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Community Voices

Fall at Marshall Public Schools

Fall is a busy time in the schools, and this year is proving to be no exception. This year has again proven a challenge to fill some of our open positions. As of right now, we still have five open paraprofessional positions, need for a part-time bus rider, and we always need substitutes in ...

Grateful for our tomatoes

Does anybody need tomatoes? For most of you, that’s no. A hard no. You probably have a countertop full of them. Or your neighbor has set several boxes on your porch before ringing the doorbell and running away. After a couple of down years, we are back in the business of excessive ...

Wisconsin controversy highlights differences in judicial philosophy

There is a story I once heard about two Supreme Court judges having dinner together sometime in the early 20th century. I can’t remember their names but one of them may have been Oliver Wendell Holmes. They took a horse drawn taxi home and when it dropped one off he waved good night and ...

Sliding into Fall

This is a delightful time of year, this slow slide from simmering summer into amiable autumn. There’s nothing like the cool crispness of a fall morning to put renewed vigor into your step. I think this is an evolutionary adaptation. Chilly nights are Nature’s way of reminding us that the ...

Movie Oppenheimer brings back high school memories

The movie Oppenheimer played recently at the Marshall 6 movie theater, and I managed to catch the show on its final night. I’m glad I made it. It had an interesting historical chronicle that started in the 1930s and proceeded to 1953, when Oppenheimer was denied restoration of his security ...

Suicide, domestic violence both major health crises

September is National Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month; suicide is often taboo and stigmatized. This month spreads awareness and attempts to shift the public’s perception and share information with people affected by suicide. Suicide consistently ranks in the top ten causes of death ...