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Winning and Losing

Success in life is much like a series of competitive events. We win or lose based on our effort, preparation, and the team we have around us. Shortly after I started my business, I realized I needed to develop an all-star team if I was going to win in the business world. Among others, I needed a banker, an accountant, a marketing specialist, technical people, as well as a great attorney. My father introduced me to one of his best friends, who happened to be his lawyer.

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Shamrock Bank Recognizes 187 Local Small Businesses

Throughout the month of March, Shamrock Bank hosted its annual March Giveaway promotion and there was a lot of green involved for a good cause! In recent years, bank leaders and employee-owners made the decision to take their bank’s giveaway beyond the typical prizes of ice chests and grills. They chose to use their annual promotional push to give back to the small businesses that are so vital to the communities they serve across Oklahoma.

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Guinn-Gwinn Family Reunion

The Guinn-Gwinn Families held their annual reunion at the Methodist Church Fellowship Hall on Saturday, April 9, 2022.

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Tupelo Police Report

Coalgate man arrested for DUI drugs and no driver’s license

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OHCE Bean Dinner highlights

OHCE BEAN DINNER 2022 — OHCE members Bonnie Lemons and daughter Christy Lemons.

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Country Comments

I have been in the newspaper business for over ½ a century. I love this business as much today as I did fifty years ago. Even in Junior High and High School I would buy both the Tulsa World and Daily Oklahoman everyday and had the local newspaper delivered to our house.

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The Johnnie Hutchins

It’s just about May and this heralds’ observations of many important days. Graduations take place and so does Mother’s Day and Memorial Day. I don’t know where we will hold the Memorial Day ceremonies this year, in the cemetery or at the school’s auditorium, but the date is May 30. Stay tuned. But speaking of Memorial Day I think of some of the heroes of my own heart. One of them is from Texas but he was sort of local to me.

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