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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.

It’s easy to lump today’s teenagers into one cell-phone crazy, foul-mouthed, selfish, rude and poorly attired group. After all, that’s the image that is projected to those of us with fond memories of when children (of all ages) did what they were told. Period!

You hear people called many things in these days. However, one of the few things you seldom hear any man called is a gentleman. I suppose that is because there are so few of them in this day and time.

Memorial Day is here. A time to remember and honor those heroes who paid the ultimate price to defend our country. There are many heroes in our area. And I salute all of them. But today I want to talk about a particular one. One you may not have known of or remember. A boy from Lula.

People that don’t regularly read this column may not realize that the famous movie star, Cheeta is dead. His best friend and caregiver hauled this 140-pound dead Chimp around on a cart so the other primates he lived with could say goodbye.

Credit for these little goodies goes to my No. 1 correspondent, Al Wilburn. But I detected a huge number of instances that are probably common to us all. Enjoy!Number One Idiot: I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the poison control center.

This Sunday is Mother’s Day. A very special time for many of us who have such special memories of our very special mothers. When I was a child, my mom was the person I ran to when I was in pain or hurting.

COUNTRY COMMENTSQuote of the week . . . “Christians never meet for the last time.”—CC— With all the discussion about “gender” did you realize thatWith all the discussion about “gender” did you realize that there were ways to decide the “gender” of your computer?

The African American business and cultural district in Oklahoma City dates to around the turn of the twentieth century. By the 1920s the three hundred block of Northeast Second Street had become known as “Deep Deuce,” “Deep Two,” and “Deep Second.