Jack Miller

Norma E. Bentzin, 90, of Otterville, passed away Saturday, March 16, 2013 after her 90th birthday. She was born on March 9, 1923 in Malta, MT, the daughter of Olie and Ella (Peterson) Lefdahl.

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The following Missouri State Highway Patrol accident reports are from the afternoon of Mar. 21, 2013.

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The following Sedalia Police crime reports are from the afternoon of Mar. 20, 2013.

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James Albert Stiles, 80, of rural Lincoln, died Monday, March 18, 2013, at Boone Hospital Center, Columbia.  He was born on April 9, 1932, at Battletown, Kentucky, a son of John and Bessie C. (Bullock) Stiles.

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Frances Marie Hink, 96, of Higginsville, formerly of Cole Camp, died Monday, March 18, 2013, at Meyer Care Center, Higginsville.  She was born on May 23, 1916, in Cole Camp, Missouri, a daughter of Claus C. and Anna W. (Luetjen) Haase.

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The following Sedalia Police crime reports and Missouri State Highway Patrol accident reports are from the afternoon of Mar. 19, 2013.

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Shirley Delores Fox, 82, of Sedalia, died Saturday, March 16, 2013, at Good Samaritan Care Center, Cole Camp.  She was born on May 11, 1930, in Seattle, Washington, a daughter of Charles and Alice (Parker) Flack.

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Sunday, March 17, 2013 2:52 PM Bonnie Lou Wilken, 84, of Sedalia passed peacefully to be with the Lord on March 16, 2013 at University Medical Center in Columbia, MO. She was born on February 8, 1929, in rural Crawford County IA, the daughter of Raymond A. and Opal (Walworth) Crampton.

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The following Sedalia Police and Pettis County Sheriff's crime reports are from the afternoon of Mar. 18, 2013.

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Tin Cans and the War Effort
In 1944, I attended the first grade at Washington School in Sedalia, Mo. World War II was in full swing. Everywhere you looked there were signs exhorting all Americans to do their part to win the war. The signs warned us to not give away secrets, because "loose lips sink ships," and although I had no idea what secret I might have that would do that much harm,  I vowed to keep it to myself anyway.

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