Mr. and Mrs. Roy Allan Bemiss, of Sedalia, will celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary with a reception, held by their children, from 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 8 at Art Impressions Gallery and Framing in Sedalia.

For the record, I want to say I understand the stance of those who need pseudoephedrine HCI (PSE) and oppose it being made a prescription drug. I, too, use it and need it for chronic sinus/allergy problems.

My husband, Roy, and I are from the Baby Boomer generation; all of our children are grown, had moved out, had their own place and the “nest” was empty.

Faith Bemiss, a local writer and photographer, has been selected to read her poetry at the Poetry Filibuster at Prospero’s Books in Kansas City.

War is never beautiful, it is never glamorous and when your child is enlisted Armed Services during wartime it’s especially difficult for a mother.

Many people know Pat Ives as the co-owner of Patricia’s Mexican and More Restaurant, but what they don’t know is why she came to Sedalia or why she loves to cook.

The poem “Little Boo Boo Walks” by Faith Bemiss, of Sedalia, has been published in a academic textbook “Methamphetamine: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Solving the Problem,” published by Methodist University School of Public Affairs, of Fayetteville, N.C.

State Fair Community College recently purchased Sedalia artist Faith Bemiss’ “Fides est Victor.” The piece was on display during the summer’s Sedalia Visual Arts Association exhibit at the Goddard Gallery.

Sedalia photographer Faith Bemiss has 50 nature photographs hanging as a permanent installation at the new Sylvia G. Thompson Residence Center unit for skilled and dementia care at 3333 W. 10th St. in Sedalia.

Sedalia photographer and writer Faith Bemiss and Sedalia author Becky Carr Imhauser will be at a meet-the-artist event from noon to 2 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Copper Wolfe Deli, 420 S. Ohio Ave.