Editorial

I understand at least 30,000 British people have applied for citizenship in Sweden. I think Americans, or ordinary Americans, if the European countries were closer, would be doing the same thing.

I hear complaints about young people all the time. People say they are entitled and lazy and the world doesn’t stand a chance. But anyone who was at the Fields of Faith event Wednesday night saw that the world just might be okay. The complaints against youth have been around forever. I can imagine a cave man grunting to his wife when their child rolled their eyes after being asked to pick up...

Dear Editor, Bootheel Counseling Services would like to thank the Sikeston American Legion and the SEMO Shrine Club for the generosity shown to our consumers during the annual Cotton Carnival. It is wonderful to see participation and enjoyment of this event experienced by those who might not otherwise have this opportunity. The support and generosity extended through food and rides is greatly...

Yes, this is to when they just had a carnival out at the rodeo grounds, and I just wanted to let people know they need to put this back up town, because if there is no alcohol and remember that it is still for children and teens. It’s their town, not adult time to sit out there and drink while children are out there on rides. There may be an emergency and it is no place to have alcohol sold.

Why is alarm sounding? It’s the middle of the afternoon, Friday, and a loud horn, alarm, has been sounded all over town for about a minute. Mr. Editor, you need to print in the paper, exactly what the alarm will be sounded for. What emergencies and how do the citizens of the town find out why the alarm is sounding. Because if we don’t know, what good is the alarm if you don’t know what it is...

Another “Red October” is upon us as the Cardinals once again have many baseball fans glued to their television screens, living and dying with every pitch. When manager Mike Shildt makes a pitching move and it works, he’s dubbed a genius. When a move doesn’t work, he’s dubbed an idiot and fans start thinking about new candidates to take his place...

__Way to go East Prairie__ East Prairie you voted for a school tax increase. You lost one of your biggest backs on busters, Fred’s store, was a big tax base for East Prairie. Way to go. You just lost it. It closed up today.

Every year at Christmastime one of my favorite traditions is watching “A Very Brady Christmas” — the 1988 TV movie that follows “The Brady Bunch” family as they all come together for their first adult family Christmas in years. There’s nothing like Christmas with the Bradys. Of course, I’ve also seen all of the original episodes of the TV show...

Dear Editor: Here it is, the end of September; the weather is cooling down somewhat. School is back in session, and it’s time once again to focus on the Community Thanksgiving Dinner. I can’t believe how fast this year has gone by. Sixteen years ago I had the opportunity to take charge of this annual meal. I have never been sorry I said yes or more proud to do so. … I am blessed with great...

This is to the person who wrote “The truth won’t change Democrats.” I’m sorry, but there is nothing you can do to change a Republican. Trump can lie, cheat, steal and then Republicans don’t even notice the tragedies that are going on because of him. He doesn’t know the truth. The truth is not in him.

Leading with grace. That is the motto of Sikeston pastors Kenny King and William Marshall as they merge their two churches to form a new church, Grace Bible Fellowship. The churches, Smith Chapel, a historically black church and Trinity Baptist, a historically white church, voted to merge earlier this month. That is no small thing in this community...

Ugly American kills local possum Why would someone deliberately, and it had to be deliberate, run over a little possum on Wallace last night? I happen to know that possum has a baby. You’re the kind of ugly killer American I hate. I hate you. And I hope you come to a bad end. ...

Missing carriers in East Prairie I live in East Prairie and I have to tell you, I was so saddened to learn that Jerry and Kathy no longer are paper carriers. They were absolutely the best. And that’s a big best. The world could use more people like those two. Also, I miss Mike Jensen’s editorial. He and I were on the same page, but I’m pleased to know in our local Eagle paper his column is there....

I live in East Prairie and I have to tell you, I was so saddened to learn that Jerry and Kathy no longer are paper carriers. They were absolutely the best. And that’s a big best. The world could use more people like those two. Also, I miss Mike Jensen’s editorial. He and I were on the same page, but I’m pleased to know in our local Eagle paper his column is there. I enjoy reading it. God bless...

Yes I just wanted to know how the city council decided to vote on the new proposed changes to the rental ordinances. I noticed some of the biggest complainers were some of the biggest slumlords and they did not like the fact that the inside of their units is going to get inspected. Which is should be because they are making money off these units and they don’t want to spend any money. They just...

I noticed the council got together and ramrodded another rate increase on our water and sewer. I just thought it was a formality because of the old one come in they just thought we could renew it. But no they added more, after just getting done adding more on those same years. And now I noticed they got rid of the public safety director. People are going to get fed up. No wonder Sikeston cannot...

I see the “Red House,” or Green Meadows Retirement home on N. Kingshighway is undergoing some work, hopefully improvements, this August. I have to wonder though if the improvements will truly benefit the residents of the home and the surrounding neighborhood. Is the work just to bring the badly tattered building up to code? Watching over the past few months, I hope that the residents see a change...

There is nothing worse than being told that a friend or relative has committed suicide. I have experienced this more than once and it leaves you feeling hollow with many different questions. Most people have had a friend or family member or acquaintance they have lost to suicide. According to the Center for Disease Control, suicide was the 10th leading cause of death in 2016, with 45,000 taking...

Jesus said they’ll hate me before they hate you. I can’t believe the hatred the people has for this president. He’s doing everything he can do to keep us safe and keep the bad people out of our country. He’s protecting religious freedom like no other president has done. If you defend this president in any way you’re called a racist. This mess has got to stop. Someone is going to get hurt bad or...

I find it sad that housing allows a person to remain living in their apartments when all they do all day is get drunk and yell at whoever is in their apartment. This is a daily thing in an apartment on the corner of Fletcher and Cleveland. You can hear the guy yelling at kids who live with him. Come on, parenting is not about how loud you can get. It’s about how soft spoken you can be and still...

The people who have their loved ones in a nursing home, I don’t really care what nursing home it is, they need to just drop in every once in a while, unexpectedly and they’ll see how most of them are treated. They’re not really took care of. They are too busy texting and yapping and stuff. They need to check on their loved ones a whole lot and unexpectedly. Don’t go the same time, all the time,...

There have been a few life-changing moments I have encountered in my lifetime. The first time I worked on a computer, the first time I watched golf on a high-definition television and the first time I tasted coffee ice cream all changed my life forever. I experienced another just this week when I used grocery pickup for the first time...

Dear Mr. Editor, you wouldn’t print a word in opposition to the idea of rodeos and for the possibility of developing a better attitude toward animals in our young people. Free speech with you extends about as far as your pocketbook or the capitalist business bullies tell you you can go, doesn’t it? You don’t dare cross the business community. You don’t dare. Cowards all.

After this latest two deadly shootings there still is no such thing gun control. People control guns. Not the other way around. Thank you.

When fans filed into Sikeston Public Schools Stadium last Friday night, they were expecting to see four high school football teams compete in a jamboree in preparation for the upcoming season. I’m sure very few, if anyone, in attendance feared for their life while attending the jamboree, instead laughing with family and friends and eyeing the field while supporting their teams...