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Honors for Independence resident’s lifetime of effort and achievement
By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net When Alversia Pettigrew learned she been nominated again and this time won Missouri’s DeVerne Lee Calloway Woman of the Year Award, the Independence woman researched the names of previous winners. The…
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Ginger Rogers costumes on display
By The Examiner staff A Ginger Rogers costume exhibit is on display through August at the State Historical Society of Missouri in Columbia. Marge Padgitt, who founded the recent Owen-Rogers Museum in Independence in the Hollywood star’s childhood home, and Rogers’ personal assistant Roberta Olden donated a large collection of Rogers’ dresses to the State…
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Blue Springs girls relay teams dominate at Kansas Relays
By Bill Althaus bill.althaus@examiner.net The Blue Springs girls track and field squad’s “team mom” was looking to grab a nap Sunday afternoon after playing a big role in the Wildcats’ dominating performance at the 101st…