The saying has almost became cliché, but that’s doesn’t mean it’s not the truth: everyone knows someone who’s life has been touched by cancer.
All… by… myself.
If you have never had a chance to hear a speech given by Peter Herschend, co-owner of the famed Silver Dollar City, well, you are missing out.
It was hard for the more than 100 people in attendance to fight back the tears Friday evening as Neosho Fire Chief Greg Hickman said good-bye to the firehouse he has called home for the past 37 years during his retirement ceremony in downtown Neosho.
It was hard for the more than 100 people in attendance to fight back the tears Friday evening as Neosho Fire Chief Greg Hickman said good-bye to the firehouse he has called home for the past 37 years during his retirement ceremony in downtown Neosho.
It’s official — I have turned into my father.
I came to this realization over the weekend after asking my two daughters for the gazzilionth time to pick up the trash they left on the kitchen table, and on the floor, and in the bathroom… everywhere.
While driving Tuesday afternoon to grab a bite to eat for lunch, I couldn’t help but chuckle as the personalities on a sports radio talk show were discussing the strange love affair between men and their T-shirts.
Dick Reed was a veteran, a great husband to our Granny, and a great role model when it came to a man taking care of and loving this family. He will be missed, and remembered. And, yes, I will never forget how he could play a mean game of catch.
Celeste Michaud said she “was shocked” when word came that she was named the National Teacher of the Year as part of the Troops to Teachers national program.
This coming Friday and Saturday, the historic Neosho downtown Square will be transformed into an epicenter of culture and artistic beauty as the newly-formed Neosho Arts Council sponsors the first-ever ArtSquared event.
It’s official folks, my daughters can’t wait until the Olympics are over.
Just last night, while I was home for a few hours after dinner before heading back to the office, we headed downstairs to watch TV when Quinette stopped halfway down the stairs and asked a simple question, “Are we going to watch the Olympics again tonight?”
A week prior to the start of the 80th annual MSHSAA State Wrestling Championships, I had the pleasure to invite Neosho head wrestling coach Jeremy Phillips as my guest speaker to our Rotary Club meeting.
I can’t type a letter on the keyboard right now without feeling every muscle tighten in my body.
The National Football League said good-bye a great player and a great man on Friday after Kurt Warner announced his retirement. Warner’s rise to fame came as the rags-to-riches quarterback for the St. Louis Rams during their run to Super Bowl champions in the 1999-2000 season.
“Dad, could that happen in Neosho?” my 9-year-old daughter asked while we sat on the couch and watched the telethon Friday night raising money for Haiti earthquake relief efforts.
The positive buzz circling Crowder College these past few years is something everyone — administration, board members, professor, staff and students — should be proud of.
I thought Neosho resident Bill Slade said it best during Monday night’s special meeting of the Neosho parks and recreation board concerning the future of youth baseball and softball in Neosho.
Three million people.
That is the number of people the international Red Cross is estimating may need emergency relief in the wake of this week’s tragic earthquake that has devastated the nation of Haiti.
On Monday, retired professional baseball player and one-time single-season home run king Mark McGwire confirmed what everyone who followed baseball suspected — he used steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs.
OK, Jack Frost, this is getting a little ridiculous. What exactly did the folks of the Midwest do to earn this chilly treatment? Did we not give you the Christmas presents under the tree you so desired? Where you tired of all this talk of global warming, and wanted to show Al Gore that you still had the power to “chill out” everyone for weeks at a time?
