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Today's Opinions

  • Students to perform random acts of kindness

    Dear Editor,

    Washington County Middle School students will be initiating a project titled “Pay It Forward”.

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  • The last veteran's celebration

    I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

    Abraham Lincoln

    One Iraqi war veteran, Phillip Campbell, told me that Washington County does more for veterans than any other community that he knows. The biggest celebration has been the one at Washington County High. My father, a World War II vet, attends every year and positively beams when he talks about it.

    Yet there are numerous other smaller events that don’t always receive mention.

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  • Reader not pleased with EMS changes

    Dear Editor,

    I have just sat down to read the paper and noticed an article on EMS. I must admit that I was hurt and angry. You see my husband, John White, was one of those people who had to be gotten up a total of six times. He had cancer and was so weak he could not even crawl, much less walk. You know this was a very painful and humiliating thing for both of us. This is not something you do just because you can. He was a proud man and did not want to lose his dignity, but he had no choice.

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  • Fredericktown school closing sad to former student

    Dear Editor,

    Life says there is a season for everything, that given enough time most people, places and things will change, therefore I’m not easily moved these days. In fact, little surprises me, but when I read that Fredericktown Elementary School would be closing its doors, I admit I was saddened.

    Aware that FES was facing a potential closing, I remained optimistic about its future, and for the most part because that very rumor was circulating back some 30-plus years ago when I was a student at FES.

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  • The new Americans

    Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore, send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door.

    Emma Lazarus

    The above quote is inscribed on the Statue of Liberty. It’s not idealistic dribble. It’s a real world economic plan for success.

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  • If it sounds too good to be true...

    I have little sympathy for some victims of identity theft. Not all, because some people simply have their private information stolen, and there’s little or nothing they could do to prevent it. I’ve even had someone hack into my bank account on the Internet, so I know it can happen to anybody, no matter how careful you think you might be.

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  • The Lions

    No matter how big and powerful government gets, and the many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers.

    Ronald Reagan

    Throughout my life, I’ve seen the difference that volunteering efforts can make in people’s lives.

    Jimmy Carter

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  • Squished, squeezed and squashed - to prevent cancer

    Squished.

    Squeezed.

    Squashed.

    I experienced all three of the above sensations last week when I had my very first mammogram at Spring View Hospital. And let me just say that “squished” is probably the most accurate of the three words above. But, there was also some squeezing and squashing involved. In fact, there are many other descriptive words I could use to describe my mammogram experience but they probably aren’t appropriate for the newspaper. I’ll save those for “girl talk” with my female friends and colleagues.

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