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  • Joined: August 30, 2022
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Missouri voters to weigh forgiveness for past weed crimes

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri could become the first state to pass a voter-led effort to require courts to automatically forgive past marijuana crimes as part of a constitutional amendment to legalize recreational pot on November’s ballot. Of the 19 states where recreational marijuana is legal, only seven states require some sort of judicial forgiveness for those punished for committing crimes that have since been decriminalized, according to the advocacy group National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.

New Franklin looks to continue making progress in 2022

Entering his 15th season as head baseball coach at New Franklin, Erich Gerding would like nothing more than to see the Bulldogs continue to make progress and get better for the 2022 fall season. Although the Bulldogs were pretty good during the fall season of 2021 while finishing 11-3, they came back in the spring season to back it up while finishing 12-6 overall.

Pilot Grove Tigers look to be competitive in every game this fall

The Pilot Grove Tigers baseball team did plenty right during the 2022 spring season while finishing 17-6 overall under head coach Joe Vossler. Although the Tigers fell short in the postseason by losing to Northwest of Hughesville 10-0 in five innings in a Class 1 sectional playoff game, Vossler has the Tigers poised for another winning season in the fall with 21 starters suited out-seven of which are returning starters.

Boonville schools refreshed before students start coming back

The buildings in the Boonville R-1 School District have had many projects undertaken before the start of the school year on August 23. Boonville Schools Assistant Superintendent Fred Smith said, “it’s a very busy time of year.” District-wide there were three HVAC units replaced as well as the replacement of the David Barton kitchen rooftop unit.

THE LOWE DOWN:

Aesop has a fable that tells the story of two frogs that lived in the same pool of water. During the hot summer, the pool dried up. The frogs who need water to thrive, set out to find another place to live. They passed a deep well full of water. One frog said to the other that they should make this well their new home. The other frog erring on the side of caution, questioned his friend about what they would do if the deep water failed them, and they couldn’t get out of the cavernous well. The moral: Do nothing without a regard to the consequences or as my parents taught me as a child, “Think before you act.”