By Jacki Wood I find myself feeling a bit cynical right after Thanksgiving each year. I’m not sure why since it doesn’t make much sense logically. We spend time with family and give thanks as we kick off the holiday season and prepare for Christmas, a time of year that I love. It might have
While the annual Thanksgiving ritual involves a shopping visit to the mall for some Black Friday spending, I hope that come Saturday, some of the Christmas lists will be filled from our local merchants. The Saturday after Thanksgiving is actually referred to as Small Business Saturday. National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and American Express
By Kay Wilson To say this fall has been chaotic could possibly be the understatement of the century. But now the post-election life should bring calm. Not so much. While I’m not a Muslim, black American, Hispanic or a special needs person, I have not been immune to some of the challenges that face a
There are so many historic axioms that were broken with the election results. Some were good, some should prove an eye-opening wake-up call and some will force the political wizards to toss out all of the books. First of all, let me add my congratulations to all of the winners of the ballot tally. Campaigning
By Kay Wilson One of the beauties of the news biz, there is never a dull moment. Getting bored is not a personnel issue here at the Nodaway News Leader. My column last week addressed the possiblity of saving the silo at Mozingo Lake Golf Course. It seemed to strike a nerve of several individuals
by Kay Wilson This week’s reporting of the Mozingo Advisory Board made me smile. The smile was not generated because the board’s request for Maryville city staff to figure out a way to spend some dollars toward the purchase and placement of rip-rap along the shoreline of Mozingo Lake. However, I did find great pleasure
by Kay Wilson One of my parents’ goals for the farmstead, which now we own and occupy, was to have a “good-sized” pond. My folks bought the beginning acreage of the family farm in the early 1950s. They were able to add a pond within the first decade, but Dad was not happy. It was
by Kay Wilson I am a multi-generational Republican. My grandfather and father only made one “X” on every ballot for their entire lives. My political leanings, even throughout my younger, more rebellious years, have been of the conservative, let-the-marketplace-sort-it-out type. Less government is always the best. If our churches would step up and take care
