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Last Wednesday I opened up the paper to do a quick glance at the pages, as is my habit.
My heart sank. The Editorial/Opinion page was not correct. It was a repeat of page two from Sept. …
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9/30/26
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It’s pretty great being invisible. My disappearance from others’ notice is making my life much easier. And all it took was living long enough.
From the time I became old enough to look …
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By Robin Garrison Leach
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9/30/26
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I’ll be honest, I’m more interested in what’s going on close to home than I am in the fact that Nike’s stock has decreased since 2021. However, as I read Dennis Warden’s editorial in the …
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9/30/26
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H ow you view things depends not only on what you look at, but on where you are looking from. Perspective matters.
Take the price of gasoline, for instance. To Abigail, my daughter, the price of …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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9/30/26
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November 3 is election day.
Missouri Amendment 7 would create the Show-Me Prosperity Investment Fund. This state endowment fund would require that the money collected be used solely to eliminate …
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By Paul Hamby
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9/29/26
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Trotlines are productive, and they are enjoyable this time of year when the heat makes nighttime activity more acceptable. But trotlines are hard work, and they are dangerous. It has been said that …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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9/23/26
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Dear Friend and Editor
Over 300,000 Missouri Citizens have signed a petition to put an initiative on the ballot to repeal the gerrymandered electoral map. The Supreme Court has twice refused to …
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9/23/26
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My brothers decided to have their friend, John Graham, over to spend the night. I was 13, and he was my first crush. The boys spent all afternoon in the backyard, and after supper they clomped to my …
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By Robin Garrison Leach
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9/23/26
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I never expected a normal day on my family farm to turn into the longest, most challenging journey of my life. It was a normal Sunday. We finished fixing fence, then we needed to let a mama cow and …
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9/23/26
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I t may surprise you to learn that President Donald Trump and all Republicans are for gun control. They are also for gun confiscation. With one caveat. Gun control and confiscation for felons and …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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9/23/26
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Readers of this column may recall that weeks ago I wrote that I was going to have a big sale here on Lightnin’Ridge on September 26. I have decided, because it may be so hot then, to …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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9/22/26
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It’s 9 a.m. I’ve finished Wordle, read the latest obits in the area, and scrolled through Facebook. The world outside my living room window is chugging along: cars whizzing here and there, people …
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By Robin Garrison Leach
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9/16/26
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The Gasconade County Courthouse in Hermann sits prominently on a Missouri River Bluff facing away from the River and the Montgomery County line about a quarter of a mile away in the middle of river …
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9/16/26
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M istakes are unavoidable in government, business, and the game of life. The trick is to learn from those errors, make quick adjustments, and move on.
The news is full of errors that major …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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9/16/26
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By Larry Dablemont
Trotlines are productive, and they are enjoyable this time of year when the heat makes nighttime activity more acceptable. But trotlines are hard work, and they …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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9/15/26
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Missouri has been a consistent leader in agriculture for more than 200 years.
Missouri has fertile farm ground, abundant pasture land and vast hardwood timber. Agriculture has always been our …
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By Paul Hamby
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9/15/26
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Mom always had a perfectly-sized box ready and waiting. I’d climb onto the bed and under the covers, all sniffly and feverish, and wait for the sound of a serrated kitchen knife cutting through …
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By Robin Garrison Leach
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9/9/26
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SB 1408. The Missouri legislature raised the top legal speed limit from 70 to 75 mph on rural sections of interstate highways I-70, I-44, I-29 and I-35. Governor Kehoe signed the bill …
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By Paul Hamby
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9/9/26
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Reading, writing, and arithmetic…three R’s…and that is the rub. While all three contain R, only reading starts with one. We repeat it because it sounds right and nobody checks. In a messy …
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9/9/26
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L ike most of my friends, I found history in high school uninteresting, to say the least. Really, it was boring. As I remember it, no one liked our history class. But you had to take it to graduate.
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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9/9/26
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