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The summer months are finally upon us! As a former educator, I always looked forward to this break to catch up on tasks that always seemed impossible to accomplish during the school year. The time …
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By Jamie Sparks, Library Director
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6/9/22
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There are so many adults who have grown up in toxic environments. I am one of them.
I don’t have the horror stories that many people do and I am grateful for that, but my life growing up …
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By Stephanie Lefevers, Contributing Columnist
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6/8/22
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In 1911 when Sedalia’s City Council decided to raise money to improve Liberty Park, it determined to sell bonds to raise the money necessary for the improvements.
The Sedalia …
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By Rhonda Chalfant, Contributing Columnist
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6/8/22
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I think I’ll ride the train next week.
I have to meet my kids, who are spending a week at their grandparents’ farm in rural Illinois.
As a single traveler, it’s an …
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By Liz Schleicher, Contributing Columnist
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6/7/22
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As your state legislator, I have been asked by a number of people over the last few weeks my opinion on the events that have taken place across this great nation. I have been very guarded in my …
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Since the mass shooting in Buffalo, and including Buffalo, the United States has experienced 38 mass shootings (“mass shooting” is when four people are either killed or wounded). This …
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By Deborah Mitchell, Contributing Columnist
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6/7/22
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Both of the traditions I serve, the ELCA Lutheran and Episcopal churches, follow the Revised Common Lectionary to determine the scripture passages which will be read and preached at worship on …
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By Pastor Anne Meredith Kyle, Calvary Episcopal and Christ & Trinity Lutheran churches
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6/3/22
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Have you ever brought your houseplants inside from being out all summer and then found yourself in a battle with various insect pests for most of the winter?
Whiteflies are the most common. They …
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By Billie Long, Master Gardener
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6/3/22
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The 1911-12 renovation of Liberty Park seemed to proceed smoothly, but occasional problems developed partly because of lack of communication on the part of the Park Department and the City Council …
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By Rhonda Chalfant, Contributing Columnist
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6/3/22
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Steven Tyler, Mark Hudson and Anthony Perry wrote one of my favorite songs, “Living on the Edge,” in 1993. It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost 30 years since I first …
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By Stephanie Lefevers, Contributing Columnist
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6/3/22
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Who knew that my column from a mere seven days ago would ring true again so quickly? I feel like I could copy and paste the majority of it here and it would still apply.
Different day, different …
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By Nicole Cooke, ncooke@sedaliademocrat.com
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5/28/22
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Now, years later, I still feel my heart stop, my stomach lurch. Emily – whispering into the phone: “We’re under a desk. Lights are off. We got a text. A live shooter is wandering …
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“The United States is a bad place to be a baby right now. It’s a bad place to be a mom or a dad or a kid. Since 1973, we have all of us, pro-life or pro-choice, run wild with the …
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By Liz Schleicher, Contributing Columnist
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5/28/22
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Like many people, I have searched for the magic diet that would give me back the 29-inch waist I enjoyed as a boy. I have not found it yet, but I am still looking.
I have tried nearly all …
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By Jack Miller, Guest Columnist
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5/28/22
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Most of us know the history of Memorial Day. After the civil war ended, remembrances began in various areas for all of those who died in the war.
On May 5, 1868, Gen. John A. Logan, …
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By Bob Wauchope, Lead Pastor, Maplewood Church
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5/28/22
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I remember when my children first began to tell little lies. They would take something right in front of me and when I would ask if they had it, they would look up at me with big eyes, hide it behind …
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By Stephanie Lefevers, Contributing Columnist
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5/25/22
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There are a lot of careless and reckless drivers in Sedalia (not all of them Sedalians, of course). Hardly a week goes by that I don’t see drivers running stop signs, red lights and exceeding …
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By Doug Kneibert, Contributing Columnist
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5/25/22
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Author’s note: Last week, I received an inquiry about who did the concrete work on the Liberty Park Lagoon and Bridge. The answering machine ate the message, so I couldn’t return the …
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By Rhonda Chalfant, Contributing Columnist
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5/25/22
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In the past few weeks, it has become increasingly clear that the 1973 Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision will be overturned, ending almost half a century of legal standing for a woman’s …
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By Liz Schleicher, Contributing Columnist
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5/25/22
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This has been a tumultuous week. I find myself at the end of it sitting in my chair, shaking my head.
Unfortunately, we have all gotten used to waking up some random morning to find that some …
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By Deborah Mitchell, Contributing Columnist
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5/25/22
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