Jan. 12, 2011

Barbara Bath and her entire family have returned home following a week's Christmas vacation in Sarasota, Fla.

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The First Baptist Church of Risco presented a cantata during the Christmas holidays. Lewis Scott is the pastor at First Baptist.

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Don and Linda Blades of Harrison, Ark., along with family, visited friends in Malden last week.

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Kennett's celebrity star, Sheryl Crow's latest guest appearance was on the Kennedy Center Honors stage last week in Washington, D.C. Sheryl sang a duet with country music star Willie Nelson to honor singer/songwriter Merle Haggard, who was a 2010 Kennedy Center celebrity honoree.

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Recent birthday parties at the Malden Bootheel Youth Museum celebrated the anniversaries of the following youngsters: Hunter Grimes, Savannah Ereweed, Cara and Camden, Gena Meadows, John Paul Wagster, Hunter Burge, Gabrielle and Jacob, Puxico Daisies, Gabby McCaig, Kamden Powell, Leo Hill, Landon Cole, and Townsend and Kerrigen Foster. The party guests and celebrants' relatives enjoyed birthday cake and punch in the Museum's party room.

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A lock-in for the youth and guests of the First Christian Church in Malden was held over New Year's Eve in the church fellowship hall. Games and refreshments were the order of the day. Jeff and Kara Krupinski hosted the party.

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The Haiti Earthquake IDES food program is ongoing at present in Malden. Heading up this worthy food donations drive are Kristie Lape Cowgill, Kara Krupinski and the youth group of the First Christian Church.