Editorial

Mr. Editor, could you please find out for me how much, if there are statistics somewhere, how much an ordinary American spends every year keeping his vehicle going and in operation. I’m sure it varies from the class your in, the financial economic class you’re in, and what part of the country you live in. Because here in the middle of the country we have virtually no public transportation to...

Far too often I turn on the television or read news where an animal has been abused. A week doesn’t go by where I don’t see a story about a dogs being dumped with tape around its nose, a dog being starved or cats being killed. The list is long and my stomach turns with every graphic photo I see and horrible story I hear...

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I grew up in the1980s and 1990s when newspapers were well respected and regarded as a community’s top news source. Well, at least that was the case in the TV shows I watched as a youngster. Natalie Green from “The Facts of Life” worked for the school paper and was always trying to get the scoop on something. Arnold Jackson from “Diff’rent Strokes” also worked on the school paper, even writing an...

I wish local and regional media would stop showing pictures and live film videos of children recipients of charity gifts, clothes and other items at Christmas time. I know various people and organizations want to be credited with their charitable acts toward those less fortunate. But don’t you know you’re setting these children up to be teased and embarrassed? How important is it? Is it a matter...

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Dear Editor: In response to two articles in Speakout about care in Sikeston nursing homes. Remember, “There’s no place like home.” If you are unhappy with where your loved one is being treated or cared for in Sikeston, drive a few miles to Bertrand Nursing and Rehab Center. You will find nurses, therapy department and other staff will take wonderful care of you or your loved ones come anytime day...

I have been a student of the writings of former SD publisher Mike Jensen for over 50 years. It has now become apparent to me that his worldview, known as Jensenism, Jensenology and, perhaps most poignantly, Jensenosophy, has emerged or is in the process of emerging triumphantly virtually all over the world. His insight was such that, through rigorous analysis, he accurately predicted, dare I say...

I just want to say thank you the Morehouse Police Chief Jackie Hayes for the way he handled my brother’s death. He went above and beyond his duty. And I want to say thank you to Nunnelee Funeral Chapel and Grant Atchley for all the help they have been as well. They have all been so kind and have went above and beyond.

Mr. Editor, could you please find out for me how much, if there are statistics somewhere, how much an ordinary American spends every year keeping his vehicle going and in operation. I’m sure it varies from the class your in, the financial economic class you’re in, and what part of the country you live in. Because here in the middle of the country we have virtually no public transportation to...

Most of us remember our high school proms. We remember the spectacle of formal dresses, the uncomfortable tuxedos (whose idea was the cummerbund, anyway?), the dancing and the overall fun of the night. However, some with special needs never got to experience prom. Now there is an event so they can have that experience called “Night to Shine,” and Sikeston has been fortunate enough to be a part of...

Dear Editor, I am writing in response to Andrew Nipper who has been sentenced to nine years in prison after he stole a dog and stabbed it 11 times, killing the animal. Judge Michael Gardner sentenced Nipper to four years on a felony animal abuse charge, two years for stealing the dog and three years for stalking...

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Can you imagine naming a town after yourself? Everyone who lives here does as that is exactly what John Sikes set out to do in 1860 when he decided to call his purchased plot of ground Sikeston. Just like Sikeston is named after the founder, believers in Jesus are so named. ...

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Yes, I’d like to speak out on the UTV ordinance in Sikeston. All of the towns and cities around us already have this ordinance and have for many, many years. UTVs have roll cages and seat belts and all of the lights that all cars have. UTVs are far more safe than most of the vehicles on the roadway today. They are four-wheel motorcycles with roll cages and seat belts. They are fully insured, so...

I get so sick of hearing those old nursing homes all over the place say how good they are, how good they take care of your family members. None of them don’t care about your family member, all they want is the money. You need to drop in every once in a while and check on your family member. Drop in unexpectedly and you’ll find out how well they take care of them.

Talk is that the Jeffery Corbin, the losing British candidate today, was too intellectual and couldn’t relate, I guess to the uneducated, like Trump followers. The dumbs and proud of it. Well, I’ll tell you something. The intellectual class is much more likely to try and see that you in the dumb and proud of it class have a decent life than the landed, wealthy class every will. If you vote for...

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I heard a man recently from another town, over in Kentucky or somewhere, commenting on how nice our lovely brick streets are in Sikeston. And I told him about the time our, POS group who really run things in Sikeston, had these beautiful brick streets asphalted over in the middle of the night. He thought that was funny. Yeah, it really is funny but it’s sad but it’s sick. Because this is what...

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And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of...

Yes, I hope the city council does not pass the authorization allowing UTVs on city streets. From my understanding of state law, the UTVs cannot even cross Main or Malone, I know they aren’t allowed to be operated on them by state law, but my understanding is they cannot even cross those streets. We don’t need UTVs on city streets. It’s just ridiculous. Some people believe they should be able to...

Not too soon after I began work here as the Managing Editor, one of the first folks of the community I met was Betty Drerup. She can into the4 office in a flash and said loudly, “Stop the Presses!” She came to visit Mr. Don about someone in the community or Trader Dick’s business. “Oh, there is nothing big, I just like to come in here and say it,” she explained as we met. If she were alive today,...

Dear Readers, Most of you have probably heard of antioxidants and that they are good for you, but what are they exactly? The antioxidant is a chemistry term that simply means the prevention of oxidation, which is the transfer of tiny, electrically charged particles known as electrons...