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Our editor, Nicole Cooke, took us into the 4th of July weekend with a very insightful and heartfelt column. She pointed out that most of us have developed such a one-tracked mindset that we have …
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7/5/22
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Since the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) was established in 1966 as a listing of significant buildings, structures, sites, and objects, twenty-three Pettis County properties have been …
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By Rhonda Chalfant, Contributing Columnist
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7/5/22
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It feels like the world is on fire these days. No one can agree or find a compromise. Not only is common ground becoming harder and harder to find, but it seems that most people have lost interest in …
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We have been on the road this past week, traveling to Florida for my nephew’s wedding, and coincidentally, a happy reunion of sorts. It’s been a momentous trip!
First, …
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By Deborah Mitchell, Contributing Columnist
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7/2/22
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“How can you expect to pass this class if you don’t do the reading?”
Do you remember a high school teacher or college professor yelling that at you? Holding up a book and shaking …
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By Liz Schleicher, Contributing Columnist
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7/2/22
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The United States of America will be 245 years old this Fourth of July. Many men and women have sacrificed much including their lives just to give us the freedoms we enjoy today. In 1776, the …
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By Jonathan Wallenbeck, Associate Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church of Sedalia
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7/1/22
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What a whirlwind of a week surrounding the Supreme Court!
As of this writing, we have seen the SCOTUS overturn Roe v. Wade and rule in favor of Joseph Kennedy in Kennedy v. Bremerton School …
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By Stephanie Lefevers, Contributing Columnist
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6/29/22
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On Friday, the Supreme Court made it official — Roe v. Wade has been overturned, there’s no constitutional right to abortion.
Actually, there never was, for Roe was based on one of the …
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By Doug Kneibert, Contributing Columnist
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6/29/22
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Last week’s column identified the National Register of Historic Places as a list of historic buildings, structures, sites, and objects that have significance in national, state, or local …
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By Rhonda Chalfant, Contributing Columnist
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6/29/22
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As I work through my final days as superintendent of Sedalia School District 200, I have been focused on what is ahead and how our community can help forge a positive path for our students, staff and …
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By Steve Triplett, Guest Columnist
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6/25/22
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My paternal grandmother would have been 92 this week.
She was a beautiful old woman with curly white hair, piercing blue eyes, and a sly, puckering smile that she passed on to her sons and …
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By Liz Schleicher, Contributing Columnist
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6/24/22
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What a week.
I’m still watching the January 6 hearings, and I am still sad – and angry – about what I am hearing, and not just because the insurrection happened. I am sad …
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By Deborah Mitchell, Contributing Columnist
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6/24/22
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Is there a more important question in life than how to live purposefully? Everyone wants their life to matter, but how can we know that we’ve lived purposefully? What makes a life well …
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By Pastor Jeremiah Greever
Founders Midwest Committee Co-Chair
Senior Pastor First Baptist Church of Sedalia
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6/23/22
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On Wednesday the 8th of June, my wife and I, along with her sister and our brother-in-law, made what had always been an annual visit to her hometown of Willow Springs, Missouri.
The trip was …
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By Jack Miller
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6/21/22
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I’m not perfect. In fact, I’m far from it.
Last week I posted this to my Facebook page: “I thought that I was a good person, but the way that I react when people drive slowly in …
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By Stephanie Lefevers, Contributing Columnist
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6/21/22
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The terms “landmark” and “historic site” and “listed on the National Register” are often used without a clear understanding of what each of these terms means and …
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By Rhonda Chalfant, Contributing Columnist
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6/21/22
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In October, I wrote a column titled “Feeling the burnout, big time.” It’s not uncommon for me to get feedback about some of the columns I write, but by far, that one received the …
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By Nicole Cooke, ncooke@sedaliademocrat.com
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6/20/22
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“If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.”
I grew up hearing that cliché. It was a staple of the platitudes told to children in the …
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The Watergate hearings in the 1970s were intriguing, but the Jan. 6 Committee hearings are mesmerizing. Behind-the-scene intrigue, cat fights in the Oval Office, texts designed as subterfuge, …
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By Deborah Mitchell, Contributing Columnist
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6/20/22
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For reasons I won’t go into, I’m coming late to the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting, which sometimes happens in the column-writing business.
The horrible murder of 21 people — 19 …
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By Doug Kneibert, Contributing Columnist
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6/20/22
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