Animal Xing

I was heading home from work last week and was cranking some Hank Williams as I got to the slalom on Highway 18 south of Chandler.I was tapping the steering wheel to keep time when - whoa! What is that bounding across the highway in front of me?It was a bobcat, that’s what it was.

Missing the train home

Over the Fourth of July weekend, I had the distinct honor of attending a wedding in the Fort Worth area. It was a lovely ceremony. Congrats to Ruby and Adam, may your union be stronger than my vehicle’s starter.The only snag? I didn’t actually have a car.

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DIANA REED CorrespondentI attended church camp this past weekend at Cross Timbers in Davis and for all of you wondering if I would survive, I’m happy to say I did.

Gratitude

As readers look at this week’s column, the International Finals Youth Rodeo has only four performances remaining. The contestants compete Thursday morning beginning at 9 and in the evening starting at 7:30 p.m. and Friday morning again at 9.

10 years from now

At my age, ten years still feels like a long time, but not an unthinkable amount of time.It’s the sort of span that used to sound like science fiction, but now just sounds like a career plan. So here’s my dreams for what life in 10 years might look like.First off, I’d like to be 29.

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Upcoming community activities happening over the next several days are Stroud Community Clothing Ministry Thursday July 10th 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. on West Highway 66, Stroud City Council meeting Thursday July 10th 5:00 p.m.

Gratitude

We kept the grandson part of this past weekend and when Pat and I and little Liam were riding around on Sunday we drove by several fireworks stands.It’s hard not to drive by one as many as there are around and they’ve been selling fireworks for at l e a s t a couple of weeks already.

Worst alarm clock

Years ago, I declared war on my screen time. Like many in my generation, I grew up swaddled in the glow of smartphones. At seventeen, I thought “delayed gratification” was a form of medieval punishment.

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The Stroud Public Library is hosting “Let’s Talk About It,” a library book club. This is a project sponsored by the Oklahoma Humanities and its funders. Join Kelly Gamble as she opens a discussion of The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Woodhouse.

National Guard Center update

The Oklahoma National Guard (OKNG) Joint Operations Center (JOC) in Chandler is expected to be completed by December 2025, weather permitting.The facility is dried, and the company building it is working on the interior, according to LTC Kristin Tschetter, chief of public affairs for the OKNG.