The Ozarks

In one’s younger growing years, Joplin is a wonderful place to live. Living in Joplin can seem like a curse to some, but for me it’s a blessing in disguise. Joplin has plenty of great restaurants, a mall, and plenty of potential of growth. Working at a car dealership gives one plenty of valuable experiences that one can use in any career setting. One reason I live in Joplin is because of my current job and future career. As a business development representative at Fletcher Toyota I get hands on…

health workers, and students, just to name a few. The coverage gap includes everyone earning less than 138% of the federal poverty level. According to Chris Kelly, a former Representative of the Missouri House for District 24, the service area of Ozark Medical Center (OMC) in West Plains includes more than 9,000 uninsured adults (1). So, what are people doing when they are poor and sick or injured and cannot afford a doctor?s visit? They go to the emergency room of a local hospital, and the…

successful teen for this assignment. I had the pleasure of interviewing Codey Powell. I met Codey about five months ago through our county 4-H program. Codey contacted me as the 4-H Educator of the county to start a 4-H club with his friends in the Ozark High School FFA program. I have never met a more inspiring, hardworking, pursuant teenager. Codey and I first bonded when I took him to the State 4-H Poultry Day three hours from where we live. The event registration began at 8:30 AM.…

The Obama administration is telling public schools across the country they must allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity. As a result, Springfield-area schools are reviewing their policies regarding transgender students' use of bathrooms. A letter, signed by the leaders of the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Education, was sent to school districts Friday. It sets guidelines on how schools can operate in compliance with…

More than likely if you live in Lake Ozark, MO, Boonsville, MO, Eldon, MO, Jefferson City, MO and nearby areas, and you here someone says 'I saw some great fireworks near me', the people who hosted the event got their fireworks from us. We are Bax Fireworks Inc. Your local fireworks experts. If you say to yourself 'where can I get fireworks near me that are reasonably priced', the answer is still us. We offer low prices that you'll love. Our goal is to bring fireworks to as many people as we…

Ohio Humanities Chautauqua 2016: The Natural World PROGRAM SCHOLARS Dr. John C. “Chuck” Chalberg is a professional historian having taught college-level American history for many years, and has developed a number of living-history presentations including President Theodore Roosevelt and baseball legend Branch Rickey. When he is not writing for such publications as “Touchstone,” “The Weekly Standard,” “Chronicles,” “Gilbert!,” and “The New Oxford Review,” Chalberg performs at other summer…

Missouri’s Geology Missouri is home to a wide variety of geological history as well as treasure which can be found throughout the state. From its wonderful variety of caves to the rock columns in the state parks of the south as well as the mines. The soil is as rich in diversity as the plant and animal life, from the north to the south as well as the east to the west. It can be dated back as far as before there was life on this planet and at one time even had an ocean over it. It is truly…

Communication and Dialect in America What makes us speak differently than one another? There is a thin line between “dialect”, “slang”, and “language”. Dialect mainly determines how your voice sounds depending on your region, in this case America. Slang, is made up words that transformed over time to shorten things. Language takes up copious portions of the world to make up communication in that region. Dialect can tell a lot about someone and where they are from. There are 24 regions of…

many college friends who worked at the mall location. The primary thing I noticed, and continue to be impressed by, was the alignment the entire team appeared to have in operating the store. Many years later, as I was learning to be a leader at Ozark Guidance, a community mental health center, my brother in-law, Rob Watkins, was selected to be an operator in Arkansas. At Rob’s store ,…

Billy Colman, now a grown man, reflects back on the year he got his dogs and the events that happened afterwards. Billy, a ten-year old boy from the Ozarks, has an unyielding desire to have two hunting hounds of his own. He repeatedly asks his parents for the dogs, but considering their financial situation, they have to tell Billy no. Hunting hounds are too expensive and Papa has a farm to take care of, as well as Mama, Billy, and Billy's three sisters. One day while out in the woods,…