Love and light flow around and through us
Someday I’d like to make a list of all the things I’ve found while looking for something else. Photos I’d forgotten.
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
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A new development for Eastern Jackson County
From The Examiner during the week of Jan. 31-Feb.
Ex-Kansas City officer asks to remain free during appeal
KANSAS CITY – A former Kansas City police detective is asking to remain free on bond while his conviction in the shooting death of a Black man is appealed. Eric DeValkenaere, 43, is scheduled to be sentenced March 4 for second-degree involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in the December 2019 death of Cameron Lamb.
A trip to celebrate the joys of family
“The bus is coming! The bus is coming!” A quick glance down our small gravel road showed that the children were correct. The long-awaited trip had arrived.
VALENTINE’S BROWNIE
Brownie layer: 1 package chocolate cake mix 3 ⁄4 cup cold butter 1 egg, slightly beaten Filling: 8 oz. cream cheese 1 cup powdered sugar 1 cup whipped topping Pudding: 3 cups milk 1 pkg (3.9 oz) chocolate instant pudding 1 package (3.9oz) vanilla instant pudding 1 teaspoon instant coffee, opt 3 cups whipped topping Chocolate shavings, optional Instructions In a large bowl cut butter into cake mix until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
FLOAT away
Fly above the Maldives in a seaplane and you’d be forgiven for thinking that the whole of the Indian Ocean is dotted with glamorous overwater bungalows hovering above sand-rimmed micro-islands. But while some of the world’s most gorgeous overwater bungalows do call this region home, the Indian Ocean is far from the only spot on Earth where you can enjoy these kinds of Instagram-fabulous vacation accommodations. • The first overwater bungalows in the world were built in the Islands of Tahiti in 1967, and these days you can find this fabulous trend as far and wide as Jamaica, Belize, Bora Bora and even Sweden. Here are six stunning overwater bungalows all around the world that make perfect dream vacation spots for families and couples.
Slanderous mailer embodies what’s wrong with local politics
Larry Blick, Independence To the editor: Who is so afraid of Rory Rowland’s proposals for ethics reform, contribution limits and term limits for the mayor that they will sponsor a scurrilous mailer full of lies and slander? I know Rory Rowland to be a person of integrity, honesty and high moral standards. Dark money used for scurrilous, slanderous mailers at the last minute is what is wrong with our city politics.
Preston would bring integrity to Independence City Council
Ron Finke, Independence To the editor: This is a crucial time in Independence. For years, our city government has lurched from one crisis to another, all due to the overall makeup of the council.
Superintendent right to require masks in classrooms
Michele McIntosh, MD To the editor: Thanks to superintendent Dale Herl of the Independence School District for reinstating a mask mandate to protect the children and staff of Independence schools in spite of the threat of a lawsuit by Attorney General Eric Schmitt. The district comes through again for the kids instead of bowing to political pressure.