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Health Update

3 years 2 months ago
I've been off my chemo regimen for the past six weeks, but it doesn't seem to have done me any harm: The last time I was tested was four weeks ago. Since then, I've gone from 0.76 to 0.79. That's nothing. And in this case, no news is good news. Now that I'm back on ...continue reading "Health Update"
Kevin Drum

How Missouri is celebrating Clean Energy Week

3 years 2 months ago
MISSOURI — "Our decision was, is that we wanted to have some renewable energy," said Chuck Doyle, Solar Owner. That was the dream eight years ago when Dr. Chuck Doyle decided to invest in sun power. "When we had the opportunity to get solar panels, we took it it takes care of our demand every [...]
Dave Thomas

"Super Attitude" Pays For 'Birds Maddie Gordon, She Is An Altonized Community Federal Credit Union Female Athlete Of The Month

3 years 2 months ago
PIASA - The future looks bright for Southwestern High School female cross country standout Maddie Gordon. Gordon recently posted her best time of 24:16 for 3 miles and will soon snap the 24-minute mark, Southwestern's head girls cross country coach Gary Bowker said. Maddie Gordon is an Altonized Community Federal Credit Union Female Athlete of the Month for Southwestern High School. The Southwestern freshman is a multi-sport athlete and is also a junior varsity volleyball player. Coach Bowker said right now she is splitting her time between the two sports. “One night last week, I had to have practice from 7 to 8:30 p.m. under the lights,” the coach added. “She played a JV volleyball game and then met us at practice and did the 5K time trial in the dark. She is incredible and overall is just a great person." Coach Bowker added that if volleyball causes Maddie to miss a practice, she does the workout on her own after volleyball, but never misses a workout. The coach

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Piasa Birds' Drew Spangler Shows Strong Transformation, Is An Altonized Community Federal Credit Union Male Athlete of Month

3 years 2 months ago
PIASA - Southwestern senior cross country runner Drew Spangler has taken a role of responsibility this season for the boys' squad as one of the leaders. Spangler has the perfect build for a runner with his long, lean frame as his Coach Gary Bowker describes him. He has undergone a big-scale transformation as a runner over the past year, his coach says. “With the added responsibility, he has taken an even greater commitment to the sport,” Coach Bowker said. “He is over 6-foot tall. He has started to get a stronger stride and is utilizing his legs to get into what he now sees as a comfortable stride. When he first started, he shuffled his feet some, but he has improved greatly and increased his speed.” Drew Spangler is an Altonized Community Federal Credit Union Male Athlete of the Month for Southwestern. In the recent Southwestern meet at North Mac, Drew cracked the 19-minute mark for 3 miles with a time of 18:53 and was the Piasa Birds’ No. 1 runner i

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The FCC Finally Starts Taking Space Junk Seriously

3 years 2 months ago
While technologies like low orbit satellite can help shore up broadband access, they come with their own additional challenges. One being that services like Space X’s Starlink have cause potentially unavoidable light pollution, harming scientific research. The other being the exponential growth in space detritus, aka space junk, that will make space navigation increasingly difficult. […]
Karl Bode