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Ponies and their owners hoof it over to fairgrounds for annual show
It wasn’t so much a stampede, but more like a polite, quiet parade of ponies that converged on the Missouri State Fairgrounds on Saturday for the first day of the annual Missouri Ponies of the Americas Club show.
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- Unflagging Patriotism
- Posted: May 25, 2013
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Rowena Nickell, of Smithton, center, and her husband Dennis, right, help place flags in front of the gravestones of military veterans early Saturday morning at Crown Hill Cemetery. "This is our first year doing this; we heard on the radio that they needed volunteers," she said. Larry Brooks, with the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2591 and manager of the Memorial Day flag project, said there were a lot more volunteers this year than last year. "We placed about 3,000 flags," he said. It took an hour for the volunteers, from kids to adults, to place the flags. Afterward the volunteers were treated to a free breakfast by the 40&8 at the American Legion Post on West Main Street.
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- Respect for a fallen soldier
- Posted: May 25, 2013
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The hearse bearing the body of Army Sgt. 1st Class Trenton L. Rhea, 33, leaves the First United Methodist Church Celebration Center, 1701 W. 32nd St., following a funeral service on Saturday. According to the Department of Defense, Sgt. 1st Class Rhea drowned May 15 while crossing a body of water during a combat operation in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Rhea, of Oakley, Kan., was with the 200th Military Police Command. He and his wife Leah, of Sweet Springs, were married in 2006 at the Celebration Center.
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- BRHC Honors Two Volunteers
- Posted: May 24, 2013
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Two volunteers earned special honors during Bothwell Regional Health Center’s annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon.
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- Bothwell Regional Health Center’s 2012 Employee of the Year sees health as a way of life
- Updated: May 24, 2013 - 10:56 pm
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A nondirect care giver employee of the month was named Bothwell Regional Health Center’s 2012 Employee of the Year during Hospital Week activities.
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- To market, to market to buy some healthy food
- Posted: May 24, 2013
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Kyle Rupe, right, of Otterville, chats with Robert and Val Larm at the Larm Farms vendor booth on Friday at the Sedalia Area Farmers Market. Val, who was sharing her samples of her jalapeno jelly, was also showing off her book “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,” which she completed over the winter and sells for $15. Bev Rollings, a founder and board member for SAFM, told the Democrat “the crowds have been tremendous” this season, with the exception of opening day, which was snowed out. “I think we are reaching a critical mass of people interested in buying or growing local food.” SAFM is open 3 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and 3 to 7 p.m. Fridays through October and is located on the Missouri State Fairgrounds at the Centennial Main Gate off of South Limit Avenue.
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- Connie Smith leaving as Chamber executive director
- Updated: May 24, 2013 - 10:57 pm
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After two years as the Sedalia Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, Connie Smith is stepping down to spend more time with family.
- Proposed smoking ban hot topic at council meeting
- Posted: May 24, 2013
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The wording and extent of a proposed smoking ban in Sedalia again dominated discussions during Thursday night’s meeting of the Sedalia City Council.
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- Family remembers fallen soldier
- Updated: May 24, 2013 - 12:16 am
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Former Sedalian Sgt. 1st Class Trenton L. Rhea’s life mission was to put others above himself. He believed until the end of his life that he was making a difference helping the people of Iraq and Afghanistan. On May 15, he died in Kandahar, Afghanistan, during combat operations while serving with the U.S. Army 603rd Military Police Company, U.S. Army Reserve out of Belton.
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Rowena Nickell, of Smithton, center, and her husband Dennis, right, help place flags in front of the gravestones of military veterans early Saturday morning at Crown Hill Cemetery. "This is our first year doing this; we heard on the radio that they needed volunteers," she said. Larry Brooks, with the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2591 and manager of the Memorial Day flag project, said there were a lot more volunteers this year than last year. "We placed about 3,000 flags," he said. It took an hour for the volunteers, from kids to adults, to place the flags. Afterward the volunteers were treated to a free breakfast by the 40&8 at the American Legion Post on West Main Street.
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People lined the entrance to the Celebration Center and along West 32nd Street to pay their respects to Sgt. 1st Class Rhea and his family.
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Military veterans, from left, Don Barbour, of Sedalia, Lewis Bybee, of Sweet Springs, Roger Hart, of Ionia, and Bob Harvilla, of Sedalia, salute as the funeral procession leaves the Celebration Center.
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The hearse bearing the body of Army Sgt. 1st Class Trenton L. Rhea, 33, leaves the First United Methodist Church Celebration Center, 1701 W. 32nd St., following a funeral service on Saturday. According to the Department of Defense, Sgt. 1st Class Rhea drowned May 15 while crossing a body of water during a combat operation in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Rhea, of Oakley, Kan., was with the 200th Military Police Command. He and his wife Leah, of Sweet Springs, were married in 2006 at the Celebration Center.
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Robert Jones, 80, of Edwards, gives a thumbs-up as he leaves the bus at the Municipal Building. Jones served in the Navy during the Korean War. He was escorted on the trip by Sedalia police officer Kelley Casto, center.
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SYDNEY BRINK/DEMOCRAT A group of 48 motorcyclists from across central Missouri, two antique cars and law enforcement escorted the busload of veterans into Sedalia from Marshall Junction at U.S Highway 65 and Interstate Highway 70.
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Gene Lefevers, a 1966 Vietnam War veteran, watches as a line of 48 motorcyclists lead the chartered bus into the downtown.
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Veterans who spent the day visiting the war memorials in Washington D.C. on a Show Me Honor Flight arrive back in Sedalia on a chartered bus Wednesday night. The Sedalia Fire Department welcomes the veterans with an arched water salute as spectators, out of reach of the water, crowd near the intersection of South Ohio Avenue and Main Street waving flags and banners. “We had four World War II veterans, six Korea, and 29 Vietnam veterans on this flight,” said Pam Burlingame, president and co-founder of the Show Me Honor Flight. Since the first flight in April 2008, 440 veterans have made the trip to Washington D.C., Burlingame said. The next trip is scheduled in the fall and will be the 12th flight
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