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WCPL Programs @ the Capitol: Festive free fun for family and friends!

December 2, 2023 tim@sokyhappenings.com Comments Off

This month, as you make plans with friends and family, make time to be together, enjoy traditions, create a few new ones, and let the public library assist! All the activities listed below take place […]

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 [...]

The iconic shirtwaist

April 6, 2022 Comments Off on The iconic shirtwaist

The original shirtwaist was borrowed from the boys. It started as a button-down blouse tucked into a skirt for working women at the turn of the century. Over the decades, many embellishments have been added [...]
Joseph Ribkoff – The man behind the label: Pappagallo

August 2, 2023 Comments Off on Joseph Ribkoff – The man behind the label: Pappagallo

“I love fashion, but I love people more.” –Joseph Ribkoff The internationally renowned designer, Joseph Ribkoff, was born in Montreal, Canada. He left school at the tender age of 15 and worked his way up [...]
‘Tis the season to gift! – Pappagallo

December 4, 2021 Comments Off on ‘Tis the season to gift! – Pappagallo

Christmas is celebrated to remember the birth of Jesus Christ. The name Christmas comes from the Mass of Christ. A Mass service (often called Communion) is where Christians remember that Christ died for our sins [...]
Indoor/Outdoor activities for seniors

May 27, 2021 Comments Off on Indoor/Outdoor activities for seniors

There are a few stigmas out there about the aging process. Some may say, the older you get, the less there is to do. Or that life feels complacent and that you become sedentary as [...]