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2 I May 6, 2020 MID RIVERS NEWSMAGAZINE @MIDRIVERSNEWS MIDRIVERSNEWSMAGAZINE.COM Sponsored by: Sunset Fridays “On the Road” to you in 2020! We’ve had to cancel the concerts at 370 Lakeside Park, but we’re bringing your favorite way to start your summer weekends to you! • Sunset Fridays “On the Road” to You begin at 6:30 p.m. May 15 with Wade Trent! • Enjoy new concerts from your favorite local musicians on your TV, phone, tablet or computer • View concerts on SPTVNOW.net, Charter Spectrum Channel 992, AT&T U-Verse Channel 99 or www.stpetersmo.net • Shows debut on Friday nights at 6:30 p.m. May 15-July 17 • Complete schedule including artists available soon at www.stpetersmo.net May 15: Wade Trent (Rock/Acoustic) For more information go to www.stpetersmo.net
FACEBOOK.COM/MIDRIVERSNEWSMAGAZINE MIDRIVERSNEWSMAGAZINE.COM May 6, 2020 MID RIVERS NEWSMAGAZINE I OPINION I 3 EDITORIAL Random Thoughts TREE SERVICE With a tip of the cap to our old friend Thomas Sowell, we offer the following random thoughts on the passing [socially distanced] scene: • When we open up our state and our county, the coronavirus will spread more easily. People will get sick, some will die. If we stay locked down indefinitely, same result. • The notion that we must choose either physical or economic health – that we can only have one or the other – is false. We need to protect our physical health. We need to protect our economic health. Both of these statements are true at the same time. To say nothing of our mental and emotional health. • Just because government says that a business can open its doors does not mean that customers will flock back in. The business will have to earn each customer’s trust by making them feel safe and comfortable. If the business fails to do this, they may as well stay locked down. • Our money is on local businesses being way better at this than national chains. • Local businesses, where owners have to look you in the eye and say “trust me,” will flourish over the next decade. It will be a resurgence, a beautiful blooming. • Unfortunately, we will have to endure a lot of pain before that happens. • People keep saying that this coronavirus is unprecedented. No, it isn’t. There have been plagues, pestilence and pandemics for as long as there have been humans. Only now we have Twitter. • Three hundred years ago, Jonathan Swift wrote: “Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it.” For that quote alone, Swift should be credited as a co-founder of social media. • We are announcing our Teacher of the Year winner soon. Truth is, this year we could have picked hundreds of deserving teachers. Most will have to settle for this: Thank you. • We have gotten used to an awful lot of weird stuff during the lockdown, but seeing your neighbor wearing a mask in the grocery store will never feel normal. • The media has been awful to President Donald Trump. President Trump has been awful to the media. Both of these statements are true at the same time. Amazing that both sides are pointing toward the other and whining, “They started it.” • We really, really, really miss the Cardinals and the Blues. • Is it really possible that the Blues win their first Stanley Cup and then don’t get a chance to defend it? • The media reported last week that Yadier Molina would be open to ending his career with another team. Don’t you dare let that happen, Bill Dewitt. • How long will it take our eyes to readjust and not see our co-workers inside a perpetual Zoom window? Tom Hoff MW-5578A VOTED #1 636.578.2366 SPRING RATES 20% OFF Located in St. Peters • Owner: Greg Jennings Francis Howell Proposition S Safer Students, Stronger Schools No tax rate increase bond issue on the June 2 ballot Learn more at www.fhsdschools.org This informational material was paid for by the Francis Howell School District | Dr. Mary Hendricks-Harris, Superintendent | 4545 Central School Road, St. Charles, MO 63304
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