Opinion

‘The Torn Skirt’ and ‘The Seas’

Published by admin on Thu, 05/09/2024 - 12:10pm

In a past life, I worked in entertainment. My water cooler conversations were often about what movie I’d last seen in theatres or what TV show I was watching, and I’d always reply, a bit sheepishly, that I didn’t own a television (my mother eventually got me one as a housewarming present during the pandemic), though I did love going to the movies. I know my answer was (is) decidedly unusual, especially in that world. I’d tell people I prefer reading, which is true, but I do like old movies and weird movies, and frequently commit to a television series years after it has its day in the sun. Recently though, I have been paying attention to “Under the Bridge,” an adaptation of Rebecca Godfrey’s book about the murder of Reena Virk, a 14-year-old girl in British Columbia in the 1990s, the teenagers who’d done it and the moral panic it sparked.

Readers back writer, say they’ll walk thin line with her

Published by admin on Thu, 05/09/2024 - 12:10pm

Dear editor:
We were about to read “Through the Looking Glass” by Lewis Carroll when we came across Cathy Kunkel’s letter (Greybull Standard - April 25, 2024) and realized that we could save time by reading her Reader’s Digest condensed version of the wacky classic.
Ms. Kunkel somehow finds an “insinuation” that immigrants are a “problem” from the observation by Marlys Good (a lady with a few more years and a lot more wisdom than some) that chants of “Death to America” in the White House are rather troubling. The only insinuation I see from Ms. Good is that chants of “Death to America” in the White House are rather troubling. Perhaps in equating Ms. Good’s remarks about these chants with a general bashing of all immigrants, Ms. Kunkel is insinuating that all immigrants wish death to America? This is a fascinating interpretation but one we must respectfully disagree with.

GOP returning to party it was during Reagan years

Published by admin on Thu, 05/09/2024 - 12:09pm

Political parties in Wyoming are private organizations. However, unlike most private organizations, they are bound, not only by the bylaws they create, but also by state statute, Title 22.
Since the Republican State Convention in mid-April, there has been some concern by people regarding proposed bylaws changes that were presented by a county in Wyoming, and even concern that the proposed changes ought not to have been considered in the first place. It is an important part of the process that ALL proposed state bylaws changes that are voted on during county conventions be discussed, amended, and voted on in the Bylaws Committee at the State Convention, to be presented to the full body of the convention for consideration. All proposed state bylaws changes submitted by counties get equal consideration in the committee.

Traditions come, traditions go

Published by admin on Thu, 05/02/2024 - 12:04pm

May 1 came and went with nary a May basket left on my doorstep. But I wasn’t too surprised. There hasn’t been a May basket out there on May Day since my youngest moved out of second grade. So May Day is another tradition that has had its day — or its years — and is now just a memory.
Another tradition that has left us behind is baccalaureate. Long a tradition, graduates got to wear their caps and gowns for the first time the Sunday night before graduation the following Wednesday. Back in the “olden days,” which means when I graduated, and my two sisters before me, baccalaureate was the prelude to graduation. It was probably more meaningful to the female students. We donned formals (yes, back then, girls wore formals under their gowns), boys wore dress pants, and I can’t remember seeing a tennis shoe on any of the soon-to-be graduates.

Based on science, built on trust

Published by admin on Thu, 05/02/2024 - 12:02pm

As we approach the end of our 22nd season, I would like to thank our audience for trusting us to bring them health information that is current and accurate. There are many doctors out there who cannot make the same claims as the Prairie Doc’s and I would like to take this opportunity to help sort out those charlatans and quacks from trusted sources of health information.
While tasty and refreshing, I would not trust Dr. Pepper for medical advice. Nor would I trust Dr. Evil from Austin Powers, despite his claims that he went to “four years of Evil Medical School”. I like to read Dr. Seuss’ books, but I would not let him take a look. While I think he is a dear, I would not let him peek in my ear. He is not the doctor that I want to see if I needed an appendectomy.

Why do bad things happen to good people, and good things to bad people?

Published by admin on Thu, 05/02/2024 - 12:02pm

Why do bad things happen to good people? It is a question, I think, most of us have asked ourselves rather often, particularly when bad things happen to people we love and care about, or to ourselves. Well, most often it is not actually a question, I think, as much as an outcry; it is not really that we are looking for explanations or other kinds of answers. In asking, we air our frustration in order to alleviate our emotional agony.
The answer Holy Scripture gives, though, and as such the Christian faith, has much to give by way of alleviating emotional agony; well, it does for those who have ears to hear.

Writer opposed rules of purity, but the discussion was valid

Published by admin on Thu, 05/02/2024 - 12:01pm

Dear editor:
I would like to thank former State Senator Ray Peterson for opening the door to a very key issue of public dialog. His guest column in the April 25 edition of the Lovell Chronicle emphasizes a fundamental element of a “free society” -- the opportunity to speak out and influence public discourse. The subject which Senator Peterson refers to as the “Slippery Slope” Committee, “SSC,” is important to be aware of; a more fundamental principle at stake here I would like to bring forth.

All proposed Republican Party bylaws changes are considered

Published by admin on Thu, 05/02/2024 - 12:00pm

Dear editor:
Political parties in Wyoming are private organizations. However, unlike most private organizations, they are bound, not only by the bylaws they create, but also by state statute, Title 22.
Since the Republican State Convention in mid-April, there has been some concern by people regarding proposed bylaws changes that were presented by a county in Wyoming, and even concern that the proposed changes ought not to have been considered in the first place. It is an important part of the process that ALL proposed state bylaws changes that are voted on during county conventions be discussed, amended and voted on in the Bylaws Committee at the State Convention, to be presented to the full body of the convention for consideration. All proposed state bylaws changes submitted by counties get equal consideration in the committee.

What to the demographics of protesters have to do with it?

Published by admin on Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:59am

Dear editor:
Cathy Kunkel’s letter really made me see red.  In the first place, all Marlys said was that it was just awful that people are shouting “Death to America” in Washington DC.  She’s absolutely correct. It is horrible, although it is their right.
But what the heck do the demographics of the Jan 6 protesters (not insurrectionists)  have to do with it?  As Mrs. Kunkel said, they were a cross section of patriotic Americans.  They were exercising their rights.  The whole thing was staged to make it more than it was, by Nancy Pelosi and then Liz Cheney and the democratic clowns, cancelling the National Guard, shooting an unarmed veteran, rabble rousing by Ray Epps (a federal agitator) and destroying the lives of hundreds of good patriotic Americans.
Keep it up, Marlys.  I love your columns.
Julie Owens
Greybull

 

Small Business Week celebrates America’s entrepreneurial spirit

Published by admin on Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:58am

It was 1963 when President Kennedy issued the first National Small Business Week proclamation marking the first week in May as a time to observe the critical importance that small business plays in our local and national economies. National Small Business Week (NSBW) serves as the nation’s annual tribute to America’s small businesses and innovative startups, the tireless engines of our economy and backbones of our communities.From Main Streets to innovation hubs, small businesses create two-thirds of net new jobs and still generate 40 percent of our nation’s economic output.