In the Voices section of the Dec. the 2 issue of The Carthage Press ...
I would like to praise and thank the Carthage FFA ...
The changes that are occurring to McCune-Brooks Hospital have caught my attention.
I would like to take this opportunity to offer my sincerest thank you to the citizens of Carthage for supporting our department with the passing of the Fire Department Sales Tax on Nov. 8.
I recently noticed that the historic church at 1014 S. Main St., is going to be auctioned on Saturday, Nov. 19.
On Tuesday Nov. 8, the City Council will be asking the citizens of Carthage to vote YES on implementing a one-quarter of one cent fire department sales tax for a term of 20 years.
Apparently the tax and spend money train has decided to make a stop in double dipping. Using the fire department yet once again to push another tax increase thru.
The American Legion Auxiliary is a remarkable organization with nearly 1 million women across the country
After 31 years in law enforcement and five years as a full-time coroner, I cannot say enough good about our fire department.
One of the many things that I like about the job I have is the ability to meet some really fine people. These folks come from all walks of life.
I don’t know who paid for the billboard on Fir Road that said “Carthage Tigers 2011, Thank you, Joplin” but we wish we had been the ones
I want to thank the City of Carthage and the surrounding areas for all the support and donations to the fundraising events I was involved in with the Carthage Humane Society.
The outpouring of support to Joplin in the wake of the deadliest tornado since 1950 touches the entire nation.
I have been following in The Carthage Press the saga of the Boots Motel with both great interest and sadness.
just want to say thank you to Gail Hurlbut for the great work she did on the Carthage Humane Society Walk-A-Thon.
Three professors at Southern Illinois University have started the post-flood conversation with a well publicized letter to President Obama.
Consistently you hear elected officials, teachers and pastors referring to our form of government as founded by Washington, Franklin, etc. as "Democracy," yet the founding fathers rejected "Democracy" and instead founded a "Republic." There is a world of difference. Nowhere in either our Constitution or the Declaration of Independence will you find "Democracy." You will find "Republic."
While many farmers and ranchers are against it, and while Missouri Farm Bureau testified on behalf of farmers and ranchers opposing it, elk will soon return to Missouri. Despite our objections, the Missouri Conservation Commission gave the Missouri Department of Conservation the go-ahead.
Kindergarten was the brainchild of Socialist Friedrich Frobel. Mr. Frobel developed the concept of Kindergarten and coined the word now used for early education in the U.S. A student of Frobel, the wife of Carl Schurz founded the first Kindergarten in America in Watertown, Wisc., Carl Schurz had been second in command of a Communist brigade during the revolution in Baden, Germany, in 1848.
