McDonald County Press

News

Horse Ministry Spends Part Of Year In Goodman B.J. Jordan operates Crossroads Horse Ministry, based out of Walden, Colo., and Goodman, Mo. by Rachel Dickerson McDonald County Press rdickerson@nwadg.com

Richmond Motivated To Continue Helping Residents Greg Richmond wants to rebuild the community building, improve streets around the new school and cultivate more businesses in Goodman. by Sally Carroll

Street Repair Tops Fisher's To-Do List As Mayor Hopeful J.R. Fisher believes that city streets are in drastic need of repair. The streets damaged around the new school's construction could be fixed first and most easily, said the Goodman write-in mayoral candidate. by Sally Carroll

McGaha Honoree At Sixth Annual Heart Of Education Banquet This year's honorees at the McDonald County Schools Foundation's sixth annual Heart of Education Banquet have been supporters of the foundation since they first knew it existed. by Rick Peck/Special to McDonald County Press

Water Contamination Tops SWC Board Agenda Southwest City's board of alderman were faced with an imminent issue of water contamination during the city council meeting on Thursday, March 14. by Megan Davis McDonald County Press mdavis@nwadg.com

Council Discusses Street Repair Near School The Goodman City Council is considering drafting an ordinance for food trucks in town. by Sally Carroll

High School Adding On To Life Skills Lab The McDonald County R-1 School District at its March 14 meeting approved adding on to the life skills lab at the high school. by Rachel Dickerson McDonald County Press rdickerson@nwadg.com

School Board Candidate Forum Scheduled A school board candidate forum, hosted by MSTA and MNEA, the McDonald County School District teacher's organizations, will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26, in the Performing Arts Center at McDonald County High School in Anderson. by Rick Peck/Special to McDonald County Press

Sports

Fields Out As Coach In a surprise move at its March 14 meeting, the McDonald County Board of Education voted 6-0-1 not to rehire Kyle Fields as head boys' basketball coach at McDonald County High School. by Rick Peck

'Stangs 2-1 In Season Opener Izak Johnson pitched a five-inning no-hitter and the offense scored early and often to lead McDonald County to an 11-0 win on March 16 over Westside High School of Jonesboro, Ark., in the fifth-place game of the Ozark Baseball Classic in Harrison, Ark. by Rick Peck/Special to McDonald County Press

Micah Burkholder Signs Letter Of Intent To MSSU Micah Burkholder had to earn his opportunity to play college football. At first, Burkholder wasn't offered an opportunity to play at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin. But he attended an open tryout for players who the college hadn't recruited or been able to see where he impressed the coaches enough to include Burkholder on the 2019 Lion team. by Rick Peck/Special to McDonald County Press

Soccer Team Scoreless At Lebanon Tournament The McDonald County High School girls' soccer team went winless in three games of the Lebanon High School Girls Soccer Tournament held March 15-16 in Lebanon. by Rick Peck/Special to McDonald County Press

Burgi Says Pitching Staff Strength Of Team Rick Peck by Rick Peck/Special to McDonald County Press

MCHS 2019 Spring Sports Schedules 2019 McDonald County High School Spring Sports Schedules by Rick Peck/Special to McDonald County Press

Mustang Powerlifting Brings Home Five Individual State Championships The McDonald County High School boys' and girls' powerlifting teams both placed in the top 10 at Saturday's 2019 Glendale State Powerlifting Meet held at Glendale High School in Springfield. by Rick Peck

Kaylee Cornell Signs Letter of Intent The second member of the 2018 McDonald County Lady Mustangs softball team that won a district championship last year with a 24-5 record has signed to play college softball. by Rick Peck

Opinion

America Needs An Awakening Last week I wrote about our country being at a tipping point in regard to free speech. I hope that it struck a chord with you because, without you, nothing will be done to preserve the most precious freedom that we have. I believe that this country needs an awakening and a reality check on what our future could look like if we don't start using that freedom of speech to stop the "far left" train from taking over this nation. by Kevin Wilson Columnist

Lord, Have Mercy! "There's a wideness in God's mercy like the wideness of the sea; by Don Kuehle Columnist

The Sympathy Card I was bored to death. It was the third day of March but it sure seemed like the dead of winter. The temperature was not expected to exceed the freezing mark of 32 degrees and the cloud cover contributed to the depressed feeling I had. What to do on a day like this; what to do? by Stan Fine Columnist

A Tipping Point We are at a tipping point in this nation and, quite frankly, I'm not sure which direction we are going to fall. And, no, I'm not talking about the Green New Deal that the radical lefties are pushing. They think that the world only has 12 years left before we are past the point of redemption unless we adopt their radical environmental proposals. by Kevin Wilson Columnist

Religion

Who do you worship and serve? Then Jesus said to him, "Away with you, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.'" Matthew 4:10 by Randy Moll

Greatest Commandment To Love Jesus It was a beautiful Sunday morning as we gathered to worship at Mill Creek Baptist Church. The blooming jonquils and the hint of green in the grass reminds us spring is just around the corner as God begins a new season for us to enjoy. Happy anniversary to Jimmy and Jeanette Easter who celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, and to Tom and Mildred Sharp on their 73rd wedding anniversary. Special prayers were requested for Barbara Cory, Jeff, Johnny's family, Julie, and unspoken requests. Frankie Garvin expressed thanks. by Kitty Collingsworth Mill Creek Baptist Church

'You Don't Have To Walk Alone' This Lord's Day began with a beautiful song by Brother Dale Hunycutt. The title was "I Don't Have to Walk Alone." I for one know that I could not walk through one day without Jesus by my side and in my heart. We also want to say happy birthday to Brother James Taylor; we are so glad to have him in our church family. by Joyce Walters Cove Mission Of Hope

We Are In The Lenten Season; Do You Observe It? The Lenten season began last week on Ash Wednesday and continues until Easter. Lent is 40 days long, corresponding to the 40 days Jesus spent in the wilderness, but extends over a period of 46 days because Sundays are not counted as part of the traditional Lenten season. by Randy Moll

Christ Is Our Conductor On This Train Of Life Why am I so Torn?=Why After missing last Sunday due to the weather, it was good to be in God's house Sunday morning at Mill Creek Baptist Church. Barbara Cory was celebrating a birthday and Doug Cory greeted our visitors and opened our service with prayer. Shelly shared praise, and special prayers were requested for Lou Fischer, Larry, Cindy, Clyde and June Sherman. Doug shared a thank-you note from Wayne and Ronda Holly. Best wishes and God's blessings to Tom and Mildred Sharp in their new home. We will sure miss them. by Kitty Collingsworth Mill Creek Baptist Church

"Tragedy into Triumph" Simulcast Event What do three people with incredibly different backgrounds and different experiences have in common? They all have had Tragedy turned into Triumph! by Banner Church