Speakout

Biden may get an idea

I’m just watching the news here and all the problems that are going on at the border down in Texas. They don’t got enough room for all the people coming across. Now poor old Uncle Joe is starting to take heat because it’s going to cost them so much money every week. And you know, the old fool may just wake up someday and say, “you know it come to me in a dream. We don’t have a housing problem for these people. Why look around, every one of you has a house. You’ve probably got one or two bedrooms that you’re not using. So come on man, have a heart. Be compassionate and help us get through this.”

Where are Portageville obits?

What has happened to the obituary policies from the Portageville funeral home? We never see them anymore.

All funeral homes have the opportunity to submit obituaries to the Standard Democrat. If you aren’t seeing obituaries from a specific funeral home you can contact them and ask them to submit those to the Standard Democrat.

Photo was bit off color

The picture of the April Calendar Girl in the Standard, Saturday/Sunday on the front page, was a bit off color. Couldn’t she and her mother made a better choice? I’m just saying.

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I’m calling regarding the April Calendar Girl picture. The pose I feel was not in good taste. I think it would be best if the newspaper would stay with shots of what they call a bust shot. I like that. The picture of the young lady laying down the way she was was completely inappropriate. That is my feeling and I hope that you will take notice.

The Standard Democrat no longer takes photos of Calendar Girls and allows the girls to submit their own photos. While the photo was different than the standard shots you typically see, the staff at the Standard found nothing inappropriate whatsoever with the photo used on our front page.