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Raising Awareness for Children’s Insurance
Columns & Opinion
Raising Awareness for Children’s Insurance
March 22, 2023
The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) is pleased to be working this year on a project with Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma that will raise awareness about access to children’s health insuran...
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Reader should beware of scammers
Columns & Opinion
Reader should beware of scammers
March 22, 2023
DEAR ABBY: This is in response to “Living a Soap Opera” (Jan. 3), the unhappy woman who is married to an alcoholic. She is flattered by the three younger men she’s conversing with online. My experienc...
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Sauce It Up
Columns & Opinion
Sauce It Up
March 17, 2023
March is Sauce Month designed to celebrate all things saucy! In honor of this, I made sauces this week! I actually prefer making my own things as much as possible. It’s so nice to be able to control s...
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Open records, meetings foster better government
Columns & Opinion
Open records, meetings foster better government
March 17, 2023
As Oklahoma’ Attorney General, I have made it a top priority to aggressively enforce the Open Records and Open Meetings Acts across State government. That is why I am excited to highlight the importan...
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Parents need a reminder that their words matter
Columns & Opinion
Parents need a reminder that their words matter
March 17, 2023
DEAR ABBY: While shopping at the mall, I have seen too many stressed-out parents ignore or yell at their children. It certainly isn’t helpful. It isn’t how I was raised or how I raised mine. Years ago...
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Vine Fed
Columns & Opinion
Vine Fed
March 17, 2023
Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time, accepting hardship as a pathway to peace.The Prayer of Serenity phrase speaks to the resilient nature of life with God, as well as life with on...
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The Camp Robber
Columns & Opinion
The Camp Robber
March 17, 2023
For vacation one year, we went to Big Sur State Park in California. It is a beautiful, rugged mountain park. It was so popular, even when I was a boy, that we had to rent a space outside the park our ...
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Columns & Opinion
Recycling Day
March 17, 2023
Caring for the planet belongs to all of usDo you love this great, big, beautiful planet and worry about protecting it? Do you look for ways you can contribute and make a difference to save and protect...
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Spring Break Doesn’t Slow Down Lawmaking
Columns & Opinion
Spring Break Doesn’t Slow Down Lawmaking
March 15, 2023
This week is designated the “Spring Break” week for lawmakers as they will be working a lighter-than-normal schedule, allowing lawmakers with children to enjoy family time after a month of policymakin...
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Boyfriend texts exes on special occasions
Columns & Opinion
Boyfriend texts exes on special occasions
March 15, 2023
DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend and I have been together six years. We are both divorced. We plan on being married in six months. He’s a perfect partner except for one thing. Every holiday, he jumps out of be...
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Okmulgee County Animal Owner Surrenders Increase: True or Not True?
Columns & Opinion
Okmulgee County Animal Owner Surrenders Increase: True or Not True?
March 15, 2023
The Okmulgee County Humane Society has seen an increase in owner surrenders. Frankly, we didn’t understand the influx. While we were asking, “What’s with all of these owner surrenders,” many of our Fa...
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A Few Of My Favorite Things, Columns & Opinion
Pack A Lunch
A Few of My Favorite Thing
March 10, 2023
I bring my lunch to work most every day. Sometimes, I am able to bring leftovers from the night before, but there is not always enough left for that or it’s something that doesn’t work well for bringi...
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Pack a Lunch
Columns & Opinion
Pack a Lunch
March 10, 2023
I bring my lunch to work most every day. Sometimes, I am able to bring leftovers from the night before, but there is not always enough left for that or it’s something that doesn’t work well for bringi...
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Woman’s lies and sexting put marriage on the brink
Columns & Opinion
Woman’s lies and sexting put marriage on the brink
March 10, 2023
DEAR ABBY: I found out today that my wife was sexting with a man in another state. His girlfriend sent me a message, which included a series of screenshots. I had confronted my wife regarding this pri...
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Yield Signs
Columns & Opinion
Yield Signs
March 10, 2023
Jesus comes to know us through closeness. It’s something akin to what we witness in those wonderfully enduring marriage relationships. The kind that are the envy of the world.An aged couple, having gr...
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10 Years Ago:
Columns & Opinion
10 Years Ago:
March 10, 2023
Dale James, Sheriff of Okmulgee County, reported vandalism to some rural mailboxes. Sheriff James stated this is a federal offense as, technically, all mailboxes, both rural and in town, are property ...
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Unwelcome Smells
Columns & Opinion
Unwelcome Smells
March 10, 2023
I was the last of five children born in our family. The first child was stillborn, so we thought of ourselves as a foursome. We were kind of strung out in our ages. Therefore, I came along when Mom an...
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Three Big Problems and Three Simple Solutions
Columns & Opinion
Three Big Problems and Three Simple Solutions
March 8, 2023
Did you know, beyond the four kennels we operate in the Okmulgee County Animal Shelter, we also have 25 animals in foster homes and nine more in boarding?• Problem: Many of our foster families are ful...
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Remembrance and Advocacy at the State Capitol
Columns & Opinion
Remembrance and Advocacy at the State Capitol
March 8, 2023
On Monday, Oklahomans gathered at the State Capitol Building at 6 a.m. to honor the memory of those Oklahomans who fell victim to COVID 19.Organized by state Sen. Paul Rosino, this gathering had sever...
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Man wants to avoid contact entirely with son’s in-laws
Columns & Opinion
Man wants to avoid contact entirely with son’s in-laws
March 8, 2023
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have a son, daughter-in-law and grandson. We moved from another city to be closer to them and be part of their lives. The problem is, my husband dislikes our daughter-in-la...
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Lady Eagles Rout Tulsa Memorial in Slowpitch Opener
Sports
Lady Eagles Rout Tulsa Memorial in Slowpitch Opener
March 22, 2023
The Morris Lady Eagle varsity slowpitch softball team kicked off their 2023 season Monday evening with a pair of run-rule wins over the Tulsa Memorial Lady Chargers in Morris. Pictured on this page ar...
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Pirates remain unbeaten following recent diamond action
Sports
Pirates remain unbeaten following recent diamond action
March 22, 2023
Preston baseball notches home wins over Mounds, Quapaw for 3-0 startThe Preston Pirate varsity spring baseball team improved to 3-0 on the young season this past weekend with a pair of home wins.The P...
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Sports
Bulldogs drop district opener at Meeker
March 22, 2023
The Okmulgee varsity baseball team opened district play last Wednesday at Meeker High School, battling the host Meeker Bulldogs in a District 3A-5 doubleheader.The visiting Bulldogs dropped Game 1 of ...
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Religion
St. Michael Catholic Church Fourth Sunday of Lent
March 22, 2023
We are now just three weeks from the celebration of the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. That means just three weeks from when some who have been diligently praying and studying about...
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What Does God Do?
Religion
What Does God Do?
March 22, 2023
“God does almost everything,” says Caleb, 10. “He watches us while we’re asleep, and he watches us in the day, too. He never sleeps, and he never gets hurt. But the most important thing is he never le...
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