After serving the community for more than 70 years, a local family-owned shoe store closed its doors at the end of 2009. Aloha Coffrin officially called it quits on December 12, 2009.
Love will be in the air a day earlier than the traditional Valentine’s Day, at least at a couple local venues that will be hosting special holiday dances the day before Valentine’s Day.
Do you want to be in charge of who gets your assets after you’re gone? Are you concerned about what your estate will cost your heirs? What are the best tools available to plan my estate how I want? These are just a few of the questions that will be answered at the Farm & Small Business Estate Planning Workshop series that is being held on February 9th, 16th and 23rd. The sessions will begin at 6:00 p.m. and run until 9:00 p.m. at the Brookfield Career Center in Brookfield (122 Pershing Road); North Shelby High School ITV Room (3071 Hwy 15) or the Scotland County High School ITV Room in Memphis (Route 3 Box 19A). Pre-registration is required by February 5th.
McDonald’s has a special kid’s menu called a “Happy Meal”. Harold and Beverly Gore of Memphis and Tonya Chowning of Baring were ordering off the adult menu at the fast food franchise located in the Dallas/Fort Worth airport when they received much more than a happy meal.
The Rutledge Flea Market won’t officially open until the weekend of March 12. Unfortunately for a few dozen vendors at the facility, burglars got a special sneak peak at their inventory in January.
A small business owner and past school board member from Canton was in Scotland County last week visiting with prospective constituents to announce his candidacy for the Missouri House of Representatives.
