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Charles Boyer tries to drive Ingrid Bergman mad in 1944’s “Gaslight,” which is set in 1875 – before electricity. He wants her money, and maybe he wants a saucy Angela Lansbury. …
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By Deborah Mitchell, Contributing Columnist
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4/9/26
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I am writing this in defense of wine. Wine is an alcoholic product that is produced naturally by the greatest winemaker of them all, Mother Nature.
To confirm the last statement, take some …
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By Bennet Bodenstein
Contributing Columnist
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4/9/26
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Every year, it happens like clockwork. The sanctuary is full on Easter morning. Lilies line the altar, everything shines a little brighter, and voices rise a little louder in joyful song: …
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By Pastor Anne Meredith Kyle
Calvary Episcopal and Christ & Trinity Lutheran Churches
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4/9/26
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Across Missouri, farm families are navigating a complicated economic landscape.
Margins are tight. Input costs remain elevated. Commodity markets fluctuate. Expanding acreage is expensive, and …
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By University of Missouri Extension
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4/9/26
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At the risk of sounding like a proud grandpa, my granddaughter, Carrika, received an award recently as a third-grade student at Washington School.
The award was for “Empathy,” which, …
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By Jack Miller
Contributing Columnist
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4/6/26
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Weird things land in my email inbox, and then I know things I never wanted to know. I see things I can’t forget. And because I can’t get it out of my head, I end up writing about it. Then we’re …
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By Gwen Rockwood
Syndicate Columnist
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4/6/26
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The Sedalia Sentinel pamphlet printed in 1903-1904 featured illustrations of several other churches.
One of these was Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church, which was then located at East …
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By Rhonda Chalfant, Contributing Columnist
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4/6/26
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Having been a birder many years ago, and you might say in another life, I thought I knew a little about woodpeckers, but that’s not the case.
Sitting in my living room recently, I heard …
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By Faith Bemiss-McKinney, faith.bemiss@sedaliademocrat.com
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4/6/26
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I have shared this speech before. It was written in the early days of Christianity, by an ancient whose name is known now only to God.
It places the listener on the day before Easter, in between …
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By Liz Schleicher
Contributing Columnist
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4/3/26
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According to the National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS), the United States remains in a “heightened threat environment,” first issued last June and more serious today due to the war in Iran.
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By Doug Kneibert
Contributing Columnist
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4/3/26
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I encourage my writing students to draft assignments the day before they are due so they can read and revise them before turning them in. I tell them they can find errors in both grammar and …
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By Deborah Mitchell, Contributing Columnist
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4/3/26
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One Easter morning a Sunday school teacher wanted to see how much her class knew about the true meaning of Easter. One of the little girls shared, “Easter is when all my family comes over to my …
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4/3/26
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The Sentinel pamphlet called Sedalia a “city of churches.”
Sedalia placed no “restrictions” on religion; any system of beliefs that wished to exist in Sedalia was welcome.
Like much …
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By Rhonda Chalfant ,
Contributing Columnist
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3/30/26
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As you might guess by the title, I took a fall recently, and it wasn’t as much fun as you might imagine. The dictionary defines falling as the physical movement of an object or person towards the …
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By Jack Miller
Contributing Columnist
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3/30/26
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Evenings should be easy. Don’t we all want to coast to a gentle landing at the end of a busy day?
But lately it’s taking longer to get ready for sleep. Even though the kids are grown and we …
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By Gwen Rockwood
Syndicated Columnist
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3/30/26
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My high school-aged granddaughter invited me to join a self-care app this week called Finch. I’m not sure if she thinks I’m getting so old I need an app to remind me to care for myself or if she …
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By Faith Bemiss-McKinney, faith.bemiss@sedaliademocrat.com
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3/30/26
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I’m gonna let you in on a controversial little secret. I drink raw milk. I have for more than a decade. I mix it into my tomato soup, pair it with my homemade chocolate chip cookies, and pour it …
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By Liz Schleicher
Contributing Columnist
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3/26/26
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Have you read the newspapers this week? I stand agog, and I assume if you’ve been reading, you understand what I’m talking about.
First, the New York Times reported that, …
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By Deborah Mitchell
Contributing Columnist
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3/26/26
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As the Missouri General Assembly moves past the halfway point of session, the pace has shifted from bill introductions and early hearings to floor debate, negotiation and refinement. With the end of …
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By Mark Fiegenbaum,
Guest Columnist
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3/26/26
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No matter whether I read it, write it, hear it, or share it, the poem is something I dearly love. For me, no other genre of writing gets into my bloodstream and courses through my body like poetry. …
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By Debbie Noland
Guest Columnist
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3/26/26
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