Thumbs up... to news that Teresa and Taylor Kemp will be among 76 organ, tissue and cornea donors honored during the 2010 Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena, Calif.
Enough already! News that Schools for Fair Funding is considering suing the state again to restore the funding cuts facing K-12 schools is enough to turn our stomachs.
• Continued efforts to begin construction on the Besse Hotel.
I walk every day that weather permits. If I am alone, I listen to music on my iPod. It’s quite an eclectic mixture. I’ve put a little Led Zeppelin into it lately.
Over a year ago in the heat of the 2008 presidential race, we asked how much progress has actually been made in the field of gender equality in politics.
Tuesday I found myself standing thoughtful and sad next to my Trendy Explorer in the parking lot behind PSU’s Grubbs Hall, transfixed by an ellipsis of winged dots that stretched from horizon to horizon.
Thumbs up... to those who attended and organized local Veterans Day ceremonies this week.
• A huge turnout for the Veterans Day Ceremony at the PSU Veterans Memorial at 1909 South Rouse. The event will be held from 10-11:15 a.m. Wednesday.
We begin in the womb, an environment where everything is provided for us in a place of perfect comfort, safety and peace — our Eden — and then we are, with great difficulty, pushed toward a point of light. We come into it as screaming, naked babies. Soon we get to the point where food goes in one end and poop comes out the other.
Nearly a year ago, the American people were promised an enlightened debate on the state of health care coverage in this nation.
We’re still waiting.
Author’s note: This column originally appeared November 15, 1999.
“You sure got a lotta’ leaves.”
Thumbs up... to Tuesday’s groundbreaking on the Rural Fire District No. 2 fire station in Arma.
As you may recall, some time back there were a series of vicious spaghetti wars between the Noon Rotary (aka the Children of Light) and the Sunflower Kiwanis (aka the Powers of Darkness). It was a terrible business with a lot saucy behavior particularly on part of the Sunflower group. A lot of marinara was spilled, but eventually Noon Rotary won our victory. We are the movers and the shakers. We are the leaders and believers. We are Noon Rotary.
• Pittsburg State’s football team end the season on a high note as they travel to Kirksville, Mo., to take on Truman State at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Area residents opposed to the Via Christi corporation “positioning initiative” that includes changing the name of Mt. Carmel Regional Medical Center to Via Christi Hospital continue to contact me by phone, e-mail, and in passing on the street.
Today is trick or treat day. Unfortunately, the news coming out of the local United Way isn’t a delicious treat.
Trick-or-Treating on Halloween can be one of the most enjoyable days of the year for many children.
Thumbs up... to the Fort Scott Community College construction trades program, which was chosen as the recipient of the Leon V. and Dorothy M. Skubitz Foundation grant.
What is meant by good writing? That is the question.
And it is not an easy one because it means different things to different people in different roles.
• Good luck for local prep football teams as they enter the final week of district play.
