Meeker Town Hall updates

The news media is hinting about maybe backing off on our COVID-19 Quarantine. I know this has been very hard for a lot of us to do. Maybe we will look back and see that it was the right thing to do after all.

Collaboration - it’s all in the timing

This is the Thirty-fourth article in a permanent column for Stroud Arts that appears in the Stroud American. The mission of these articles is to inform, educate and inspire you, the reader, to Make Art Happen in your life and the life of our community.

Celebrating Bill Rapp’s century

Last week I had the opportunity to participate in what is probably going to be a once in a lifetime experience. Shawnee’s Bill Rapp turned 100 years old last Thursday, April 9. A large group of Shawnee Rotarians, his family and relatives and close friends honored Bill that day.

Happenings at Prairie Pointe

Well, Easter was certainly different this year but we at Prairie Pointe were blessed by many people who helped make our day special.

Town Talk

It was an unusual Easter but thanks to all the area churches who helped us remember, during this pandemic, the true meaning of Easter and that Jesus Christ is alive, and our hope is in Him.

Letter to the Editor

I would like to give a big “Thank you” to all our citizens for taking extra precautions during this time of uncertainty with the COVID-19 Pandemic. This is a challenging time for our country and community.

Dog smell

Martin took a tour of the neighborhood a few days ago and came back to the house stinking, as they used to say, to high heaven. He’d found something dead and wallowed in it at great length.

Meeker Town Hall updates

All the Town employees appreciate the cooperation of everybody using the new Bill Pay Box at the front of Meeker City Hall. We have added envelopes below the pay slot for your convenience.

Happenings at Prairie Pointe

“The goat must browse where she is tied” reads the sign at Parker’s (Parker Sneed) on the corner of Hwy 66 and 99 in Stroud. How sage are those words today as they apply to our current situation. We are “the goat”. We have been asked to shelter in place. Many no longer have a job to go to.

Letter to the editor

This week marks the beginning of a new and unexpected experience for Oklahoma students, teachers and school staff.