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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

Remembering the pioneer woman

April 1, 2023 tim@sokyhappenings.com Comments Off

Recorded history has a wealth of pages teeming with the life of the male pioneer, his exploring, his claiming of land grants, the difficulty of travel to the new land, and the multitude of tasks […]

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 [...]

Darryl Worley, Live at The Mint Event Center

June 29, 2023 Comments Off on Darryl Worley, Live at The Mint Event Center

The rich, reedy tones and all-American, blue-collar themes in his #1 hits “I Miss My Friend,” “Awful, Beautiful Life” and “Have You Forgotten?” are reminders of the down-to-earth, Haggard-like Darryl Worley you can see at [...]
Hurt while on vacation. What do I do now? Ask ELPO

September 3, 2021 Comments Off on Hurt while on vacation. What do I do now? Ask ELPO

With Fall Break just around the corner, many of us are already looking forward to getting away for a vacation to recharge after the start of the school year. Whether you are hitting the road [...]
African American genealogy can be a struggle to begin

January 28, 2021 Comments Off on African American genealogy can be a struggle to begin

Maya Angelou said, “The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.” Knowing where and how our ancestors lived helps us understand them better and ourselves better. All genealogy can be challenging [...]
Plan ahead to efficiently heat your home this winter with a new insert!

August 2, 2021 Comments Off on Plan ahead to efficiently heat your home this winter with a new insert!

Transform the look and heat output of your existing fireplace with a direct-vent gas insert. Direct-vent gas inserts allow you to safely enjoy a gorgeous, glowing fire without losing heat out of your chimney. These [...]