Column
TroutMan vs. TroutWoman: No device, no opportunity
Students starting school next week in Barry County may feel like they have been trapped in the Stone Age.
Jon Horner: Rising from the Rubble
There is a tendency to romanticize new beginnings as fresh, clean slates — pristine, hopeful, full of promise.
Kyle Troutman: Hand up requires reach out
When Barry County residents need financial assistance, one of the first places they could seek help is the Barry County Neighborhood Center.
Nathan Toon: Like Peter on the water
Recently, things have begun to change in my life and those around me. I can sense a call for faith to be tested and for obedience to heed that call.
Kyle Troutman: We’re in this together
A suggestion was submitted to the Cassville Democrat email the other day from a person in the community: “Have you ever thought of changing your name? I would think that your circulation would increase. I would love to subscribe but could not stand to have anything called Democrat in my house. I would certainly subscribe to the Cassville Gazette. There must be others like me.”
Sheila Harris: Where mercy collides with law
I first went to work for George’s Processing before the turn of the century.
Kyle Troutman: Good news in Wheaton
“There’s so much bad news in the world all the time, and this could be good news and an uplifting story.”
Sheila Harris: Would you still be my friend?
“Would you still be my friend, if I told you I was illegal?”
Kyle Troutman: How my award was not the reward
On Saturday, for the third time in four years, I had to give a speech. At the annual International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors (ISWNE) Conference at South Dakota State University in Brookings, S.D., I was honored to accept a third Golden Dozen award for excellence in opinion writing — and I was shaking.
Janet Mills: Crying over onions: Why nothing is wasted
It happened on an ordinary Tuesday. We had just finished unloading a rare shipment of farm fresh produce. The produce choice table was exceptionally full of options and colorfully displayed.
