They're playin basketball

“They’re playin' basketball…we love that basketball.” Bow Wow’s 2002 hit pops into my head to start this month’s column because if you live in Pottawatomie County, how could you not be overrun with basketball news this week? But what I really wanted to start it off with was, “It’s raining men!

Senate Report

STATE SEN. GRANT G REEN SENATE DISTRICT 28One of my top legislative priorities this year is already boosting economic development across the state. A new industrial park is under development in Chickasha.

CAPITOL REPORT

EPORT State Rep. Danny SterlingNow that the first session of the 60th Oklahoma Legislature has officially adjourned, I want to take a moment to share where we’ve been, where we’re going and how I plan to keep you in the loop along the way.

Tecumseh Golden Age Center

Hope all of you fathers were recognized on Father’s Day by your loved ones. The Golden Age Center members have many fond memories of our dads, although most of us have lost our dads.I asked some members to share some of their special thoughts about their fathers.

Get in – sit down – and shut up

Because of the eye-watering avalanche of comments (actually, two people) concerning my most recent column about my school principals, this column will be about my bus drivers in grade school and high school.

A new friend

Making new friends as we age seems harder to do. We become set in our ways, complacent, unchanging. It’s easier to move through life and accept the inevitably of age—friends and family becoming ill, moving away to be closer to their children, and sadly, some have passed on.

Halting the march of radical Islam

It is impossible these days to avoid images of radical Islamic terrorists and their “civilian” enablers shouting slogans of hatred and vows of death to America, Israel, Jews and Christians – the most recent example being the senseless execution of two Israeli embassy workers by a pro-Palestinian...

Go to the Principal's office

Recent school graduations have named many of our local principals. Some schools have more than one principal. During my grade school and high school experience, we had only one principal per school. This column will briefly introduce each principal and some special remembrance of each.1. Mr.

CAPITOL NOTES

This week, the House and Senate passed the overall general appropriations bill, along with more than 50 others that set spending limits for state agencies and the programs they manage. These bills now head to the governor for his consideration.

Through My Lens

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in life, it’s that when it comes to medical issues, we leave a lot to blind faith. Over the past months, that has been made clear over and over by events affecting my family.My husband had orthopedic surgery last November and recently returned to work.