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Caterpillars to butterflies . . .

2022 Seniors . . . Well, here you are about to graduate. I’m sure you’re pinching yourself at the prospect of reaching your goal of the last 12 years. I think of you all as caterpillars. You’re about to leave your cocoons; your high school and homes, to emerge as butterflies and fly away to your futures.
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Be sure to bring your A game

My campaign to become a social media influencer failed. I don’t have the dance moves for TikTok, the wit for Twitter or patience for the mendacious garbage on Facebook. I thought you just popped off about your favorite restaurant or made a snarky comment about skinny jeans – wait, those aren’t a thing anymore, right? – and the world’s adulation and riches were laid at your feet. I was mistaken.
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The Awesome Little Library!

It’s an exciting time at the library…our drive up drop box is OPEN! Now you can drop off your media and books from the luxury of your vehicle. The first drop is for media such as DVDs, CDs, and Games while the second drop is for Books.
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The Little Niagara’s Trout

Many, many years ago I bought a 12-year collection of old Forest & Stream outdoor magazines, from 1910 through 1922. Occasionally I read through some of them, always finding something new. In the June 27 issue of 1914 I came across a fishing article written by an Edward Cochran about southern Missouri’s best trout stream, the Little Niagara River. The following is part of that article, there’s not room for all of it. Where do you suppose the Little Niagara is? Is it buried beneath an Ozark reservoir? Regardless, you may enjoy reading this account of a fishing trip to the Ozarks that took place over 107 years ago…
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