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Children, parents offered an affordable way to shop gifts

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Meet the Need volunteers have worked hard to allow parents and children to shop for each other during the holidays. “The volunteers will put things to the side all year long that they think will be good for little kids to pick (as gifts) for their parents or guardians.

New parts on tap for water, wastewater plants

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Following the approval of a sewer rate decrease, the city council approved replacement parts for the wastewater treatment and water plants, of more than $58,000 and $29,000, respectively. At the first city council meeting of December, Public Works Director Chad Birdsong asked for the approval of an auger and compactor for the plant.

Avoid these four charity scams

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Charitable giving grew in 2021. According to Blackbaud Institute, a social good innovator, giving not only increased after COVID-19, but actually rebounded more than it had in a decade — increasing in the United States by 9 percent overall.
Avoid these four charity scams

Older adults and the winter blues

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Winter Blues, or SAD, is a seasonal disorder that typically occurs in the winter months. Unlike, regular depression, a person who suffers from winter blues only has the condition at certain times of the year. Winter Blues occur most often in late fall and winter.
Older adults and the winter blues

Hectic week for ES girls grapplers

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The Excelsior Springs High School girls wrestling program crammed a quadrangular, a triangular and a tournament into last week. Excelsior Springs went 2-1 in the quadrangular, held Dec.
JUNIOR ALYSSA BETTS, right, secures a cradle hold en route to winning a match by pin as part of a hectic week of girls wrestling at Excelsior Springs High School. DUSTIN DANNER | Staff