Train Up a Child: Children learn in different ways
By Pat Lamb Studies show that we tend to raise our children the way we were raised in spite of any training in child-rearing classes we...
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- Aug 2, 2020
- 2 min
Mayor’s Moment: A message to the community from Mayor Edd Akers
Dear Branson Community, Thank You all for your input and for caring about our community. The Branson Board of Aldermen and I have...
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Staff
- Aug 2, 2020
- 4 min
Letters to the Editor
Who represents the people? Does the current Board of Aldermen represent people & businesses in Branson or their own personal interest?...
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Staff
- Jul 29, 2020
- 2 min
Train Up a Child: Teaching children in the kitchen
By Pat Lamb It is a good idea to get children in the kitchen as early as possible to begin teaching them some basics of food handling....
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- Jul 26, 2020
- 3 min
Seven ideas to reduce political polarization and save America
Rachel Kleinfeld and Aaron Sobel Opinion contributors, usatoday.com Few countries face polarization as deep as America’s. Democrats and...
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- Jul 24, 2020
- 2 min
Letter to the Editor
Being retired medical professionals we have an intense interest in how our government handles medical issues that affect us. Research is...
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- Jul 24, 2020
- 2 min
Good arguments against mandatory COVID-19 masking?
By: Gary J. Groman, a.k.a. The Ole Seagull The argument will be in bold type with The Ole Seagulls opinion directly following: 1. The...
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- Jul 24, 2020
- 2 min
Street Talk: What is your opinion on Branson's proposed mask mandate?
Colton Schmitt -- I don’t like the mask mandate, there’s not enough conclusive evidence that it helps more than it hurts. The CDC keeps...
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- Jul 22, 2020
- 3 min
Train Up a Child: Teaching children to do their share of work
By Pat Lamb. There is dignity in hard work. There is an inner joy that can be obtained no other way than simply straining to do a job...
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- Jul 17, 2020
- 3 min
COVID-19 is our common enemy. Why the political left and right should unite to save lives
By Joan Blades and Ralph Benko, usatoday.com The resurgence of the coronavirus has thrust the pandemic back to the fore of our national...
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- Jul 15, 2020
- 2 min
Letter to the Editor: The importance of masking
Dear Editor, As President of Cox Medical Center Branson, I’m contacting you to share evidence on the importance of masking with the paper...
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Staff
- Jul 15, 2020
- 3 min
Train Up a Child: Where's the beef?
By Pat Lamb Many of us are familiar with the commercial that was so popular a few years ago where a little old lady demanded to know...
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- Jul 12, 2020
- 3 min
COVID-19 doesn’t care about our political divide
By Daniel Darling, senior vice president of the National Religious Broadcasters Grieved over the more than 100,000 COVID-19 deaths in the...
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- Jul 10, 2020
- 6 min
Letters to the Editor
Masks do more harm than good The purpose of this article is to inform and present the following information based on fact. We will start...
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- Jul 10, 2020
- 2 min
Can’t it be about patriotism and what unites us; not what divides us?
By Gary J. Groman, a.k.a. The Ole Seagull From the beginning, and the Founding Fathers, to this very day, America, Her government, and...
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- Jul 8, 2020
- 2 min
Train Up a Child: Teaching children to respect ‘Old Glory’
By Pat Lamb My husband and I have been surprised on many occasions to note that many children do not know how to say the pledge of...
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- Jul 3, 2020
- 3 min
The American Spirit - Happy Birthday America!
By Gary J. Groman, a.k.a. The Ole Seagull On March 3, 1836, Colonel William Barret Travis, the Alamo Commander, wrote to Texas Governor...
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- Jul 3, 2020
- 6 min
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor: As a member of the community here, I have a couple of questions. #1. - Why did, or how did these people of authority cancel...
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Staff
- Jul 1, 2020
- 3 min
Train Up a Child: Children Need to Learn Personal Responsibility
By Pat Lamb “The government should buy each of us an electronic dictionary.” “They’re all a bunch of crooks!” “The President...
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- Jun 26, 2020
- 3 min
OPINION: Wear a face mask if you value others and Branson’s economy
By: Gary J. Groman, a.k.a. The Ole Seagull To an Ole Seagull, the wearing of face masks to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, particularly...
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