October 2022

Optimist Club of Marshall installs new officers

The 57th annual installation banquet and awards ceremony of the Optimist Club of Marshall was held Sept. 29 at the First United Methodist Church, with the meal served by Jackson’s Catering. The invocation was given by Matt Pennock, and Paul Collier led the Pledge of Allegiance. A moment of silence in memory of Gene Cassell followed. He had been an active club member for 39 years. Gene had been a distinguished president and had participated in numerous club projects. A brief history of the club was then given.

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marriage licenses

The following marriage licenses were recorded Aug. 13 through Sept. 24, 2022, by Saline County Recorder of Deeds Jamie Franklin Nichols: —JJ Samo of Marshall to Gift-Lynn Moufa of Marshall —Julien Phillip Soto of Marshall to Felicia Brequell Dillon of Marshall —Kimberly Ann Beck of Malta Bend to Jerrold Michael Walden of Malta Bend —Lisa Carol Hernandez of Greenwood to Luis Fernando Cruz Martiniz of Greenwood —Shelby Lynn Dawson of Marshall to Andrew David Vogel of Marshall —Adam Wade Anderson of Marshall to Bobbie Jo Sample of Marshall —Emma Idalia Anderson of Marshall to Carlos Alonso Aguiar Jr. of Sedalia —Destiny Cathleen Fischer of Slater to Keith Lamont Jones of Slater —Brittany Necole Koss of Slater to Shaun Aaron Durham of Slater —Shauntel Nicole Painter of Marshall to Robert Allen Shively of Marshall —Nicole Page Riddle of Slater to Coeda Shane Bomar of Slater

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The boy and the puppy

Jesus tells us that we are to love our neighbors as ourselves, and when ask who is our neighbor He tells the story of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10: 30 35 who takes time to help a man who he did not know who had been beaten and robbed and left for dead alongside the road. We are to help one another with love and compassion much like the little boy and the farmer and his puppies.

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