Archive of month: July 2025

meet along the way: Kristi Meyr

This story was first published as “Community Cookbook: Make a beef and broccoli bowl With Kristi Meyr from New Wells” in the January 2025 issue of The Best Years.   Kristi Meyr, born and raised in Jackson, moved to New Wells after marrying Brad Meyr in 2000. The couple, along with their four children, live […]
4 days ago

meet along the way: Charlotte Slinkard

By Alexis Engelhart This story was first published as “Book About Cape Girardeau Garners Attention of the French: Town in Moulins considers naming street after Cape Girardeau’s founder’s father” in the March 2025 issue of The Best Years.   A native of the city of Cape Girardeau and docent at the Cape River Heritage Museum, […]
5 days ago

meet along the way: Brenda Robinson-Echols

This story was first published as “Community Cookbook: Make Chicken Spaghetti with Brenda Robinson-Echols of Sikeston, Mo.” in the April 2025 issue of The Best Years. Brenda Robinson-Echols of Sikeston, Mo., has always had a love for her community. It’s where she was born — delivered in a house down the street by a midwife […]
5 days ago

meet along the way: Simmaly Mahathath

This story was first published as “Community Cookbook: Make spicy beef salad with Simmaly Mahathath of Perryville, Mo.” in the July 2025 issue of The Best Years.  Simmaly Mahathath, her husband Bounliem and their seven children came to Perryville, Mo., in September 1979, through local sponsorship from the Daughters of Charity in Perryville through St. […]
6 days ago