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 Extension Programs this week:  February 25- Healthy You Exercise class will meet at 9 a.m. at the Extension office. Wear cool, comfortable clothes, supportive shoes and bring water to drink.  February 26 – ServSafe Certification Class and Exam. Class begins at 7:30 a.m. Exam begins at 4 p.m.  February 27 – Healthy You Exercise class…

 Oakland Friends Meet Feb. 25  Oakland Friends of the Library will meet Wednesday, Feb. 25, at 1:30 PM. Due to the ice storm, the Friends Jan. meeting was cancelled. All members are invited as well as anyone interested in joining Friends and supporting the library.  Coffeeville Friends Meet Feb. 26  Friends of Coffeeville Public Library…

 Got a cut-out of my column from a friend and she wanted me to use her name but I couldn’t remember it. Maybe I will before this column goes to print. A dear friend, Margaret Jean Ross, said she wanted me to continue writing my column. Made me feel good.  -0-  I saw a yellow…

 80 YEARS AGO  March 15, 1946  R. Leonard Simpson, 84, of the Clear Springs section, died of a heart attack March 15.  Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. Q. T. Thornton and family moved from their recent home on the planer lot to their farm in the Gray Rock section, and Mrs. Thelma Armstrong and family moved…

 It’s been a tough couple of weeks, but things are slowly starting to get back to normal around the Extension office. We are excited that we will be able to start back having programs this week at our office located inside the Multi-Purpose Building in Coffeeville. Check out our program schedule below.  Community Yard Sale…

 Homeschool Hangout Feb. 19 at Coffeeville  Homeschool Hangout is a time for homeschool students and families to use library services, play games, assemble puzzles, or use our interactive STEM kits. Audrey Beach with Delta Health Alliance will be here this month with a giant Connect Four game. All homeschool families are invited to Coffeeville Public…

 I read of a church that had a baptismal service one Sunday morning. After the service, a five-year-old girl who was there with her parents asked them, “Why did the preacher push that guy under the water?” After the service, the little girl’s mother tried to explain baptism in a way the girl could understand. She…

 The month of February is almost over and the March winds will begin.  I hope all of you ladies received lots of chocolates and you lmen received a nice bouquet of flowers.  Love and sympathy to the Janie Deck Macke family of Glenn Allen, Missouri. Jane was a first cousin to my husband, David.  Love…

 90 YEARS AGO  March 13, 1936  War Clouds are gathering in Europe. In a spectacular move this week German troops marched into the territory near the Rhine River between France and Germany where they had agreed, at the end of the world war, not to place troops.  The Tillatoba Baptist Church was completely destroyed by…