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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...

Dear Branson Community, Thank You all for your input and for caring about our community. The Branson Board of Aldermen and I have...

Who represents the people? Does the current Board of Aldermen represent people & businesses in Branson or their own personal interest?...

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....

Rachel Kleinfeld and Aaron Sobel Opinion contributors, usatoday.com Few countries face polarization as deep as America’s. Democrats and...

Being retired medical professionals we have an intense interest in how our government handles medical issues that affect us. Research is...

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...

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...

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...

By Joan Blades and Ralph Benko, usatoday.com The resurgence of the coronavirus has thrust the pandemic back to the fore of our national...

Dear Editor, As President of Cox Medical Center Branson, I’m contacting you to share evidence on the importance of masking with the paper...

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...

By Daniel Darling, senior vice president of the National Religious Broadcasters Grieved over the more than 100,000 COVID-19 deaths in the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

By Pat Lamb “The government should buy each of us an electronic dictionary.” “They’re all a bunch of crooks!” “The President...

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...