"California: The Golden Land" The Portola Art Gallery presents new watercolors and acrylics by Gladys Robinson.The exhibition explores the wildlife and domestic climate of the golden hills of California.

WEBB CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s first-ever poet laureate, Walter Bargen of Ashland, will visit the Webb City Public Library from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, for a reading and discussion of his poetry.

Play on Schifferdecker Municipal Golf Course dropped by about a third — down 10,000 rounds of play for the year — when fees were raised significantly in 2005 to make up for the city’s failure for decades to impose small increases to keep up.

for page a-2 for sun. aug. 10 Correction In today's Stars magazine, there is a calendar listing for a Garden Railway Tour, planned for noon to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m. Aug. 17 at the home of Richard Thomas in Syracuse. It has been canceled.

Each Wednesday during the month of October, a group of readers will meet during lunch at Vought to discuss the book they are all reading, “A Lesson Before Dying” by Ernest J. Gaines.