If you are interested in free painting lessons, Cheryl Coen will be at Art Sync Gallery at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18. Instead of the usual life drawing session, Coen will teach an oil painting …
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8/17/22
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The Polk County Woodlawn 4-H Club was one of 73 4-H clubs and FFA chapters who recently received a $500 “Shaping Rural Missouri Grant” to complete a community improvement project in their …
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8/13/22
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I am the 1970s love-child of two parents born and raised in the 1940s. If you know your history,that means their childhood was forged in the years following the Great Depression and WWII,which were …
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By Jameé Stimpson
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8/12/22
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At just 18 years of age, Bolivar-born Kelsey Shawley has her dreams in sight after winning the $10,000 EAA Ray Scholarship and is already on her high-flying way to earning her pilot’s …
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By Quincy Young
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8/11/22
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The Ninth Annual Back to School Extravaganza, Saturday, Aug. 6, was a huge success with 660 Polk County students receiving free back to school supplies. The event, organized by Open Hearts Bolivar …
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Staff/Linda Simmons
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8/10/22
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Thursday, Aug. 18, the Polk County Courthouse will be closed at 3 p.m. so employees may attend a safety training.
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8/6/22
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“I just wish there was a job I could actually write for,” I said into the phone. It was no surprise tome that the summer job I had been counting on didn’t have enough hours for me, …
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By Cora Stimpson
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8/6/22
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In 2001, Vicky and her son Will moved to the Bolivar area, and she began working at the Polk
County Courthouse, where she helped prosecute those who passed bad checks. She was
proud of her …
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By BH-FP News Staff
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8/4/22
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Monday, Aug. 1 — Stuffed chicken breast, rosemary potatoes, roll, root beer float.
Tuesday, Aug. 2 — Taco salad, tomato, lettuce, cheese, onion, chips and salsa, churro …
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7/30/22
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Bolivar and Polk County are still facing extremely dry conditions, and firefighters were kept busy on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 26-27, battling ground fires in multiple locations.
Brent …
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7/30/22
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The Kolton Vandeweerd Memorial Foundation (KVMF), a new nonprofit organization, isbecoming more vocal in the community, aiming to educate and safeguard the public to preventchildhood drownings in …
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By Quincy Young
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7/29/22
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For the third year in a row, the Bolivar Seventh Day Adventist Church is welcoming thecommunity to collect and enjoy the produce from their community garden.Located at 1704 E Division St., the church …
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By Quincy Young
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7/28/22
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