SENIOR CENTER MEALS
Lunches provided by area community centers during the week of July 4. Vesper Hall: 400 N.W.
July 2022
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COVID-19 TESTING SITES
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has a COVID hotline staffed from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Biden backs filibuster exception to protect abortion access
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Thursday that he would support an exception to the Senate filibuster to protect abortion access, a shift that comes as Democrats coalesce around an election-year message intended to rally voters who are outraged or deflated by the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
Supreme Court: Biden properly ended Trump-era asylum policy
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Biden administration properly ended a Trump-era policy forcing some U.S. asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico.
Supreme Court limits EPA in curbing power plant emissions
WASHINGTON — In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court on Thursday limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
Jackson sworn in, 1st Black woman on Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court. The 51-year-old Jackson is the court’s 116th justice, and she took the place of the justice she once worked for.
If you support HS coach who prayed, then you must back Colin Kaepernick
Given the nature of our third branch of government, the United States Supreme Court, the ruling is no surprise. Before the court goes after the gay marriage, interracial marriage and a woman’s right to vote, on Monday morning it ruled in favor of the high school football coach who took a knee to pray.
Pujols’ legacy will live on in protégé Yepez
There is something beautiful going on at Busch Stadium this summer. But it’s not something you can stop and watch — it doesn’t come with the price of admission.
Oak Grove capitalizes on shorthanded Fike
Blue Springs Post 499 Fike was shorthanded. The American Legion baseball team was missing five of its pitchers due to them either being on summer vacation or participating in another sporting event.
Brian Todd Nelson
Brian Todd Nelson left us due to a tragic accident on June 24, 2022. Born November 6, 1963 in Emmett, Idaho to Aleta M (Davis) and Willard Nelson. He attended Chrisman High School graduating in 1982 and the University of Kansas graduating in 1986. Brian was preceded in death by his grandfathers, John Jesse Davis, Gerald Fitch, and Bill Nelson and his grandmother Ethel (Shippy) Nelson. He is survived by his parents Willard and Aleta M (Davis) Nelson, sister Amy Nelson Lamont (G. Sean), grandmother Retha (Rogers) (Davis) Fitch, and many beloved aunts, uncles, and cousins. A memorial will be held Friday, July 22, 2022, at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Family will greet guest between the hours of 1-2 p.m. for the visitation and the memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family suggest contributions to be made to National Alliance on Mental Illness at www.NAMI. org. Online condolence can be made at www. speakschapel.com.