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Recent Arrivals at Scotland County Memorial Library

Recent Arrivals at Scotland County Memorial Library Adult Fiction New books are still arriving at the library! Curbside service available. Give us a call if you’d like any of these new books. The Wife Stalker: a Novel, by Liv Constantine Girls of Summer, by Nancy Thayer The Last Trial, by Scott Turow Bombshell, by Stuart…

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The Work of Self-Care

Dancing Rabbit There are plenty of unique elements of our daily lives here at Dancing Rabbit that are probably fairly well-known to readers of this column — natural building, the humanure system, the car co-op. These are all very important pieces of what makes life here both more sustainable and just plain great; but there…

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A Father’s Love

A Father’s Love by Carolyn L. Primm Father’s Day is just around the corner, and I guess I just as well tell you the truth.  My father never told me he loved me. My father was a man of integrity.  Honesty was of first priority with my dad.  A man was “only as good as…

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American History Moment

“Juneteenth” is a word that has been frequently seen and heard in the news recently. The term refers to June 19, 1865, when slaves in Texas learned belatedly that slavery had been abolished.  Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of September 22, 1862, effective on January 1, 1863, freed enslaved people in the 11 states of the Confederacy: …

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Blessing Named to Missouri Western Spring 2020 Dean’s List

St. Joseph, Mo. – June 4, 2020 – Missouri Western State University named 394 students to the Dean’s Honor Roll for the spring semester of 2020. Students who carried 12 hours or more for graded credit and earned a grade point average of 3.5 or better qualify for the honor. Abby Blessing of Memphis was…

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Classifieds

FOR SALE – China Hutch with glass doors (top) Storage below 60” high x16” deep x 60” wide $100.00. Men’s (new) size 12 dress country boots (black) Cost: $258 – Sale Price: $125 Men’s size 11 ½ pull-on work boots (new, black) Cost: $160 – Sale Price: $100. Serious Interest Only. 988-4081 GARAGE SALE –…

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LEGAL NOTICE

IN THE 1ST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT, SCOTLAND COUNTY, MISSOURI Judge or Division: KIMBERLY J NICOLI Case Number: 20SE-PR00006 In the Estate of GENA J AWERKAMP, Deceased. Notice of Letters Testamentary Granted (Independent Administration) To All Persons Interested in the Estate of GENA J AWERKAMP, Decedent: On June 12, 2020, the last will of the decedent…

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Annual Water Quality Reports Reveal Zero Violations for Local Providers in 2019

According to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the largest source of the state’s drinking water 43%, is surface water from the Missouri River. Less than 15 of the state’s drinking water originates in the Mississippi River. Groundwater supplies another 39% through the use of wells, while 17% of the stae gets its drinking water…

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The Incredible Call to Believe

by Terry Rush Belief changes life… and lives. While many may regard such as a mere passing vapor of a wishful moment, faith is bedrock solid for a life of effectivity. One of the monumental differences that faith makes is one’s ability to love others when they are, frankly, a pain in the rear. This…

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New Arrivals

BABY ZIMMERMAN Philip and Brenda Zimmerman of Memphis are the parents of a son, Aden Korbell Zimmerman, born June 6, 2020 at 12:02 p.m. at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. Aden weighed 6 lb 10.6 oz and was 20.75 inches long. Grandparents are Harold and Delores Martin of Edina and Paul and Rosetta Zimmerman of…

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