By Marilyn Mutti
I’m enjoying the various memoirs about the Hopkins Picnic.
I remember the big white dress that Marion Rosecrans described, but I had always envisioned Beverly Litsch Turner as the person who wore it. Might she have worn it another year? Isn’t it funny how our memories deceive us!
I remember helping to decorate the art club float, which was mounted on our old Plymouth. It was purple with many crepe paper flowers, and I thought it was gorgeous. My mother drove, and Bess Dragoo and I rode along. I don’t think I have ever been so hot in all my life! I believe this float won a prize- not first – but as I recall, the art clubbers were happy with
by Jacki Wood
One in four…
It’s a staggering statistic.
One in four of us is affected by mental illness.
That’s 60 million Americans.
That’s someone we all know.
And that’s probably someone who hasn’t let us know they need help.
I was watching CBS News last week about the growing number
By Kay Wilson
Recently, the South Nodaway class of 1973 gathered to recall their school days at their alma mater some 40 years ago.
There were a dozen of my classmates who laughed and fondly remembered their days as a Longhorn during the afternoon prior to the all-school alumni banquet at the high school.
We toured the elementary building one more time, where teachers like Mrs. Annise Curnutt, Mrs. Lola Munshaw and Mrs. Ethel
by State Representative Mike Thomson
The ongoing fiasco with the Department of Revenue and the submission of documents to the Federal Government has continued to spur criticism and fear that our privacy rights and second amendment rights could be in danger. Last week the Missouri House brought two bills to the floor that would send a strong message to Federal Bureaucrats or others that want to take away or weaken those rights that most Missourians feel strongly about.
One bill would
