January 20 is National Cheese Lover’s Day! As a cheese lover myself, I HAD to use this week’s column to celebrate cheese! For me, cheese enhances any dish. I will add it to recipes where there is no c...

Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time. The phrase follows those well-known first lines of the Serenity Prayer, “Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the ...

DEAR ABBY: My husband is 38; I am 36. We have been together for 13 years, married for 11. We never wanted children, although we have some pets. My problem is, we’ve fallen into a parent-child relation...

Have you ever wished you understood how the State Capitol works and what you could do to be more of a voice in shaping policy? I might have the answer for you. Each year, Oklahoma’s Legislature meets ...

I like black licorice. I always have. I think that as a child, it was probably my favorite candy. If I found a penny, or a soda pop bottle that I could trade in for two cents, I would immediately be o...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married nine years and have four children, ages 5, 3, 2 and 9 months. For the past three years, my husband has been attending a weeklong music festival where he c...

What is Financial Exploitation? Financial Exploitation occurs when a person misuses or takes the assets of a vulnerable adult for his/her own personal benefits. This frequently occurs without the expl...

Oxymoron: a figure of speech in which words appear to contradict one another. “Pilgrimage of a downward ascent” is probably a phrase that qualifies. And gives us a fitting description of a person’s jo...

I figured this week I would use some easy recipes that wouldn’t cost much to make. While rice also works as a cheap meal, I concentrated my efforts on pasta. Rice leaves me hungry again a lot sooner t...

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 37 years to an alcoholic. He is not verbally or physically abusive. I have been online talking to three men. I think one of them is obsessed with me, and they all sa...

Death is often a taboo subject. Many of us are somewhat reluctant to talk about it, but it’s a sad fact of life. We live and then we die, but how do we cope after the death of someone we love? Today, ...

The new year is upon us and by the time I write another column, it will be 2023. The years rush by so fast its almost unbelievable. This year has been rough though and the holidays were no exception. ...

Sometimes, my wife says that I was born in the wrong era. She thinks I would have made a good mountain man, you know, kind of an 1820s’ era person. I have my doubts. I like my creature comforts too mu...

Here at the OADC office, we try our best to dig up and research any company or industry that is interested in Okmulgee. Obvious reason? So we know as much as we can about any company and their executi...

DEAR ABBY: I am a woman in my late 30s. I have had a few failed relationships and a marriage that ended in divorce. At one point, I juggled three lovers at a time. I like being in a committed relation...

When, as Jesus followers, the spring in our step stalls out - if even momentarily - we draw consolation from the first century maiden. Mary persevered. This is no surprise. Not because of her unique s...

As we approach the end of the year, I always like to look back over the past 12 months and celebrate the good things that happened. If you read this column regularly, you are well aware of how much jo...

DEAR ABBY: I’m 55 and own my home. “Randall,” 53, lives with me and pays me rent. We used to be a couple, but COVID caused too much togetherness. He’s in the spare bedroom now. My house is cheaper for...

“I would like to change my bedtime on New Year’s Eve,” says Tyler, 11. “I usually go to bed at 10 p.m., but I would like to stay up all night. I would have a great time because we would first party, s...

“There is no new thing under the sun,” according to Ecclesiastes 1:9. It is a given that occurrences and events which may take place in our lives in 2023 have been experienced by others in days gone b...