As I enter my eighth decade, I should expect the sadness that comes with everyone else’s getting older along with me. Until now, the people who have touched my life and have departed this earth have been a generation older – or more – than I.
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By Deborah Mitchell
Contributing Columnist
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11/7/24
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As you read this, the warming shelter of Pettis County hosted at St Patrick chapel of St. Vincent de Paul parish is working on securing enough volunteers from the entire Pettis County Community.
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By Fr. Joe Corel,
St. Vincent de Paul Parish
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11/7/24
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The Spanish presence in Cuba began shortly after Columbus landed in the western hemisphere in 1492. The Spanish government soon sent soldiers to claim the land as colonies of Spain.
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By Rhonda Chalfant
Contributing Columnist
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11/4/24
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This week, as the election approached, my thoughts were on kindness. With so much "garbage" slinging on both sides, it hardly feels like my America, the one I grew up with.
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By Faith Bemiss-McKinney
Democrat Columnist
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11/4/24
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If I didn't have to share mental space with an inner 12-year-old, I would've already put on a pair of progressive glasses or bifocals and been done with it. That's what most people my age do.
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By Gwen Rockwood
Syndicated Columnist
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11/4/24
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As Americans, we don’t have much influence on the U.S. Supreme Court. The president, who we indirectly elect via the Electoral College, decides who to appoint, and then the U.S. Senate votes whether or not to confirm.
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By Joshua Holzer
Missouri Independent
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10/31/24
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Dear Editor,
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10/31/24
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Finally. The election is coming to a close.
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By Deborah Mitchell
Contributing Columnist
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10/31/24
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As you walk into your polling place this Tuesday you will likely find a quiet, almost somber atmosphere with elderly volunteers and little booths for secrecy. As we participate in our election on Tuesday, I wanted to write to you about that secrecy. Is your vote truly done in secret?
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By Travis Battershell
Pastor, Bethany Baptist Church
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10/30/24
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Dear Editor,
Watching TV, I saw an ad that showed all Missouri pro-sports teams ALL support amendment No. 2 and had some questions. Is it only corporate support? Have all the players and …
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10/30/24
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Dear Editor,
I am a 62-year-old African American resident of Missouri.
I was born and raised in a multi-cultured neighborhood on the south side of Chicago.
I have an associate …
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10/30/24
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The 1882 History of Pettis County describes Sedalia in 1865 as a “village of box houses” with only a handful of buildings that could be considered “substantial.”
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By Rhonda Chalfant
Contributing Columnist
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10/28/24
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As I sat waiting for Carrika my granddaughter to come out of Washington School the other day, I began to take notice of some of the changes I could see in the old school from my days there.
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By Jack Miller
Contributing Columnist
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10/28/24
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I’m not sure how it happened, but Tom and I raised three kids who love scary movies. It wasn’t genetic.
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By Gwen Rockwood
Syndicated Columnist
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10/28/24
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Democrats have embraced the “politics of joy” as their election theme. Be nice if they’d tell the voters where they find such joy, for 75% of the American people told Gallup pollsters this month they think the nation’s on the wrong track.
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By Doug Kneibert
Contributing Columnist
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10/24/24
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You may remember Kevin Strickland, the man who was wrongfully convicted of three murders and spent over 40 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.
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By Deborah Mitchell
Contributing Columnist
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10/24/24
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It was a dark and stormy night. Well, maybe not stormy—and maybe not quite dark either. Flickering black candles and a small hand-held lantern contributed to the eerie atmosphere of “Tales by Twilight,” a reading of spooky short stories at the Cole Camp branch of Boonslick Regional Library on Oct. 18.
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By Debbie Noland
Guest Columnist
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10/24/24
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I have a problem. And if the first step is admitting it, here goes: I'm a snooze abuser. If there's a snooze to use, I'll do it. Again and again.
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By Gwen Rockwood
Syndicated Columnist
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10/21/24
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The murder trial of John Warren, accused of first degree murder in the shooting death of John Wilkerson, ended after just two days in the court room. Preparations by the Criminal Court took much longer than the trial itself.
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By Rhonda Chalfant
Contributing Columnist
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10/21/24
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This morning, when I flipped the switch on my thermostat from cool to heat to be ready for cold weather, it brought back some memories from days gone by when I was just a boy.
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By Jack Miller
Guest Columnist
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10/21/24
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