Bruce

I was driving down Grand shortly after 7 p.m. and noticed some Sedalia Police cars and an ambulance at the intersection with 14th.   A Chevy pickup truck struck a the corner of 1400 S. Grand just moments before.  I did not get an opportunity to speak with the driver or authorities.

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I asked you, the listeners which stores you would like to see come to Sedalia.  Thanks to everyone for the responses.  Here are the top five stores you said would benefit our community.

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We don’t live in a large town.  There are benefits to that.  The outpouring of support for people in need, the lack of traffic (except during the fair) and running into friends happens all the time.  But there are some challenges when it comes to shopping.

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If you want to avoid the heat and the rain, you should probably get to the Missouri State Fair sooner rather than later.  According to The Weather Channel, we have a pretty good shot at some rain towards the end of the fair.  Here’s the breakdown:

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Michael Phelps came in 4th in the 400m individual medley on Saturday.  NBC made the decision to broadcast the race in prime time instead of live.  Twitter absolutely exploded.  People were angry at other news outlets for posting the results of the race and other spoilers before they had the chance to see them.  Some gave NBC some flack for not airing the race live.   For the first time, Olympians are allowed to use social media as well, but are not allowed to reveal any results.

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Daisy Dukes and Cowboy Boots is now collecting items to aid the folks that woke up last Thursday morning without even a change of clothes.  To quote Dale Malone “We ask for furniture, kitchen items, clothing toys, pet food, home goods, towels etc… gift cards are great too!”

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There are plenty of tournaments coming up that you have time to be a part of.  They’re great fun and it doesn’t matter if you are a great golfer or not.  Put a team together and see how you do!  The worst case scenario is that you don’t win, but you have a fun day out with friends and help a charity in the process.  Here are some good tournaments coming up that we will be a part of:

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The 2012 Pettis County Relay For Life is set to take place this Friday on the Missouri State Fairgrounds. In this event, teams are formed and they raise funds through pledges and other fund raising events leading up to the relay.  On Saturday night starting at 6, walkers will take turns going around the track for 12 hours.

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It’s graduation weekend at Smith Cotton and other schools in the area this weekend.  It has been 13 years since grads were given the advice of wearing sunscreen in the song “Everybody’s Free To Wear Sunscreen.”

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I personally don’t  lose sleep over being defriended on Facebook.  I figure I’ll survive if someone decides I shouldn’t be on their friends list.

But if you do worry about it, researchers at Arizona State University used focus groups and studies to come up with these 10 SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN rules to keep people from defriending you on Facebook.

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