January 2023

club news

The Marshall Kiwanis Club held its regular meeting at noon, Tuesday, Jan. 10, at Montague’s.

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MidAmerica Nazarene University announces Fall 2022 Honor Roll

OLATHE, Kansas - MidAmerica Nazarene University recently announced its President's, Dean's List and Honor Roll for the Fall 2022 semester. A total of 423 students qualified for one of the honors. All students in traditional programs carrying 12 semester hours or more with a term GPA from 3.2 to 4.0 may qualify for one of these academic honors. Neutral credit hours are excluded from the calculation and reduce the course load used to figure the honor. The President's List is a 4.0 grade point average for the semester; Dean's List ranges from 3.5 to 3.99; and the Honor Roll is 3.2 to 3.49. Area students named to the lists are: Madisyn Garrison, Honor Roll; and Zachary Martinez, Dean’s List. MidAmerica Nazarene University is a private, Christian, liberal arts university of approximately 2,000 students. Offering 50 traditional undergraduate areas of study and 11 pre-professional programs, the university is also known for its accelerated professional and graduate programs.

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What to know about a career in the growing home healthcare industry

(StatePoint) — Medical professionals, patients and their families are increasingly seeing the value of home care, and the industry is expected to grow. In fact, home health and personal care aide job openings are projected to grow 33% from 2020 to 2030, with experts predicting an estimated 8.2 million job openings in home-based care by 2028. Industry experts say that workers from all backgrounds, not just nursing, will be needed now and in the future.

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Sandi Jean Petitt

May 10, 1957 – January 10, 2023 Sandi Jean Petitt, 65, of Marshall, Mo., passed away Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, at The Living Center in Marshall. Memorial services will be…

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Thelma L. Kelly

September 21, 1927 – January 10, 2023 Thelma L. Kelly, 95, of Blackburn, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, at The Living Center in Marshall. Funeral services will…

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The Shepherd’s Heart

As we continue to look forward to another year, another chance at life you might say, I think there are several keys to doing so in a productive manner. Strangely enough, a good memory is not always a great asset! It is not the things we forget which we should have remembered which cause the most trouble; it is the things we remember which we should have forgotten.

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