All Roads Lead Home by Kim McCully-Mobley
The Ozarks is a region with a rich history, colorful people and a tenacity in spirit that remains unmatched. This platform will be used to help preserve, promote and protect our stories, our traditions, our passions and the personalities of the people we serve. We all know, at the end of the day, All Roads Lead Home.
Episodes
135 episodes
I Can't Say Goodbye
This life.It is full of joys, highs, lows, surprises and quite often--some hard knocks.One of my greatest joys is the friendships I have made along the way of my lengthy journey. God always seems to put people in my path just when...
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Chasing My Roots Along The Backroads
I took some time out last week for a working retreat of sorts with my ride or die travel buddy, Ravae Lewis. We have been through a lot together and we have put the miles in, too. (That's not to say we are high mileage. That's not the case, at ...
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Patriotism and Civility--Celebrate Your Independence!
This week's podcast talks about a few Presidential things. We especially focus on a young George Washington--who painstakingly copied down his rules of civility to live by when he was a young man.He would later become a Revolutionary War...
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Glad To Be Part Of The Pack
I attended a MAACE (Missouri Association for Adult Continuing and Community Education) Conference earlier this month at Lake of the Ozarks.Crowder College sent a team of us who with in the Adult Education Literacy program. The sessions w...
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Conjuring Up Those Stan Estes Traits
Yes. Since 2021--I have been working hard on the nicer, kinder, gentler version of Jennifer Kim Estes McCully-Mobley. (My son once told me my name was not going to fit on a tombstone!)With Father's Day occurring just last weekend, I had ...
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1961 Was A Banner Year
It was a chaotic Sunday morning at Aurora Community Hospital on June 11th, 1961. My mom had a belly-ache and came home with me.My brother, Randy, said things would never be the same.My journey has been a fun one, full of skinned k...
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AHS Leaders Award Six Mini Grants
Six local educators have received $150 mini-grants for the coming school year. Their applications were screened and scored by the members of the Aurora High School Leadership classes (also known as A-Tech I and A-Tech II).The grants are ...
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We Can't Wait To See What's Next!
Aurora High School Graduate Hannah (Isaacson) Rader earned the All Roads Lead Home Award at this year's Chamber Banquet in behalf of her family and crew at The Garden Exchange. They are always busy making the Summit City look and fe...
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A Leader Shows The Way
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way. Those are words we should all learn to live by.Several community members took the time to honor Chuck Burbridge last week as our most recent Loyd R. Ellis honoree....
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The Ed Cook Legacy Lives On
Aurora Administrator Ed Cook has been gone for over 35 years.His legacy lives on today with scholarships, projects and activities designed to encourage leadership, ethics and sense of place in the rural Ozarks--a place he loved.Ed...
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There's No Place Like Home
With last week's storms and tornado outbreaks, my husband made a bad joke about pulling over to the side of the road and seeing the old lady go by on a bicycle. It took me a minute--while he stifled a nervous chuckle. I told him I got the refer...
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April Reflections: Everything Is Going To Be Okay
As April rolls out with a few disruptions, I have been contemplating events from April's past. Join me in some reflections on old friends like Frank Peterson, motherhood and moving forward.
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April Showers, Anniversaries and Legacies Of Love
My mom and dad would have celebrated their 79th anniversary on April 15th, tax day, if they were still here. I'm sure they are celebrating in Heaven.The day had me contemplating their legacies, their love story and the lives of those the...
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Planting Trees To Honor Two Local Heroes
As we continue to celebrate our Easter season, we are reminded of the concepts of sacrifice, redemption and unconditional love.We chose to honor two local heroes with the planting of some trees at the Aurora Houn' Dawg Alumni & Outre...
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Rotary Helps Us Find Our Voices
The 2025 Rotary Speech Contest is over, but we are still talking about those speeches at Aurora High School.Senior Kylee Cole placed first this year, while Jaelyn Ernest was second. Malaya Todd was third and Seth Shoemaker placed fourth....
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Let's Talk About It
Ben Tracy, a national spokesman about online safety, will be here in Aurora on Wednesday, April 9th.Here's hoping we give him a good, old-fashioned Houn' Dawg welcome as he comes to town to teach us about online predators and things we c...
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Stop--In The Name Of Love---Here's To 60 Years For The Campbells
Officially, it all started in March of 1965.The Supremes were telling us to "Stop--In The Name of Love."My sister and her husband are celebrating 60 years of marriage this week.Join me in wishing them more years of romance ...
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Tambourines & Tombstones
Cemeteries.I like them.In fact, some of my favorite people are there.I like finding new ones, wandering around looking at tombstones and going down the rabbit of hole of finding out the stories that are hidden there---just ...
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If We Could Turn Back Time...Or Spring Forward
I focus a little bit on the pending time change this weekend as we return to Daylight Savings Time...a time when I struggle to get my internal clock back in gear.Time is the stuff of great music, solid poetry and fun adages.But--w...
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Connections...Memories...Loyalty
Aurora was one of several communities honored in February at the Capitol Rotunda in Jefferson City. Missouri Humanities was recognizing the Small Town Showcase Communities, like Aurora.Due to a number of things involving time/travel/mult...
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Snow!---By Now We Know The Answers
This weeks snowstorm derailed a few of us from our regular routines.I don't really want to talk about it.But I was stuck three times on Wednesday and two of those were in my own driveway!Thank goodness, I have folks willing...
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One Good PF Flyer Whistle Is Enough
It's funny how stories from the distant past become clearer as we grow older, wiser and more experienced. This week, the Aurora High School Class of 1979 lost another classmate--Jeff Thach. Fortunately, we were able to see him in the fall when ...
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Boy Howdy: Let's Make Up For Lost Time
Today is Super Bowl Sunday.I've got my fingers crossed for those Chiefs!I have also been in quiet reverie all day...thinking about how far I've come in the last four years. Four years ago today I came off a ventilator....
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