This post is in honor of and prepared for Dr. Wallace Baker from Idaho Falls. Dr. Baker has heaped high praise on the idea of finding positive news to post here. NOTE that there are three stories in this post so "Keep CALM and Scroll ON".
So, how do we find such positive material? Good question!
First we start with a "Random Point Generator". Then we select a starting point and have the app generate five random points within a 250 mile radius from that point. We quickly eyeball the resulting map and pick a city or town near one of the random points. Then we check online to see if that city or town has a newspaper. For today's positive news, we used St. Louis as the central point. Sure enuf, it turned up that Hannibal, Missouri, was near one of the points generated. And that's how we found:
Top ten finalists selected for 2024-25 Tom and Becky program
"HANNIBAL — Ten finalists for the Tom and Becky program have been named by the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum.
Hannibal is, of course, Mark Twain's boyhood home. And, yep, there's even a Boyhood Home Museum in Hannibal Viking Cruise Lines now makes Hannibal a primary stop on the company Mississippi River excursions. Each year visitors from all 50 states and over 60 countries make their way to Hannibal to see the places that inspired Mark Twain’s stories. You can read all about the Museum here:
OK, let's get back to goin' Baroque, shall we? "The Cody Enterprise" reports:
"In the 17th and early 18th centuries, composers invented a new, expressive musical style designed to stir the listener’s emotions. Later called “Baroque,” this musical language spread internationally and is sometimes referred to as the first global genre of music.