Mike McNabb, left, of McNabb Funeral Home, presents a “body basket” to Lee Hearn, director of Maynard Pioneer Museum. Mr. Mc-Nabb stated that the body basket was used by McNabb Funeral Home in the early 1920’s, and will be placed in the Museum for display as an antique item.
By: Virgina Stevens Prayers were answered these past few days when the rain began to fall and soaked our lawns, gardens and we hope the farmers got enough for their crops. I know they really needed the rain.
Social media was all fired up last week when Pocahontas cosmetologist Mistina Hibbard published a Facebook post regarding a man pretending to be a famous hairstylist. The man, who we have learned to be a retired Poplar Bluff police officer, has become wellknown throughout the local cosmetology world.
SECTION 9: Be it further enacted, That the said mayor and town council shall have full, ample and complete power, by action of common council, from time to time, to levy a tax on all property, both real and personal, within the limits of said town, subject to taxation, for defraying the expenditures of said corporation, in making improvements in said town, and in carrying out and enforcing the powers to said corporation granted by this act; Provided, that all property shall be taxed ad valorem, and said tax shall not exceed one-fourth of 1 per centum per annum.
Hot! Hot! Hot! How else can you describe this summer day other than a day to stay inside under the air conditioning. It’s a good afternoon for a nap and I already had a nice one. We went to church Sunday had great fellowship with a lot of good friends. We caught up with everyone, enjoyed a good discussion in Sunday School, sang some beautiful hymns and to top everything off had a wonderful sermon from our Pastor, Pat Bodenhammer. I love Sundays! Now time to concentrate on this week’s column and try to come up with a few summer recipes. It’s too hot to cook and too hot to eat but hey with the garden fare coming in we just have to enjoy all the goodness.
Last column, we talked about why another Constitutional Convention might not be the best idea. We also discussed how oftentimes the people we elect do not uphold the Constitution. This begs the question, what do we, as citizens do, when the elected members of our federal government do not make decisions that uphold our Constitution? One answer to that is to elect new people. This can be a problem due to time constraints. If a person has recently been elected, it may be a long time before that seat will come up for reelection again. Another option is to better vet those running for office in the first place. Once again, the time this would take would be after the fact and counterproductive, allowing more potentially bad legislation to pass. It is a great idea for the next term but not helpful now. A third option, and at that point the only reasonable option, is nullification. Up until a few years ago,
For many traders and investors, this week is like Christmas in July. For every publicly traded company in the stock market, they are required to report their earnings for the previous quarter-year period. As it happens, most of these companies report their earnings around the same time. For context, the number of companies reporting earnings next week is as follows; Monday, August 1st – 319, Tuesday – 493, Wednesday – 676, Thursday – 823, Friday – 215. The total for next week is more than 2,500 companies reporting, not to mention the thousands of companies reporting the week before and the week after. To say this is a busy few weeks would be an understatement. Let’s find out why and what to do about it! A publicly traded stock
Breakfast at the Sale Barn this morning and of all things Grits were brought up, and how different ones liked them if indeed they did like them. Grits seem to bring about extreme likes and dislikes. We then talked about our personal preferences when eating them. Some liked sugar, butter, and some cream, the way many like rice, limiting them to breakfast food or perhaps a dessert. Butter would be the only one of those three ad-ins I would use in either rice or grits and always with lots and lots of black pepper! With all the shortages of the past couple of years this girl, made sure to have lots of black pepper, in the cabinets. For me, rice and grits are savory dishes and I love them big. The first time I ever heard of grits was in the tiny town of Mira, Louisiana, located in Caddo Parish. Fancy that we were there from Caddo Co. Oklahoma!
No, This Isn’t a One-Horse Town! No, it isn’t what one would think at first glance --- a sure indication of a “one-horse town,” but Ole Dobbin got loose and wandered to downtown Pocahontas early Tuesday morning, where he was captured by local policemen to keep him from snarling up traffic. The police tied him up across the street from City Hall in a “no parking” zone, where he peacefully munched grass while awaiting arrival of his owners and apparently didn’t even know he was breaking the closed range law.
“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.” The character Blanche Dubois uttered that line in Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire. That’s probably not a reliable sentiment, but I had a recent experience that indicated to me that it’s certainly true in Randolph County.