SPOTLIGHT ON SPUR COMMUNITY POOL OPENING DAY
SPOTLIGHT ON SPUR COMMUNITY POOL OPENING DAY
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Thu, 05/28/2026 - 05:12
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WOULD YOU LIKE SOME KUKU FRIES with that? Gene Waylan, above right, has owned and operated the last remaining restaurant in the former Ku-Ku chain for more than half a century.
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY BARBARA BRANNON AND KAY ELLINGTON
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The Route 66 experience is as much about the meals as it is the miles, we’d learned decades ago, when an impromptu jaunt to the Cadillac Ranch west of Amarillo wound up with a birthday dinner at The Big Texan on the city’s eastern fringes.
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QUEEN’S GATE in Springfield, the newly dedicated monument to the Birthplace of Route 66, provides a new photo op in the“Queen City of the Ozarks,” third-largest city in Missouri and home to a wide array of dining experiences.
Mother Road meals, in Missouri and beyond
The Time Our Wheels
David L. Harrison reads his inspiring composition, “Where a Highway Was Born.”
By the time the photos have been staged and the pyrotechnics loosed, the two of us from Texas have worked up a bona fide hunger.
Let’s head on west, I suggest.
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Mother Road ‘Test’ Drive
Mother Road ‘Test’ Drive
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HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR ROUTE 66 HISTORY?
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CHEER CAMP Jayton cheerleaders are getting ready for the new school coming their way by attending cheer camp this week. |
CHEER CAMP
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SCENIC SWING Hole 6 at Kent County Golf Course offers a scenic blend of rolling fairways and quiet greens, capturing the calm beauty and challenge of the course. | STEPHANIE ALLEN
Kent County Golf Course announces 2026 summer tournament schedule
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STEPHANIE ALLEN | POST DISPATCH The Kent County Golf Course is set to kick off its 2026 summer golf season with a full slate of tournaments throughout the summer. The nine-hole course, owned and operated by Kent County, is located at Jayton Park on County Road 143, just west of Jayton off FM 1083.
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END OF SCHOOL YEAR Jayton grads finished their school year with an all-night party in the school gym featuring lots of food and prizes. | COURTESY PHOTOS
END OF SCHOOL YEAR
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SPOTLIGHT ON JAYTON SENIOR TRIP
SPOTLIGHT ON JAYTON SENIOR TRIP
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Thu, 05/28/2026 - 05:12
Attracting birds to the garden
Attracting birds to the garden
Ellen Peffley
CUISINE & CULTURE
It’s tough to cultivate a hobby of birdwatching (see the May 20 column) without birds. Today’s column discusses ways to attract birds to the garden: make sure birds have what they need on a consistent basis, primarily a food source and available water.
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ENJOYYOUR SUMMERVACATION and a well-packed picnic with these delicious pies. | ANGELINA LaRUE PHOTO
Prep for picnics includes pie
Angelina L
CUISINE & CULTURE
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ANGELINA@ANGELINALARUE.COM
Summer is synonymous with picnics and car trips, or packing a lunch to take to the lake.
Cherry Hand Pies are perfectly portable and oh so good for an all-American picnic. The flaky crust and sweet-tart cherries hit the spot.
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