Editor's Corner

First and foremost, thank you to my amazing neighbor, Martin, for helping get my car unstuck so many times, and literally pushing it a block that one day with my dad. Not all heroes wear capes.

Secondly, the snow has been pretty great (unless you had to drive in it, again, sorry Martin) and we would love to see your photos! Feel free to send them in so that we can put together a “2024 Snow Gallery” to celebrate all the fun that comes with the snow. That includes all those rad sledding skills kids, and sweet jumps all those dads out at Legacy Park built us.

For those of us trying to drive front wheel drive rigs in the snow this past week, we may have struggled, but we most definitely were not stranded, or alone. Someone was willing to help. Having people help me and seeing others so willing to help those that needed it during our little snowpocalypse was such a welcome and warming sight. It was one of those things that make you love your town a little more than you already did and make you feel like you were truly a part of a community. It wasn’t just stuck vehicles or accidents, it was the neighbor that couldn’t get to the store, or the family member that would have been stuck home all alone. It’s these kinds of moments that remind us what an amazing community we have.

I hope everyone can remember this during the year to come. We are all here together, whether it be shopping for the last loaf of bread or someone who you may not know may need a little help, regardless of where they are from or how long they have been here.

There is a lot to be said for a town that can take care of one another despite the troubles that are hurled at it, like twenty feet of snow, or empty bread shelves, or someone’s dog who has somehow escaped for the fifth time this week (don’t worry, not Tucker, he’s too old). We as a community have been growing and there are newbies all the time, but let’s do our best to keep who we are at heart and remember who we are. Yes, even if they insist, on Facebook, that ‘no these rabbits really are someone’s pets.’ We have the unique experience of getting to have the small town mentality with a Walmart and six different coffee shops to choose from. This is the perfect opportunity to work together this year to ensure that our community and those that are a part of it are taken care of, safe, and welcome. Even those people who really don’t want to hear about Tucker anymore; even they deserve to be a part of the community and we want them here, because it shows that the citizens of Mountain Home are bigger than silly dog politics, and other politics too, I guess.