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The monthly meeting of the Hardy History Association is Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. at the Hardy Gym, 203 School Street. Crystal Gray is the presenter and will share 'A Fun Way to Relive the Founding of Hardy' about the upcoming Hardy Homesteaders Day event. Crystal Gray and her husband, Robert Gray, committee chairpersons, have been working diligently preparing for the event to be held Sept. 24, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in Loberg Park and along Main Street in Hardy. Crystal and Robert live outside of Thayer, Mo. on a farm with cows, donkeys, goats, chickens, cats and a dog. They have five children and nine grandchildren.

Dylan and Haley Skaggs of Salem, Ark., are the parents of a baby girl, Rylee Jo Skaggs. She was born Aug.

If you’ve been contributing to an IRA, you’ve chosen a great way to save and invest for retirement. All IRAs have potential tax benefits and a range of investment possibilities, but not all IRA providers offer the same features.

Fidelity Communications recently announced it will award $1,500 each to four K-12 teachers making a difference in their schools and communities as part of the internet service provider’s “A Stronger Connection” social media campaign.

Small non-farm businesses in the following counties are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought that occurred in the following primary counties in Missouri, announced Director Tanya N. Garfield of SBA’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West.