Minden Press-Herald

Wednesday
May 22nd

Opinion

Our Opinion

It’s a Blast

Just when you thought you'd seen every use for cardboard boxes (i.e., containers) imaginable, along comes a company somewhat appropriately tagged Explo (seems they left off the "de" in the naming process) with an entirely new way to put the wood-pressed product to work.

Got about six million pounds of explosive powder lying around? Grab a ton of cardboard boxes and start shovelin'. Just be sure you don't hit something sparkable with that there spade or you'll be launched quicker'n a Congressperson can take a pay raise. And, make sure you company's execs are way out of the country (as in Korea) just in case a detonation factor kicks in.

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Other Opinion

A Pain in the Neck

Has anyone ever said to you, "You are a pain in the neck"? Well, my mom was known to make that remark to me quite often. Of course, I might not have really known what she...

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Josh Beavers

Kids: Santa Needs Your Help

Attention boys and girls of Minden, their parents, their grandparents and their teachers: your help is needed.

You see, a very troubled fella gave me a call last night. He...

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Other Opinion

Thanks for the Angels in My Life

It was 1957 in South West City, Missouri when the twenty-five year old minister Wayne Earnest, now deceased, and his eighteen year old bride Linda Melton-Earnest, who sti...

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Other Opinion

Merry Grinchmas

It's never too early to honor those who would make our holiday season pleasant.

This year's top vote getter in the "Anything to Ruin Christmas" push is, surprisingly, not ...

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