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Dancers win awards at Dance Champs competition in K.C.

Dancers pose with their awards. From left to right: Grace Choate, Katie Dotson, Delta Halley, Mason Dority, Allison Sweaney, Bella Snider and Zoe Sipes.
Seven local Dance Sensations’ students took home awards from the Dance Champs competition held April 12-13 in Kansas City. Soloists earning an Elite Platinum in their respective categories were Delta Halley, hip hop; Grace Choate, ballet; and Allison Sweaney, ballet. Mason Dority and Allision Sweaney also earned an Elite Platinum with their lyrical duet as did Katie Dotson and Delta Halley with their tap duet. Bella Snider and Zoe Sipes took home a Star Platinum with their jazz duet as did Choate, Dotson and Halley with their ballet trio. This was the first competition for all seven dancers. The dancers study ballet, jazz, hip hop, lyrical, tap and pointe at Dance Sensations, a studio located just off the square in Buffalo since 2010.

Learning to eat nutritiously is key to healthy families

The inaugural Cooking is the Cure cooking class was held on March 18. Dr. Taylor Pedersen's Show Me Strong Kids initiative identified nutrition and lack of family involvement as key issues children experience in Dallas County. Dallas County Family Medical Center started the first cooking class by starting with the basics, with families cooking together in the kitchen. This program is one of the first classes to address issues children experience and provide ways to help them overcome them.
Pictured are, from left to right: Shelby Sechler (Consumer Lender, OakStar Bank), Dr. Tim Ryan (Dallas County R-I Superintendent), Travis Bybee (OakStar Bank, Dallas County Market President), and Sam Woods (AVP, Commercial Loan Officer, OakStar Bank).

Oakstar Bank presents a check to DCR-1

OakStar Bank presented Dr. Tim Ryan, Superintendent of the Dallas County R-1 School District, with a check for $4,420.41 for proceeds from OakStar Bank’s School Debit Card Program. Since 2016, Dallas County Schools have received more than $20,000 as a result of the program that makes a donation based on purchases made by OakStar Bank customers who use their Bison Card.
Christopher Avery Goodman

Buffalo man charged with arson and accused of setting fire at multiple locations

Christopher Avery Goodman, born in 1997, was charged by Dallas County Prosecuting Attorney Jonathan D. Barker in Dallas County Circuit Court with two counts of the class D felony of arson in the second degree and two counts of the class E felony of knowingly burning on February 10, 2024.
Dr. Temple Grandin spoke about autism to a large audience in the Skyline High School auditorium on Saturday, Jan. 30. She was hosted by the Show Me Romy Foundation.

Show Me Romey Foundation presented Dr. Temple Grandin on Jan. 30

The Show Me Romey Foundation hosted Dr. Temple Grandin at the Skyline High School.
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Many of us at the Montgomery Senior Center have great concerns about our crossing the street to get into the center without getting run over. There have been many close calls. What would it take to get the city of Buffalo to put a flashing light or better signage to alert the drivers to slow down? I understand our Board has contacted the city and were told it cost too much. What has to happen, one of us getting hit by a vehicle or someone getting killed, you can’t put a cost on someone’s life. It would be nice to come up with a solution for this problem.
Dear Friends and Neighbors of the City of Buffalo/Dallas County R-1 Schools:
It was one of those random conversations spurred by a bit on the news about population growth: Benton County, Arkansas, has experienced phenomenal growth.
Chocolate chip cookies, the Slinky, Play-Doh, Post-It notes, and potato chips. The one thing they all have in common is this: They’re losers.
In December, the group I moderate, DIVAS, decided to celebrate Thanksgiving every Thursday. The ladies try to thank at least one person extra every Thursday and be thankful throughout the day. A word of encouragement goes a long way for someone feeling down or not on top of their game. Anyone can participate in Thankful Thursday, so join the bandwagon and beat the kindness drum.

St. William Church holds PCCW 44th Annual Yard Sale

The St. William’s Church will be holding its PCCW (Parish Council of Catholic Women) 44th annual yard sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 2, and Friday, May 3. The yard sale, plant sale, and bake sale will be held in the church hall at St. William’s 404 N. Locust St., Buffalo.

Buffalo man taken to hospital after motorcycle overturned

At 4:20 p.m. on April 16, 2024, John W. James, 63, Buffalo, was headed eastbound on Route TT at Red Top Rd., on a 1982 Honda 450 Motorcycle, when the vehicle ran off the road and overturned. James suffered moderate injuries and was transported to Cox South Hospital, Springfield. The motorcycle had minor damage and was removed by a private party. The driver was wearing a safety device.

Reynolds Cemetery Annual Meeting  May 4

The Reynolds Cemetery annual meeting will be held at 1 p.m. on May 4, 2024, under the trees in the Cemetery. Also, on May 4, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. there will be an annual work/clean-up day. Anyone interested in helping with the maintenance and clean-up of the cemetery is encouraged to attend. If you are unable to make it for cleanup, we hope everyone interested in the cemetery can attend the 1 p.m. meeting. 

Natalie Valderrama Q&A

Natalie Valderrama
Maxine Hume prepares to blow out the candles on her birthday cake celebrating 100 years this week.

Meet Maxine

Maxine Hume of Buffalo recently turned 100 years old. Her family had a birthday celebration for her this past Saturday.Maxine’s two sisters, Nancy, 90, and Leona, 89, made the trip from Dent County, Missouri to wish her “Happy Birthday.”

Protect Pomme De Terre Group Organizes Clean Up Day

The Protect Pomme De Terre Group will be conducting a Clean Up day on Saturday, April 27. Sign-in will be from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. and the clean-up will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Overlook Park, Shelter #2, picking up trash on the shore of the lake. It is encouraged to bring a boat to help get to the trash. At 2 p.m. a BBQ meal will be provided by the Hickory County Fire Department. A rain date is scheduled for May 18, 2024.
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Kaden Bone

Buffalo golfers do well at various tournaments

The Buffalo boys golf team has been very busy with their season. The members of the golf team this year are: Blair Abraham (10th), Matthew Skinner (10th), Cody Brown (10th), Braden McGregor (10th), Dalton Bennett (10th), Riley Kjar (11th), and Kaden Bone (11th).

Elizabeth Western, Kellen Lair win 100-meter dashes at meets

Buffalo’s Elizabeth Western and Fair Grove’s Kellen Lair, won 100-,meter dashes at Dl Dorado Springs and Nixa meets last week. They are the only two local individual athletes to win first place at those meets, but Fair Grove boys’ 4 x 400-meter relay team also took the fop prize at Nixa.
Fair Grove’s Addie Voorhis allowed only three hits in a 5-0 shutout of Buffalo Monday.

Fair Grove silences Lady Bison’s bats with 5-0 win

Addie Voorhis had perhaps her best outing of the year Monday at Buffalo as the Fair Grove freshman hurler shut out the Lady Bison 5-0. She allowed just three hits while striking out seven batters and walking none, although she hit one batter.
Ashlen Garrett poured in 37 points in Skyline’s 6147 win over Principia in the Class 2 state championship game. Brooke Daniels, right, goes up high for a layup following one of her four steals during Fair Grove’s 33-27 win over El Dorado Springs in the Class 3 state title game.

Skyline, Fair Grove girls win state championships

History was made last week when both the Skyline and Fair Grove girls basketball teams won state championships at Mizzou Arena in Columbia. It was the first time two teams from the Buffalo Reflex’s readership area have won state titles in the same year.
Blair Abraham is an unusual 6-7 player in that he can hit 3-point shots as he did here after looking over the defense.

Buffalo boys end nine-game skid with win at New Covenant

Buffalo’s boys basketball team rolled past New Covenant 68-42 Tuesday, Jan. 23 in a road, non-conference game. This broke a nine-game losing streak.\The Bison came close to winning another game Friday on courtwarming night as they were ultimately defeated by Clever 47-39.
Opinion

The Rockwood Files - The denim debacle

As losses go, this isn't a big one. I shouldn't even care. Still, I'm sad about it. It's hard to accept that the best jeans in my closet – and possibly the world – are on their last threads.  

EnJOYable Journey - Vocabulary words and how I met them

In the last century, a boy tried to impress me with his vocabulary. He thought I would fall in love with him by trying to intrigue me through intelligence. In the late 1970s, while other boys were playing sports, helping on the farm, and cruising the square. He was sitting at home, memorizing three new words each day. I have no idea how long it would take him to get through a Webster’s Dictionary. Nonetheless, he tried this method for at least a year.

The Rockwood Files - What works at work

I'm lucky that my first professional writing job was in a newsroom because it taught me something important: You don't need a perfect environment to get work done. You don't need silence, an organized room, a particular candle, or a big chunk of time. 

EnJOYable Journey - Jump Park Boy stole my heart

Recently, I took my two youngest grandchildren to the jump park at the Battlefield Mall.

Ozarks RFD - Kids can still write

Good news, armchair critics: Young people can still write compelling and coherent prose and poetry with exceptional candor and grammatical skill.

The Rockwood Files: Rockin’ Robin

Two days ago, while sitting at my desk attempting to be a productive human, a noise broke my focus and nearly broke my window, too. 
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