One Pharmacist's View

Thanksgiving Time Already?The gloomy wet views out of my breakfast room windows promised to go away before Pat and I get in our car and drive up for a sumptuous Thanksgiving meal up in North Tulsa hosted by our granddaughter Lindsey.

We all enjoy talking about obesity but now we have tired of it. As for my disgruntled readers who are tired of me writing about “fat” or “obese” please be assured that I have no malice toward fat people. In fact, I’m a little bit fat myself and some of my best friends are fat people.

From our files . . . A Hazy Day in AllenOne day, a long time ago, I walked out on the street in Allen. It was a breezy day with a little dust and trash moving around the curbs. Not many cars parked downtown and there stood J.I.

Looking for Allen History Driving the scenic Highway 1 between Ada and Allen a person passes through some nice and historic territory. The old Kullihoma Indian Reservation is here and there is a Historic Marker signifying the location where Chief Black Dog camped and hunted buffalo back in 1834.

Utopia, Where? I notice the governor of California is wanting his “Utopia” back. At least that’s what I think he said. He got into quite a tizzy last week and stated he was tired of all the dystopia he saw all around him.

E AIt was a busy day. The phone was alive with business and as I glanced out over my store, I was pleased to see everyone was busy.Then things started to go downhill. My wife was working too, and she walked up to me and gave me that look. “I wish you’d wake up.

Press reports released by Oklahoma’s State Auditor, Cindy Byrd state that we (the Oklahoma Taxpayers) just got gipped out of two hundred million dollars. Yep, done stolen, paid out to our crooked politicians and probably spent. Not real sure I have a brain large enough to take this all in.

Our old friend and Oklahoma’s best known governor died the other day. He was 98. I’m speaking, of course, of our George Nigh. He had been around and in public view all this time and we all thought he would last forever. But now he is gone.

Just enjoying another good summertime in my old hometown. When I say good, I mean that things are going pretty good for me and my family - and as far as I can see, for my hometown. I received a call the other night from an Allenite - a former resident who (believe it or not) is older than me. Mr.

“Well, this is a terrible front page.” I was driving along and my wife was reading “ The Ada Evening News.”She was referring to the news stories—stories of crime—drug stories even a murder. Right here in our Ada.