Missouri Daybook

Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Thursday, Apr. 24.
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Thursday, Apr. 24 Truman Library Institute ‘Wild About Harry?’ fundraiser – Truman Library Institute ‘Wild About Harry?’ fundraiser supporting Truman’s Presidential Library and legacy. Attendees include actors Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack and former Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius
Location: Muehlebach Hotel, 200 W 12th St, Kansas City, MO
Weblinks: http://trumanlibraryinstitute.org, https://x.com/TrumanLibrary
Contacts: Kim Rausch, Truman Library Institute, kim.rausch@trumanlibraryinstitute.org, 1 816 400 1214
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NEW EVENT: Friday, Apr. 25 1:00 PM Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas plants 10,000th tree in Canopy Cover KC effort to expand tree canopy
Location: Ivanhoe Park, 4308 Park Ave, Kansas City, MO
Weblinks: https://www.kcmo.gov/, https://x.com/KCMO
Contacts: Megan Strickland, City of Kansas City, MO, Megan.Strickland@kcmo.org, 1 816 766 5134
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Saturday, Apr. 26 9:00 AM Fort Leonard Wood ‘Meet Your Military’ event – Fort Leonard Wood hosts a ‘Meet Your Military’ event with Army combat engineers demonstrating skills such as rappelling from a Blackhawk helicopter
Location: Roubidoux Park, 216-498 Olive St, Waynesville, MO
Weblinks: https://fortleonardwood.armypresscenter.com/
Contacts: Fort Leonard Wood public affairs, 1 573 563 4145
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Saturday, Apr. 26 DEA hosts National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day at sites across the nation – National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, hosted by the Drug Enforcement Administration, with potentially dangerous unused, unwanted, and expired prescription medications collected for destruction – free of charge and anonymously – at over 4,000 collection sites operated by law enforcement agencies and other community partners
Weblinks: https://takebackday.dea.gov/, https://x.com/DEANews
Contacts: DEA public affairs, DEA.Public.Affairs@usdoj.gov, 1 202 307 7977