Prior to the Coalgate Town Hall Meeting Representative Brecheen sat down for a brief interview for the Record Register.
Prior to the Coalgate Town Hall Meeting Representative Brecheen sat down for a brief interview for the Record Register.
A Greyhound bus carrying a load of migrants caused quite a stir in Coal County last week when the bus slid into a ditch on SH 31 and got stuck. The initial unofficial story going around was that the bus passengers were “illegal immigrants.”
DEMOCRATS CONCERNED BIDEN MAY BE TOO OLD TO FINISH DESTROYING COUNTRY
The first couple on prime TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
A ribbon cutting and grand opening celebration was held on March 11, 2024, for the new Coalgate Park children’s playground. The playground was the vision of local resident Tara Sandmann who began planning and fundraising in 2017 after visiting a similar facility in Frisco, Texas.
THE TUPELO COMMUNITY EGG HUNT HAS BEEN A PART OF THE COMMUNITY FOR 15 YEARS.
Nathaniel Cord Rowlan, Hugo, OK – Conspiracy.
Prior to the Coalgate Town Hall Meeting Representative Brecheen sat down for a brief interview for the Record Register.
A Celebration of Life for “Bill” Avanzini will be held at the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Coalgate, Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. with Father Carl Kerkemeyer officiating. Interment will be in Coalgate Cemetery. Visitation was at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Coalgate Tuesday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate is in charge of arrangements.
Letter to the City of Coalgate March 5, 2024 Mrs. Holt, I recently traveled to Coalgate to present training to local law enforcement officers. I wanted to take a moment to express my thanks to you and your officers that attended and prepared for the event. I have taught classes in several locations across Oklahoma. The time that you and your officers took to prepare for the event, to set up the classroom and to gather snacks and drinks for those in attendance was a real step above the norm. You should be proud of the impression the event left in my mind.
Ever suddenly been transported back in time by just a whiff of a lingering smell in the air? The sight of a house? A quick glimpse of a stranger’s profile who instantly reminds you of someone in your past? Or the taste of a certain food that suddenly takes you back to Grandma’s kitchen. Probably. Unless you suffer with complete amnesia, you have memories. Memories can flare instantly, caused by the basic human senses of taste, smell, touch, sight, and hearing. All of us know what it is like to suddenly relive times in our life that made an impression. Pleasant, anger-filled, or tragic. And the emotions we felt back then? Those same feelings can surge over us with the force of a fifteen-foot ocean wave. You can be sitting outdoors in the middle of a crowd of noisy concert goers, and the sudden powerful aroma of a concert-detesting skunk can make you want to laugh while everyone around you is gagging. All because you’re caught up in the memory of your big brother’s skunk faceoff many years ago. Senses kicked into high gear have the ability make a forty-something year old man feel like he’s a first grader again. All because he picks up a piece of white chalk. The cool smooth texture on his fingers, and the powdery nonsmell can trigger a memory of being the seven-year-old who back-talked the teacher. Consequences were instant and involved writing the ABCs fifty times on the chalkboard. Which also triggers the memory of the shame and anger that child felt. Similarly, the heady powerful scent of springtime lilacs can bring on childhood memories of cutting an enormous bouquet of those blooms to bring in to Momma. Each time she would smile and faithfully fill a vase with water and plunk in those long-stemmed beauties. Some hours later, you would come in from a day of playing outdoors and find those same flowers wilted and hanging dejectedly over the side of that container. Today, the realization that your mom knew what would happen in just a few short hours makes you smile at her love and tenderness. If memories are that powerful, and they are, then it is truly important to be careful making them. Oh yes, I know we can’t control our surroundings and the people around our family, only allowing a positive and happy environment twenty-four hours a day. But as adults, we need to make some effort at it for our children’s sake – for their tomorrows. Do your best to create a happy home life for your kids. So that when they are your age, those instant pops of memory at a sight, a phrase, or a smell have a lot better chance of bringing a smile to their face.
