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The new Blessing Box is the firt of its kind in Northview, and encourages community members to donate and take items as needed.


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Blessing Box installed in Northview

The First Southern Baptist Church of Northview established a new community Blessing Box over the weekend, aimed at providing essential goods to those in need. This new initiative, which features a recently installed box in front of the church, encourages community members to donate and take items as necessary.
Fordland Early Childhood Center staff pictured left to right: Christina Napier, Brittany Long, Christy Crowe, Erin Cline, Alayna Bates, Kalee Rushing, Tonia Nunn and Sonja Jacobson.


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Fordland Early Childhood Center named 2024 Program of the Year

The Fordland Early Childhood Center has earned prestigious recognition as the 2024 Early Childhood Education Program of the Year from Future Builders, the educational foundation of the Missouri School Boards Association (MSBA).

Tacos & Trivia coming this weekend

The Webster County Historical Society is set to host a fun-filled evening of trivia and tacos on Saturday, October at Son-Rise Christian Church, located at 673 Jump Rd. Doors will open at 5:15 p.m., with trivia games kicking off at 6:30 p.m.
Sports
Basketball
Conway's basketball season has ended shorter than anyone would have wanted. On Feb. 20, the boys' team entered their district tournament and went up against Dixon. That game would see Conway Bears give it their best shot, but Dixon would come out on top. The final score was Conway 45, Dixon 59, thus ending the Conway boys basketball season 6-21.
Mar. 3 was a big night for the Logan-Rogersville Wildcats Boys Basketball as they prepared to take on the Hollister Tigers. Both teams going into the game had an impressive season with over 20 wins, but one of these felines would be district champions and move on to State. After four intense quarters, Logan-Rogersville would be crowned Champions with a final score of 53-40 against Hollister.
Districts and State championships are in full swing. On Friday, Feb. 24, the Niangua Boys Basketball Team competed in the final round of districts against Chadwick. The Cardinals would get off to a slow start in the first quarter and gain momentum. That momentum, though, was not enough, and they would lose to Chadwick with the final score of 40-43.

Homecoming Showdown: Marshfield Blue Jays take on state-ranked Branson Pirates

The Marshfield Homecoming king and queen will be crowned prior to the football game on Friday. Pictured is this year's court. Front Row: Nolan Loe, Miley Austin, Ryley Steimel, Karleigh Englehart, Saquiyah Francois, and Doug Lee. Back Row: (Senior King/Queen Candidates) Tyce Jones, Aidan Clark, Brilynn Joyce, Cora Johnson, Boone Manary, Carter Pruitt, and Allie Tackett. (Not pictured Rosemary Smith).


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The excitement is building as the Marshfield Blue Jays prepare for their Homecoming game this Friday night against the Class 5, No. 8 ranked Branson Pirates. The festivities kick off Wednesday evening with a parade starting at 5 p.m., making its way from the square to the high school, followed by a Powder Puff football game at 6 p.m.
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Wildcats play first game in new conference

First things first. I have misspelled Lucas Parris’s name twice already in four articles. To his mother, I am very very sorry. Now that the mea culpa is out of the way, onto this week.
Marshfield football was victorious Friday night in the Week 4 matchup against the Hillcrest Hornets.


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Jays sting hornets in Week 4 win

The Marshfield Blue Jays beat Springfield Hillcrest 28-7 on Friday night to mark 3-1 on the season.
Marshfield wasn't able to defeat Carl Junction on the road Friday, but returns to their home field this week to take on the Hillcrest Hornets. 


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Jays fall to Carl Junction

The Marshfield Bluejays saw the season’s undefeated start come to an end on Friday night as they fell 36-0 to Carl Junction in a road matchup.
Logan-Rogersville defense works to tackle a Reeds Spring running back.


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'Cats fall to Reeds Spring in home opener

The home opener at Logan Rogersville for the 2024 football season was a defensive battle that didn’t go the way the large home crowd was hoping for, with the Wildcats falling to Reeds Spring 8-0.
Opinion
Hi everyone! O K rambling friends for several weeks now we have been diving into six different principles how Hitler changed Germany after World War One into a Nazi nation. He employed eight different principles in which we have gone through six. Let me remind you what we have covered so far. Indoctrination of children, taking guns away from good people, censoring the news media, creating a crisis, establishing a hate group and controlling the preachers. This week is going to be explaining Hitler’s ‘cancel culture'. When the Nazis’ came to power they knew the importance of changing the culture was a top priority. For the first months of his dictatorship he banned certain books, statues, literature, control of education for students, religion, entertainment, signs, plays and fine arts and promoted the hatred of Jews. The Nazi party established a party line of doctrine and everyone had to conform or else be arrested and sent off to a concentration camp for torture and death. There were massive book burnings in public places and you were considered a good citizen if you did your part to burn or destroy anything you had that did not comply. In America today we have been purging ourselves of much of our past culture as well. More slowly perhaps than Hitler demanded his citizens to do so but nevertheless it has been taking place. Let’s name just a few. Remaining our military bases that were named after confederate generals. Taking down statues of the civil war. Many schools have banned the Bible however books that teach about the acceptance of LGBT is considered normal. At one time I used to read the school books that grade school children were being taught. I will never forget the first time I read a first graders primary reader that having two moms or two dads was normal. As a child of the 50’s and 60’s and what was taught in school then is like a night and day difference when compared with our education in today's classroom. What is considered good today would have been considered pornography in the fifties culture of our past. One principle in which politicians know too well is the well known principle of telling lies. When they repeat their lies over and over again their lies are accepted as the new truth. Remember when the prime minister of Israel came to America a few weeks ago (Benjamin Netanyahu) to address the joint session of congress that certain Senators and Representatives would not show up? These actions send a powerful message who they support and don’t! Remember last October 7, 2023 when Hamas invaded Israel when 1400 civilians were killed, raped, cut heads off of innocent women and children and dragged hundred of hostages back to Gaza to be brutalized. Today, Hamas still holds many hostages which they will not release. The leaders of Hamas have and did employ all of the principles Hitler used to change his nation into Jew haters. It makes me feel so sad when our colleges are guilty of spreading hate and discord among our college students to take the side of Hamas. Oh by the way the name Hamas means —EVIL! It is so so sad to see our young people blindly holding up signs and proclaiming to be Hamas and Jew haters. How would these students, faculty and staff like for a hate group to do to them what Hamas did to the Jews? Oh I am sure the rules would change very quickly if the shoe were on the other foot. One of my first eye opener wake up calls of how colleges change a conservative student into a liberal was when I used to listen to a college professor on a well known local radio station in the 1970’s. Guess what, he was the professor of religious studies and when asked if the Bible were true he said, “no” it is simply a bunch of legends and stories. Now I will get down to where I am, what I believe. I wondered for a long time how the Bible could be true and not just a bunch of stories handed down like the college professor proclaimed on radio. He made me think for a long time and finally I realized there is one thing no man can do! Prophecy! Predicting the future is impossible for everyone.
As of Monday, Sept. 30, my daughter Melissa’s mother, DeAnn, has been gone 30 years. The date is an important mile marker for me, my daughter and all who remember Dee, but I let it pass with little notice, just a telephone call to Melissa.
I actually had high hopes going into “Transformers One.” Not because I’m a big fan of the toys or really anything about the property, but because this movie promised to correct some of the mistakes made by its predecessors. Namely, I was excited that there wouldn’t be any live-action actors. For some reason, this franchise has never shied away from shoving human Shia LeBeouf or Mark Wahlberg characters down our throats when we all know it’s the giant robots that sell tickets. This time, no humans, all robots. Also, animated versions of previously-live-action franchises have been pleasing me lately. Both “Spider-Verse” movies are outstanding, and last year for the first time I found myself liking a “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” movie with “Mutant Mayhem.” Could “Transformers One” turn me around on another property that I had previously dismissed as a series of glorified toy commercials? Sadly, no.
Hi everyone! This week will be very interesting because we are going to push a few buttons... Let’s have a quick review of the last six weeks for our new readers. We started this series to review how Hitler took over Germany after World War One. We have already had ramblings of indoctrination of children, taking guns away from good citizens, censoring the news media, creating a crisis for political gain, establishing a hate group and last week was controlling the preachers. We did not adequately cover as much ground as wanted to so we are going to continue where we left off last week. We have been comparing America being taken over by the ‘woke’ folks to Hitler’s takeover of Germany by the Nazis. Friends and neighbors elections have consequences and we need to know how our candidates vote on different issues. Since we have a target on preachers this week let’s dive deep into the moral compass of America today. In the past our pastors were the guiding light, torch bearers and the watchmen on the wall to furnish wisdom and instruction for their flocks. They are doing this less and less today in our churches. Most do not want to be criticized and want to just get along with everyone about major issues facing our nation today. Last week two of the issues we listed were the partial birth abortion debate, and the war in Israel. We simply seldom hear preaching on controversial issues. Now let’s switch gears. Have you ever heard of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Law commonly known as RICO? This law was enacted in 1970 to help combat organized crime. There were five organized crime families in New York. They were the Gambino, Lucchese, Genovese, Bonanno, and the Colombo families. Organized crime collected millions of dollars. The longshoremen, teamsters, garbage collectors, fish market, garment industry, construction industries, gambling and other entities were mafia controlled. Each mafia family sent their leader to an all ruling commission in which they would determine how to work out their problems. This was known as organized crime and was very efficient at avoiding criminal prosecution. The problem for decades was the police would arrest a foot soldier of the mafia criminal organization and the crime boss would be isolated. However, under RICO an organization from the bottom all the way up the leader can be charged with different crimes for long extended prison sentences. Friends and neighbors as legal voting members of our community we vote on many issues. Government offices, for our pastors of our churches, our club leaders etc. Our votes are really important! Now partial birth abortion is a hot button subject in some of our churches. We all should know what candidates support and do not support this issue. If you believe aborting an 8 month baby is murder then don’t vote for candidates who will legalize it. If you believe it is O K then vote as you choose to. If you support Israel then vote for candidates who support Israel. Now let’s marry RICO law and preachers together. If you have a Bible believing preacher most would agree not to agree with partial birth abortion or turning your back on Israel in their fight for survival today. When we vote on candidates who approve of partial birth abortion is this murder of a child? When we do not support Israel today in their battles with Islamic terrorists, is this correct according to the Bible? Genesis 12:3 and Psalm 85: 1-2 makes this very clear about Christians supporting Israel. How about late term abortions? Matthew 18:6 makes this very clear about not harming children. Now rambling Roger, what does the RICO law have to do with Israel, babies and preachers? Here goes hang on. When you knowingly vote for a candidate who supports abortion of late term children and you go ahead and vote for them are you not guilty of murder under Ricco laws? Do you deserve to be arrested and tried for murder? How about the candidates who do not support Israel’s battle with Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran? When you vote for candidates who do
Schools
As the new year starts, so does the second half of the school year. It will be the final semester for high school seniors before they venture out into the real world; some will join the workforce, and others will go on to college.
It is a new year, and the Marshfield High School Speech and Debate Team members have been seeing success. Since starting competitions in October, the students have been bringing home trophies, some being 1st place.
The gears are turning for the Strafford Robotics team.
The Marshfield High School Choral program has been earning honors and breaking records for the past few months.
Students at Strafford Elementary sailed the seas and learned some important lessons as Author Isaiah "Izzy B" Basye visited the school on Nov. 8. He and illustrator Ben Askew were there talking about their latest book, "The Mighty McKraken." This fun story introduces kids to concepts such as please and thank you, sharing, and treating others with respect.
Business
The colder it gets outside this winter season, the more people will turn up the heater. We often forget that besides the refrigerator, our heater/AC, aka HVAC is one of the most crucial machines in our homes we need to keep our lives going comfortably. Until the heater stops working… heaven forbid that were to happen, but if so, who should you turn to?
A new weekly segment coming to the Marshfield Mail will feature and Athlete or Scholar of the week from around the County.
Q: What is the most challenging part of your job?
On December 16 the Webster County Sheriff’s Department notified the public of a missing woman, Prem Kuar Prasad, a 65 year old Indian woman.
If you have a senior family member or an adult family member with a disability, it will come as no surprise that there is a house shortage for that population. Wait lists can be up to two years long for some housing centers. For Marshfield, that crisis will soon be less extensive.
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