Town Talk

Plans are already underway for the 2025 Alumni Weekend which will take place this year on May 23rd and 24th.Kim Beasler is once again asking you to be sure you contact her if you need to update your email or mailing address.

Town Talk

The community is invited to join the Stroud Ag Booster’s Club for a dinner, auction and show on Saturday, February 8th at Stroud Memorial Gym. A pulled pork and bologna dinner will be served starting at 4:30 p.m. followed by a livestock show and auction of desserts and other items.

Adventures

Our daughter Meghan, son-inlaw Terry and our grandson Liam have come over and spent some time with us during the last couple of weekends.It’s the first time they have come to visit us since a brain tumor was removed from Meghan in early December and it was diagnosed as cancerous.We had been over to...

Town Talk

It’s time to sign up for Stroud Little League Baseball. Sign-up will close February 10th. If you have any questions about the program or the sign-up process, contact Levi Grammer on Facebook.Mark your calendars now to join the Stroud Ag Boosters for a dinner, auction, and livestock show.

Editorial

Oklahoma lawmakers have filed more than 3,200 pieces of legislation for the upcoming session that begins next Monday, Feb. 3.We’re not sure yet what all they entail, but an issue which needs addressing is prison reform.

Waco revisited

Kindra has recently developed an interest in the Branch Davidians, so we slipped away for a weekend trip to Waco so she could visit the site of the old compound at Mount Carmel.Overall, it was an interesting trip.We rented a tiny house north of town for two nights and had a cozy stay.The days were...

Remembering the old cold

Since the latest wave of arctic and what they describe as Siberian air struck the area last Saturday, I haven’t ventured out a lot.

Snow

Our first winter storm for the new year brought us lots of the white stuff and from what I could see and have heard there were not a lot of problems associated with this one.That’s always good news.

Impatient drivers

A topic I’ve addressed before, though’s it’s been a long while since I’ve talked about it, is how much impatient drivers upset me.

Resolutions

While we have just started a new year, it’s taken me just a little longer to jot down the resolutions for the coming 12 months.I’m hoping 2025 will be a good year for us, maybe a lot better than 2024 ended and that I and our family will go through it without some of the challenges we faced,...