Editorials
Forum Editorial: Water increase is painful, right decision
Often, we throw around the phrase “cost of living” without really stopping to think about what it means: the cost of simply existing, before you’ve done anything else. Included are things like the cost of housing, electricity, food — the things we consider essential to live a modern life. Key among those, of course, is…
Read MoreForum Editorial: Highway Patrol should restore public information
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Read MoreForum Editorial: Happy birthday to Hubert Seipel
We join with our entire community in wishing Hubert Seipel a (belated) happy 100th birthday. The Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that a little more than 30,000 World War II veterans are still alive today — a tiny fraction of the 16.4 million Americans who served during the war. We are fortunate that Seipel, who…
Read MoreForum Editorial: Highway Patrol should restore public information
Your neighbor walks into your house and takes a couple of AA batteries. “It’s for your own safety,” your neighbor tells you, but declines to elaborate. Now, do you positively need every AA battery in your house? Probably not, no. But it’s your property — the least your neighbor could do is ask first, couldn’t…
Read MoreForum Editorial: Childcare grant is positive step
We applaud Nodaway County Economic Development for introducing a sorely needed and nimble program to help childcare providers in Nodaway County. The forgivable, zero-interest loan program, funded by the indispensable Patterson Family Foundation, is a smart, if small, step to take a bite out of one of the biggest obstacles facing our community. A study…
Read MoreForum Editorial: South Main is road to a thriving future
Our community celebrated a major milestone on Monday with the completion of Phase II of the South Main Corridor Improvement Project, capping more than 14 years of planning and hard work that has paid off in a transformative entryway into our community that is safer, easier to navigate and built for the future. It’s sometimes…
Read MoreForum Editorial: Listen to your neighbor
The White Cloud Acres data center project has divided our community, often pitting neighbor against neighbor. But we were heartened to see during last week’s community meeting, hosted by the opposition group Nodaway Says No, that neighbors are still willing to listen. Unlike so many political issues today, the data center project here cuts across…
Read MoreForum Editorial: Library restoration is project worth community celebration
Last week, the Maryville Public Library celebrated the completion of a major restoration of its historic, story-tall windows — a project worth celebrating from every angle. Carefully restoring every detail to its original 1912 form was a massive undertaking that required specialized expertise supplied by Re-View Windows, which can now add the Maryville library to…
Read MoreForum Editorial: Northwest’s Center for Rural Health will benefit region, school
Northwest Missouri State University last week celebrated the reopening of the renovated Martindale Hall, which is now home to truly state-of-the-art facilities for students looking to enter the healthcare field. Martindale’s renovation, though, is part of a broader strategy that will ensure the long-term success of the university and help address critical needs in rural…
Read MoreForum Editorial: Passing the torch to sure hands
As they get older, it is the solemn responsibility of every generation to wring their hands in worry and bemoan the state of youth today. Aristotle, who believed the kids of his day “think they know everything, and are always quite sure about it,” would have had plenty of sympathetic company on Facebook. We think…
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