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LOCAL COVID-19 TESTING SITES

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has a COVID hotline manned from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays. The number is 877-435-8411. For a complete map of COVID testing sites in Missouri, visit https://www.arcgis.com/ apps/dashboards/ 540884f549fc4fcba6b2 de7c39a011c7. Zoom in to see the sites nearest you.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Items for the Community Calendar may be emailed to nmelton@examiner.net or mailed to: The Examiner, 300 N. Osage St., Independence, MO 64050, attention Nancy Melton. Also, check the calendar online at examiner.net.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Items for the Community Calendar may be emailed to nmelton@examiner.net or mailed to: The Examiner, 300 N. Osage St., Independence, MO 64050, attention Nancy Melton. Also, check the calendar online at examiner.net.

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Beta Sigma Phi women of the year

The Preceptor Theta Eta chapter of the sorority Beta Sigma Phi met last Saturday, along with all other Beta Sigma Phi chapters in Independence to celebrate the sorority’s Founder’s Day. Each local chapter recognized its women of the year, with Julie Drummond and Joyce Shelton Hazelrigg receiving that honor from the Preceptor Theta Eta chapter.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Items for the Community Calendar may be emailed to nmelton@examiner.net or mailed to: The Examiner, 300 N. Osage St., Independence, MO 64050, attention Nancy Melton. Also, check the calendar online at examiner.net.

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Renovated Arch in St. Louis hasn’t seen rebound in visitors

ST. LOUIS -- Walk down to the Gateway Arch on one of these beautiful spring days and it’s hard to miss the improvements made in the past few years: The park that now ferries visitors across the highway. The striking new glass and steel entrance to the new museum. The waterfront, elevated and broadened to be enlivened with food stands in the summertime.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Items for the Community Calendar may be emailed to nmelton@examiner.net or mailed to: The Examiner, 300 N. Osage St., Independence, MO 64050, attention Nancy Melton. Also, check the calendar online at examiner.net.

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