It is the most wonderful time of the year. I love seeing all the festive decorations, hearing the jingle of silver bells as we walk in and out of the store and enjoying the smell of sugar cookies …
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Jenny McMahan - Bee Well
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12/22/23
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Transportation can be a significant barrier to accessing addiction treatment, especially for individuals living in rural or low-income areas. Lack of access to reliable transportation can prevent …
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Jonathan Burns - Finding Wellness
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12/22/23
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Let’s go back to the early 1940s when I was starting school, that was before school buses were the norm around here.
A lot of our neighboring boys were leaving for the Army or Navy and a …
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Roger Stanley - Notes from the prairie
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12/22/23
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This weekend kitchens will be busy with cooks baking and stressing. Food is a centerpiece of holiday gatherings. Those tastes and smells create enduring memories of our time together.
When it …
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Terry Sullivan - Arm Chair Science
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12/22/23
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As you save for retirement, you’ll want to take full advantage of the investment vehicles available to you — and one of the best is a Roth IRA. But what sets it apart from other accounts?
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Derrick Lorenzen - Financial Focus
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12/21/23
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The National Weather Service defines a White Christmas as having at least one inch of snow on the ground. We will not see that this year. You will have to travel to a city along the Canadian border …
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Terry Sullivan - Arm Chair Science
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12/21/23
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Truthfully, fire engines can be painted any color. They can be purple with pink polka dots.
Chicago fire engines are red and black. Their color is determined by whomever …
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12/6/23
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As we face this holiday season take a lesson from Bobby McFerrin. In 1988 he sang, “In every life we have some trouble. But when you worry, you make it double. Don’t worry, be …
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Terry Sullivan
Armchair Science
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12/6/23
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(Editor’s Note: During the month of December Pastor Hoffman will be providing us with a multi-part series on incarnation, today’s column is the first part of that series.)
We have …
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Jack Hoffman
Pastor's Perspective
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12/6/23
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This week starts out with a straight line, “A dendrochronologist, marine archaeologist and climate paleontologist walk into a bar.” Not a joke because it really happened. In 2013 …
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By Terry Sullivan
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11/22/23
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I was riding up to the University of Illinois, my dad was driving and he was the leader of Pine Grove Ag Club.
My brother was riding with me in the back seat of a '46 Ford and in the front seat …
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By Roger Stanley
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11/17/23
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It’s not everybody who gets to drive an aircraft carrier — especially if you’re a kid. How many kids can say they’ve driven a 60,000-ton aircraft carrier? Darned few, I say, …
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By Allen Englebright
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11/17/23
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Addiction is a chronic and complex disease that affects millions of people worldwide. Successful addiction recovery involves a journey of self-discovery, resilience and determination.
One of the …
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By Jonathan Burns
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11/17/23
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Earth had the temperature, sunlight, water and atmosphere needed for life combined with lightning and comet impacts early in the planet's history.
There are early signs left in rocks …
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ByTerry Sullivan
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11/17/23
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Sunday, Nov. 12, Paris First United Methodist Church will recognize those from the church family who have served, or are currently serving, in the armed forces. It is an opportunity to show our …
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By Lance Leeds
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11/10/23
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Here is a compilation of stories appearing in the November 1923 issues of the Paris Beacon-News. Spelling and punctuation have not been changed except where necessary for better understanding.
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By Callie Baber
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11/10/23
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Native Americans mastered companion planting 5,000 years ago.
They planted a few kernels of corn, beans and squash in the same hill in a technique known as the Three Sisters. Beans provided …
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By Terry Sullivan
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11/9/23
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Here is a compilation of stories appearing in the late October-early November 1923 issues of the Paris Beacon-News. Spelling and punctuation have not been changed except where necessary for better …
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By Callie Baber
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11/6/23
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For the majority of adults, art class is remembered as a favorite time in school. Art class is often seen and remembered as a messy place for playing with shapes, colors and using scissors.
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By Tiffany Gale
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10/30/23
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We had cats on our farm for many years.
When we lived over by Pine Grove School we had a calico cat who stayed in the coal house. Some of the older farmers called it a wash house.
This …
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By Roger Stanley
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10/30/23
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