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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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PCGS memorial flowers
The Polk County Genealogical Society (PCGS) will once again be offering the service of placing flowers on graves for Memorial Day. Orders may be made from March 25 through May 3. The choices will be either a small spray placed by the stone or a saddle placed over the top of the stone. The cost for the saddle is $50 and the bouquet is $20. Deliveries can be made to cemeteries in Polk County.
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.
Cedar County Fifth Sunday service
Hickory Grove Missionary Baptist Church and their pastor Dillon Legan, located at 22496 E. 480th Rd, Humansville, will host the Cedar County Fifth Sunday services for March 2024.
Why we need a jolt of joy
Writer gets loose with a goose
Tractor Pull
Halfway Senior Class Project Graduation Tractor Pull will be Saturday, April 20, starting at noon. The pull will be held at the Polk County Fairgrounds, Bolivar.
Open Hearts UMC announces scholarship available to Polk County students
Open Hearts United Methodist Church, Bolivar, has announced the first $5,000 scholarship to be awarded from the Hegle Scholarship Fund established by a donation from former Bolivar businessman Weldon Hegle.
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Bearcat Baseball Secures First GLVC Series Win in Three Years
The SBU baseball team finished their four-game series against the Truman State Bulldogs this past Sunday afternoon. The Bearcats secured the series victory, winning three out of the four games, their first four game GLVC series win since 2021.
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.
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Opinion
What has happened to the “Ghostbusters” movie franchise? For over a quarter century Hollywood resisted the temptation to spoil the one-two punch of the 1984 comedy classic and its decent-enough 1989 sequel. Then there came the 2016 reboot, which was controversial for its female cast, and the controversy is all anyone remembers. The 2021 legacy sequel didn’t always nail its humor, but there were some charming new characters and a nice kick of nostalgia at the end. But now with “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire,” this once-mighty property has officially become, well, a ghost of its former self.
The Historical Society of Polk County will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 28. The meeting will take place at the Polk County Museum, 201 W. Locust, Bolivar. Jerald Andrews will be speaking about his involvement with the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.
As recent as 20 years ago, any bear sighting in Missouri made state-wide headlines.
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.”
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.
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.
Business
Grazing multiple species of livestock (cattle, sheep, or goats) on the same area could be more profitable and sustainable. Diversifying your operation with multi species grazing has potential to increase your cash flow and better pasture utilization, said David Brown, MU Sheep and Goat Specialist. Join the University of Missouri Extension experts and as they discuss the importance of multispecies grazing. 
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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