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The Rolla Choral Arts Society is organizing Make Music Rolla day on Monday, June 21, at the Downtown Bandshell and Festival area in Rolla. Times are available for area musicians to perform on the Bandshell stage and participate in this international event.
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The Ozark Rivers Audubon Chapter and Audubon Trails Nature Center announced a $20,000 matching grant to raise additional funds needed to build an outdoor meeting, classroom and picnic shelter at Audubon Trails Nature Center.
According to Ozarks Rivers Audubon chapter officer, Louise Wilkinson, the structure will provide a sheltered area for meetings, educational presentations, tour gatherings and other community services.
It will be a 20 by 44 foot, pre-engineered pavilion with steel posts, wood laminated beams and metal roofing. The chapter will build the structure in the grassland adjacent to the parking area, and a concrete walk will connect the shelter to the American with Disabilities Act accessible trail.
The Rolla Daily News
Community Blood Center of the Ozarks recently announced that Rolla High School, Rolla Technical Institute and Newburg High School received a $500 award through the blood center’s Students for Life scholarship program.
Each school qualified for the Community Blood Center of the Ozark’s Students for Life scholarship by holding at least two CBCO blood drives during the academic year. Rolla High School, Rolla Technical Institute and Newburg High School completed the initiative and received a $500 award that each school may provide to the student or students of their choice.
During a normal year, area high school and college blood donors account for around 45 percent of the total blood donated during the school year.