Opinion

Well, slap me naked and hide my clothes. I was wrong and I have seldom been so pleased to admit it.

Editor’s note: the language in this article is drawn directly from a 1907 newspaper ad and reflects the terminology of that era, not the standing of this newspaper or the Ferguson Home Museum of today. The Town of Salton in Blaine County was founded in 1901.

Editor’s note: the language in this article is drawn directly from a 1966 thesis and reflects the terminology of that era, not the standing of this newspaper or the Ferguson Home Museum of today. From TOLSON, Arthur Lincoln, 1924—2015.

I made a blooper in last week’s edition concerning the ring of champions. That event, where FFA or 4H stock show kids assist special needs students show borrowed livestock, will be held in conjunction with the local stock show this Sunday Feb. 11, not the county show, as the article indicated. Mea culpa.

From the first week they came into office, the Biden Administration invited the world to cross our border, and the world came—not just from Mexico, Guatemala, or El Salvador, but from China, Russia, Mauritania, Iran, Syria, Pakistan, and more. There is no question that President Biden has failed to use all the authorities at his disposal to secure our porous border. But it is also true that our border security laws are weak and out of date.

February is African American Heritage month. One African American in particular, Edward P.

I get it. You are all mad, perched there on your keyboards, mad at the idea that the city is no longer willing to pay to keep the lights on at the Ferguson Home Museum.

The current fentanyl crisis in America is directly tied to the Biden administration’s unwillingness to secure our southern border. Over the past three years, over 8.8 million illegal migrants have crossed the southern border.

Dear Editor, Generosity throughout Watonga contributed to a successful shoebox gift collection season at drop-off locations for the Samaritan’s Purse project Operation Christmas Child. Across the U.S., the project collected 10 million shoebox gifts in 2023.

This should probably be a paid advertisement. Don’t let the office manager know, or I will be on the hook for it.