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This area has been shocked to have two separate missing person searches that have ended with bad news in recent weeks. This is after nothing like that in years!
But a leader always pulls us together and this time the leader was Linda
Gray. When the six Diemel relatives came down to find those Wisconsin brothers, Linda went to work to help: She works at Wendy’s and the Chung brothers there put up the family at the Quality Inn and gave them a Wendy’s gift card.
Sue and Gary Manion contributed $150, Mark Carr, Junior Sandy, Robert Quick and Elise Blackburn gave $100 and the other cash and food donations amounted to nearly $800. The hospital made up 50 lunches to help feed the folks searching the fields.
· I hope you readers are enjoying Stan Hendrix’ column as, much as I am.
· Jeff Bezos’ wife received $38 billion in Amazon stock in their divorce settlement. That makes her the 22nd richest person in the world. Even with that setback Bezos is still the richest.
· Looking for someplace exotic and affordable to go for vacation? You’ll get the biggest bang for your buck in Argentina.
· Who knew the most popular pet in the U.S. is a fish. An estimated 171 million (or more) freshwater fish are kept as pets in the states. The second most popular pet is the cat, with over 93 million kept as companions. Their small size and relative ease of care make them a favorite. The third most popular is the dog with 79 million pooches living with families across the country. The most popular breed is the Labrador retriever, a medium-sized breed beloved for its intelligence and loyalty.
· Lots of people go to the lakes for summer weekends. Did you know that the Lake of the Ozarks has over 70,000 homes on its shoreline? The Lake has more shoreline than the entire state of California.
· The Wall Street Journal reports that over 30 months, about two-thirds of President Trump’s top aides have left his administration, many amid scandals or conflicts with Trump – a rate far higher than for any previous presidents. Trump has had six communications directors, three chiefs of staff, three national security advisers, four secretaries of homeland security, and he currently has nine acting directors running Cabinet departments or major agencies.
By labeling them “acting,” he is able to subvert the process of having them vetted and approved by the Senate.
Everybody believes that Russia is interfering with U.S. elections, but Trump fired Dan Coates, Director of National Intelligence, because he would not agree with the president, who believes Putin.
The very able Gov. Nikki Haley was replaced at the United Nations by the wife on a major contributor. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt on Monday designated William Perry Pendley acting head of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the federal agency that manages about 250 million acres of public land in the U.S.
He was a controversial choice. Pendley is part of a movement to transfer federal lands to the states and has even advocated for selling off public land.
He believes national parks and other protected land should be opened to business interests including energy development, mining, and ranching.
· Next time you are in Chillicothe, take a slow drive through Simpson Park and look at the wood carvings that are in the park. They are really something. Steve Holt is responsible for nearly a dozen of those carvings.
· Did you know Missouri and Montana are the only states where it is still legal to text and drive?
· A young grandchild came up with this one: What do you call the wife of a hippie? Mississippi
