Speakout 6/14

I'm speaking out about the Sikeston area youth baseball. For one, I'd like to say could the coaches please turn in the stats so the newspaper could have everybody in the paper that has done something in the game. We would like to know all the scores and all the plays made by the players. And also I would like to say to the coaches, please play the players. We paid $35 for them to play baseball or softball. We also sold $52 worth of candy bars. And it doesn't matter if these kids are perfect, if they're a little slower, if they're not the greatest catchers or the greatest batters, please play them all. I can see if you take turns, but when you keep sitting the same ones out over and over, it is not fair.

This is in regards to the person who called stating they should be able to build line to line on their property. Any city the size of Sikeston, some smaller and all big cities have rules where you can build on your property. If I built to my property line, and my neighbor did the same, how could anyone get to their backyard without going through their house? If a fire started, how many homes would be destroyed? Think about it. The caller stated that you had to have a permit to paint your house. You don't have to have a permit for that. Cape is thinking about zoning laws that extend two or three miles outside of their city limits. I live in an area that is considered rough by most. I'm glad we have to go by certain kinds of guides by buildings. It's not something that only Sikeston does. Very few towns don't do it, most towns, the majority do it. Just think about it, look around, ask around. You'll find out Sikeston is not the only one that does it. I'm glad they do it.

I'm calling about the SpeakOut column, Acknowledgment, about the funeral. I just called to let you know that I had a funeral about two to three weeks ago. Everybody was very generous. I just sent out thank-you notes within a week. The only problem I found was a lot of people didn't include their address, especially the ones from out of town. Even if you sent flowers, it would be nice if an address was put with the name. Even the people who came to see my mother, a lot of these people I did not know. So, yes it's very nice that you want acknowledged.