SENIOR CENTER MEALS
Lunches provided by area community centers during the week of Jan, 3. Palmer Center: 218 N.
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Years of progress, years of controversy
From The Examiner Dec. 27-31, 1971: • MANY WOULD LIKE SCHOOL TAXES RESOLVED IN 1972” – School financing seems to be the most troubling issue that many Eastern Jackson County residents would like to see resolved during 1972.
A cabin in the woods, a place of connection
I have a crush on cabins, and it’s been there for as long as I can remember. We’ll be traveling down the road, and I’ll turn my head for a final glimpse at a cozy cabin tucked in at the edge of the woods.
Lamb and linguine a traditional Italian dish
Herb-crusted lamb, served on a bed of spinach, tomatoes and fresh linguine make this traditional Italian dish. Florentine lamb and linguine Yield 2 servings.
U.S. needs to mandate vaccines for domestic flights
Millions of Americans have recently boarded an airplane heading for someplace to spend the holidays – very possibly in the company of the newest and wiliest strain of the coronavirus, omicron. The invisible hitchhiker will find it difficult to board international flights, as travelers to far-flung destinations are subject to all manner of COVID-19 requirements.
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Loud times, quiet times, good times
’Twas Christmas Day and all through the house not a creature was stirring, least of all, me or my spouse. We were exhausted.
New solutions for old challenges
Life's mysteries unfold in odd ways, don't they? The Wall Street Journal reports that churches by the thousands are signing up for a service to do to us what corporations and other private groups have done for years – select their targets based on specific, revelatory and actionable data that you might have thought was your own darned business. Feeling blue? Marriage going down the tubes? The big algorithm in the sky can pick up on that based on your search history, and it might send you an ad for a lovely cruise.
City looking at hotel development
Although the Independence City Council this month did not move ahead with legal action to steer the former Kmart building at Noland Road and Interstate 70 toward redevelopment, Mayor Eileen Weir among others still say a new project there can happen.
Charges in connection with toddler shooting
An Independence man arrested in Nebraska in connection with a toddler's shooting death Christmas Eve also faces charges connected to a vehicle crash following the shooting. Jackson County prosecutors have charged Ashton Cleveland, 23, with leaving the scene of an injury accident, which happened at Truman and Noland roads in Independence shortly after 4:30 p.m.