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Today's Opinions

  • The high energy of Grease

    “It doesn’t matter if you win or lose, it’s what you do with your dancin’ shoes.”

    Vince Fontaine from the movie “Grease”

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  • Hugh Haydon helps a friend

    “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am. Send me!”

    Isaiah 6:8

     

    Sometimes people pray, and sometimes the actions of a person is a prayer in itself.

     There’s an extremely interesting article in a Catholic newspaper called The Record out of Louisville on former resident Hugh Haydon, son of C.H. and Frances Haydon of Springfield.  Record Staff Writer Marnie McAllister wrote it, and you can read the article on the Internet at www.readthesun.com.

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  • Readers Write: Reader responds to energy column

    This letter is in response to Sr. Claire McGowan’s Column of Aug. 5.

    Dear Editor,

    Science uses data and analysis to determine how our natural world functions. Neither emotional arguments nor unsubstantiated claims comprise a scientific debate. Sr. McGowan’s column used talking points Al Gore and the extreme environmentalists have been using to scare people into funding their causes.

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  • Bucky Beaver's final ride

    School has almost started, and it’s time for me to pass along some words of wisdom to these high school kids that they can use for the rest of their lives.   I don’t have much wisdom, so read closely.  

    First, I need to ask you a few questions.

    Who would you really like to hang with?  

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  • Why we need national energy reform

    Wild claims and plenty of scare tactics are emerging about the dangers of reforming national energy policy.  Cooler reasonable heads are essential as we examine our current situation.  We need a major new national energy policy for four reasons:

    • Energy independence.  Currently we are almost completely dependent on other countries for our national oil supply.  This is a source of danger on many levels, including the hope of eventually achieving world peace.

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  • Readers Write: Reader questions sheriff patrols

    Dear Editor,

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  • Cap and Trade means lights out for small businesses

     Get ready to pay a whole lot more to keep the lights on.

     Congress currently is working to pass a huge energy bill. The centerpiece is a system to force energy utilities to purchase government credits to offset their greenhouse gas emissions. This would in effect be an energy tax on the American people as the utilities pass the increased costs along to consumers and small business owners.

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  • March 25, 1990

    If you have followed my column over the last few years, then you’re well aware that I may go from writing comic fantasy one week to being deadly serious the next.  My nature is to laugh at the world, but remember why we’re all here.

    Do you know what my favorite subject to write about is?  It’s about God and his messages to us in the Bible.  

    Strange, isn’t it?  A man like me probably knows more about the devil than God because of the way I’ve lived my life.   

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