Opinion

The first author I ever met was David L. Harrison, the author of “Wake Up, Sun.” I was mesmerized with the idea of meeting an author and was instantly starstruck.

What is in a name? Throughout the 180-year life of Cassville and the 200-plus year life of Barry County, there have been many names, many people, many families that have contributed to the growth and history of this city and county. Although Lewis Cass, a former United States Senator and Secretary of War and William Barry, a U.S.

My wife is a trooper. To say Jordan is injury-prone is a slight understatement. Where she provides an overabundance of beauty, brains and entertainment, she has an equal excess of clumsiness, bad luck and low pain tolerance.

Last Friday night, our football team enjoyed a big homecoming victory over the Springfield Catholic Fighting Irish on a beautiful fall evening in the Ozarks. The crisp, cool air carried the earthy scent of the freshly mowed grass and the beginning of fallen leaves throughout Wildcat Stadium.

“Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the Glory of God? Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up His eyes, and said, Father I thank thee that thou hast heard me.” John 11:4041 Wow! What powerful four words Jesus said, “Father I thank thee!” Before He received the miracle, before He received what He has asked for, He thanked the Father.

Not long ago, I found myself on the other end of the phone being interviewed by a freelance journalist working for a national news website. One of the questions he asked me was, “What do you see as the state of newspapers in this country today?” I have been in the newspaper industry professionally for 12 years now and been asked that question time and time again, but now as a publisher and owner of a smalltown weekly newspaper, it hit me a little different.

“It’s too hard.” “I just can’t cope with this.” “Too many people around me in this room. I need to get out of here.” You know the feeling.

I almost lost my flies last week at the Fun Time Shows carnival at the Stumpff Family Event Center.
The family and I were excited to see so many rides and games set up over four days, and we
made sure to just about all of them.

Did you know that in addition to September being the start of the fall season, it is also Fall Prevention Awareness month? Falls can happen to anyone, and this is what happened to me. The worst fall I ever had occurred when I was a sophomore in college.