JOPLIN, Mo. —
ARTISTIC
JOPLIN: Tea-time bird feeders, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Spiva Center for the Arts, 222 W. Third St. Participants will make bird feeders. Cost: $20. Details: 417-623-0183.
JOPLIN: Wildcat Craft Club, 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center, Wildcat Park. Participants will make Mother’s Day gifts. Details: 417-782-6287.
EVENTS
JOPLIN: Creative Cottage, 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, 523 S. Sergeant Ave. Participants will make Mother’s Day gifts. Cost: $20. Details: 417-622-7971.
JOPLIN: Children’s workshop registration, 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Joplin Little Theatre, 3009 W. First St. Sessions will run June 18-22 and June 25-29. Cost: $50. Details: 417-623-3638.
NEOSHO: 50th anniversary of Benton visit, 1 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Newton County Historical Park, 121 N. Washington St. Organizers invite anyone who was present for Thomas Hart Benton’s homecoming on May 12, 1962, to share stories. Details: 417-451-4940.
HOBBIES
JOPLIN: PC Chess Club, 6 to 10 p.m. today, Hardee’s, 1641 W. Seventh St. The club offers classes, lectures, training and workshops for children and adults. Details: joplinchessclub@yahoo.com.
Reading
NEOSHO: Story time, 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Neosho/Newton County Public Library, 201 W. Spring St. Details: 417-451-4231.
SENECA: Story time, 10:30 a.m. today, Seneca Branch Library, 1216 Cherokee St. Details: 417-776-2705.
MUSIC
CARTHAGE: Heartland Concert Band rehearsal, 7 p.m. Monday, Carthage Middle School band room. The band is open to area musicians, with no audition required. Details: 417-649-6159.
JOPLIN: Show-Me Harmony Chorus rehearsal, 7 p.m. today, Joplin Family Worship Center, 5290 E. Seventh St. Area women may join the singing. Details: 417-782-4631 or 417-624-8951.
OUTSIDE
JOPLIN: Hummers and hummerscaping, 7 p.m. today, Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center, Wildcat Park. Chock Otte will talk about hummingbirds. Admission is free. Details: 417-437-5380.
JOPLIN: Bird Bonanza, 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center, Wildcat Park. Preschool children will learn about migrating birds. Cost: $5. Details: 417-782-6287.
Lifestyles
Parents' planner (May 10-16)
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Bearing down: Carl Junction woman has passion for bear hunting
Born and raised in Joplin, Mitchell graduated from Joplin High School in 1963. For 35 years, she has been self-employed as a real estate developer. Seventeen years ago, her husband, Steve, a bowhunter, introduced her to hunting.
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Ryan Richardson: Appliances complicit in dog-hair problem
Despite missing having her here, her absence has given me an opportunity to clean up the small messes that have been accumulating since she has been gone. I've also given myself the opportunity to evaluate what has and has not worked in such a small living space.
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Phyllis Seesengood: 'Six Years' fast-paced, suspenseful
Harlan Coben is a superb suspense writer who has written an intense thriller/love story, although I personally think he should stick with the thrillers and leave the romances to romance writers.
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Frankie Meyer: Website offers digitized newspapers
Newspapers are a great source of info for genealogists. Obituaries are especially helpful, as are articles about major events that occurred in the areas where ancestors lived.
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Roger McKinney: Touring Israel with Indian Christians is enlightening
Christians are a small minority of Indians, making up a little over 2 percent of the population. Even fewer are Protestant, which was the denomination of this group.
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Craig Tally: God's story doesn't translate to screens well
While the "stories" can certainly be broadcast, the "Story" cannot. More is needed -- much more.
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Museums, history and eclectic culinary culture key to Kansas City’s appeal
I get to Kansas City a couple of times a year. That’s my bad. I wish I could go more often. Every time I do, however, I realize what the metro to the north has to offer, especially now that the Old Highway 71 is the new Interstate 49.
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Jeremiah Tucker: Vinyl may help keep record stores alive
The New York Times recently reported that the resurgence of vinyl music sales has led to a number of new record-pressing plants opening around the country, including one in Salina, Kan.
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Benji Tunnell: Vaughn, Wilson phone it in for 'Internship'
"The Internship" is the story of a vast conglomeration in the form of Google opting to have a two-hour advertisement for all of its various products, ostensibly as a lighthearted comedy about the crushing weight of an unstable economy once someone is no longer part of the younger demographic and finds himself unemployed. Or at least I think that was it.
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Joe Hadsall: Hummus at center of controversy? Hummus?
I don't even know why I like it so much, because it's basically a paste made out of beans, and I hate beans. Something about the tahini, lemon, garlic and olive oil removes all the beany texture, and leaves it tasting wonderful.
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