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
130 episodes
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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It's A Dawg Gone Good World, Winston
This week's podcast includes an update on last week's quarterly Aurora GRO meeting and a tip of the hat to an Aurora graduate, Michael Parbury, who is coming home to open a restaurant in downtown Aurora.To say that I'm excited is a huge ...
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Gut Instincts & Home Remedies
We are magnificent creatures--when you think about it.We are hard-wired to rely on our gut instincts. We are created to survive.Our bodies and brains are often resilient and fragile at the same time.I seem to have a heighte...
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This Ain't Mayberry...But It's Close
I grew up watching Andy Griffith. I still watch the reruns when I can today. It never gets old. During the pandemic, I freelanced a bit as a consult for a doctoral candidate on the east coast.My cohort, Max, was diving into the use of m...
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Sometimes It's Important To Just Take A Hike
A couple of weeks ago, a friend took me to show me a local treasure--full of history, nature and a few surprises.The Lakeside Forest Wilderness is nestled in the heart of Branson with over 140 acres of natural beauty and over five miles...
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Holding Fast In 2025
Every January gives us time to pause, reflect, change, grow and move forward with intention and purpose.Some folks I know are moving into the new year with heavy hearts due to illness, death, grief or pondering the unknown.
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