October 11, 2026
Dear Governor Parson, My name is Carolyn West. I live in Cedar County. I feel we citizens of Missouri are shooting ourselves in the foot by subsidizing factory farms (CAFOs) to the detriment of family farms and farming communities. The hog CAFOs allow meat production levels to rise and he number of agricultural workers to
How important is water quality in Missouri to us? Protecting it benefits all of us. Clean water to drink is paramount for our health. Stockton Lake provides drinking water for Springfield as well as other cities. Clean water supports fishing, boating, animal health, etc. Vacationers come to Missouri for fun on our clean water. We
Editor: I was raised on a farm in Vernon County, 6 miles west of El Dorado Springs. My mother was born in a home on the corner of Joe Davis and Kirkpatrick streets in El Dorado Springs, which was the original southeastern border of our little city. My understanding is that my great grandfather built
Editor: Our Cedar County Commissioners will sue the state of Missouri in January or February for reasonable guidelines on concentrated animal farming operations. The cim is not to put anyone out of business, but to maintain fair limits on corporate farming. Our county needs all kinds of farming; it is very important to our economy,
Editor: Dec. 15, 2019 U.S. Rep. Vicky Jo Hartzler 2235 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Rep. Hartzler, Donald Trump has been acting like a Russian asset since before his election as President of the United States of America. He called on Russia in 2016 to obtain and release Mrs. Clinton’s emails, he
Editor: Your way of life in Cedar County, in Missouri, in the United States is going to change drastically sooner or later if we don’t do something about cafos, concentrated animal feeding operations. Cafos have been affecting some of us who live in the country for years, polluting the water, air and soil. But the
Editor: Democracy starts at the bottom, not at the top. Every Cedar Countian here at the bottom, needs to see “Right to Harm,” screening Thursday, Nov. 21, 7 p.m., at the Opera House Theater, 105 N. Main Street, El Dorado Springs. This timely film exposes the devastating public health impact factory farming has on many
Cedar County screens “Right to Harm” documentary Dear editor, thanks to generous grass roots donations, Cedar County has the opportunity to screen the timely, relevant documentary, “Right to Harm,” Thursday, Nov. 21, 7 p.m., at the Opera House Theater, 105 North Main Street, El Dorado Springs. Missouri is not the first state to face an
Editor: Recently we were given the opinion of Angela Shipp as to how wonderful it is that we have two Muslim women elected to the US House of Representatives and how these Right Wingers complain about Muslims being anti-Israel. I wonder what planet Angela come from or if she even follows the news or the
CCMH works diligently to file all insurance claims timely and appropriately. As any other healthcare facility, we are required to follow all billing guidelines. However, we are at the mercy of many different payers regarding payment of claims. Payment decisions are not always as a patron would like them to be, but ultimately the insurance
