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[ July 31, 2020 ] It’s time to grow up and think of others… wear your damn mask! SOKY Events
[ April 9, 2020 ] Good news from bad times and thanks to the good guys! SOKY Events
[ 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

Giving thanks by giving back: Smart strategies for charitable giving from Ben Smith

November 5, 2023 tim@sokyhappenings.com Comments Off

As we approach another holiday season, I can’t help but think about what this time of the year means to me. Growing up, I spent my Thanksgiving traveling to Madisonville for a lunch prepared by […]

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 [...]

Fur Ball offers fabulous evening of food and fun

December 30, 2017 Comments Off on Fur Ball offers fabulous evening of food and fun

By Meredith Thessen The Fur Ball is coming again on Saturday night, February 3rd at the Sloan Convention Center! It seems like just yesterday we held our very first Fur Ball 11 years ago at [...]
Hot Yoga

June 22, 2016 Comments Off on Hot Yoga

Yoga for runners… The perfect blend by Tony Bishop, E-RYT So many elite athletes use it as a staple in their training regimens. Its popularity is at an all-time high worldwide. All ages, all genders, [...]
Protect yourself from diabetes now more than ever

November 1, 2020 Comments Off on Protect yourself from diabetes now more than ever

You have probably heard that diabetes is one of the pre-existing conditions that makes COVID-19 so dangerous for some people. If you have diabetes, be sure to follow the recommendations from health professionals – wear [...]
Moving… and all its blessings-Parenting

September 3, 2021 Comments Off on Moving… and all its blessings-Parenting

I’ve spent the last three months in partial survival mode. Yep, that’s right. I just sold a house, packed it up, lived in limbo for a while, bought a new house, dealt with a bit of a [...]