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MO Treas. Malek Issues Statement at St. Louis Federal Reserve
JEFFERSON CITY, MO
– Upon talking to St. Louis Federal Reserve officials, Missouri State Treasurer Vivek Malek released the following statement:
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“After witnessing the events of last week, I visited with St. Louis Federal Reserve officials to hear what, if any, impact the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other banks has had on Missouri’s financial institutions. I was encouraged to be assured that our banks are in a good position, but will continue to monitor the situation. It’s
Letter to the Editor
important to remind Missourians that their deposits in Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)-insured banks and credit unions are federally protected up to $250,000.00. While it is reassuring that Missouri’s financial institutions are in a stable position, it’s also important to recognize that Biden’s inflation contributes greatly to much of the risk faced by these institutions. Missourians deserve policies that lower interest rates and the price of groceries and fuel.”
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Karen Bradshaw
A couple of weeks ago, I made cheddar bay biscuits at the request of one of the granddaughters. Instead of using Bisquick, I googled a recipe and made them from scratch. In doing so, I learned something new. The recipe called for the butter to be melted, allowed to cool slightly and then been stirred into the cold buttermilk. Not to brag, but the result was some of the lightest, fluffiest biscuits I had ever made.
Cooking is basically chemistry, and the warm butter into cold buttermilk is a chemical reaction I can get behind if the results are this good. It also eliminates the need to cut shortening into the flour, something I don’t enjoy. Maybe that’s one reason my pie crusts come out of the refrigerator case.
Granted it may just have been the use of the
Speak-Latimer Cemetery
The Speak-Latimer Cemetery, which is west of Livonia, is very much in need of a new fence.
Larry Speaks said he would take on the project. He would love some

by Wade Paris
help and donations. Here is his address, if you can help is some way. Larry Speaks, 1108 N Main, Greentop, Missouri 63546.
How to Right a Wrong
buttermilk and I suspect this was the secret to my grandmother’s exceptional biscuits as there was usually a jar of buttermilk in the refrigerator. As an experiment, buttermilk replaced the milk called for in a box of cornbread mix and the result was again stellar. The cornbread raised higher and had a much lighter texture. Actually, the experiment if you will was conducted because I had purchased too much buttermilk and hated to see it go to waste. Serious consideration was given to using it for a Texas sheet cake, but it seems as if everyone I know is on a diet and wouldn’t appreciate the share and I definitely didn’t need to devour a whole sheet cake.
Bottom line evidently it’s never too late to learn something new.
Have a great week.
“Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.”
Omaha Baptist Church
Sunday Morning Bible Study for ALL Ages at 10:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship at 11:00 a.m.
Please come to hear Pastor Kevin Collins bring you a reassuring word from God.
Birthdays
Thursday, March 23
Bob Varner, Melody Crow, Taylor Stacy, J. C. Davis, Mona Wood
Friday, March 24
Lora Lowe, Danny Trent, Cole Williams
Saturday, March 25
Karrie Webb, Tim Probasco, Kelly Busker, Molly Knowles, Bev Volkner, Tim Wood, Amber Andersen
Sunday, March 26
Kartlin Worth, James Rhoades, McKinley Hurley, Shanna Smith, Tina Smith, Trace Eddy
Monday, March 27
Thursday, March 23
Ham, Apple Yam Bake, Winter Mix, Fruit
Crisp
Thursday, March 23
BUFFET, Baked Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, White Gravy, Yankee Green Beans, Applesauce
Monday, March 27
Sausage, Biscuit/ Gravy, Cubed Potatoes,
Kevin Collins
Thank you so much, Glora
Jamison
Pat Rouse, Ariane Casady, Ray Smith, Daxon Weaver, Jerry Hilderman, Brenda Neighbor, Johnathon Summers, Jacob Baughman
Tuesday, March 28
Chrissie Burkhiser, Mildred Rhoades, Lucinda Turpin, Jerred Hurley, Chuck Claassen, Jr., Mykah Hurley, Kathy Moody, Patsy Martin, Jollegh Durbin
Wednesday, March 29
Ronald Cook, Jeannie Johnson, Laura Loughead, David Ray six years of his life serving people who “owned” him. Much of that time he spent alone and lonely, watching sheep on the Irish hillsides. Finally, Patrick was able to escape only to be captured and enslaved again.
Sometime in the next few months more than fifty incarcerated Missouri prison inmates will be eligible for release. They were imprisoned for the possession of marijuana. The State has now declared the possession and use of marijuana is no longer a crime. It would be easy for these former prisoners to be bitter. Think about it--the laws of the land put them “away,” i.e. took away a significant portion of their lives. Now the State says, “Sorry; our reason for doing so was unjust.” It would be easy, in this “tit for tat” world for one to return to freedom dreaming of how to get even. Let me tell you a similar story from long ago that seems appropriate.
Juice, Peaches
Tuesday, March 28
Beef & Noodles, Mashed Potatoes, California Blend Vegetables, Fruit Salad
Tuesday, March 28
SALAD BAR, Spaghetti w/Meat Sauce, 1
C. Salad, Carrots, Bread Sticks, Fruit
A Diverse State diversity. I also learned there that Missouri is home to over 35 different language and ethnic groups. Then we drove all through the state to Texas. We are diverse geographically, too. And I don’t need to remind us of the diverse weather. Yep, we live in a interesting state.
Last Friday was Saint Patrick’s Day. That day is often celebrated rather raucously, unfittingly. Listen carefully to Patrick’s story. Sometime in the fifth century AD, young Patrick was kidnapped by Irish pirates and taken to Ireland as a slave. He spent the next
This second slavery was brief, and Patrick was finally able to return home. If ever anyone had cause to be bitter and desire retribution, it was Patrick. He was still young and might easily have enlisted a gang of friends to get even i.e. to make those wicked pirates pay. However, rather than seeking vengeance, Patrick spent years preparing to return to Ireland as a missionary. His missionary work in Ireland was filled with difficulty but was so exemplary he is known to this day (1,500 years later) as Ireland’s Patron Saint.
What a commendable “get even.” Jesus put it this way, “Love your enemies; do good to those who hurt you.” That is the right way to right a wrong.
The Putnam County R-1 CTA is hosting a Meet and Greet forum on March 28th at 5:30 pm in the Middle School auditorium for candidates filing for a school board position. The public is welcome to attend.