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The road to Independence
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This year is the 248th birthday of the United States. Next April marks the 250th anniversary of the start of the War of Independence at the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775. What followed was …
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By Dustin R. Strong / [email protected]
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7/3/24
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Man’s fondness for porn is a turnoff for partner
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DEAR ABBY: I met this man online a year and a half ago. We have been together ever since. There is a serious problem with him watching porn. When we met, I knew he was doing it when I was not with …
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By Abigail Van Buren
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7/2/24
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Dems desert Kansas candidate at national convention
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 Years Ago
July 2, 1924
Several weeks of negotiations have placed the proposed new gas and electric franchise of the Kansas …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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7/2/24
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Area Events
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Tuesday, July 2
Yoga with Mona
Eclectic Soul Studio has Yoga sessions from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the studio. Sessions are $10 a piece and discount …
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7/2/24
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Club Notes
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Need help or need to talk. Meetings daily. For times and locations, call 620-363-4571 or 620-231-4446. Any day of the month at the Knights of …
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7/2/24
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Drug addiction, violence are tearing family apart
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DEAR ABBY: My elderly father died recently. Although he had a variety of ailments, including heart disease, his death was unexpected. He spent many years of his life trying to save my drug-addicted, …
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By Abigail Van Buren
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6/29/24
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Area Events
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Monday, July 1
Silver Sneakers
Silver Sneakers meets at the Arma Public Library every Monday thru Friday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Girard Fireworks
The …
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6/29/24
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Club Notes
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Need help or need to talk. Meetings daily. For times and locations, call 620-363-4571 or 620-231-4446. Any day of the month at the Knights of …
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6/29/24
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Cleaning and Organizing My Workshop
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I recently finished a stretch in university administration. I did a nickel as chair of Chemistry among other things. I learned a lot through my experience, most of which will never see print. …
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By Bobby Neal Winters
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6/29/24
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Three dimensions of Southeast Kansas coal
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Some lifelong Kansans reading this might, like me, find it’s a little hard to imagine that our state was once covered by vast seas.
The first of three presenters a program last Sunday at …
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By J.T. Knoll
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6/29/24
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Don't Be a Heat Casualty
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Last week, I was asked to go to a concert in Greenfield, Missouri by my sister-in-law. It had been a long time since I had been to a concert and I was happy to tag along. Unfortunately, a few years …
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By Char Strong / [email protected]
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6/29/24
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EXPLORE CRAWFORD COUNTY
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INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATIONS
City of Girard
Monday, July 1
Crawford County Fairgrounds
Lake Blast Celebration
Tuesday, July 2
Crawford State Park, Farlington Lake
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6/29/24
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Adult daughter has cut off contact with family members
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DEAR ABBY: My older daughter, "Brianna," age 42, does not want anything to do with me or her brother and sister-in-law. She keeps me from my granddaughter, who is 17. I have been divorced since the …
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By Abigail Van Buren
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6/28/24
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Area Events
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Friday, June 28
Music on the Lake
This music series is organized by Friends of Crawford State Park, with all tips going to the performer. Attendees are encouraged to …
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6/28/24
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Club Notes
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Need help or need to talk. Meetings daily. For times and locations, call 620-363-4571 or 620-231-4446. Any day of the month at the Knights of …
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6/28/24
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Jammin’ burgers
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It's the season for grilling and burgers. This summer, lighten up your double-fisted burgers with ground turkey meat. Turkey burgers are often underrated and dismissed. They have a reputation for …
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By Lynda Balslev
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6/28/24
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Kind gesture by couple turns flat into friend’s love nest
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DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend and I rented an apartment six weeks ago. A friend of his needed a place to stay due to some marital problems, so we decided she could stay with us. At the beginning, she …
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By Abigail Van Buren
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6/27/24
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Area Events
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Thursday, June 27
Stained Glass Workshop w/Dianne Miller
$150 fee; ages 18+; Class is limited to the first 8 participants who pay; begins at 3:00 p.m.
This 12 …
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6/27/24
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Club Notes
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Need help or need to talk. Meetings daily. For times and locations, call 620-363-4571 or 620-231-4446. Any day of the month at the Knights of …
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6/27/24
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The Big Pool
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This photo taken from the west end of the old Municipal Pool (“The Big Pool”) in Pittsburg’s Lincoln Park shows plenty of action in the water as well as the old high diving board …
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By J.T. Knoll
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6/27/24
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