Items with local interest found while perusing blogs online:
curfwordpress.com
The first female graduate from the Kansas University was born in Monroe.
According to the university's Web site, and a blog written by "Cruf," Flora Richardson was born Feb. 17, 1851, in Monroe and came to Kansas at 19.
She was a member of the first graduating class at Kansas, and was the valedictorian of the class of 1873. Richardson founded a sorority that later became Pi Beta Phi, joined the Oread Literary Society and worked with Prof. H. Snow to create Kansas' first student insect collection.
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prnewsnow.com
Simply Retail Inc., the nation's leader in customized healthcare retail systems, recently signed Monroe Clinic and Hospital as its 86th Discovery client.
The scope of the Discovery includes a five-year business plan for the clinic and hospital campus that lays the groundwork for a strong comprehensive retail strategy.
Simply Retail was formed in 1994 and is the nation's leading provider of healthcare retail. Based in Minneapolis, Simply Retail is a retail consultancy and management company with expertise in both retail planning and implementation, integrating retail operations with patient care through customized retail systems.
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thornnc.blogspot.com
All About Beer magazine published a list of 125 places to have a beer before you die.
The blogger included nine of the bars he has had a drink in, including No. 88 on the list, Baumgartner's Cheese Store and Tavern in Monroe.
"Beautiful stone building. Hung out there after a wedding in 1994."
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On another note, Gene Ellingson stopped into the office Monday with pictures of a blooming cactus.
Big deal, you may say.
The cactus belonged to Gene's mother. She got it in 1928. For 70 years, it never bloomed. Gene's mother kept it inside.
When Gene got it, he put the cactus outside in the summer. For the first time, it bloomed. Now, it blooms for one day every summer.
Gene has given "babies" of the cactus to his five children and at least four grandchildren. They all now have blooming cacti.
curfwordpress.com
The first female graduate from the Kansas University was born in Monroe.
According to the university's Web site, and a blog written by "Cruf," Flora Richardson was born Feb. 17, 1851, in Monroe and came to Kansas at 19.
She was a member of the first graduating class at Kansas, and was the valedictorian of the class of 1873. Richardson founded a sorority that later became Pi Beta Phi, joined the Oread Literary Society and worked with Prof. H. Snow to create Kansas' first student insect collection.
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prnewsnow.com
Simply Retail Inc., the nation's leader in customized healthcare retail systems, recently signed Monroe Clinic and Hospital as its 86th Discovery client.
The scope of the Discovery includes a five-year business plan for the clinic and hospital campus that lays the groundwork for a strong comprehensive retail strategy.
Simply Retail was formed in 1994 and is the nation's leading provider of healthcare retail. Based in Minneapolis, Simply Retail is a retail consultancy and management company with expertise in both retail planning and implementation, integrating retail operations with patient care through customized retail systems.
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thornnc.blogspot.com
All About Beer magazine published a list of 125 places to have a beer before you die.
The blogger included nine of the bars he has had a drink in, including No. 88 on the list, Baumgartner's Cheese Store and Tavern in Monroe.
"Beautiful stone building. Hung out there after a wedding in 1994."
n n n
On another note, Gene Ellingson stopped into the office Monday with pictures of a blooming cactus.
Big deal, you may say.
The cactus belonged to Gene's mother. She got it in 1928. For 70 years, it never bloomed. Gene's mother kept it inside.
When Gene got it, he put the cactus outside in the summer. For the first time, it bloomed. Now, it blooms for one day every summer.
Gene has given "babies" of the cactus to his five children and at least four grandchildren. They all now have blooming cacti.