Around Town

Some moms resist changeOne of the more popular expressions knocked around by people in my age group (OLD!!) is “used to be.”That is certainly true of our mothers, past and present.

Getting Inaugurated I haven't been invited yet, but I am keeping my phone lines open in case President-Elect Trump decides to invite me to his inauguration. Perhaps he will want me to speak or something.

Dear Santa, I want a t-shirtIt’s not too early to start hinting for gifts for Santa to put under my tree. Al Wilburn is a young (at heart) guy who lives in Harrah and has been known to provide Santa-type gifts for a wide variety of folks in the past.But he has hit the jackpot this time!

An 8th grade education in 1895(Note: I promised Christine Provence, my 10-11-12 grade English teacher at Holdenville High School, that I would run this column every year.

Thanksgiving has always ranked high on my personal list of favorite holidays and I feel a certain pain of regret when I say it is not my FAVORITE holiday. Christmas? Fourth of July? Easter? S o r r y !

A Poem Worth Reading (A GOLDEN OLDIE… WORTH A REPEAT!

Shoulda been a holiday I know that we have way too many holidays, no matter what the school kids say as they recuperate from Fall Break, look ahead to Thanksgiving and fully chill out with two weeks off during the Christmas holidays.But alas, there is one holiday important date in history that will...

Kids say the darndest things School is definite ly back in session and it is like no other school year we have ever known, but some things remain the same. Namely, the humorous (often) true things that kids say and they don’t even know they are funny.

Pigs and wedding bells The Picnic A Jewish Rabbi and a Catholic Priest met at the town’s annual 4th of July picnic. Old friends, they began their usual banter. "This baked ham is really delicious;" the priest teased the rabbi. "You really ought to try it.

Billy Graham speaks to 9-11 tragedy {Note: Billy Graham’s remarks given at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Friday, September 14, 2001, brought hope and healing to a shocked nation.