88.3 The Wind Blogs

“If you really want to be happy, nobody can stop you.” —Mary Tricky

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”  -Matthew 11:28

It’s not just a summertime health concern… Since 1980, dangerous skin cancer in young women has increased 50 percent.
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Greene County could lose access to a state database of criminal records.
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Another government employee is in legal trouble. Julia Keithley is the former clerk of Clever. She pled guilty yesterday to stealing money for herself and now faces up to 15 years in prison.
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Where is the cheap gas today? According to our gas buddy, your 4 bucks will go farther at a couple of Casey’s General Stores in Nixa.
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Are you in line today waiting for an iPhone? If you’re not, you may miss out for a while. There have been reports of supply running out in some stores selling the new faster, smarter phone.
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Toyota has decided to start building the Prius hybrid here in the US. For the past 10 years, Prius’s have been built overseas, but starting in 2010, American workers will put them together at a plant in Missisippi.
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“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” —John Quincy Adams

Springfield Schools wants to make sure you know if there’s a problem.
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Salmonella is still making people sick. It’s still a mystery as to why, in most cases…
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No more movies for you… US Airways says it’s taking movie systems out of its airplanes to save about $10 million a year on fuel.
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Wouldn’t you like the power to erase part of your history? A Greene County jailer tried that – and lost his job.
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Do you know this guy? The Greene County Sheriff and the FBI would like to talk to him… seeing as how he robbed the People’s Bank on west Republic yesterday afternoon.
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Found an interesting "mash-up" of some Google services today at Healthmap.org . The Global Disease Alert Map will let you know where health trouble spots in the world are.

Wouldn’t you like to know if there were a flu outbreak where you planned to go on vacation? Concerned about salmonella, typhoid fever, or Norovirus where your kids are going for a week of camp?

Check the map .

“I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” -Philippians 3:14

A family from Willard is homeless after their home burned to the ground last night. Thousands of people in northern California have been forced from their homes because of wildfires.
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Iran has test-fired a long-range missile – one that has the ability to reach Israel and US bases.
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What do you think of lowering the speed limit back to 55? A senator from Virginia has suggested a return to the double nickel to help save gas.
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Would you like to have a say on which candidates we’ll be voting for in the fall? Today is the last day to register to vote in the August primaries.
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Gared Crabtree is thankful to be alive today. While riding his bike yesterday afternoon, a power line came loose from a pole and hit him on the head.
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Do you drink well water? The Springfield-Greene County Health Department is putting out the reminder to have your wells tested.
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Kitty Lipscomb has recommended the Springfield City Council rename part of Brower Street near Drury University after Bob Barker, the former Price Is Right host and Drury grad.
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The US Treasury Secretary says that despite the efforts of the government, there’s just not much that can be done to help many homeowners facing foreclosure.
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The New York Times building has become quite popular – for climbers. A 29-year-old college dropout hung an Osama bin Laden banner on the side of the building.
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“Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.”  -1 Peter 5:7

A new immigration reform law will take effect at the end of August.
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Your tax dollars may be about to bail out a bunch of homeowners.
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Wanna vote in the August 5th primary? Tomorrow is the deadline to register.
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How’s this for a punch in the nose? A Northwest Airlines plane landed in Tampa with a crushed-in nose cone.
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The Group of Eight industrialized nations has committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by the year 2050.
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Cholesterol screening for your kids?
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If she can do it… what about you? Dara Torres will be the oldest woman to ever compete in Olympic swimming.
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“The entire law is summed up in a single command: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”  -Galations 5:14

“You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness.  You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.”  ~Erma Bombeck

“In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.”  ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

Most of us are staying home for the holiday…
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The day before we celebrate our nation’s independence, 3 Americans are celebrating their personal independence.
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John McCain is making changes to help him compete better against Barack Obama.
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The number of passengers flying from Springfield-Branson National Airport took its biggest drop since right after 9/11.
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The former Doctor’s Hospital will NOT become a not-for-profit hospital.
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“There is sweet joy in feeling that God knows all and notwithstanding loves us still.”  -J. Hudson Taylor

A babysitter may be in a little trouble after leaving a 1-year-old and 6-month-old in a hot car.
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Starbucks is a business that has doubled since 2004, and is about to shrink now.
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A man on a motorcycle tried to outrun police this morning. That was a bad move.
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7 of the 9 fatal accidents in Springfield this year have involved motorcyclists.
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More than 800 people have gotten sick from the salmonella outbreak that FDA investigators now say may not’ve been from tomatoes.
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“Grumbling brings grief, gratefulness brings grace.”  -Shawn Moir

“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.  I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”  -Isaiah 41:10

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him.  He will be like a tree planted by the water.”  -Jeremiah 17:7-8

“We serve a gracious Master who knows how to overrule even our mistakes to His glory and our own advantage.”  -John Newton

“She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.  She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.”  -Proverbs 31:25-26