To the friends and colleagues of Lynda Homa — as many of you may already know Lynda has been placed on administrative leave by the Carthage R-9 School District.

Carthage citizens will go to the polls on Tuesday, Aug. 4 to decide the outcome of a bond issue for the Carthage R-9 Schools.

We Americans need good healthcare the same as we need good jobs, clean air, water, safety and security.

Barak Obama’s nomination for the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, comes with a lot of liberal baggage such as being anti-Second Amendment, Pro-Choice, believing that Supreme Court Justices can, and should, be activists as well as using foreign court decisions to interpret United States Law instead of the Constitution.

As anyone who has ever been to a country where the people have better access to health care knows, a conscience of taking care of the people around you causes a spirit of happiness that leads to a more productive and creative society.

I’m so sick of listening about our government giving away trillions of dollars.

In 1924 or 1925, we had a new Ford Touring Car.

Tomorrow, June 22, marks the 10-year anniversary of a landmark Supreme Court decision that admonished segregation, sought to put an end to discrimination and opened the door to freedom for thousands of people in the United States.

Mr. Ball,
 Your paper wrote an opinion in the May 6, 2009, edition that leaves some very important details out of the picture.

Carthage is a great town in which to live. I have spent all but eight of my 73 years here.
Two years of my life were requested by Uncle Sam to live in Fort Riley, Kansas and I lived eight years in Joplin.

This is Carrie Howard mother of Carthage's 2007 Rodeo Queen Lauren Howard.

The community of Joplin and Jasper County as a whole should applaud The Joplin Globe’s decision to endorse Barack Obama for President of the United States.

For many years, we have heard about the Powers Museum in Carthage and that Dr. Powers was a relative. So we took a ride across the state to visit all the sites listed about Carthage in our AAA book.

When I read the article entitled Sheriff Opposing Jasper’s Annexation Request (Nov. 6, 2008), I felt I should address some of the points Archie Dunn made.

Kudos to Bonnie Earl, her staff and the election poll workers and volunteers for their efforts in making the election process run smoothly.