Opinions
This year was the second time I've seen the power women legislators can have when they are united. The latest was success of a bi-partisan group of Missouri women senators to force a compromise on an effort to impose strict limits on Medicaid coverage for birth control options.
The first time I...
Born in Sacramento, California in 1946 I was a beautiful baby, they said. But by the age of two I was so hyper I got in trouble a lot! When my brother was born, we then moved Willow Springs Missouri where my father was born. Dad and mom bought a one room tarpaper shack on an eighty-acre farm....
It has taken me a minute to grasp things, but here are my opinions:
1. The Mountain View Chamber of Commerce, from my understanding, is run by the Board of Directors, not the City of Mountain View. Yes, what happened is not ours to judge. We don't like it, but we always have three sides to...
In this letter I want to convey as much transparency of the Howell County Sheriff’s Office and other collaborating agencies as to the efforts and concern regarding the missing person(s) case of Ira Briscoe and Limon Little. There have been (9) arrests and (107) reports in connection with this...
Dear Editor,
I’m responding to an Opinion Letter published in the July 14 Edition of the Howell County News. The author of this opinion piece, Mr. James Vokac appears to be unhappy with Republicans in general.
Mr. Vokac’s has a complaint about the Republicans investigating last year’s...
Although many of us agree that our country is in a political mess, our state has been doing a lot of good things this year, and I’ll try to keep this report on the positive side. It is our state’s two hundredth anniversary. On August 10, 1821, Missouri became the 24th state to enter the Union...
The CPI increased at a 5 percent rate over the past year, the highest rate in more than a decade. Fed officials are quick to suggest that this increase is temporary; largely a result of the economy's post-pandemic re-opening. More likely, however, is that higher inflation rates will be with us...
As the summer season heats up, Americans all across the country are heading outdoors, trying to get back to the lives we had before the pandemic. Unfortunately, millions of American’s are being hit with sticker shock when they go to put gas in their cars, food on their table, medicine in their...
Thank you to all who helped make the alumni gathering for 2021 such a great success. There was a lot of planning and preparation to accommodate the 250+ in attendance. Will we have the casual cookout at the hangar again next year? Only if the members of the Willow Springs Alumni want to. Everyone...
WOW! -- is my reaction to a weekend with friends, classmates and new acquaintances. Like magic, there was an energy and spirit where 200 plus people assembled to declare an enduring bond and deep fondness with their class, town and memories. Whether the class was 1945, '65, '85 or 2003, the...