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Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.org. Parents Who Lead This week we’re wrapping up our mini-series on the book. Parents Who Lead, by Stewart Friedman and Alyssa Westring.

Most of our generation of 60+ were HOME SCHOOLED in many ways. We just didn’t know it at the time. Examples: 1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE: “If you’re going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning.” 2.

A woman, cranky because her husband was late coming home again, decided to leave a note, saying, “I’ve had enough and have left you... don’t bother coming after me!” Then she hid under the bed to see his reaction.

I did fairly good on memory stuff until I got to be about 80. Then I noticed it was hard for me to remember some people’s names. Names of some trees also come to mind.

I did fairly good on memory stuff until I got to be about 80. Then I noticed it was hard for me to remember some people’s names. Names of some trees also come to mind.

Below is a letter that was shared with us that was originally sent to Governor Stitt from one of our friends and local residents. Honorable Governor Stitt, I am writing you to address the issue of the closure of the DHS office in Holdenville.

Oklahoma once seemingly held a monopoly on Tornado Season. When the first day of Spring became official in mid-March easy year, that was the signal for tornados to come sweeping down the plains.

Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com Tom lived in Smallsville. Everybody knew each other, and they all knew each other’s routines and habits. Tom had grown up in that town, and all the citizens of Smallsville knew of Tom’s rough and reckless lifestyle since his teen years.

African American oil broker and civil rights advocate, Jake Simmons, was born on January 17, 1901 in Indian Territory at Sawokla, which later became Haskell. He emerged from a Creek freedman heritage to broker multi-million-dollar deals between large oil companies and emerging African nations.

The typical U.S. household headed by a person age 65 or older has a net worth 47 times greater than a household headed by someone under 35, according to an analysis of census data released Monday. You read it right, 47 times!!!