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 | | Celebrate July 4th at Landreth Park >> Calendar of Events | l-onstot | 
Singer/songwriter Lee Brice, pictured, headlines Joplin's July 4th celebration
Free musical entertainment, good food and great prizes are just a few of the events scheduled for Freedom Fest 2009, Joplin's Independence Day celebration.
The annual event, sponsored by Hardee's, US Cellular, Quapaw Casino and the city of Joplin, will be held in Landreth Park, south of Ozark Christian College, Main Street and Murphy Blvd, on Saturday, July 4th.
Festivities, including live music, begin at 4 p.m. and continue until the evening ends with a 30-minute fireworks display choreographed to popular music beginning about at 9:45 ...more |
| | JLT, Stone's Throw announce 2009-2010 seasons >> Calendar of Events | staff | 
The Joplin Little Theatre cast of Annie Get Your Gun performs a rousing tune. The show was honored at the 2009 Encore awards presentation as being the best musical of the 2008-09 season.
Theatre buffs are invited to take part in history as the Joplin Little Theatre, the oldest continuously running community theatre west of the Mississippi, celebrates its 70th anniversary season.
The JLT's 2009-2010 season includes:
- 1776, a Tony award-winning musical based upon a book by Peter Stone, directed locally by Lisa Green, that humorously depicts Adams, ...more
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|  | | Register now for home food preservation classes >> Calendar of Events | vbryan | | The Webb City Farmer's Market in cooperation with University of Missouri Extension is offering two home food preservation classes.
The first class on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 will include ...more |
| | The Fair Tax, for business as usual? >> Editorial | mariwinn | | Rep. Ed Emery's report to his constituents dated June 24, 2009, is entitled, "Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness." He introduces it with a quote from Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis' having ...more |
| | More discussion on water issues is planned >> Calendar of Events | smeyer | | Shaping our water future-- working to ensue adequate quality water supplies will be discussed at a two-day regional planning conference, September 17 and 18, 2009. The event, described as a forum for ...more |
| | Golfers wanted for 61st annual tournament >> Calendar of Events | l-onstot | | Schifferdecker Golf Course is the site of the 61st Annual Ozark Amateur Golf Tournament, also known as the “oldest golf tournament west of the Mississippi.” It will be held on July 11 and July 12, ...more |
| | Redefinition of switchblade knives limts their use >> Government | mariwinn | | A newly revised ruling by the Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Commissioner of Customs has created quite a stir amongst right to carry advocates. And this time the subject isn't ...more |
| | Yasso and Reinertsen on the run >> Sports | mariwinn | |
At left, Kirstie Smith, communication manager for the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce, chats with Sarah Reinertsen and Bart Yasso at a luncheon held in their honor.
Two well-known personalities ...more |
| | Kansas/Native Window headline Joplin event >> Features | mariwinn | | Billy Greer, base guitarist for the legendary rock group Kansas, performs with fellow band members at Joplin's recent Boomtown Days event. The three-day event attracted thousands of people to the ...more |
| | Make-A-Wish® Foundation appeals for volunteers >> Letters to the Editor | staff | | To the editor:
I am with Make-A-Wish® Foundation of Missouri in Springfield. We are looking for potential volunteers or organizations in the 41 counties we serve (including Jasper) that are ...more |
| | Calling all artists >> Calendar of Events | jo-muell | | The Webb City Farmers Market is sponsoring an art market from 9 a.m. to noon on the third Saturday from June through September. Artists are encouraged to participate in this inaugural event. No fees ...more |
| | Yes-vote needed for August ballot issue >> Community | mariwinn | |
Joplin officials anxiously awaited the appearance of citizens at a public meeting on May 28 intended to explain the wastewater issue facing voters this August 4. But, besides representatives from ...more |
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| 07-02 | rationalizing hunger | philbz | | The preposterous justifications to rationalize children going hungry, flies in the face of pentagon | | 06-28 | Resist | adriandc | | Resist Washington DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, the Slavocracy, and the New World Order | | 06-28 | Waiting for McDonald County's position | dwayne | | The Eastern Shawnee Tribe has been posting warnings on the
creeks. Now Newton County Health has | | 06-26 | FairTax and liberty | hoagland | | I can only speak about the federal legislation to replace the income tax system. Right now the | | 06-25 | Regarding "huh?" | mgrogg | | Regarding Emery's use of quotes--if ya can't dazzle people with brilliance, dazzle them with | | 06-25 | The poor get poorer, the rich get richer | ma-earth | | Regarding the addition of a hefty state tax, how are the minimally employed who are poor going to | | 06-25 | Support of MDA event questioned | biker2 | | Why should motorcyclists support the MDA--inefficient, poorly-administered, rated only two-star by | | 06-23 | Talk flows like the water | dwayne | | It would be a good one to attend--the September conference on water to be held in Springfield--to | | 06-21 | Unfair Fair Tax | hemo12 | | How about the money we have saved in our bank accounts for years. We have already paid income tax | | 06-13 | Will they ever learn? | staff | | Law enforcement officers took to the rails again in Jasper County on June 10, 2009 to witness | | by: Views Date | | MORE FORUMS |
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The king that popped "A tragic case like Michael Jackson's reinforces the recurring story of addicted celebrities and their enabling doctors. Being a celebrity does not change the simple fact that the user is a drug addict....."
---Deepak Chopra and Dr. Drew Pinsky (Huffington Post, June 28, 2009, 09:09 p.m.) | | More Quotes. |
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