moved Sept. 18 from 202 Henry Street to its new location on property across from the Grand River Historical Society Museum located at 1401 Forest Drive. Pam Klingerman, Museum Curator, says the AME Church building is of significant historical value as it was dedicated in 1868 and is believed to be the first AME Church built north of the Missouri River post-Civil War. With the help of two area foundations, the Lambert Foundation and the Livingston County Community Foundation, the museum is raising funds to pay for the move. Tax deductible donations to help save this piece of Chillicothe history may be made payable to the Grand River Historical Society and Museum AME Church Moving Fund.
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Saint Luke's Health System announced recently that Hedrick Medical Center CEO, Steve Schieber, FACHE, FACMPE will also assume interim leadership of Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton, Missouri, streamlining leadership of the two facilities and consolidating management of Saint Luke's northern Missouri market. Schieber assumed duties as CEO of Hedrick Medical Center in September 2015, and during his tenure, Hedrick has grown and prospered becoming one of the top critical access hospitals in the nation. Schieber joined Saint Luke's Health System in 2012 as Director of Regional Development, tasked with supporting all Saint Luke's critical access hospitals, including Hedrick Medical Center, in the expansion of services they provide to communities.
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