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"Everyone Eats" Thanksgiving Dinner Thursday, November 26 from 2-5 pm at Nephews Nite Life
*Volunteers needed to help cook on Wednesday, November 25 at 7:30 am in the Stephen's College cafeteria*
Donations Welcome. Needed Items: frozen turkeys, canned hams, canned green beans and corn, boxed mac and cheese, stuffing and cornbread/muffin mix, potatoes, eggs, onions, canned cranberry sauce
For more information on how to help call 573-874-0284 or 573-529-2151
H1N1 School Clinics Schedule Nov 19 - Russell Boulevard Elementary (8:30 a.m. - 11 a.m.) Two Mile Prairie Elementary (1 p.m.-4 p.m.) Nov. 20- Paxton Keeley Elementary (8:30 a.m. - 11 a.m.) Rock Bridge Elementary (1 p.m - 4 p.m.) Shepherd Elementary (1 p.m. - 4 p.m.) Nov 23- Gentry Middle School (7:30- 11 a.m.) Lange Middle School (12 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.) For more information call Genalee Alexander at (573)874-7632
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University Chapter YMCA
573-882-1550
Salvation Army Harbor House Shelter- Columbia
573- 442- 1984
Salvation Army Center of Hope Shelter- Jefferson City
573- 761- 5670
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15th Annual Tom Henke Charity Classic Celebrity Dinner and Auction Capitol Plaza Hotel Jefferson City, Mo. Sunday, October 11, 2009 Social, 5:30 p.m. Dinner, 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $35 per person For tickets call Mike: 573-659-9703
Some Pedestrian Ordinances You Should Know Sect. 14-578) No pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close that it is impossible for the driver to yield.
Sect. 14-580) No pedestrian shall cross a roadway at any place other than by a route at right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite curb, except in a crosswalk.
Sect. 14-581) (a) Every pedestrian crossing a road at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway. (b) Any pedestrian crossing a roadway at a point where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway. (c) The foregoing rules in this section have no application under the conditions stated in section 14-582 when pedestrians are prohibited from crossing at certain designated places.
Sect. 14-582) (a) Between adjacent intersections at which traffic control signals are in operation, pedestrians shall not cross at any place except in a crosswalk. (b) No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than in a crosswalk in any business district. (c) No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than in a crosswalk upon any street designated by ordinance. (d) No pedestrian shall cross a roadway intersection diagonally unless authorized by official traffic control devices, and, when authorized to cross diagonally, pedestrians shall cross only in accordance with the official traffic control devices pertaining to such crossing movements.
Sect. 14-583) (a) Where sidewalks are provided, it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent roadway. (b) Where sidewalks with the proper curb cuts and cross slopes are provided which are in compliance with 39 CFR 1191, Appendix A, Chapter 14, Public rights-of-way, as published June 20, 1994, it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to move along and upon the adjacent roadway. (c) Where sidewalks are not provided, any pedestrian walking or moving along and upon a highway, unless obstructed, shall walk or move only on the left side of the roadway or its shoulder facing traffic which may approach from the opposite direction. (d) Notwithstanding the above subsections, it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to walk or move upon any roadway in any manner which obstructs the flow of other traffic.
Sect. 14-585) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, every driver of a vehicle shall exercise the highest degree of care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian upon any roadway and shall give warning by sounding the horn when necessary and shall exercise proper precaution upon observing any child or confused or incapacitated person upon a roadway.
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