One Pharmacist's View

A New Page to Write On Our new year is finally here. So is winter.One thing I did first this year was call my sister Sue. She is now in an assisted living home up in Edmond and I was happy to find she received a new phone for Christmas. It is easier to use, so she thinks. I hope she is right.

Old timers visiting Allen often ask me “what has happened to downtown Allen?” They are referring of course to our missing stores downtown. They are gone and I don’t think they’ll be back.

To Be or Not To BeThese famous words from William Shakespeare may never have been more relevant than right about now. The famous “BARD” wrote those words in his soliloquy called Hamlet. “To be or not to be.” Shakespeare’s Hamlet, it meant to live or not.

I mentioned last week how it is with family on the holidays and so it was this past week as I celebrated Thanksgiving in Branson. Had all 4 of my kids with me. Just like any Oklahoman would do.

by Wayne Bullard, Pharm DElection day is coming to Allen. But I can safely say that the fever pitch of politics here has simmered down a lot over the years. A few years ago, your town fathers would have seen that a long low-boy trailer would be parked in front of the local Ford Dealers building.

I was in a meeting at my church last Sunday and the topic came up of how do we handle another Covidlike outbreak? Well, perhaps we should just presume that Covid never went away and go from there. A new variant was noted in September sweeping across Singapore.

by Wayne Bullard, Pharm D“Your friends are worried about you.” Anyway, that’s what people say when they want to bad mouth you. That was sort of the way one of one newspaper in (Israel) decided to comment on what they see has happened to Americans.

Last week was vacation time for Pat and me. So, you may ask, what do we have to vacation from? Good question but nevertheless, off we went. Went back to “Sweet Home Alabama.” No, I never lived there but my dad came west from there. A place called Gadsden.

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.

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.