Opinions
Greetings Friends of the 155th District!
During the second week of the session at the Missouri Capitol, we experienced a whirlwind of activities. We began the week with the inauguration of Governor Kehoe, which was celebrated with an inaugural ball that brought together many individuals...
The Mercy Thrift Store is located at 108 1st St. in Mountain View, Mo. We are owned by The Mercy Hospital System and operated by volunteers. All the items we sell are donated from members of the community. Proceeds are deposited into an account that aids in purchasing medical equipment for Mercy...
New Year’s Eve and New Year's Day are often viewed as the most poignant, meaningful days of the year, and rightly so. They are a precise turning point in time and renewable every 365 days.
Tradition tells us this is the time to make changes. In 1740, an English clergyman named John Wesley...
First and foremost, I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude for electing me to serve as your State Representative for the 155th District. I am committed to doing everything within my power to support our district and the wonderful citizens who reside here. If you require any assistance or...
This week, a press release written through artificial intelligence (AI) was submitted to me. I had not thought that it would come to Willow Springs so soon, but it has. We have never had an AI policy before – but here it is.
There will never be AI-generated content in this newspaper while...
It seems to me that there is a lot of negativity in the news lately. I thought that it was time to express my appreciation of something that happened at the Senior Center Christmas Dinner today. Two businesses paid all expenses for the supplies for the meal. The Willow Springs Middle School...
Upon reading last week's critical review of a personal opinion that you previously printed, I was reminded this Christmas season of the old movie classic "It's a Wonderful Life," where the miserable Mr. Potter wasted his entire futile existence running roughshod over every resident of little...
The holiday season is such a strong coercer of nostalgia; who doesn’t hear Bing Crosby in the air and imagine Norman Rockwell scenes when the final month of the year comes around? Before electricity and all the distractions that come with modern life, storytelling was often the evening...
In a column in your Dec. 4 edition, you took issue with remarks I made at a public “fireside chat” program sponsored by the Lincoln School project in West Plains. As requested, I gave an assessment of the state of the news media. I said national news media failed us in coverage of the...
Every autumn of my childhood the adults in my family would sigh and declare, “Christmas will be here before you know it, then it’ll be a new year. The older you get the faster time goes!” My cousins and I would roll our eyes and respond that the school year never seemed to go very fast. As with...