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August Sunlight This summer we have seen our usual hot sunshiny days of over 100F with the sun’s angles being sharp and anxious to inflict skin cancers. Just another proven fact we chose to ignore each summer.

“THE MINISTRY”A preacher said to a farmer, “Do you belong to the Christian family/”“No,” he said, “they live two farms down.”“No, I mean are you lost?”“No, I’ve been here thirty years.”“I mean, are you ready for Judgement Day?”“When is it?”“Could be today or tomorrow.

Ain’t This A Wonderful Country! The wind was whipping my pants pretty hard and I could hear the dust hitting my car, parked there in front of the courthouse of Cimmaron County— Boise City, Oklahoma.

Harrah Happenings Farmers Market extended in Park The weekly Famers Market held each Saturday from 9 a.m. until Noon in Harrah Heritage Park has moved to a new location. The event is now open to the public at the North end of the park with more vendors, expanded and dedicated parking spaces.

When going through some old files of my dad, I ran across the following poem. It was one of his favorites… and more, it is so true. I hope you enjoy it. MY CUP I’ve never made a fortune and it’s probably too late now. But I don’t worry about that much, I’m happy anyhow.

Freedom to move about the country is a wonderful privilege. Let us be appreciative of our freedom this fourth of July week. Recently, I was taking a late-night walk, in Owenton, Kentucky. Owenton is a little town of maybe six hundred people in rural north central Kentucky.

Looking back...Wetumka 1965Looking back...Wetumka 1965

Things aren’t always what they seem I do not propose to be an expert on very much things but finding jobs after retirement would probably be an area in which I have some experience, but not necessarily a great deal of knowledge.

You are in the middle of a few projects at your home: putting in a new fence, painting the basement walls, putting in a new garden. You are hot and sweaty, covered in dust, lawn clippings, dirt and paint. Youhave your old work clothes on.

When I first moved to Allen in 1963 the news was there were "Haints" in the area. Yes, they were spotted around "Seed Tick Cemetery" and all around the South Canadian. Yes, Big Foot was alive and well in the Allen area.