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It’s not too early to start hinting for gifts for Santa to put under my tree. Al Wilburn is a young (at heart) guy who lives in Harrah and has been known to provide Santa-type gifts for a wide variety of folks in the past.
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A Memorial service will be held March 8, 2025 at the Coalgate Methodist Church for Thomas James Owen. The time of service will be announced closer to the date. Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate will be in charge of arrangements.
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Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.org.
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These Emerson Elementary first graders were thrilled to be chosen as 2024 “All I want for Christmas” kiddos. Word was passed to Santa that the kids really would like to have some new front teeth – but they also would like him to leave some nice gifts under the tree. Santa assured us he would do his best. All the little elves at the North Pole are working very hard to get everything ready for the big day, he said. Pictured from left
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“All through the long night those big guns flashed and growled just like the lightning and thunder when it storms in the mountains at home. And, oh my, we had to pass the wounded. And some of them were on stretchers going back to the dressing stations. And some of them were lying around, moaning and twitching. And the dead were all along the road. And it was wet and cold. And it all made me think of the Bible and the story of the Antichrist and Armageddon.”
Read moreChristmas—a word that might instantly transport you back to a time in childhood, when the air was filled with the scent of pine, lights twinkled like miniature stars, and the season sparkled with magic. Do you remember the thrill of sneaking a peek at wrapped presents or giggling over steaming mugs of hot cocoa?
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Coalgate FBC Christmas Dinner
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An answer to the 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon’s written inquiry, “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” has been printed in newspapers throughout the nation.
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