Opinion
Cindy & John Krzoz: Citizens Academy shaped view of Sheriff’s Office
Dear Editor: About 8 weeks ago, I read in the paper about the Barry County Sheriffs Citizen Police Academy. We responded and supplied our application to the Sheriff. We were accepted and attended the classes given on Tuesdays from 6-8 p.m.
Janet Mills: Flowers fade, but the Word endures
Not long ago, I stood reflecting at the edge of a once glorious iris bed, now a tangle of drooping stems and withered blooms.
Terry Held: Parlez-Vous Cassville?
There’s a special kind of grace in being accepted someplace where, by all appearances, you don’t quite belong.
Donnie Spears: The sin of silence
“Oh, sing to the Lord a new song! Sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, bless His name; Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day. Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples.”
Lynn Hilburn: The story of land in early America and early Missouri
Over the next few weeks and months, I am going to endeavour to tell the history of Southwest Missouri and Barry County. I realize that Emory Melton and others have done an excellent job of laying out of the history and development of Barry County, but I would like to provide a summary what I think is interesting and important.
Jeremiah Buntin: Cassville’s 180
Back in 1995, Senator Emory Melton published the book “The First Hundred 150 Years in Cassville, Missouri” coinciding with the town’s sesquicentennial celebration.
William Hodgson: Before the law – before Moses
“Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death spread to all men because all sinned – for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.”
Michelle Hilburn: Reading recommendations for post-graduation
Graduation season is here, and as the parent of a senior, it’s not just a milestone for my son — it marks a transition for my husband and me as well.
Kyle Troutman: Less is more
Have you ever looked around your house and thought, “Wow, look at all this clutter.”
Kyle Trouman: Commencement is personal in Barry County
For about 250 high school seniors, this month marks a grand transition.
