July 8, 2025
Editor, Our beloved Cedar County Memorial Hospital (CCMH) is in grave danger under the leadership of its current CEO, Mr. Terry Nichols. Some of the current Board members are ignoring serious warnings from at least two separate CEOs who took over for Mr. Nichols before he came to CCMH that he has “no business being
Editor: First and foremost, it must be understood that the CCMH Board of Trustees and only the Board controls what takes place during our meetings. While the CEO does provide input for the agenda, it is the responsibility of the Board to set that agenda. Further, the protocols for public participation in a Board meeting
Editor, There are some misconceptions going around town and at Cedar County Memorial Hospital. I need to clarify a few things to the public and the hospital employees. When I called to get on the agenda, one week prior to the board meeting, to speak to the Cedar County Hospital Board of Trustees on September
Kimball, Thank you for attending the CCMH Board of Trustees meeting last week. The meeting was definitely a difficult and trying meeting with the four individuals who requested time to make comments. I think that our press release says a lot about the Board’s response to a number of the charges being leveled against the
Editor: Honey bears do not drive as we all know and seems something is blocking a lack of local honey within the bear community. I just wondered what one could change to attract the best queen bee. I am sure harder the look the sweeter the honey pot gets. After searching and searching a three
Editor: This morning, the 4th of July, I went to the cemetery to put up a flag at the graves of our friends and ourselves. The cemetery looked beautiful with a lot of flowers and several small flags. However, the line of large flags down the midway was missing. Have we forgotten the significance of
A war is going on right now to take over the United States. Russia is siphoning off our military dollars as it destroys the landscape of Ukraine and steals children and murders the people. China is infiltrating our society in every way – money systems, indoctrinating kids, spying on communication and military installations, buying up
Congratulations to the El Dorado Springs Girls’ Basketball team for their 2nd Place finish in the MSHSAA Class 3 Girls Basketball State Championship this year. As a team hosts for the Missouri State High School Basketball Championships in Springfield, we had the opportunity to spend time with your girls’ basketball players and coaches throughout the
Editor: We’ve all heard the saying “where there’s smoke there’s fire” but sometimes there’s just smoke. Smoke and mirrors. And that is the case with the recent incident at our HS involving our boys basketball coach. Coach Johnson and his wonderful family joined our community last year. His team had a stellar season eclipsing previous
Mark your calendar, Saturday, April 22, 8:30-11:30 a.m. for the 10th annual Electronics and Appliances Recycling Drive at the Stockton United Methodist Church parking lot, 708 East Street in Stockton. Hosted by the SUMC Go Green Team, Meredith Recycling, Montrose, Mo., will once again park its tractor-trailer and roll-off dumpsters in our parking lot. Follow
