December 2022

Save your back by avoiding lifting and twisting when shoveling snow

With the arrival of snow and dangerously low temperatures often come injuries to the back and other health events that can have consequences well into the New Year. Moreover, if the danger is not enough — with the strenuous movement of shoveling snow or the risk of falls — the height of cold and flu season adds additional opportunities for illness, as viruses with persistent cough can be pervasive.

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Discovering God’s plan for Christmas

We have spent a wonderful time this December retelling the Christmas story and singing what for many of us are favorite hymns. In these last few minutes before we go home with our families for Christmas Eve, I want to share a few thoughts about the Christmas story in the hopes that the message of Christmas will be more real than it has ever been for you.

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Center for Human Services announces merger with Chariton Valley Association

SEDALIA — The Board of Directors for both the Center for Human Services and Chariton Valley Association have voted to approve the merger of CVA with CHS. The merger will be an extension of CHS efforts, and the top priority remains for this process to be a seamless transition for all service recipients and their families.

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JL Pulliam

December 20, 1930 – December 22, 2022 JL Pulliam, 92, of Marshall, Mo., died Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, at University Hospital and Clinics in Columbia, Mo. Funeral arrangements are pending…

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