July 7, 2026
Editor: Why should I support the Cedar County Memorial Hospital tax levy? Recently someone asked that question of me, and mentioned that Cedar County Memorial Hospital was “just a band aid station.” I listened to his commentary for a time then responded, “what if you find your father lying in the floor having a heart
Editor: The Cedar County Bowl is coming up in a few weeks. There’s no better rival or competition than when our towns play each other. The atmosphere is always exciting and great to teach us things about life. Hi, I’m Joe Barger. I’ve lived in Cedar County my entire life. I went to school at
Editor: * Your husband is complaining of chest pain. He’s having a heart attack. The closest hospital is 30-40 minutes away. The ambulance is out of the county, and the closest one is 20 minutes away. What do you do? Wait for the ambulance? Drive him to the closest hospital yourself? Either way, every passing
Editor: To The Voters of Cedar County: My name is Craig Wamsley and I have been a staff physician at Cedar County Memorial Hospital for the past 13 years. While other opportunities have been available to me over the years, I have chosen to work here. I consider myself a proud and admittedly biased employee.
Editor: Back in the early spring I stated experiencing severe pain and swelling in my left leg. After a trip to the doctor and some tests at the hospital the result was a blood clot. I got to spend a couple days in the hospital, staff and care was great. The swelling also had caused
Editor: Republican Taliban? Republicans debate their opponents, the Taliban decapitate theirs. That makes the above terminology self-contradictive. Just like today’s explosion of fake news. Reality. It exists and is immutable; non destructible. Each person has only one of three options. 1) Try to escape it. Drugs, alcohol, etc. Always temporary and to wake the next
Editor: To emulate Jeff Foxworthy, It might not be a yard sale event though the clothes on the clothes line are hanging on hangers. It might not be a yard sale even though there are things on the back porch you might find inside the house. It isn’t a yard sale if there is no
Editor: I was surprised when this newspaper published a letter to the Editor titled, “Write On,” published June 26. The writer called a huge faction of America a “Republican Taliban” and described Republicans, our President and our Supreme Court as intolerant to the LGBTQ crowd and promoting rape and assault against this segment of the
Editor: Cedar County Elected Leaders have been lied to, lead to believe what they were told. Ha. Well, don’t feel bad it happens to all of us at some point in time. SB 391 passed with the signature of Governor Mike Parsons. Our Leaders in Cedar County thought Parsons was a good ole boy, could
Editor: I love responses to my op-ed pieces and always have since I started writing at age 13. However, when a reader responds to me, there is no need to put quotation marks around anything. Angela is my legal name and she is my legal pronoun and wife, one of my titles, as well as
