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The girls enjoyed having their pictures taken with their dates in the Barbie photo booth.
In our Barbie era
Thursday, Feb. 8, BIS hosted their annual Valentine's Daughter dance. The event brought little girls with their 'dates', ready to dance, snack and enjoy themselves...during their Barbie era. 
Crews working to renew the old.


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Bringing out historical beauty
It is one of the oldest buildings on the square, built by RB Viles, and after having siding over the original brick work for years the building is being refreshed and refurbished. Crews have had some great weather to work on getting the siding off and begin the ‘rejuvenating’ process on the building.
Missouri’s signature celebration of the state’s beef industry, Missouri Beef Days, returns even bigger and better in 2024. The weeklong festival will conclude with a special When It Shines farewell tour concert in Bolivar on May 11 by The Ozark Mountain Daredevils.


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Missouri Beef Days 2024 to feature concert by The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Missouri’s signature family festival combining fun activities with a celebration of the
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Wednesday, April 3
Missouri’s largest fly fishing show
The Tri-Lakes Fly Fishers will host their 25th annual Expo of Saturday, April 13, at the Benson Center in Clinton, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission and all programs are free to the public. Nominally priced home-cooked breakfasts and lunches will be available on-site.
Enon Cemetery board meeting
Enon Cemetery board will meet Monday, April 1, at Neon Missionary Baptist church at 7 p.m. Anyone with complaints or questions about the cemetery should plan to attend. Any questions call Dan at 417-770-6711.
Black bear population
As recent as 20 years ago, any bear sighting in Missouri made state-wide headlines.
Witnesses to history
Now and then I am reminded that we born after World War II were witnesses to some of the most momentous events of the 20th century. Following are selected events from the Time-Life series, “Our American Century.”
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Brody Campbell keeping his eye on the ball.


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Liberator boys tennis start the season with a win over Branson
The Branson Pirate's tennis team traveled to the Bolivar Liberators’ courts to start the tennis season.
Missouri’s largest fly fishing show
The Tri-Lakes Fly Fishers will host their 25th annual Expo of Saturday, April 13, at the Benson Center in Clinton, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission and all programs are free to the public. Nominally priced home-cooked breakfasts and lunches will be available on-site.
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Opinion
I’m not going to sugarcoat it: this was not a good week for new releases. The battle for the top spot at the domestic box office was a fierce one, with “Kung Fu Panda 4” in its second weekend narrowly edging out “Dune: Part Two” in its third. But after those two holdovers, the box office fell off a cliff, with newcomer “Arthur the King” taking a weak third place with barely a quarter of either’s take. Granted, the relatively small-scale production is not one that has ambitions of conquering the box office. It’s okay with being a nice little crowd-pleaser, which would be fine if it were actually more pleasing.
What I learned while upside down
If you think you see a lot of red-winged blackbirds in the spring and summer, national bird surveys indicate you’re right.
Just a few days ago I poured myself a glass of orange juice, something I seldom do because we seldom have any in the refrigerator unless grandkids are coming to visit.
Since Po (Jack Black), the main character of the “Kung Fu Panda” movies, is known for his
School
As summer vacation comes to a close, it’s almost that time of year when parents rush to the stores for supplies and teachers dress up their classrooms to welcome back fresh-faced students.
While donations of supplies have poured in, organizers of Saturday’s Tenth Annual Polk County Back to School Extravaganza say more are always needed.
A Missouri State University student from Halfway was awarded for her success at the 2023 Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Collegiate National Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 22-25.
Registration for all Humansville R-IV students will take place Aug. 9 through Aug.11, from 7:30 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Registration packets will be available for parent pick up starting Tuesday, Aug. 8.
Sullivan Bank in Pleasant Hope will be doing a school supply drive for the Pleasant Hope School District.
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All items must be placed at curbs by April 29
3D Gospel featuring Delisa Dawn Spurgeon, from Lowry City, will be at Rondo Baptist Church at 6 p.m. Sunday, April 7.
The Polk County Missionary Baptist Association will have Fifth Sunday services this month with Rock Prairie Missionary Baptist Church. Services will be Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday with Tri-County Group.
The Tri-County Baptist Group will hold its regular Fifth Sunday Service on Sunday, March 31, at Rock Prairie Missionary Baptist Church in Polk County.
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