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Thanksgiving is all about food, family, friends, and festivity.
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ORWP hosted their annual meeting recently at the Durant Library and the turnout was impressive. Elected officials in attendance were Rep Eddy Dempsey (Garvin), Rep Jim Grego (Rep-17), Rep Justin Humphrey (Lane), Sen David Bullard (Durant), Sen George Burns (Pollard) and Commissioner Ron Boyer (Bryan County). Guest speakers and presentations were given by Chief Gary Batton and his science staff from the Water Resource Department of the Choctaw Nation. A warm welcome was extended to Secretary of Energy & Environment Ken Wagner who has fallen in love with southeastern Oklahoma.
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I spent my first two years of college in Nashville, TN, which I considered as getting my education in “The South.”
Read moreHow does your mom cook a turkey? That was the question asked in 1994 to Mrs. Barbara Elkins’ 3rd grade class at Emerson Elementary.
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Read moreIt is natural and advisable to do everything we undertake to the very best of our ability. However, perfection is never attainable. Mark Twain said, “Constant improvement is better than delayed perfection.” I began writing these weekly syndicated columns more than 20 years ago. Today, Winners’ Wisdom appears in newspapers, magazines, and online publications literally around the world. But when I first started writing a weekly column, it only appeared in the business journal in my hometown.
Read moreArt exploration for the young and young at heart
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BLAINE RYAN OF THE COALGATE FFA CHAPTER (third from the left) qualified for the state finals of the Greenhand Quiz Leadership Development Event Tuesday, October 19 in Stillwater. Offering congratulations (from the left) are Mike Schrammel, representing Farm Credit Associations of Oklahoma; (second from left) Scott Nemecek, state FFA adviser: and (far right) Dalton Rogers, state FFA president.
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