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I would like to share with you about a good time I had this past weekend. If you’ve never attended one of the annual Southwest Missouri Celtic Heritage Festivals & Highland Games, then I …
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STEVE JOHNSON — EDITOR
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9/16/21
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From the first year to right before his passing (he conducted the August meeting), Carl Buckner has been a valuable fixture of the Fair Grove Historical and Preservation Society. Donna, Carl’s …
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Marilyn Smith — A Tale or Two
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9/8/21
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Not only is the food delicious (served between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. each day) at the Fair Grove Senior Center, getting to visit with my friends is great fun. One fellow reads my column, and …
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Marilyn Smith
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9/1/21
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Paul Campbell
Listen to your body’s wake-up calls
If you listen carefully, your body will tell you when you need to do something differently than you are now doing. I …
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Paul Campbell
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7/27/21
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Ozarks RFD: Jim Hamilton
The Bonanza phenomenon
Once upon a time a young former Union Carbide executive from Kokomo, Ind., launched a steak house phenomenon in Springfield, …
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Ozarks RFD: Jim Hamilton
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7/21/21
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Everybody needs a Lendol Condren in their life. I learned to drive, change a tire and the basics of safe driving from him in driver’s education class.
There is no wonder that Missouri is the …
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EnJOYable JOURNEY: JOY BEAMER
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7/21/21
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Fifty years ago this month (July), I made my first and last flight into Springfield, arriving aboard a green and white Ozark Air Lines turboprop, a Fairchild-Hiller with the wings atop the …
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7/14/21
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I’m a horrible neighbor
I thought …
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7/14/21
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In 2006, Jane Hale published a book titled “Every Day is Father’s Day.” Prior to publication of this excellent book, Jane asked me to submit a memory of my father. Here is what I …
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7/14/21
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In my Highway 65 book, I said the convenience of the highway might have been the reason the first airport was located near that area. Maybe I should explain, the original north-south highway went …
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Marilyn Smith — A Tale or Two
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7/7/21
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Another year of feeding calves has come and gone, and Butch and Sundance are in the freezer. Correction: seven freezers.
Our latest Bonebrake Hereford duo went to the processor June 4 after 401 …
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7/7/21
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The Urban Dictionary describes a dork as a person who is both academically inclined and fans over things.
I’m a life-long dork about patriotism. I’ve always enjoyed learning …
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7/4/21
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