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The Oklahoma African American Educators Hall of Fame, Inc, (OAAE) announces the induction of career educator Dr. Donnie L. Nero, Sr. as a member of the 2022 class of OAAE Hall of Fame Inductees.

Dear Diary, Just moved to Oklahoma! Yee haw and what a wonderful place! Now this is a state that knows how to live!! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy evenings. It is beautiful. I’ve finally found my home. I love it here.June 14th: Really heating up. Got to 100 today. Not a problem.

As I’ve grown older, I’ve learned that pleasing everyone is impossible, but hacking everyone off is a piece of cake.I’m responsible for what I say, now what you understand. Common sense in like deodorant. The people who need it the most never use it.

By John BillMartinJohnbillmartin44@gmail.comStaff Writer There are some basic truths about life that little children have learned, some of them the hard way, such as: No matter how hard you try, you cannot baptize a cat.When your mom is mad at your dad, don’t let her brush your hair.

Do present day parents require their kids to make the bed every day? I researched this question and couldn’t find the answer. But given the evolution of parenting styles I suspect many do not. Modern parenting provides more freedom of choice to kids that when I was young.

By John Bill MartinJohnbillmartin44@gmail.comStaff WriterI have never been blonde. I did join my Holdenville Wolverine basketball buddies once when we all died our hair green to try to district Raymond Owens, a 6-8 phenom who played for Bowlegs.

I always enjoy the newsletter from Old Surety Life. The latest issue had a couple of great items.A group of small children were asked: “What does love mean?” Here are some of their replies:“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t paint her toenails anymore.

When you die, there are at least 10 things God WON’T ask you:1. God won’t ask you what kind of car you drove. He’ll ask how many people you drove who didn’t have transportation.2. God won’t ask the square footage of your house. He’ll ask how many people did you welcome into your home.3.

More Marijuana?The push to make medical marijuana legal in Oklahoma was not as much about helping people in pain as it was about making recreational marijuana 100% legal.The fact that more than 400,000 Oklahomans have medical marijuana licenses is proof of that.

So, when did these Father’s Day celebrations get started and how? Well, the first one came forth on June 19, 1910. The same year my own father was born. Men scoffed at this new day. “It’s just a trick to get people to spend money on yet another holiday,” said my dad.