PARADE DAY EVENTS SCHEDULE
Saturday March 14, 2009
11:00 Food booths & vendors open on Square
11:30 Irish Idol Contest
12:00 Parade units begin forming (Benton & Commercial)
2:00 Parade begins with Grand Marshal
4:00 Parade disbands (Park Central West)
4:30 – ???? Celebration continues with the Awards Ceremony to be determined
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More than just a song and dance – Sinatra’s Coffee Gallery offers a wide variety of flavor
Jonathan Thomas and Kaitlyn McConnell
Issue date: 2/25/09 Section: Life
No one would disagree that there are many choices when deciding where to go for coffee in Springfield. One of the newest options, however, offers more to its customers than just [...]
SBU has fired Coach Benjamin Wade, as this story on the Ozarks First website notes:
Ozarks Survivor Contestant Fired From SBU Coaching Job
Wednesday, Feb 18, 2009 @07:33pm CST
The Ozarks man competing on “Survivor” confirms he lost his job at Southwest Baptist University. Benjamin Wade tells KOLR/KSFX he’s no longer the women’s soccer coach at SBU.
Despite the [...]
The Ozarks area will celebrate its own Mardi Gras at the 28th annual Sertoma Chili Cook-Off, to be held Saturday, February 21, 2009, at the Springfield Expo Center. The event falls just two days before “Fat Tuesday” and will feature food, refreshments and performances by ten bands on two stages.
About 80 ten-member cooking teams [...]
… Seth nails it. Especially when it comes to the Olympic Swimming Committee.
Amazing Map Visualization of the growth of the store in the US. Watch with a friend and have one count up from the start in 1962 while you shout out the number of stores (top left).
Did I say amazing yet?
I was #71 today, at 12:10 pm when I completed the four item ballot (I didn’t get to vote for Denny, apparently downtown residents are not in his North City zone).
I looked to see if there was a consensus on the tax issue, the primary sense I get from the News-Leader today [...]
OK admit it – one of your favorite viewing pleasures during the Winter Olympics is always the Curling, right? With the background stories on all those clubs in Wisconsin where the understated backdrop is that like bowling, it’s best enjoyed with a few adult beverages.
So we already have one strike against us, to say [...]