My memories of Musial

By Larry Harnly

Stan Musial, 92, died Jan. 19. I first saw Musial play in person in 1951. I was 9 and he was 30, in his ninth full season with the St. Louis Cardinals. My mom got me interested in baseball and the Car

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News | Thursday, August 16,2012

My visit with a centenarian

By Larry Harnly

Marie Aldridge, neatly dressed and mentally alert, is 103 years old, born May 10, 1909. She has some trouble hearing and seeing. She lives in a Decatur nursing home.She really can’t give a secre

Culture | Wednesday, February 21,2007

Grin and bear it

A dental mission trip to Jamaica turns into an adventure

By Larry Harnly

Untitled Document Larry Harnly, a retired State Journal-Register sports editor, was part of a group of 32, about half from Springfield, who spent one week in Jamaica on

Feature | Thursday, August 25,2005

Witnessing miracles

Group delivers medical supplies to Dominican clinic, and returns with new insight

By Larry Harnly

In June, a 16-member team from West Side Christian Church delivered medical supplies to the Christian Dominican Medical Mission, a clinic in the Dominican Republic run by missionaries Gary a