In a pageant held in Lee’s Summit, MO last month, Doniphan’s NaJaun Monique Catlow, 13, was crowned Miss Junior Teen Missouri United States. NaJaun (pronounced "nuh-ZHAWN") attends Lone Star Elementary School in Doniphan, where she received the Most Improved Student of the Year Award for her 7th grade class last spring. The daughter of Bill Catlow and Vicki Bulington, NaJaun, with her new pageant title, is now poised to go national; she is to contend for the Miss Junior Teen United States crown at the lavish Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas from July 12-18. The pageant will be held in the same Orleans Hotel venue that features such luminaries as Clint Black, Trisha Yearwood, and Gladys Knight on its roster for

The semo.net Surfer baseball team won all three games on Saturday to win 1st Place in the Current River Invitational tournament in Ellington, Mo. Outscoring their opponents 40-3, the powerful hitting and tight defense of the Surfers proved to be too much for their opponents. The Surfer's team with their 1st Place Plaque: Front Row: Jaron Glass, Ross Rushin, Jack Becker, Hunter Ham Back Row: Jase Worley, Colton Harris, Tristen Francisco, Isaac Laseter, Kirby Coleman, Ben Becker Head Coach Mike Coleman, Assistant Coach Brian Becker The three Surfers' hit Home Runs hit over the fence: Tristen Francisco Jaron Glass Kirby Coleman

Google has enabled a calculator feature for users who utilize the Google search box in the Firefox browser. From Google's site: To use Google's built-in calculator function, simply enter the calculation you'd like done into the search box and hit the Enter key or click on the Google Search button. The calculator can solve math problems involving basic arithmetic, more complicated math, units of measure and conversions, and physical constants. To read more about the calculator, as well as other Google search features, click here.

Maybe you’re already part of the tribe. Maybe you already know what it’s like to thrill to the sound of engines screaming at full-throttle all around you. To escape the civilized world of paved pathways and “put the pedal to the metal”, tearing forth, slamming on brakes, spinning out of control then peeling out again with what’s left of your bearings---both literally and otherwise. Or, hey---maybe you like mud. Maybe it likes you. Big-time.

The US Government just unveiled the fastest computer ever created (the human brain excluded). This computer is twice the speed of the previous IBM Blue Genie and cost over $100 Million dollars. To put the processing power in perspective, Thomas P. D’Agostino of the National Nuclear Security Administration said that if all 6 billion people on Earth entered calculations on a calculator for 24 hours a day, seven days per week it would take 46 years to do what Roadrunner can do in one day. Article On CNN

At first, the scene was reminiscent of Father of the Bride, a classic, serio-comic glimpse into the lives of a seemingly normal household turned upside down while arranging the daughter’s wedding. But while the wedding at Poplar Bluff’s Oakdale Care Center last Tuesday evening offered plenty of excitement, it was a sense of love, friendship, and true calm in the midst of action which made it an unforgettable experience.