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You’ll have an opportunity next week to pay your respects to the late former Missouri Governor Kit Bond at the Statehouse in Jefferson City. The 86-year-old Bond died Tuesday in St. Louis. Mr. Bond served two terms as governor, from 1973-1977 and again from 1981 to 1985. He then served four terms in the U-S Senate from 1987-2010. "Missouri Times" publisher Scott Faughn joined us live on 939 the Eagle's "Wake Up Missouri" to reflect on Mr. Bond's legacy. Faughn describes Kit Bond as the "real deal", telling listeners that he brought home more federal funding to Missouri than anyone else in history. Faughn says Mr. Bond produced, not on social media but in results. Faughn says Kit Bond preferred Brookfield and Tarkio over Twitter, referring to two rural northern Missouri towns. Governor Mike Kehoe says a state memorial service is planned for Tuesday at noon at the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City. The public is invited to attend. Governor Bond will lie in state in the Missouri Capitol Rotunda for a 24-hour pe