The digital version of August's Rural Missouri/Current Times is now available!

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This edition includes:

• Official notice of 2026 annual meeting
• 2025 financial highlights
• Meet your director candidates
• Annual report to CREC members
• Grid Power Players
• CREC delegates and 2026 youth tour review
• RM features:
  • Stars and stripes state fair – celebrate America with 11 days of food, family traditions and co-op fun
  • From block to bovine – St. Louis artist shapes popular State Fair tradition
  • Packed with purpose – Mid-Missouri child has packed thousands of Christmas shoeboxes
  • A Capital experience – Missouri students travel to D.C. for a week of monuments and memories
  • The joy of porcelain – Yukari Kashihara creates whimsical, nature-inspired masterpieces in clay