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Time for city to pull together
To the editor:
I don't really know where to start. I just wanted to say I've been thinking about what my former pastor, brother James Decanter, and my current pastor, brother Danny Pankey, had been trying to get across to the congregation in my church about Blytheville and not speaking negative things. I finally get it now and I feel guilty because I've been putting down my town for a long time and I want to say I'm sorry. I've been so wrong. This has been my town for 63 years now, and as for right now I will no longer put it down. I will most likely die here, and this town has a lot of potential, and we as a community need to wake up and smell the coffee. I'm going to get more involved in the community, lift this town up and pray for this town more. Yes, we've had problems, but if everyone will pray and pull together and reach out and try to be a part of things, maybe things will change for the good.
Pray for our mayor -- this job is a big responsibility. I'm sure it's scary what he's facing, and you know what I'm talking about, it's been in our newspaper enough. I'm sticking to what I said before, in another letter. I'm a firm believer in this. This is what the Bible says, I didn't just make this up. You can read it for yourself. Read Numbers 32:23. If anyone thinks they are getting away with something they are totally wrong. It will slap you in the face and it won't be pretty.
I'm getting radical about Blytheville and Mississippi County. Ever since our home got broken into, it has done something to me. First of all, it scared us half to death. That is a horrible thing, knowing someone has been in your house without your permission. After praying long and hard, I decided I wasn't going to let anybody intimidate me, so I've been introducing myself to some of my neighbors and would like to start a neighborhood watch. I'm already reading up on it and I plan to succeed. I think we should watch over each other, and if we see anything suspicious, call the police. Don't be scared to do this. It's not fun being robbed. We worked hard all of our lives, not for strangers to politely walk in and take it from you. My husband always told me to be observant, whether walking, getting out of the car or mowing the lawn, and now I am. Trust me, I will call the police if I see anything out of the ordinary. I'm sure I'm not the only one in Blytheville that wants a safer place to live. If all of the churches will bind together and pray, we will see changes in this town, and yes, we need to get the streets fixed instead of patching them up. It looks like the overpass is quickly coming, so that should give us the incentive to clean up Blytheville and make it look good. It's been a long time coming, don't you think?
Let's stand behind our mayor, pray that he will always make the right decisions, not just one time but daily. I'm sure he would appreciate that. And people, why don't we shop locally? Really, if you stop and think, everything is right here under our noses. I understand sometimes we have to go elsewhere, but let's give Blytheville a chance.
I want to say thank you to David Tennyson for the Courier News, it's our lifeline in Blytheville. If you don't get a Blytheville newspaper, shame on you. Because it could shut down, like a lot of them will in the near future. Who knows.
Would you please support the bowling alley here at 300 N. Broadway, Strike One? Our grandsons were here recently, and I was looking for something to do, and I didn't even know that bowling alley was here. Again, it was right under my nose and they had fun. We don't want anything else to close down, do we?
One last thing, support your local church, you'll be glad you did. Thank you.