Speakout 12/12

Friday, December 12, 2003

What are we coming to in this country? When those in power make idols of symbolic material objects, they need to remember the lesson of William Tell. The people will put up with that sort of irrational oppression only so long, be it a pencil jagged into the ground or the American flag. Intelligent people will not tolerate a forced worship of material objects. A symbol is only as strong as the spirit or feeling behind it. When idolatry is legislated, the spirit behind it is already dead.

That line is busy...

I have been trying to call the Sikeston Head Start for the past 15 minutes. I didn't know a school's telephone line could be busy for so long. If they don't have two or three lines, they need to see the people in Portageville to see if they can get some additional lines. Somebody may be trying to get through because of an emergency. Please take heed and try to get some extra lines.

Repairs are needed

When is the housing authority going to be able to put the gutters back on the houses that were torn off last summer and put the porches up. When are they going to fix some of the doors that hang and you can't even lock them anymore since they tore all that off and it dropped down. Also, the potholes on Watson Street, you could bury a sailor in them.

Someone called me collect and the call came through MCI. They keep calling me. I wasn't home when they called but they have called me eight times and say "This is a message." This happened a month ago and when I got my bill, all these collect calls were on there. Is anybody else having this problem?

If you accept a collect call, you are responsible for the bill. If you did not accept the calls, contact your telephone company and they will be able to help you.

In your Dec. 8 paper there was a front page article about "Sikeston group brings Christmas cheer to veterans." You don't mention about where the "Veterans Home" is. Is there one in Sikeston?

The article stated that "members of Sikeston American Legion Post 114 presented gifts on Sunday to 150 veterans living at the Missouri Veterans Home," which is located in Cape Girardeau.