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Dad and I closed up the pool hall one late summer night, noting that we had only accumulated a total of 16 dollars as a result of the entire day’s business. That wasn’t a good day, but it …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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9/25/24
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B uongiorno, grazie, scusa, and ciao are four words I used frequently on our vacation last week. In Italian, they mean “good day,” “thank you,” “excuse me,” and …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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9/18/24
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Some passages of Amendment 3 don’t come right out and announce attempted approval of an unpopular idea, because this strategy would cause the try to fail. Instead, the intent is accomplished by …
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9/18/24
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Allowing illegal immigrants to vote in U.S. elections is akin to letting criminals create laws and hand out punishments. Just as lawbreakers would shape a legal system to serve their interests, those …
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By Blaine Luetkemeyer, 3rd District Congressman
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9/18/24
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Proposition A ballot question asks to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour. This ballot question comes from a citizen initiative petition. The funding source for this years petition is unknown, but …
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By Paul Hamby
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9/18/24
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A few times each month, a staff member in the Missouri House prepares of summary of information relevant to week. I have copied his report for your review. If any of the …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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9/11/24
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Next week the halls of the Capitol will fill back up as we return from our district work period. While I can assure you, we have a long list of priorities to finish out for the year, we face a …
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By Blaine Luetkemeyer, 3rd District Congressman
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9/11/24
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As to a date for opening my Big Piney River Nature Center, a mile south of Houston, Mo. put the date of Saturday, Oct. 16 on your calendar. That day we will begin putting in the first displays and we …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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9/11/24
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On Wednesday August 28, new property rights laws went into effect in Missouri. HB2062 protects landlords from squatters. The following paragraph is from the bill summary:
No county, …
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By Paul Hamby
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9/4/24
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I n 1962, when he was 51, Ronald Reagan announced that he was no longer voting Democrat but would now be a Republican. He frequently said that he didn’t leave the Democratic party; it left him.
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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9/4/24
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Every August, thousands of Missourians converge upon Sedalia for 11 days of food, fun and fellowship during the Missouri State Fair. The Missouri Farm Bureau building is always a hotbed of activity, …
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BY TYLER MADSEN
Staff Managing Editor of Show Me MOFB Magazine & Communications Strategist, MOFB Public Affairs & Advocacy
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9/4/24
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Even though I haven’t voted for a Democrat in this century (did many times before), I wasn’t one of those who called them communists. It seemed like overkill.
Naive, yes. …
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BY Roger Simon, americanrefugees.substack.com
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9/4/24
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Before you read this, the dove season will have opened. Dove hunting is fairly easy, and it isn’t high on my list of things to do, but I will do it anyway, because I am a grizzled old veteran …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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9/4/24
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Two hunters who were members of a hunting lodge in a western state have died from Cruetzfeldt-Jacobs disease, which they apparently got from eating venison from a CWD prion-infested deer. But you …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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8/28/24
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L abor Day became an official holiday in the United States in 1884. It honors the American labor movement, which built this country with blood, sweat, and tears and made America great. With Labor Day …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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8/28/24
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Many of you may have had the chance to journey to the State Fairgrounds in Sedalia this August, joining fellow Missourians in celebrating the best of our state’s agricultural traditions. …
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By Blaine Luetkemeyer, 3rd District Congressman
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8/28/24
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3816 years ago, King Hammurabi of Babylon implemented one of the first government edicts for price controls. Known as “Hammurabi’s Code” the written laws had the opposite effect of …
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By Paul Hamby
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8/28/24
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If you have the ambition to get away from the air conditioning and get your body acclimated to summer, find an isolated section of Ozark river where canoe rental people do not operate, and plan a …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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8/21/24
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T he phrase Trojan Horse comes to us from Greek mythology. The story is mentioned briefly in the Odyssey, an epic poem attributed to Homer from the 8th or 7th century BC. The poem was first published …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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8/21/24
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Spring and summer seem to be battling for dominance over the 7th month of the year. Small groups of cool bright days took us back to May then hot humid day reminds us it is July or is it August. …
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8/21/24
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