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[ July 31, 2020 ] It’s time to grow up and think of others… wear your damn mask! SOKY Events
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[ June 4, 2025 ] Essential areas of financial planning for business owners from Ben Smith Investments Community
[ June 4, 2025 ] Worship that’s worth it Community
[ June 4, 2025 ] A parents’ summer survival guide Community
[ June 4, 2025 ] Come visit The Garden Patch in our new location – our farm! Community
[ June 4, 2025 ] Home energy conservation tips from Realtor Perry Thessen Community

Pizza Hut – Grand opening!

April 29, 2021 tim@sokyhappenings.com Comments Off

As you have traveled down Scottsville Road and approached Stoplight #8 at Greenwood Mall, you have most likely done a double-take at the Pizza Hut location. The building that has proudly represented the iconic brand […]

Essential areas of financial planning for business owners from Ben Smith Investments

June 4, 2025 0

Owning your own business provides you with many great opportunities, but it also comes with its own unique set of circumstances. Growing up with a father and grandparents who owned businesses, I saw firsthand the [...]
Worship that’s worth it

June 4, 2025 0

If you think “worship” is that time in the church service where you sing some songs, you’d be right, but it’s so much more. Online, worship as a noun is explained as “the feeling or [...]
A parents’ summer survival guide

June 4, 2025 0

HELLO SUMMER! We did it, moms and dads… we made it through another school year, and now it’s time to throw caution to the wind and embrace the chaotic season that is summer. Constant towing [...]
Come visit The Garden Patch in our new location – our farm!

June 4, 2025 0

The Garden Patch has made a change in our ongoing story! After many years in our great ole house in downtown Smiths Grove, we have moved back to our farm. Our roots are dug in [...]

Should you invest in add-on inspections for your real estate investment? Ask Perry Thessen

March 29, 2024 Comments Off on Should you invest in add-on inspections for your real estate investment? Ask Perry Thessen

Your offer to purchase a home should include a contingency clause for satisfactory inspections. Buying a home costs money – before you even close the deal. It is tempting to forego spending several hundred dollars [...]
If you never read any of my columns… please read this one!

October 30, 2020 Comments Off on If you never read any of my columns… please read this one!

As you might imagine, Twila and I read every article that goes into SOKY Happenings before they go into the layout for the magazine. We do that for a few reasons… one to help catch [...]
It’s a horse’s world at Rainhill

December 4, 2023 Comments Off on It’s a horse’s world at Rainhill

I have been saving, helping and loving blind horses for almost 20 years. I used to be like everyone else – totally oblivious to the problem of equine blindness. I could not even imagine an [...]
Get ready to lace up your shoes to benefit The Center for Courageous Kids

April 1, 2018 Comments Off on Get ready to lace up your shoes to benefit The Center for Courageous Kids

The Center for Courageous Kids (CCK) is gearing up for the Fourth Annual Courageous Kids 6K Run and Fun Walk presented by Edmonton State Bank, Hyatt Place Bowling Green, and Staybridge Suites Bowling Green on [...]