Remember Pearl Harbor

At approximately 7:55 am on Dec. 7, 1941, Tuesday marked 80 years since the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The bombing killed 2,403 Americans and wounded another 1,178. The USS Arizona suffered the most significant loss, with 1,177 American sailors and marines stationed on the ship dying that day.

The Lady Takes The Lead

There is a change in the air, and we are not talking about the weather. The new Shawnee City Manager seems to have brought a breath of fresh air to the city. Andrea Weckmueller-Behringer sports an impressive resume, and with that resume comes much experience.

Lankford Gives Update From Washington

Dear Oklahoma friends and neighbors: It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.... But there is a great deal of work still going on in DC right now. This was a historic week in Washington, DC, and I want to take a moment to update you on some of the work.

Tecumseh Golden Age Center

Ah-h-h-h!! December has arrived and with it the expectations of Christmas. Remember the carol, “Deck the Halls”? The center is decked out for the season thanks to our site director, Donna Dyke. Who doesn’t love this holiday with all of its traditions?

CAPITOL COMMENTS

Our country is facing an unprecedented border crisis. In October, I visited the Del Rio Sector of the Texas-Mexico border and saw firsthand the absence of adequate security, lack of support for our U.S.

Where Is The Hope?

What is going on at the Child Advocacy Center (CAC)? What happened to the vision of hope that was at the core of One Safe Place just four short years ago? In 2017, Gloria Trotter wrote an article about the One Safe Place Family Justice Center.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Real Life Grinch Hit my Home Today! I’m a single mom of two young girls. I am also a teacher at a low income school in Oklahoma City. It is a wonderful job, it is so fulfilling to work with these terrific kids who may not have had the best breaks in life.

Giving Thanks And Making New Traditions

Be honest. No one wants to read another Thanksgiving column about how grateful we should be for family, friends, and surviving the 2020 Covid Thanksgiving. I didn’t think so. Don’t get me wrong; I am as appreciative as anyone for holiday family traditions. However, everyone does it differently.

Bice Cosponsors Parents Bill Of Rights Act

Parents are the primary stakeholders in their child’s education. They know their children best, and their involvement should be encouraged because they are the people who ultimately lay the foundation and pave the pathway of their child’s life.

Uniquely American

Editors Note: While looking back through Thanksgiving editorials written in previous years, we stumbled across one from 2011 written by the states leading editorial writer and one of the former owners of the Countywide & Sun, Mr. Wayne Trotter.