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Jeanne Chambers, of Windsor, has become an independent designer with Origami Owl Custom Jewelry.Chambers plans events where she helps people create personalized jewelry.Isabella Weems founded Origami Owl at age 14 in 2010, after creating customized...... Full story

Steve Nichols, a financial consultant with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, has qualified for the Sierra level for 2011 sales and service. Out of nearly 2,300 Thrivent Financial representatives nationwide, 700 individuals qualified for this...... Full story

Alan A. Allmon, of Sedalia, and Bennett Show Cattle, of Hughesville, have joined the American Angus Association.The association has nearly 30,000 members and is the largest beef breed association in the world. The association’s records include...... Full story

Jackie Aldridge, an administrative assistant for State Fair Community College’s TRiO program, has been named Support Staff of the Year by the Missouri College Personnel Association, or MoCPA.TRiO/STEPS Advisor Nick Lang nominated Aldridge for...... Full story

A new ice cream parlor is coming to 16th Street.Amanda Klein is planning to open Frozen Delight on June 1. She said the shop will offer sundaes and malts at its opening, eventually adding hot dogs and other foods.The building, which Klein is...... Full story

The Clean Air Sedalia Coalition gave a certificate April 17 to Asia Hibachi in Sedalia for being a smoke-free restaurant. From left, coalition members Dana Page, Katrinka Wiltse and Jeanean Sieving; and Asia Hibachi employees Hellen He, Sara Chen...... Full story

IRVINE, Calif. – Freedom Communications announced today that it has reached agreement to sell The Sedalia Democrat, The Telegraph in Alton, Ill., The Journal-Courier in Jacksonville, Ill., and The Lima News in Lima, Ohio, to an affiliate of...... Full story

If the bling of the merchandise doesn’t tip you off, then the hot pink walls will: You’ve just entered girly land. There’s not a guy thing in sight. And that’s just what Victoria Gerken wanted when she created Fadz, a new...... Full story

Advantage Metals Recycling’s scrap metal recycling site in Sedalia received a 2012 Corporate Safety Award on May 3 from the Safety Council of the Ozarks, a regional branch of the National Safety Council.The award was given to AMR for its...... Full story

Owners of small businesses can learn how to secure government contracts and network with potential contractors at the annual Procurement Conference on May 31 at the University of Central Missouri’s Ed Elliott Union. The conference is hosted by...... Full story

Audrey Rush, an occupational therapist for Bothwell Home Health, was selected as Bothwell’s Employee of the Year for 2011 during Hospital Week activities last week.Rush was selected from a field of 11 other Bothwell employees of the month....... Full story

May 2•Charles K. and Lynne Renee Pyle and Dennis and Jacquelyn Suzann Fisher to George R. Jr. and Jalena C. Perez, Rainbow Addition, Second Subdivision, lot 13, block 5;•Eleanore R. and Richard E. Duggan to Dorothy A. Schroder, Thompson...... Full story

Curves of Sedalia will give a free 30-day membership to any nonmember who visits the club throughout National Women’s Health Week, May 13-19.The week, coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office on Women’s...... Full story

Tonya Burt, a service tech in the broiler department at Tyson Foods, was named a 2012 Service Technician of the Year by The Poultry Federation. Winners were announced at a ceremony April 25 at the John Q. Hammons Convention Center in Rogers,...... Full story

Austine Groves is one of those people who seem to be able to do it all.He runs a landscaping business. He can repair mowers and tractors. He does remodeling construction projects. He welds.So why not make signs as well?While he was laid up for about...... Full story