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Hi handsome. My name is Rose.The first day of a new college year our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder.

As a man, I used to think I was pretty much just a regular person, but I was born white, into a two-parent household which now, whether I like it or not, makes me “Privileged,” a racist & responsible for slavery.I am a fiscal & moral conservative, which by today’s standards, makes me a fascist...

This column is the first of threeD-Day columns written by war correspondent Ernie Pyle describingthe Allied invasion of Normandy.In honor of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, this article was republished with permission from the Ernie Pyle Legacy Foundation.NORMANDY BEACHHEAD, June 12, 1944 – Due to a...

I grew up on my family’s farm outside of the little town of Tribbey Oklahoma in Southern Pottawatomie County. From the time I was old enough to hold a shovel I worked alongside my father and grandfather at our family-owned business drilling water wells and installing water systems.

Celebrating Elizabeth (Liz) Smith Looper on her 95th BirthdayPictured in a floral blouse, Liz, along with her family of five gen erations.Approximately 30 people – family, friends and neighbors came to acknowledge this wonderful milestone.Liz grew up in the Dustin area, then spent many years in...

It’s been exactly one month since the deadly tornado ripped through the northwest side of Holdenville.Many have been able to move on with their lives as if nothing ever happened, but there are some who will forever be changed by this horrific event.One of the families most affected by this tornado...

There is much you and I can’t do anything about.If you live, you can’t stop aging. The only way to stop aging is to die.We can’t make ourselves younger. The eighteen-year-old may wish to be a few years older for various reasons. Once you turn nineteen you can’t go back to eighteen.

It was great to have Claren Horn, his sister Lois Horn Gaudet, and his three daughters in Clearview for Memorial Day. Clarence is extremely ill and wanted to make the trip one more time.

Filling9 medium sweet potatoes or yams (about 4 pounds) 1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened.½ cup granulated sugar ½ cup firmly packed brown sugar ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon nutmeg 3 eggs, well-beaten 2 cups milk 1 tablespoon vanilla Crust 3 unbaked 9-inch Classic Crisco Single Crusts...