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  • Joined: August 30, 2022
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Enola Holmes 2’ is another charming bit of mystery

Netflix has been smart to stay in the “Enola Holmes” business. After picking up the distribution rights for 2020’s “Enola Holmes” — a charming mystery romp based on Nancy Springer’s young-adult novel series “The Enola Holmes Mysteries” originally planned for a theatrical release — the streamer now brings us the equally engaging “Enola Holmes 2.” With “Stranger Things” star Millie Bobby Brown returning as a young detective — and little sister of the much more famous Sherlock (Henry Cavill) — “Enola Holmes 2” offers all the fourth-wall-breaking fun of the original and is built around a rather interesting and well-constructed mystery, one touching on cultural issues.

Local man sentenced to 30 years for murder

An Independence man has been sentenced to 30 yearss in prison for shooting his girlfriend dead in her Independence home. Circuit Judge Marco Roldan sentenced Brandon McDaniel, 28, Friday after a Jackson County jury found him guilty in August of second-degree murder and armed criminal action for the death of Oriana Starr in December 2020.

Republican leaders, please drop calls for violence

The violent attack on the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, with an alleged threat to kidnap the third most powerful elected official in America, is absolutely the result of escalating violent rhetoric by Republican politicians. They will deny it, but the cause-and-effect evidence is too abundant to ignore. Republican leaders are openly inspiring political violence, apparently out of fear that democracy isn’t working for them.

Beware political attacks; be sure to vote

Lois McDonald, Independence To the editor: The strategy of negative political mailings is well understood by political candidates and campaign managers. The purpose is to discredit the opposing candidate by creating questions of integrity or instilling mistrust. Timing is everything. You can count on receiving one or more in the days before an election when the subject of a colorful or comical postcard has little time for rebuttal or to set the record straight.

FRESH TUNA CAKES

Recipe by Linda Gassenheimer • 3/4 pound fresh tuna steaks • 2 tablespoons reduced-fat mayonnaise • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce • Several drops hot pepper sauce • 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard • 4 scallions, chopped • Salt and freshly ground black pepper • 2 eggs • 2 cups panko crumbs, divided use • Olive oil spray Place tuna on a cutting board and coarsely chop with a knife and place in a large bowl. Add the mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce, hot pepper sauce, mustard and scallions and mix well.

Sarah Lucille Martin Neely

Sarah Lucille Martin Neely, 78, of Roodhouse, Ill., passed away Sunday, October 30, 2022, at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Ill. She was born November 21, 1943, in Jacksonville, Ill., the daughter of Floyd and Lolita Story Martin. She is survived by her children, Kate (Jarrod) Williams of Grimesland, N.C. and Rick (Erin) Neely of Blue Springs, Mo; four grandchildren, Betsy Williams, Daniel Williams, Kendal Neely and Evelyn Neely; two bonus grandchildren, J.D. Lindley and Emily Peak and her cousin, Will Rees of Monmouth, Ill. She was preceded in death by her parents and her aunt, Opal Story Rees. A proud graduate of Roodhouse High School, she attended Illinois College in Jacksonville. She then went to the University of Missouri, where she was a graduate student in the School of Journalism. She was a member of Marching Mizzou, which was, at that time, one of the few college bands to admit women. She was employed as a teacher, a columnist - as writer of “The Same Ol’ Column with No Name” in the Oak Grove Banner, and, after her mother’s passing, also enjoyed working with the Ethan and Penny Cox family to manage her farmland. She attended Roodhouse Christian Church until its closing when she then transferred her membership to First Christian Church in White Hall, Ill. Sarah enjoyed her time as a band and choir parent in Oak Grove, Mo. and was president of the music booster club when her children were in high school. Sarah loved to travel and do genealogical research. She actively volunteered for various political campaigns including Carson Ross for State Representative and others. She sat on the Oak Grove Planning and Zoning Commission and the Oak Grove R-VI School Board for many years and was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 12, 2022, at Airsman-Hires Funeral Home in Roodhouse with burial at Fernwood Cemetery. The family will meet friends from 4-7 p.m. on Friday at t

Oh, say, can you see?

We rest comfortably in our homes 365 days a year, sleeping peacefully in our beds, while we push ahead with our daily routines. Is one day out of the year enough to give respect to our service men and women, and to our veterans who have lived and died so we can enjoy freedom? Are we teaching children about our fellow Americans who have sacrificed so we have the security of knowing we are free? We can teach children how to use a computer at the age of 2, we strive to teach our teenagers about diversity and equal rights, but do they know the words to “The StarSpangled Banner” or the Pledge of Allegiance? Have we made it clear to this generation we stop what we’re doing and remove our hats during time of respect to the flag? Memories may fade, although emotions tied to serving our country can bring a grown man to tears during the playing of “Taps.” Are we doing enough to say we’re supportive of our troops? Bumper stickers and T-shirts are great, but are we reaching out to those family members of our service men and women who are left behind to keep the home fires burning? I’m just as guilty as I go about my business, whistling a happy tune, with our country in such a state of distress.