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Emmett Stueve Emmett Gregory Stueve was born on February 26, 1919, in Baileyville, Kansas. He enlisted in the United States Navy on January 15, 1940, and began his military career with great dedication, ultimately becoming a Pharmacist’s Mate Third Class. His service led him to the Philippines, where he was stationed at the Cavite Naval Yard as part of the 16th Naval District. When World War II…

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KDOT Lettings: August 2023

Federal-Aid: 16-44 KA 7042-01: 1-inch milling and 2-inch HMA overlay on K-16/K-92 from US 59 south of Oskaloosa to the east junction of K-16 and K-92 in McLouth 35-56 KA 7142-01: Pavement marking from the Emporia Turnpike Interchage to the east US 50 junction on the east side of Emporia. 36-66 KA 3880-01: Replacment of the bridge over the North Folk Vermillion River west of Baileyville.…

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What is Sera reading? The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

Inspired by Eleanor Roosevelt’s WPA Pack Horse Library Project (Kentucky 1937) this book has us traveling back in time. Baileyville, is a make-believe place but it feels as if it exists. Moyes has filled the spaces in the novel with description of colourful lives and vast mountain scenes plus the minutia detail of plants and animals season to season. we are fully part of this story place as a…

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How I spent my morning.... That's my hubby in the black gear. 😍 #controlledburn #baileyville #firedepartment #training #myhubbyishot #lovemyfirefighter #damnhesfine #igotafire #thatsallimgonnasayaboutthat (at Baileyville, Maine)

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14✅📙 @lubimyczytac.pl #wyzwanienaczytanie From: @jojomoyesofficial #znakliteranova " ... Alice czuje się jak wybrakowana wersja samej siebie. Szybki ślub z przystojnym Amerykaninem okazuje się pomyłką. W domu rządzi teść, który książki inne niż Biblia uznaje za stratę czasu. Na dodatek plotkuje o niej całe Baileyville, tylko dlatego że przybyła z dalekiej i równie nudnej Anglii. Otwarcie konnej biblioteki prowadzonej przez kobiety burzy spokój miasteczka. Na jej czele staje Margery, która brzydzi się hipokryzją i, o zgrozo, ma własne zdanie na każdy temat. Alice rusza na dzikie górskie szlaki z lekturami wzbudzającymi kontrowersje. Oliwy do ognia dolewa fakt, iż wśród kobiet zaczyna krążyć zakazana książeczka, która – jak twierdzą niektórzy – mąci im w głowach i budzi grzeszne myśli… Choć od Margery różni ją prawie wszystko, Alice odważy się iść za głosem wolności w świecie pełnym zakazów. A dzięki przyjaźni z Fredem zrozumie, że nigdy wcześniej naprawdę nie kochała. ..." . . . #book #bookstagram #książka #booklover #reading #czytambolubie #czytam #books #poland #książki #instabook #bookstagrampl #bookworm #ksiazka #polska #czytammoyes #read #relax #bookish #czytaniejestsexy #photography #photooftheday #bookaddict #czytambolubię #czytanie #bookaholic #ksiazki --- https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ74sRQLffX/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Book review: The giver of stars by Jojo Moyes

#Bookreview: The giver of stars by @Jojomoyes #historicalfiction

Genre: Historical fiction Plot: Alice is stifled, bored, and misunderstood. So when she meets wealthy and handsome American, Bennett Van Cleve, she is quickly swept off her feet. Marrying him and moving to America seems like a great adventure – but life as a newlywed in stuffy Baileyville, Kentucky, is not at all what she hoped for. Until, that is, she responds to a call for volunteers to…

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Wie ein Leuchten in tiefer Nacht

In der Hoffnung, aus ihrem erdrückenden Leben in England zu entkommen, heiratet Alice Wright den attraktiven Amerikaner Bennett Van Cleve und reist mit ihm nach Kentucky. Dort erhofft sie sich ein freies und aufregendes Leben an der Seite ihres Ehemannes.

Doch Alice wird gründlich enttäuscht. Unter der Fuchtel ihres Schwiegervaters sind ihrer Freiheit Grenzen gesetzt und das verschlafene Dörfchen Baileyville bietet nicht viel Abwechslung. Als eines Tages die sogenannte Satteltaschenbücherei vorgestellt wird, in der freiwillige Bewohnerinnen Baileyvilles tätig werden sollen, sieht Alice ihre Chance gekommen. Nichtsdestotrotz ist es ein langer Weg zu dem Leben, das Alice sich erträumt hat.

Die Idee zur Geschichte ist wunderbar. Das Setting ist das Nordamerika in der Zeit der großen Depression. Eine junge, unerfahrene Britin kommt in das Land der unbegrenzten Möglichkeiten, erhält allerdings einen kräftigen Dämpfer.Doch durch die Möglichkeit der Satteltaschenbücherei und durch die anderen Frauen, die dort arbeiten, wird Alice mutiger, sammelt Erfahrung und lernt für sich selbst einzustehen. Dabei macht der selbsternannte Patriarch des Dorfes ordentlich Schwierigkeiten.

Alice selbst ist eine authentische Hauptfigur. Wir lernen ihre Geschichte kennen, ihre Wünsche und Ängste und erleben ihre Gefühlte. Sie entwickelt sich weiter und ist am Ende des Buches zu einer starken Frau geworden.

Bennett Van Cleve ist genau richtig geschrieben. Er kommt zuerst wie der perfekte Gentleman daher, doch nach und nach wird klar, dass er sich nicht gegen seinen Vater wehren kann und alle anderen darunter zu leiden haben. Sein Vater Jeffrey Van Cleve ist sozusagen der Bösewicht der Geschichte. Er macht Ärger, wo er nur kann, behindert die Frauen bei ihrer Arbeit und legt Alice und Margery Steine in den Weg. Er ist genauso geschrieben, dass man ihn gut hassen kann.

Die anderen Frauen der Bücherei sind mir schnell ans Herz gewachsen: Margery, Sophia, Beth, Izzy und Kathleen. Alle haben ihre eigene Geschichte und ihre eigenen Probleme. Margery ist sogar so etwas wie die zweite Hauptfigur. Über sie lernen wir eine ganze Menge, und sie ist die wohl großartigste Frau in Baileyville.

Es gibt mehrere Konflikte, die gut zusammenpassen und sich nicht widersprechen. Alle werden in einem geeigneten Rahmen aufgearbeitet, teilweise bedingen sie sich auch. Insgesamt ist das ganze Konzept wunderbar durchdacht und ausgeführt.

Das Happy End hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Es ist nicht übertrieben und jeder bekommt das, was er verdient. Die Zusammenfassung aller Figuren und deren Schicksale am Ende fand ich noch einmal sehr schön.

Insgesamt ist "Wie ein Leuchten in tiefer Nacht" ein etwas anderes Buch von Jojo Moyes, aber nicht weniger schön und nicht weniger lesenswert mit großartigen Figuren, einem tollen Konzept und einer authentischen Geschichte.

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COVID-19 on St. Stephen's 'doorstep' after Maine mill worker tests positive, says mayor

St. Stephen Mayor Allan MacEachern says he's "deeply concerned" after a mill worker at Woodland Pulp in nearby Baileyville, Maine tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday morning.

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For Margery, [the mine] was a vision of Hell, its pits eating into the scarred and hollowed-out hillsides around Baileyville, like giant welts, its men, their eyes glowing white out of blackened faces, emerging from its bowels, and the low industrial hum of nature being stripped and ravaged. [...] A certain kind of man looked at God's own land, she thought, as she drew closer, and instead of beauty and wonder, all he saw was dollar signs.

The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

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The Giver of Stars

Author: Jojo Moyes

Published by: Penguin Books

Pages: 440

Format: Hardback

My Rating ★★★★★

England, late 1930s, and Alice Wright – restless, stifled – makes an impulsive decision to marry wealthy American Bennett Van Cleve and leave her home and family behind.

But stuffy, disapproving Baileyville, Kentucky, where her husband favours his work over his wife and is dominated by his overbearing father, is not the adventure – or the escape – that she hoped for.

That is, until she meets Margery O’Hare, a troublesome woman – and daughter of a notorious felon – the town wishes to forget.

Margery’s on a mission to spread the wonder of books and reading to the poor and lost – and she needs Alice’s help. Trekking alone under big open skies, through wild. Mountain forests, Alice, Margery and their fellow sisters of the trail discover freedom, friendship, and a life to call their own.

But when Baileyville turns against them, will their belief in one another – and the power of the written world – be enough to save them?

My thoughts

Inspired by a true story, The Giver of Stars is an entertaining, immersive and incredibly moving historical fiction novel.

I wasn't sure what to expect from this book. I did enjoy the author’s book, Paris for One, which also included several other short stories, but I must admit I just personally didn’t love the Me Before You series as much as I know many readers did.

However, The Giver of Stars is a completely different kind of book and I have to say, I loved it. As I started reading, I very quickly found myself really enjoying the story and the magnificent setting of Baileyville and its rural beauty.

The novel is based on true events and people, yet it is Moyes's rich character development and the story line of these ladies that really drives the novel. I was gripped from the start, and so enjoyed getting to know the main female characters.

The story centres mainly around Alice and Margery. Alice is an English woman who is quite restless and not understood by her family, so she impulsively jumps at the chance of marrying an American man, hoping this will give her the opportunity for new adventures. Sadly, Alice's marriage is not what she hoped it to be, and she soon finds herself feeling very unhappy with her situation. I couldn't help but feel for her, alone in a new country with an overbearing, violent father in law and a thoughtless husband. When Alice begins volunteering to help with the travelling library, she relishes in the freedom it brings her, and I particularly enjoyed how the author explored Alice’s love of nature, as she and the other women deliver books packed in saddle bags, in all kinds of weather, winding their way through dark forests and along remote mountain trails. Margery was probably my favourite character, as she is so strong, independent and sassy. She is very much a woman doing it for herself and living life on her own terms despite what anyone else might think of her. It was great to see someone like this in an era where women were moistly left in the background. It was great to see her standing up and doing something worthwhile. Whilst her and Alice are very much opposites, the friendship that blossoms between the two women was very heart warming and powerful. Despite their various backgrounds and issues at home, the women become a family providing encouragement and support, not only to one another but also to every household they visit to share books and they share the joy of reading with so many different people. Ulimtaely, they become best friends and end up fighting against injustice.

Eleanor Roosevelt started a traveling library program and many women answered the call to become traveling librarians. Women travelled on horseback to bring books to those living in rural areas. I knew very little of the WPA library but love that I learned more about it from reading this novel. The strength and fortitude these ladies showed is incredible, and the main characters in the book reflect this with their hard work, strength of character and loyalty to one another.

I truly feel this is one of the best books I’ve read all year, so it undoubtedly deserves a five-star rating. This fantastic new standalone novel spins an inspiring tale of companionship and determination during the days of the Great Depression. The writing is captivating and highly entertaining throughout all the ups and downs of the story. I finished the book in just a few sittings and cherished every page. Following five incredible women across the dust bowls and prairies of America, The Giver of Stars is a beautifully told story of friendship and the eternal power of books.

**Thanks again to Penguin books, who kindly sent me a copy of the book to read and review.**

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Purple Heart

S Sgt. Henry J Huninghake Killed in action in Normandy, Francedied of wounds 10 June 1944 Courier tribune6 Oct 1941page 3 Three Baileyville Boys to Baltimore Virgil Broxterman, Raymond Koch and Henry Hunninghake, Baileyville, have been called to employment in the Glenn L. Martin aircraft factory in Baltimore. They are going east with two boys from South Dakota. The five graduated last week…

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My home town!

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U.S. Daily High Temperature Records Tied/Broken 12/9/22

Clanton, Alabama: 80 (also 80 1978)

Clayton, Alabama: 79 (also 79 1978)

Hueytown, Alabama: 74 (also 74 1998)

Jackson, Alabama: 77 (also 77 2012)

Montgomery, Alabama: 81 (previous record 78 1972)

Moulton, Alabama: 72 (previous record 71 2007)

Opelika, Alabama: 78 (also 78 1980)

Unincorporated Talladega County, Alabama: 80 (previous record 75 2007)

Tuscaloosa, Alabama: 76 (also 76 1972)

Adak, Alaska: 49 (previous record 48 1985)

Cabot, Arkansas: 70 (previous record 68 1985)

Boca Chica Key, Florida: 86 (previous record 85 2021)

Niceville, Florida: 79 (also 79 1998)

Perry, Florida: 83 (also 83 2007)

Cornelia, Georgia: 71 (also 71 1998)

Unincorporated Coweta County, Georgia: 77 (previous record 75 1952)

Unincorporated Elbert County, Georgia: 74 (previous record 73 1966)

Hawkinsville, Georgia: 81 (previous record 80 1919)

Sandersville, Georgia: 78 (also 78 1966)

Alexandria, Louisiana: 82 (previous record 81 2007)

Bunkie, Louisiana: 81 (also 81 1966)

Unincorporated Catahoula Parish, Louisiana: 81 (previous record 78 1994)

Unincorporated Franklin Parish, Louisiana: 84 (previous record 82 2007)

Lafayette, Louisiana: 83 (also 83 1894)

Leesville, Louisiana: 81 (also 81 2007)

Oberlin, Louisiana: 79 (previous record 78 2007)

Unincorporated Ouachita Parish, Louisiana: 81 (also 81 1952)

Unincorporated Rapides Parish, Louisiana: 78 (also 78 2007)

Unincorporated Rapides Parish, Louisiana: 82 (also 82 2012)

Unincorporated Tensas Parish, Louisiana: 82 (also 82 2007)

Unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Louisiana: 81 (previous record 76 2001)

Baileyville, Maine: 54 (also 54 1974)

Dover-Foxcroft, Maine: 44 (previous record 39 1999)

Aberdeen, Mississippi: 78 (previous record 75 2007)

Belzoni, Mississippi: 80 (also 80 2007)

Columbus, Mississippi: 82 (previous record 76 2007)

Unincorporated Madison County, Mississippi: 81 (previous record 80 1966)

Natchez, Mississippi: 82 (previous record 80 2007)

Starkville, Mississippi: 81 (previous record 79 2007)

Hudson, New Hampshire: 50 (also 50 2004)

Angelina National Forest, Texas: 81 (previous record 80 2007)

Baytown, Texas: 81 (also 81 1994)

Conroe, Texas: 83 (also 83 1922)

El Campo, Texas: 82 (also 82 1943)

Jefferson, Texas: 77 (previous record 76 1994)

Nederland, Texas: 83 (previous record 82 2019)

Unincorporated Orange County, Texas: 79 (also 79 2007)

Putnam, Texas: 78 (also 78 2019)

Unincorporated Tyler County, Texas: 80 (also 80 1994)

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Baileyville , Maine - pARTy Pal “Canadian Tara” drove across the treacherous Canadian border (those Canadian border-Nazi’s are tough) to catch up with me at the local Calais Walmart … “Tara” introduced me to her pARTy Family Team of “Smilin’ Bill” & camera-shy “Cleaver El” … I enjoy’d a tasty-riffic (& memorable) “El” Sunday breakfast while the eyes of “Flo” watched through the kitchen window … such a smile-riffic “Big Escape” adventure pARTy Memory … #RunAwayBill #rabDUSA2022 #DUSA2022 #rabSelfies #RABpARTyPal #rabTara #rabBigEscape2022 #rabUSroute1 #USroute1 #rabMaine #Maine Saturday/Sunday 09.24-25.22 (at Baileyville, Maine) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci-FMjaOlDA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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N.B. health officials warn of Maine's worsening COVID-19 situation

While New Brunswick's COVID-19 numbers remain high, provincial health officials are worried about a worsening pandemic situation in the neighbouring U.S. state of Maine.

"Our neighbour's houses are on fire and the hot embers are flying onto our roof," said Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's Chief Medical Officer of Health, at a news conference on Thursday. "If we don't take necessary actions to keep this fire at bay it will engulf us as well."

Dr. Russell said there were over 1,000 active cases in Maine's Washington and Aroostook Counties, which both border western New Brunswick. 

On Friday, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported 823 new COVID-19 cases and 16 additional deaths. Maine's daily COVID-19 case count passed 800 for the first time two days earlier. 

A ban on non-essential travel at Canadian/U.S. land border crossings was extended this week to Feb. 21. Exemptions for travel have been granted to Canadians who work in the U.S., allowing them to bypass the 14-days of self-isolation normally required after returning home.

St. Stephen resident Heather Bridges has a family member who crosses the border for work daily. Bridges said she and her family have been stigmatized in the community because of it.

"We were told we couldn't go into businesses in St. Stephen," said Bridges, referring to a COVID-19 outbreak in October at Woodland Pulp in nearby Baileyville, Maine. "We were told we couldn't get things done like our nails and our hair… grocery shopping, they would prefer somebody else do it for us."

Bridges' brother, two sisters and grandmother live in Maine, minutes from the St. Stephen border. She hasn't seen them in person since the land border closed in March and doesn't expect the situation to change anytime soon.

"It's really triggering now," she said.

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