Commentary

Summers in the 1980s when I was a school-age girl were the best.

It wasn’t that we went on fancy vacations back then or had unique plans. It was the “gift of the ordinary days” when time seemed to stand still.

My sisters and I and local friends spent countless hours in our pool playing games like Sharks and Minnows and Marco Polo. We alternated swimming with riding the four-wheeler in the trails in the woods, our wet hair drying in the wind.

I can recall those trails, the turns and hills and shortcuts still clear in my mind from thirty-plus years ago.

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(Editor’s note: Michan Lacey is a junior communications major at Northwestern State University and a Zwolle native. As someone who has been diagnosed with anxiety and depression, she shared a story with her class that she calls a huge turning point in her life. Although darkness creeps in to all of our lives, she is a shining example of one who has fought and survived through it. She states that she chose to keep fighting so that she could help others and hopefully touch their hearts in such a way that should they ever find themselves in such a place, they can remember that it doesn’t last forever)

By Michan Lacey

I’m home alone, waiting for the rest of my family to return. The tv is on and I’m staring at it, but my mind is elsewhere. It has been ‘elsewhere’ for the past week now, ever since May 25. Ever since George Floyd.

There is so much going on.

It is important to ask yourself after the Democratic victory in November, “Are we any better off today?” I heard several Democrats respond when asked that question and they look at you and just smile. Remove Donald Trump from the equation and talk only of our country and the issues and, honestly, are we really better off?

Before President Biden even took office in January of 2020, we made some predictions on December 18, 2019, of what was going to happen. I certainly don’t have a crystal ball and not a fortune teller, but we’ll go back and revisit those predictions some. Here it is:

“#1. The illegal immigration problem will go away because they are just going to let them all in. (Happened)

#2. The Democrats always profess to tax the rich and corporations, so get read for tax increases big time. (Happening)

DEDICATION

Many High School lost one of its greatest alumni this past week with the death of Leo Wayne “Bilsey” McDonald. He was 88 years old. After his high school graduation he continued to be a faithful supporter of Many High School. He was one of eight siblings and they slept three to a bed.

While at MHS, in addition to other high school sports, he excelled in basketball and his team won the 1949 Louisiana State Championship. He married his high school sweetheart, Ann Pearson. She was also an all-state basketball player at MHS and her team, as well as Blisey’s, won state in the same year, 1949. I doubt that has been done anywhere else. There is a show case at the school guy recognizing their teams.

If you have dearly loved and lost a pet, I have great empathy for you.

As I wrote in a recent column, I lost my little fur-girl, my miniature schnauzer Charli, in early April. She was only two and a half years old, and it was sudden.

We adopted Charli when she was just six weeks old, and I raised her with tender love and care. The way I loved Charli reminded me of the man who raised the small ewe lamb in the Bible in 2 Samuel 12:3 — “He raised her, and she grew up with him and with his children … in his arms she would sleep. She was like a daughter to him.”

Charli was like a little daughter to me.

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SAVE THE POST OFFICE

Dear High School Graduate,

As you enter college or the workforce, you will encounter many people who try to persuade you to follow various religions other than Christianity.

You are being deceived.

Christianity is unique from all other religions, in that all other religions have man reaching up to God, trying to attain salvation through something they “do.”

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LEGISLATURE

The legislature is being directed to both low tax rates and broad tax bases, provide a fair, simpler and more competitive environment for individuals and businesses that also produces stable, sufficient state revenue. Some of the things they are doing include increasing stability and lower rates for individual income tax. This will include eliminating the deduction of federal taxes for Louisiana individual income tax filers to allow lower taxes and a more stable and predictable source of revenue with a neutral net impact, as stated in a report by Harris, DeVille & Associates The deduction ties the tax liability of Louisiana taxpayers, and ultimately the state’s revenue outlook, to changes in the federal tax code. Only two other states have a full federal deduction; only Louisiana has it in its constitution.

(Editor’s Note: All are encouraged to attend the Memorial Day event to be held on May 31 at 11 a.m. at the DAV building at Toledo Town.)

For the second year in a row, Memorial Day may look a little different than in years past. However, the spirit of the day, along with our memories and emotions, remains the same. For countless families across the nation, today is a stark — and often painful — reminder of those loved ones who were never afforded the opportunity to be honored as veterans.

Their sacrifice is a true expression of selfless service — something no one would pick for themselves. Whether they volunteered to fight in a war, served at a time of peace or never expected to wear our nation’s uniform until their draft number came up, they represent the best America has to offer.

BIDEN’S TAX PLAN