Columns

End of an Era The USS Johnnie Hutchins had reached the end of its road.It was an ice-cold morning with icy winds off the bay there in Bayonne, New Jersey.

Back in the ancient days of Fred Flintstone and no cell phones, when he was a young dad and a wet-behind-theears pastor, Andy had a habit. No, not a habit like we refer to today. But he unconsciously used a certain phrase – constantly.

I know it is the height of the basketball season. I know the orange one is the ball of choice for most people during the heat of the NCAA tourney and, soon, the NBA playoffs. But I am, and shall forever be, in baseball season until the last out of the last game of the World Series.

April brings out the fool in me One of the things I miss most about being retired from the classroom is that it has been 5 years since I have had a “Kick Me” sign mysteriously taped onto my back.1. Believe nothing, and trust no one this April Fools’ Day: So it’s just like any other day.2.

Dr. Glenn MolletteFeeling like you have some control over your life is vital for life happiness.Control is not always easy. It takes planning, sacrifice, work and good fortune.Lots of things can happen in life that will shake the earth beneath our feet.

Life is fragile and doesn’t last very long, so we should try to enjoy every day.Be good to yourself and be good to other people. Treat people the way you would like to be treated. Speak to people in a manner that you would like for them to speak to you.

When I speak of the country around Little Caston I think of a beautiful a little creek near where my Bullard grandparents lived  in  Leflore  County,  Oklahoma.In that long time ago in 1942, my brother Gerald and I were sent down there to help on Grandpa’s farm.

When I was growing up in Houston, our family lived across the street from a man and woman who had married later in life. Mr. Brill met and married Mr. Roberts after her childbearing years had passed, so the two of them enjoyed a honeymoon that lasted well into retirement.

Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.org.I’m reading a book titled “Knocking on Heaven’s Door”. It’s the story of an adult daughter in California struggling to deal with the long, slow death of her father in Connecticut.

We were created by our God to be different from each other. We all have different personalities, likes, loves, dislikes and downright detests. Unfortunately, too much of the time the detests are each other.Why? Because we see our outlook on life as the only plausible way to view life.