Barbara Murphy: Nobody's perfect, right?

The other night, while watching the nightly news, I heard the newsman announce that the next featured story of the night was to be about lefties. That would be me!

Design the ‘Celebration’ shirt, win $200

Amateur artists and designers are invited to submit original designs for this year’s Celebration of Nations T-shirt. The winning submission will receive a $200 gift card to the Missouri S&T Bookstore. Designs must reflect the event’s theme, “One Campus. One Community. One World.”

Kiwanis celebrating 65 years of pancakes

Event highlights
• As always, admission includes all you can eat pancakes, sausage, coffee, milk and orange juice.
• The 65th annual event features live entertainment including the ‘World’s Best German Band,’ a bluegrass band and a gospel music group.
• All proceeds go to the Rolla Kiwanis Club and its many programs aimed at area youth. Those programs include Project Graduation, Grace for Christmas, and a Friday backpack program.

Diana Boggia: Parenting is the most important job ever

It’s important to parent with a purpose. After all, it is the most significant job you will ever have in life.

Kent Bush: One year after Dawit came home

Dawit is doing very well. His language improves all the time. He takes speech once a week to help him learn English sounds. The transition from Tigrinyan to Amharic to English is not easy.

Making Cents: Not assessing your financial risks is chancy

Being unprepared could cost you the chance to live your dream.

Lost in Suburbia: Caught between toilet paper and a hard place

It is a well-known, documented fact that I have toilet paper issues. I have written a number of times about my family’s inability to recognize when a roll of toilet paper is empty and needs to be changed. Sadly, I have accepted that this is my lot in life at home. But what is a toilet paper detective to do when she encounters a toilet paper misdemeanor in someone else’s house?

Dave Ramsey: Insurance necessities

Weekly financial Q&A, with advice on insurance and land investments.

PHOTO GALLERY: String Quartet Master Class

Members of the Pro Arte Quartet hosted a master class with members of the Missouri S&T string quartet before Pro Arte's performance Monday evening.

Loretta LaRoche: Better keep your sense of humor in shape

Columnist Loretta LaRoche says that despite all the exercising and healthy eating she’s done over the years, she finds herself realizing that her body is starting to look how her mother’s did. Her suggestion: maintain a healthy sense of humor.

Shoestring Living: One little chicken

Who hasn’t been on the way home from the umpteenth carpool drop off and a hard day’s work, only to realize that dinner hasn’t crossed their mind all day? In a pinch, both financially and when you’re short on time, there’s nothing better than a rotisserie chicken. Here are a few of my all-time favorite last minute recipes that all begin with one shredded little chicken.

Lost in Suburbia: Sleeping in C minor

My husband works in the music industry. Like most husbands, he has a tendency to take his work to bed with him. For us, this means he goes to sleep dreaming of music. I know this because there are times when I wake up to the sound of him humming in his sleep.  Truthfully, the humming is kind of cute. But the other thing he does in his sleep is conduct. And things can get dicey when he is working on a big orchestral piece and I happen to be sleeping in the string section.

Year of the dragon

The Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) at Missouri University of Science and Technology invites the campus and community to attend its annual Spring Festival, also called the Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year, Jan. 29.

Diana Boggia: How to answer your child's tough question

My 4-year-old daughter came home from preschool and asked if I knew that girls can marry girls, and boys can marry boys. Although I was hardly able to speak, I quickly told her that is not true. She caught me completely off guard. I’m not saying that same sex marriage is right or wrong. I’m just saying that this is not a subject that I want my daughter to be thinking about at 4 years old! How can such an innocent child become aware of adult topics and political issues? Luckily, she accepted my answer, dropped the subject, and began to talk about what they learned during circle time. Can you suggest how I can protect her from complex information, or how to answer her the next time she asks about something totally inappropriate for her age? Thank you, Mom in shock

Making Cents: Financial plans begin with setting goals

As the famous philosopher and Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra once said, "If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else." Unfortunately, this is how most people run their family finances, particularly if they don't focus on goal-setting.

5 Things to Do This Weekend (Jan. 27-29)

This week’s suggestions include watching “The Grey,” observing the Challenger anniversary, celebrating National Puzzle Day and more.

Lost in Suburbia: An arresting Groundhog Day

Tracy gets in trouble with the law for yelling at groundhog holes.

Dave Ramsey: What’s your emergency fund range?

Weekly financial Q&A, with advice on emergency funds, finding foreclosed homes and financial planners.

A message of hope for Joplin

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Ball High Prep students, Ball High School students and other community volunteers wanted to send hope to tornado-stricken Joplin, Mo.

Annual Girl Scout cookie program begins

Through mid-March, Girl Scouts will be going door-to-door and setting up booths at local merchants to sell eight varieties of Girl Scout cookies.

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