Great things can be done by working together
It doesn’t surprise me what can be done when everybody works together. The Richard Community Center is an example of that. Where there is unity, there is strength.
It was interesting to read how the Richard community was established. Also, the different classes that the center offered and made space to hold meetings.
According to the article, the community center went dormant, but residents kept it going for years with their own money. I point this out because it wasn’t the $175,000 in state funding that kept the vision. It was the people.
Thanks to Rep. Angela Cockerham for her help, and Sen. Gary Brumfield for his continued support. The article in the paper listed what the funding was used for.
It’s also a blessing that anybody can go to the center How wonderful is that?
Elected officials were there to praise and support the community for its vision and not letting it die. Their actions spoke louder than words — they showed up.
I wasn’t there in person, but as I read the article, I celebrated and thanked God with prayer for the Richard community. My prayer also is that I will one day visit, since I know I’m welcome.
— Cynthia McGhee, Summit
The life of Sharon Wroten McMorris
Let me ask you: Do you ever complain? Such a simple question, but sometimes not a simple answer.
This came to me in a rather odd manner. I recently had a young cousin to pass away. This young lady was once a beautiful, vivacious, very active, very outgoing person before her body was terribly ravaged by a severe and painful illness.
During all of the trials and tribulations that this sickness put her through, we never once heard her complain.
To me, our dear Sharon was one of a kind. When I described her as vivacious and very active, she was — but sometimes she almost seemed like timid little mouse. She didn’t want to tread on anyone or hurt them or cause them any pain.
To say Sharon was a good person has to be the understatement of the century. In her obituary, it said that Sharon was devoted to the needs of her family and friends. She always put their needs before her own. This doesn’t come close to telling Sharon’s whole story.
You see, Sharon had a younger brother who was handicapped and had to have oxygen almost constantly. So when their mother passed, there was no one else left to take care of him but Sharon — and of course she did willingly, and continued doing so for many years.
Then, years ago, when Sharon’s only child, a son, was in an automobile accident and almost killed, she stepped up to be his caretaker.
Remember my question: Have you ever complained? Once again, I say, not Sharon.
Now when I look back it pains me to ask who was there to take care of Sharon? Unfortunately, I know the answer: no one.
Do you think we could all learn something about life from Sharon Wroten McMorris? Maybe we could try, like Sharon did, to see all the positives and not negative aspects of things, and be there for others who might need us, and take the load off someone else, if only for a little while.
— Debbie Touchstone, Jayess
