May 12, 2010
- Sen. Lager and Rep. Mike Thomson welcomed Rock Port’s Fourth Grade class to Jefferson City this week.
- Sen. Lager welcomed a group of Chillicothe students to the Senate Chamber this week as part of Missouri Service Day at the Capitol.
- Union Star’s Sixth Grade class was at the Capitol this week to receive their Inspire by Example Student Service-Learning Award. Students visited with Sen. Lager about the workings of the Legislature and were presented with a Senate Resolution to commemorate their impressive community service work.
- Sen. Lager and Rep. Guernsey with the Third and Fourth Grade classes from Newtown Harris Elementary in Sullivan Co.
- Sen. Lager and State Rep. Casey Guernsey with fourth graders from Trenton’s S.M. Rissler Elementary School.
- Sen. Lager welcomed Maryville’s Fourth Grade class to Jefferson City this week. Approximately 100 students, teachers, and parents made the trip. Sen. Lager and Rep. Thomson met the group for a picture on the Capitol’s south steps and Lager was visited by Roger Woods and four of the students atop the dais in the Senate Chamber.
- Sen. Lager welcomed students from four NW Missouri counties for this year’s Youth in Government Day in Jefferson City. This is the 23rd year that the American Legion has sponsored this annual event.
Sen. Lager with students from Andrew County
- Sen. Lager welcomed students from across northwest Missouri for this year’s Farm Bureau Youth Leadership Day in Jefferson City. During their visit, students toured the Capitol and were introduced by Lager on the Floor of the Senate Chamber. Farm Bureau sponsors this annual event as a way for youth farm leaders to meet with legislators and learn more about the workings of state government.
Sen. Lager with Farm Bureau Youth Leadership students from Caldwell County.
- Sen. Lager welcomed fourth grade students from King City to the Senate Chamber during their recent visit to Jefferson City.
- Circuit Clerks from across Missouri were in Jefferson City to visit with lawmakers during their annual Legislative Day. Sen. Lager is joined in the Pershing Gallery by Brenda Wright (left photo) of Livingston County and Julie Whitsell (right photo) of DeKalb County.
- Sen. Lager joins fourth grade students from Hamilton Elementary on the steps of the Capitol Rotunda.
- Sen. Lager welcomed award-winning students from Horace Mann Lab School at Northwest Missouri State University to Jefferson City this week. Art instructor Erin Oehler accompanied the students who had their work displayed in the Capitol as part of the Youth Art Month Exhibit.
- Sen. Lager welcomed international students attending North Central Missouri College to the Senate Chamber this week. NCMC Director of Admissions Karla McCollum accompanied the students on their trip to Jefferson City to meet area legislators and tour the Capitol.
- Northwest Missouri area corn growers met with Sen. Lager during a visit to the Capitol this week. Pictured L-R is: Sam Creed of Fairfax, Gene Millard of St. Joseph, Kevin Hurst of Tarkio, Sen. Lager, and Morris Heitman of Mound City.
- Sen. Lager was joined by Alisa Funk of Princeton and Christian Fuller of Trenton for a day of job shadowing at the Capitol. They are seen here atop the dais as Lager presides over a session of Missouri Senate.
- Sen. Lager welcomed FFA officers from the northwest Missouri region to Jefferson City this week. Walter Redden of Ravenwood is the Past President of the organization; Megan Thacker of Maryville and Meredith Jones of Dawn, MO, serve as area Vice Presidents.
- Sen. Lager sponsored the appointment of Chillicothe resident Leslie Dahl to the Corrections Officer Certification Commission. They are seen here before her Senate confirmation hearing in Jefferson City.
- Sen. Lager and Rep. Mike Thomson welcomed members of Northwest Missouri State University’s Student Senate to the Capitol. These NWMSU ambassadors traveled to Jefferson City with University President Dr. John Jasinski to meet with legislators and advocate on behalf of the university and its students.
- Sen. Lager and Rep. Mike Thomson gather with members of Maryville and Nodaway County’s delegation to Great Northwest Day at the Capitol. More than 300 participants from across northwest Missouri travel to Jefferson City each year for this event.
- Sen. Lager and Rep. Mike Thomson welcomed Maryville High School’s 2009 State Championship football team to the Capitol. Players and coaches were presented with House and Senate Resolutions to commemorate the historic season.
- Sen. Lager joined fifth grade students from Marceline’s Walt Disney Elementary next to the bust of their school’s namesake in the Hall of Famous Missourians. The students traveled to Jefferson City to present their work as part of a technology exhibit at the Capitol.