Just after Memorial Day, a story brewed that didn't seem to get much airplay. A woman had a 3x5 foot flag hanging behind her desk in her office, an office she shared with three other supervisors. She came to work one day and was told the flag had been taken down because it was offensive to several employees. For the entire story go to: Fox News
If you enjoy a good baseball game, then I strongly suggest you contact your local parks department and find out when games are played in your local area (in Poplar Bluff games are played at McLane Park from 5:30-9:30 Monday-Friday). For the baseball fan, watching the 8 - 14 year old youth play the game with such enthusiasm is inspiring. You will see a wonderful display of baseball talent and future stars. You will see the joy of victory, the sadness of defeat and the amazing revelation that snacks after a game unifies all the participants. So even if you don't have a child or grandchild in the baseball program, I strongly urge you to come out and enjoy America's
As a parent of a child in the Poplar Bluff R-1 School District, I have always had concerns about some policies that seem to promote school attendance for sick children. The recent swine flu epidemic has prompted me to express my concerns publicly. As of today, 430 schools in the US have closed. Our government is recommending any school with confirmed cases stay closed for at least 14 days because children can be contagious for 7 - 10 days. The CDC is advocating standard, common sense precautions in order to stop the spread of the disease. Per the director of the CDC, “If your children are sick, have a fever and flu-like illness, they shouldn't go to school.” Maybe if
[Update: As of late Saturday, the Missouri Dept of Health and Senior Services released that the two probable cases are from Howard County.] I've been trying to help our online community by providing Swine Flu information for Missouri as it becomes available. However, it has been frustrating to say the least because the Missouri state agencies responsible for releasing the information won't be specific. It took scouring several posts to find that the first probable case was near Kansas City. Yesterday, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced that two more probable cases were discovered in "Central Missouri" (a 50,000 square mile target) but no specific counties or cities have been named. The official reason for not releasing
