Tornado: Mike Pound

Tornado: Mike Pound

Mike Pound: Joplin needs tornado-trauma break
It’s time to take a breath. It’s time to step back and shut ’er down for a few minutes. I’m not sure I feel like returning to full “my wife thinks I’m a moron” mode in this column yet, but I’m through moping around.

June 4, 2011
Mike Pound: The fundraiser must go on
Mary Schultz said the people in her church never even considered canceling a planned fundraiser for the Joplin Neighborhood Adult Literacy Action organization. “It was already on our books,” Mary said.

June 3, 2011
Mike Pound: Youngsters send messages of hope
The cards vary a bit. Some of the letters Lindsey Shull brought into the newsroom Thursday were crafted with an artistic hand. Others were simple handwritten messages of hope.

June 2, 2011
Mike Pound: Hearing-aid office providing free service
I was tired Wednesday morning. Then, I stopped by Don Hicks’ office. After two minutes, I wasn’t tired. Of course, with Don that can go either way. Don can either amp you up or wear you out. Don has some energy, is what I’m saying.

June 1, 2011
Mike Pound: Stotts City man finds ‘air-mail’ delivery
It was a series of fortunate coincidences in an unfortunate time. Donna Moss, the do-everything person in the Globe newsroom, received a call from a guy who had found some papers that he thought belonged to a victim of the May 22 tornado.

May 31, 2011
Mike Pound: 9-year-old’s small gesture stands tall
Sometimes it’s the little things that have the most impact. A lot of big things have happened in the past week or so. Many of those big things have been bad. Unbelievably bad. Beyond description bad. Death and destruction bad.

May 30, 2011
Mike Pound: When push comes to shove
People packed into the Taylor Performing Arts Center on Sunday at Missouri Southern State University to pay tribute. They packed into the building to pay tribute to those who lost their lives, were injured or lost their homes in the May 22 tornado.

May 29, 2011
Mike Pound: Laughing in face of disaster signals we’re not giving up
I have been writing a Sunday humor column in this paper for some time now. When my first Sunday column appeared in this paper, my 13-year-old daughter, Emma, was 3.

May 28, 2011
Mike Pound: Helping hands help restore hope
Late Thursday afternoon, I was about to take back what I wrote earlier in the week about that whole “hope” thing. Bad news seemed to be everywhere on Thursday. Making matters worse, Jeff Lehr, our crime reporter, received some police reports about folks who had been arrested for alleged looting.

May 27, 2011
Mike Pound: Heroic deeds, and now basic needs
Lynn Johnson says her friend Michele Maxson is a hero.
“She saved a lot of people’s lives,” Lynn said.
Lynn and Michele worked at Dillons for 23 years. I say “worked” because the Dillons store at 1402 E. 20th St. doesn’t exist anymore.

May 27, 2011
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