The Year in Review
Most of the year, Beyond Reason steadies its gaze on the present. The here, the now, the au courant.
January 2025
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The Challenges of Life
For starters, we begin with so many things given to us at birth, and we are stuck with these, graced with these, challenged with these for life.We have only one body – one size, one gender, one brain, one set of sensory organs, one genetic makeup of personality ingredients, one birth time in history, one birthplace and birth culture, and typically one set of parents.Just think about it. I was born after penicillin was available, before television, in the U.S., to loving parents who were teachers.
In this corner…
I am not going to chew anyone's ear off too much this time. Instead I am going to just share my New Year's Resolution and keep it brief.
New Acting Director of Department of Commerce and Insurance announced
Governor Mike Parson announced on Dec. 30 that Mick Campbell will take over as the Acting Director of the Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) effective Jan.
Fatal Crash on Interstate 29 in Andrew County
A Saturday morning crash cost a 35-year-old woman from Council Bluffs, Iowa her life.The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported the woman was driving a 2018 Nissan Pathfinder sport utility vehicle southbound on I-29, about two miles north of Country Club Village.Sgt. Dale R.
County Commission considering Ford Farm improvements
Two commissioners were holding a work session on Monday, Dec. 30 and looking at their options to fund some improvements at the Ford Farm for Andrew County youth."The farm has always been a place for the kids, but they are limited on what they can do," said presiding Commissioner Brad Jarvis.Currently youth groups can visit Ford Farm to hike, fish, camp out or watch the wildlife, especially birds."We do want to better serve the young people of Andrew County," said Gary Baumann, the Western District commissioner.The Ford Farm Trust specifically says it's to be used for recreational and educational purposes for the youth of Andrew County.Some groups have come and talked to the commissioners about adding a BB shooting range, a trap shooting range, and a 3-D archery range.It would involve creating a road, parking and a new trail as well as the possibility of adding a shelter, Baumann said.The county has received cost estimates and may use some of the remaining American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars to jump start one or two of those projects.The other good news is that several groups supporting the additions out at Ford Fund have some funds, Jarvis said.Nothing is concrete yet but the commission is getting close to making a decision..
New discovery center now open
The inspireU Children’s Discovery Center, a new educational entertainment facility, opened in downtown St. Joseph on Dec.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter dies at 100
President Jimmy Carter, the only Georgian to ever occupy the White House, died Sunday Dec. 29, 2024, after spending over a year in hospice care.Carter, who turned 100 on Oct.
Missouri rallies to beat Iowa in TransPerfect Music City Bowl
A fourth-down stance with 1:03 to play and two fourth quarter 50-plus yard field goals by redshirt freshman Blake Craig ultimately sealed the TransPerfect Music City Bowl for No. 19 Missouri over Iowa on Monday afternoon.With the Tigers (10-3) trailing 24-21 with 10 minutes remaining in the final frame, Craig drilled consecutive field goals from 51- and 56-yards out to push MU in front, 27-24, with 4:36 left to play.