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The first time we met, I couldn’t stand you. Isn’t it funny how one of the greatest love stories of all time started out like a bad rom-com? I was young, and my little world was tightly controlled by my conservative parents. Breakfast was a dairy-soaked bowl of whole grain oats. Dinner was strictly a meat and potatoes affair. School lunches were my only shot at a taste of the outside world, but a packed lunch consisting of a peanut butter sandwich, apple slices, a chocolate chip cookie, and a thermos of milk ensured that would never happen. Knowing of no other way, I believed myself happy and content.
Read moreThe coronavirus epidemic has several parallels to the Spanish influenza epidemic that ravaged the world between 1918 and 1920, burning out finally in autumn of its third year. By then, it had killed far more people than World War I.
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Funeral services for Dorthy May (Breger) Roebuck, a Coalgate resident, were held Friday, May 15, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Coalgate with Pastor Eddie Hogue officiating. Burial was in Riley Cemetery in Olney with Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate in charge of arrangements.
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Graveside services for Robert “Bob” Henry Blanchard, a Stonewall resident, were held Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at Byrd’s Prairie Cemetery in Tupelo, OK with Mr. Wendell Ingram officiating. Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate was in charge of arrangements.
Read moreSheriff’s office makes four drug arrests
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Graveside services for Joyce Nadean Williams, a Wardville resident, were held Monday, May 18, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at Wardville Cemetery in Wardville, OK with Bro. Hack Melton officiating. Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate was in charge of arrangements.
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If you’re a person who has cats or dogs, you know how scared they can get when an Oklahoma storm comes rumbling in. This is a picture of Lucky, a true scaredy-cat that took refuge in a bathtub during an April 28 storm. Lucky’s parents are Joe and Dovie Nichols of Coalgate.
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