LETTERS: FREEDOM FORUM WAS EDUCATIONAL, ENJOYABLE

To the editor:

Thank you, Southeast Missourian, for sponsoring me to the Freedom Forum in Cape Girardeau. The forum helped me to better understand American principles of small businesses and individual freedom.

I especially enjoyed listening to motivational speaker Mindy Hawkins. Her lecture, "Making the Most With What You've Got," really made me realize what a great country we live in.

I encourage the Southeast Missourian to continue to sponsor students each year. I personally felt it to be a great experience in which I learned about and came to appreciate our economic and political systems.

Again, thank you.

LAUREN MOSLEY

Sikeston