Sedline for Dec. 20

“We were at the middle school (Tuesday) night for our grandchild’s Christmas concert. While the concert was great ... this was the biggest cluster I have ever seen. Why do they not ... put the children on the stage and use the floor for seating?”

“To the family who lost their trailer in the fire ... I feel so sorry for them to lose their home at this time of year. God bless them.”

“Congratulations, Smith-Cotton. You could win the Kaysinger Conference tournament — just barely.”

“I have a very bad situation in my neighborhood. All the people own dogs and cats and they are not at all concerned with keeping them on their property and taking care of them. It seems at night they just turn them loose ... If people don’t want to take care of them, I don’t know why they have them.”

“Arresting street-level drug dealers is like trying to control a dandelion problem by cutting the top off ... You’re ignorant if you think this will stop the problem. They’ll simply keep showing up day after day.”

“The wonderful performance of ‘A Sedalia Christmas,’ which I enjoyed at the Liberty Center, almost made me forget about the Sedalia Grinch who stole the yard decorations from in front of my house. Almost.”

“No, not in the last seven years I haven’t.”

“I was wondering why that awful place on Thompson Boulevard keeps getting put in the paper. It looks like a plastic monster flew over and puked.”

“Sedalia has two wonderful people who always have a smile on their face, spend their time trying to help others and do what they can for other people ... Elle Wasson and Mary McLaughlin. It is going to be a big loss when Mary McLaughlin leaves.”

“I think the people of Pettis County need to get up a petition to do away with one of the commissioner’s jobs. That would save the taxpayers a lot of money.”

“I can’t believe the stupidity of the decision to cancel classic ‘Peanuts’ for such a stupid, pointless thing such as ‘Pearls Before Swine.’ ”

“I want to commend you on the new advice columnist, Harriette Cole. She is so much better. Also, I think the new horoscope is a lot more upbeat ... Here is the big ‘but:’ Travis McMullen is uncharismatic, he’s not fun to read because the majority of his things are negative ... and no, I am not from La Monte.”

“First you change the horoscope, which I no longer read. Then you got rid of ‘B.C.,’ which is one of three in the comics section which I read, along with ‘Frank and Earnest’ and ‘Family Circus.’ And you eliminated (Annie’s Mailbox). ... So you’ve gotten rid a lot of stuff. What’s next, obituaries? Sports page? Who knows? I think you’re going in the wrong direction.”

“I’m sorry that I renewed my paper, as we really don’t have a Sedalia Democrat anymore. ... I think you need to send the new editor back to where he came from.”

“Thanks to Mr. Waldo and his crew for a fabulous company Christmas party. ”

“I would like to thank the lady who found my billfold at West Broadway McDonald’s. Thank you very much, and Merry Christmas.”

“Some advice for Travis McMullen: Don’t ever ruin an apology with an excuse.”

“As a citizen of Pettis County, I would like to express my concern over the drastic cut in budget that the county commissioners recently made. The cut to the sheriff’s department is a serious problem and poses problems for all of us in the county.”

“I am so proud of what the Smith-Cotton choir did with its program Thursday night. ... Young people are good and they do a lot of good things. We need to see the good instead of always the bad.”