http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:22:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_325092549.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_325092549.html I noticed the noise Tuesday night when I pulled off the highway, stopped at the traffic light on Central Avenue in Carthage and then hit the gas again. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:31:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_325092756.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_325092756.html Flowing water. Verandas. Neighborhoods. Country roads, blooming flowers, hoses and lawn chairs. Frank Young considers all these things as art. Young is an oil painter who is inspired by his surroundings. Since moving to Joplin three years ago, he has found plenty of inspiration. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:28:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_325093045.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_325093045.html If you’ve seen the 1977 film “The Goodbye Girl,” you might recall Quinn Cummings. She was the precocious kid who cracked wise with Richard Dreyfuss and Marsha Mason, a performance that earned her an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:34:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_325093403.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_325093403.html With four young children, a farm to run and limited financial resources, Rachel Wilson needed some art supplies that were close to home and cheap.She found fallen hedge branches.Her artist’s eye saw horses. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:40:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_317143807.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_317143807.html Look up Carol Deats on a Monday evening, and you might find her leading a group of preschoolers on an imaginary walk through Old MacDonald’s farm. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:34:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_317143406.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_317143406.html This review will focus on three movies that, while completely unrelated, share a certain unifying characteristic: They were all filmed in locations with actual social events occurring in and around the film production. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:29:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_317142642.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_317142642.html I don’t really remember the point of the school project, I just remember that it involved making an oatmeal-like substance out of flour and water, pouring that substance onto a piece of construction paper and pretending that the substance represented some sort of land mas Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:05:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_317140539.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_317140539.html Dr. Matthew Sleeth felt so strongly about Christians joining the cause of the environment that he wrote a book, “Serve God, Save the Planet: A Christian Call to Action.” Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:12:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_310180724.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_310180724.html Kathryn Stockett is an extraordinary storyteller whose debut novel begs to be opened. Readers will find themselves transported to the segregated South during the beginning stages of the civil rights movement and will be turning pages long into the night. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:32:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_310172958.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_310172958.html I used to be good at changing Emma’s moods. I used to be good at making her laugh when she really didn’t want to laugh. But lately I’ve sort of hit a mood-changing slump. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:27:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_310172659.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_310172659.html Sid Davis has an odd talent. If you turn around, he’ll be able to guess your wheelchair size. Davis developed his talent while delivering the gift of mobility to people in Cancun, Mexico. He and several other members of the Joplin Rotary Club in April gave 240 wheelchairs to people in need. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:04:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_303140135.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_303140135.html If I was lucky enough to be able to accompany the torch, I might need some travel information on both Greece and Canada. Global Road Warrior can answer just about any question I might have on Greece, Canada or 173 other countries and territories around the world. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:58:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_303135623.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_303135623.html My wife prefaced her remarks about loading the rest of the stuff into my car with the words “If you want.” I didn’t want. So I didn’t. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:54:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_303134648.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_303134648.html The Joplin father and son have seen their interests combined into a hard-hitting work ethic that keeps them busy training fighters, sleuthing, hauling and setting up a giant steel cage all over the state, and working to help children caught in an abusive situation. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:56:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_296121536.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/people/local_story_296121536.html Journaling has been an emphasis in Kimberly Rhea's communications class, and one that students learned to appreciate more last year after Rhea let them view the 2007 movie “Freedom Writers.”