The other day as I was looking through the Sedalia Democrat’s archives, I decided to look up what was happening on the day of my birth just for the fun of it.
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By Jack Miller
Contributing Columnist
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10/7/24
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One of the many reasons we love food, other than survival and taste, is the way it intertwines and defines the progression of our lives. So, can you capture your life in five foods? Let's find out.
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By Gwen Rockwood
Syndicated Columnist
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10/6/24
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Here we are in the last month of our Producers Only Sedalia Area Farmers’ Market year for 2024. Are you going to miss all the fresh produce? I know I am.
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By Franziska Malsy-Murphy
Market Board Member
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10/6/24
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I have been horrified and transfixed by the images and stories coming out of Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia and Tennessee after Hurricane Helene.
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By Liz Schleicher
Contributing Columnist
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10/3/24
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Happy Fall, you all! October is here and a very popular month for many reasons. We all enjoy the changing leaves, the cooler temperatures, Friday night football and cozy fall outfits.
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By Sherry Broyles
Guest Columnist
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10/3/24
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We are in Paris.
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By Deborah Mitchell
Contributing Columnist
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10/3/24
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Have you ever noticed that when you drive a Catholic Church, often times they are named with a Saint as part of their name?
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By Fr. Joe Corel
Saint Vincent de Paul Parish
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10/3/24
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The leftward march of the Democratic Party is on full display this election year.
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By Doug Kneibert
Contributing Columnist
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10/3/24
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I have always loved gardening, not the digging and planting so much, but the satisfaction of seeing that first green plant breaking the ground is a great feeling.
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By Jack Miller
Guest Columnist
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9/30/24
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The trial of Thomas Warren, a farmer from Blackwater Township in the northwestern corner of Pettis County, began on November 18, 1909, in the Pettis Count Circuit Courtroom of the old courthouse in Sedalia. Warren was accused of the fatal shooting of farm worker John Wilkerson the summer before.
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By Rhonda Chalfant
Contributing Columnist
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9/30/24
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Regardless of age or level of education, sometimes we think we know things only to find out we were wrong or knew only a fraction of the facts. That’s what happened last week when I discovered details about the human nose that blew my mind (and my nose). Since we’re at the beginning of cold and flu season, I’ll share a story that your nose knows, which perhaps you don’t.
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By Gwen Rockwood
Syndicated Columnist
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9/30/24
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We’ve been gone for many more days now, and I continue to learn a lot.
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By Deborah Mitchell
Contributing Columnist
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9/26/24
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Tying your own shoes may not be the hardest thing you must learn as a kid, but for me it was the most frustrating.
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By Jack Miller
Guest Columnist
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9/26/24
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Few political topics spur our emotions more than abortion. It’s an issue that invokes various emotions and questions, such as fairness and empathy.
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By Dr. Jeremiah Greever,
Senior Pastor First Baptist Church
of Sedalia
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9/25/24
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Lance Morrow’s book, “The Noise of Typewriters,” a memoir of his journalistic years, took me back to my typewriter phase, which encompassed the first 10 to 12 years of my newspaper career.
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By Doug Kneibert
Contributing Columnist
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9/23/24
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From the mid-nineteenth century through the first decade of the twentieth century, women of all classes wore hats and gloves if they went out.
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By Rhonda Chalfant
Contributing Columnist
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9/23/24
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Have you heard the phrase “Mom Brain”? If you’ve been a pregnant woman or have been married or related to one, you’ve probably heard it, said it, or both.
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By Gwen Rockwood
Syndicated Columnist
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9/23/24
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And … it rained … but that’s no excuse.
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By Faith Bemiss-McKinney
Contributing Columnist
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9/23/24
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This weekend, Sedalia will remember the Ozark Music Festival that came to town in 1974. Admittedly, I’m a little too young to recall this event, but plenty of people do.
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By Candace Fowler
Lead Pastor, First United Methodist
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9/19/24
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Spend the extra $25 on the already-exorbitant airplane ticket to sit in the exit row or the bulkhead on overseas flights.
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By Deborah Mitchell
Contributing Columnist
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9/19/24
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