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Letters To The Editor

Letters To The Editor

Letters To The Editor

We welcome your letters. All letters must be signed and must include a phone number for verification (it will not be printed).
Intern Chronicles

Intern Chronicles

Intern Chronicles

Normally by this time in the year I would be ecstatic looking forward to Summer. When the world outside around us is so cold, dreary, and dark, it is a whole lot easier to think about sundrenched days full of carefree fun and breezy summer skies.

Tecumseh Golden Age Center

Greetings from the Golden Age Center! However, one of the biggest snows that has ever hit Oklahoma has closed the center for a few days.
The Way It Is

The Way It Is

The Way It Is

“That’s just the way it is. Some things will never change,” sings Bruce Hornsby with a beautiful piano back-up.
Glenn Peck

Glenn Peck

Hams and jams

A most necessary back story: Amateur Radio Operators (Hams) often gather at different cities during the year to trade/buy/sell ham equipment and renew old face-to-face friends. These events are called Hamfests.
In Memory of an Ex

In Memory of an Ex

In Memory of an Ex

It was a puzzle without instructions, a grief that felt out of place, an unbidden territory where sorrow flickered at unexpected moments and old memories surged from the depths. There was no script, no instructions for letting go of someone who was once everything, then became a distant echo.
Letters To The Editor

Letters To The Editor

Please Don’t Blame the Kids

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Happy 250th Birthday

I couldn’t wait until July to write this column. All of 2026 is a year-long celebration of the birth of this great nation. Those of us who love this God-Blessed Land of the Free and Home of the Brave must ignore the whimpers and cries of cynics and critics who were probably baptized in pickle juice!