http://www.joplinglobe.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:27:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_310172659.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_310172659.html Sid Davis has an odd talent. If you turn around, he’ll be able to guess your wheelchair size. Davis developed his talent while delivering the gift of mobility to people in Cancun, Mexico. He and several other members of the Joplin Rotary Club in April gave 240 wheelchairs to people in need. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:32:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_310172958.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_310172958.html I used to be good at changing Emma’s moods. I used to be good at making her laugh when she really didn’t want to laugh. But lately I’ve sort of hit a mood-changing slump. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:12:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_310180724.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_310180724.html Kathryn Stockett is an extraordinary storyteller whose debut novel begs to be opened. Readers will find themselves transported to the segregated South during the beginning stages of the civil rights movement and will be turning pages long into the night. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:54:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_303134648.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_303134648.html The Joplin father and son have seen their interests combined into a hard-hitting work ethic that keeps them busy training fighters, sleuthing, hauling and setting up a giant steel cage all over the state, and working to help children caught in an abusive situation. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:04:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_303140135.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_303140135.html If I was lucky enough to be able to accompany the torch, I might need some travel information on both Greece and Canada. Global Road Warrior can answer just about any question I might have on Greece, Canada or 173 other countries and territories around the world. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:58:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_303135623.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_303135623.html My wife prefaced her remarks about loading the rest of the stuff into my car with the words “If you want.” I didn’t want. So I didn’t. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:56:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_296121536.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_296121536.html Journaling has been an emphasis in Kimberly Rhea's communications class, and one that students learned to appreciate more last year after Rhea let them view the 2007 movie “Freedom Writers.” Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:11:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_296120839.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_296120839.html Divided into six regions (New England, Mid Atlantic, South, Midwest, Southwest, and West), it details the foods of each region and the best restaurants and food stands to find and enjoy them. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:03:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_296120029.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_296120029.html I had been married for about five years before I found out what a baker’s rack was. And I had been married for about seven years before I found out what a hall tree was. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:43:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_289153436.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_289153436.html More than 160,000 students enter the National Achievement Program each year, according to the National Merit Corporation. But only about 1,600 of these students qualify as semifinalists. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:26:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_289122349.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_289122349.html Each October, libraries across the country celebrate teens and reading with Teen Read Week. This year’s Teen Read Week (which runs today through Saturday) encourages teens to “Read Beyond Reality.” Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:20:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_289121213.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_289121213.html My wife and I could tell Emma was really sick because she didn’t have school on Monday. Kids don’t waste days off from school being sick. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:34:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_282183333.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_282183333.html “The Devil’s Punchbowl” is an intense and powerful thriller that keeps you in suspense with one plot twist after another, but it may not appeal to those with weak stomachs. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:27:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_282182416.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_282182416.html Our 11-year-old daughter, Emma, has started taking an interest in what I wear. As in, “You’re not going to wear that, are you?” or, “If you wear that, stay away from me. I don’t want anyone to know we’re related.” Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:21:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_282182109.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_282182109.html Fifteen Southeast Kansas families are participating in the first session, which held its first meeting at the Science Center on a Saturday afternoon in September and will continue to meet monthly through December.