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Stroud’s Community Yard Sale will be held April 19th and 20th. If you would like to participate, go to the Stroud Happenings & Functions Facebook page, and sign up for this event.Upcoming community activities are Hospital Development Authority meeting Thursday April 4th 7:00 a.m.

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The bricks at the Veteran’s Memorial have been completed. If you purchased one, stop by and take a look. Town Talk volunteers worked very hard to make sure there were no errors on the bricks and were placed in the area requested.

Some surprising closet finds

After working on the paper for a while this weekend, I decided to take a break from it and went back to cleaning out a closet that I started working on a few weeks ago.It’s amazing what all I found. Please understand I’m not finished with this project yet.I like to describe as it a work in progress.

Words from the Cross meeting

Central Baptist Church, 210 West 14th Street in Chandler, will host its annual Words from the Cross at 7 p.m. Friday.Seven people will speak on the last seven words of Jesus. They are: Regan Green – Bethel AME, Chandler; Rev. Julius Stanfield, Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, Wellston; Rev.

Editorial

There’s an old saying that “If it isn’t broke, don’t try to fix it.”Senate Joint Resolution 34 would try to fix or undo reforms put into place around 50 years ago that are still working perfectly today.SJR34 would, if it passes in the House, place a question on the statewide ballot in the Nov.

Letter to the editor

Letter to the Editor As a life-long resident, business owner, and landowner in the target area, I am strongly against the turbinepowered wind farms being solicitated and built by foreign corporations in Lincoln County for several reasons.

Exercise your right to vote

Registered voters in many school districts, among them some in Lincoln and Pottawatomie Counties, have the opportunity to exercise their right to vote in the upcoming Board of Education General election.

Deferred sentences in pot case

Two men from Okmulgee who were scheduled to stand trial during the upcoming jury term have pleaded no contest to reduced charges and drawn deferred terms.Lincoln County deputies arrested the two in November of 2022 The deputies reportedly seized 386 marijuana clone plants.

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Congratulations to Coach Gary Higgins on being selected for induction into the Oklahoma Coaches Association’s 2024 Hall of Fame. Higgins is currently a coach in North Rock Creek. He is a graduate of Stroud High School Class of 1966.

Quality time with the grandson

We had the grandson this past weekend and what a privilege and pleasure it is to have him for a couple of days and nights.It had been early January since Liam had stayed with us for a weekend.