Stories I Should Have Told Sooner

I am 83 and I don’t know how to play Chess or Bridge. At 21, I was predicted to achieve nothing because I had failed to learn these essential entertainment benchmarks. One reader may be saying, “I told you, Walter, that Peck man is not right!

Shawnee area education leaders form coalition to boost workforce readiness

Shawnee, OK, Mar. 14, 2025 – A group of educational leaders from the Shawnee area has formed a coalition aimed at strengthening workforce development and creating educational pathways from high school through college.

Night Sky Report

March wildfires….hurricane force winds (65 – 70mph gusts)….Mother Nature at her best! The smoke and winds in the local area forced us to keep the telescopes under cover for quite a few nights in March.

Senate Report

My heart goes out to all Oklahomans, especially those in Senate District 28, who have been impacted by the devastating wildfires that ravaged the state. My family and I are praying for the families who have lost loved ones and those who are caring for injured family members.

Tecumseh Golden Age Center

There is one thing that the members of the Golden Age Center love more than a good meal or winning at bingo, and that is their pets.Barbara Delgyer has a house full! She has four cats and two dogs, but the one to receive the most attention is an Australian Shepherd.

Sanity’s Last Stand

Fires drew nearer as we packed our campervan and minivan taking a bare minimum of clothing, and everything we keep packed for camping—water, our routine meds, dog food, and sleeping bags. We rallied the neighbors to do the same and then waited. And waited.

Vote YES, April 1

In 2016, the citizens of Pottawatomie County voted to pass a half-cent sales tax for our schools. This is a very unique tax in the state and allows our schools to purchase things they otherwise would not be able to easily have access to.

Generally Speaking

We knew that a second Trump Administration would be as different from the Biden years as night is from day. President Trump has wasted no time delivering tangible results that will have a tremendously positive impact on Oklahoma.

Big Chief Tablet, Mimeograph, and Ink Wells

Light years before smart boards, smartphones, and computer nerds, I used Big Chief tablets to aid me in doing my lessons. For our younger readers, Big Chief tablets were about 45 sheets of paper that were just slightly brighter than a cardboard box!

Senate Report

The Senate just passed the committee deadline for bills to clear their first hurdle of the legislative session. Of the 1,141 pieces of legislation filed at the beginning of the session, more than 500 advanced from committees before the deadline.