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Tecumseh Golden Age Center

Tecumseh Golden Age Center

Tecumseh Golden Age Center

Are you 65 years of age? Are you bored with life? Are you feeling lonely? Then the Golden Age Center is the place you need to be. It is a nutrition site for seniors.
CAPITOL REPORT

CAPITOL REPORT

Building a Fair, Accountable Government

One of the most interesting parts of serving in the Legislature is seeing how all the pieces of state government fit together. It’s a privilege to watch laws evolve over time to better serve Oklahomans, and it’s something I’m proud to be part of.
Roosters are mean

Roosters are mean

Roosters are mean

I love all animals, let me make that perfectly clear from the beginning. That, and roosters are mean. Not just mean, but a dastardly evil kind of mean.Being a child of New York suburbia, country- living hadn’t been on my radar as I grew into adulthood.
You Can’t Go Home Again!

You Can’t Go Home Again!

You Can’t Go Home Again!

Thomas Wolff wrote a best-seller by the same name. In summary, it is an autobiographical search for identity and life’s meaning. Wynonna Judd has a song by the same name.She sings about “flies on the butter” and “yellow jackets on the watermelon.
Arthenia Haney of Tecumseh stands on the deck of the Mississippi paddle boat 'Liberation Belle' earlier this month. Photo provided

Arthenia Haney of Tecumseh stands on the deck of the Mississippi paddle boat 'Liberation Belle' earlier this month. Photo provided

Bucket list item checked off on the Mississippi

The Golden Age Center was open this week as cooler weather arrived, and it survived without me as I experienced something on my bucket list. It involved the River that has many stories and songs about it.The Mississippi River is the second-largest river in the U.S. behind the Missouri River.
CAPITOL REPORT

CAPITOL REPORT

CAPITOL REPORT

One of the most interesting parts of serving in the Legislature is seeing how all the pieces of state government fit together. It’s a privilege to watch laws evolve over time to better serve Oklahomans, and it’s something I’m proud to be part of.
Letters To The Editor

Letters To The Editor

Letters To The Editor

To the Editor: Ah, finally Stephanie Bice, our representative, comes out of hiding to publish a column (10/23) now that we have a shutdown.
Sanity’s Last Stand

Sanity’s Last Stand

Where have all the Whoppers gone?

I don’t Trick-or-Treat anymore. After all, I am a grownup, but that doesn’t stop me from encouraging my grandboys to knock on strangers’ doors and ask for sugary treats.
Somebody’s Watching Me

Somebody’s Watching Me

Somebody’s Watching Me

“I always feel like, somebody’s watching me… All I want is to be left alone in my average home but why do I always feel like I’m in the Twilight Zone?”I can relate with Rockwell’s 1984 hit (with Michael and Jermaine Jackson on chorus), "Somebody’s Watching Me," more every day.