OpinionFielder’s Choice By Barry Burleson Lesson in cooperation There’s a lot to like about Marshall County, particularly when it comes to our young people. Friday
night, as I was arriving at Marshall Academy to take photos at the
football game, a fan from Kirk Academy was walking through the gate. Full Story
Close to Nowhere By Linda Jones Six hundred slices of pizza How
long will 600 slices of pizza last? Just about two hours when you have
a crowd the size of the one at the CrossPointe Christian Fellowship
fall festival Saturday. If you didn’t have
anything to do this past Saturday, it wasn’t because you couldn’t find
a fall festival somewhere. There were six listed in The South Reporter
calendar and I’d imagine a few more festivals were scattered here and
there in our area. Full Story
The Preacher’s Corner By Rev. Dr. Milton Winter
Take it from one who knows — don’t speed on Hwy. 7 S
Getting speeding tickets is something nobody wishes to admit,
especially preachers. But except for the elderly lady in my hometown
who was famous for driving her blue Ford Fairlane at 10 miles per hour,
I think we all have exceeded the limit at some point or another. I
figure that has happened to me so many times that even if I did not
deserve the ticket at the precise moment I was spotted, I deserved it
for some other occasion when the patrolman was not watching. Full Story
Letters to The Editor Vote next Tuesday Dear Editor, Please
vote on November 6! Don’t let anyone tell you that you cannot vote,
unless it is the voter registrar himself. That law about having to have
a picture ID to vote, doesn’t even apply in this election, so don’t
worry about that. If you are a registered voter, you can and should
vote. Don’t even let someone in your family try to convince you not to
vote, as happened to my mother. Full Story
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