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Update: Today, June 24, 2011: As Peoples Bank is having a celebration of its 110 Anniversay with refreshments and prizes, we thought that we would repost this previous blog entry featuring our hometown bank. You may not know it, but Peoples probably had the 1st bowling alley in Cuba. Yes, a bowling alley. Read about [...] The following is a guest post from Shannon Daehn Lang who accompanied her dad to Washington, D.C. on an Honor Flight. She also provided the photos. MY TRIP TO D.C. WITH DAD Our day was to begin at 5 am at the airport, so thank goodness I made reservations at a nearby motel the night [...] Connie’s Shoppe at the Wagon Wheel opens December 5 On Saturday, December 5th, Connie Echols the new owner of the historic Rt. 66 Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, MO opened Connie’s Shoppe in the former Wagon Wheel Cafe building. The opening followed months of restoration, where windows and doors were put back to their original [...] Jenny Gross graduated from Cuba High School, went to Fontbonne University, got a degree in Communication Arts/Public Relations, and now lives in the Lindenwood Neighborhood of South St. Louis City. Despite the degree in PR, she worked in purchasing for manufacturing companies. She has a photography business Simple Images. She is developing a web site [...] Viva Cuba’s blog has publicized our Yuletide Tour on Sunday, Dec. 6 and mentioned a few other Christmas events that we knew were occurring. But if we aren’t in charge of the events, we get our news like everyone else, from flyers, newspaper stories, and the chamber website. Publisher Rob Viehman in his week’s Cuba [...] Tuesday, Dec. 1, the second of the St. Louis KETC Channel 9′s series on Cuba, MO was posted on their website. It features interviews with Mardy Leathers, Jim Barnett, Jill Barnett, and Bob Baldwin. The interviewees stressed Cuba’s community spirit, resilence, and close family ties. Scenes from Cuba’s streets played on the screen. To see [...] Leslie Sanazaro Santi is a Cuba girl who started her budding career when she was 11 years old and played the saxophone. But she was always a singer and majored in vocal performance in college. Although she is classically trained, she also has a background in jazz and other types of music. “I’m in love [...] |
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