Editorial

Gov. Kevin Stitt’s call for a special session that starts next Monday, one week ahead of when the Legislature convenes for four months, is a needless waste of taxpayer money. The governor called the session to take up a cut in the state income tax.

Icy driving

I woke up Monday morning and, sure enough, the weather forecasters had gotten it right. There was a thin layer of ice covering everything outside.

Town Talk

You can definitely tell its winter in Oklahoma. Due to the cold temperatures and icy conditions Stroud schools were closed on Monday and Tuesday and many businesses had to close or adjust their “open” hours. Many people were asking about school closings on Facebook.

Kingdom of Heaven

We all need to remember that Jesus taught the kingdom of God, and that’s what He said we must enter into. So, we really need to take seriously the fact that Jesus died so that we can be forgiven, and now we can enter in, but we must remember the ways of man are not found there.

Cold weather

I came back to the house Monday after driving to the newspaper office and thought: “That’s weird. It looks like the trash can is smoking.” Turns out, it was smoking. About an hour earlier, I had cleaned out the fireplace ashes and tossed a plastic sack of them into the trash can.

Worrisome school trends

I saw and read last Friday where a student showed up at a Middle School in Oklahoma City with a weapon and fired it in the bathroom of the facility. Thank goodness no one was injured, but the school was on a lockdown for awhile.

Town Talk

Don and Ta at GiGi’s donuts are back from vacation and the donut shop is once again open for business. I don’t know how Stroud made it without a donut shop for as long as we did, before GiGi’s opened. Everyone was missing their morning donuts but no worries, the donuts are back!

County commissioners set Fair Board election

Lincoln County commissioners during a special meetingthisweekadopteda Fair Board Election resolution setting the filing period, date, time and place of election. The five-day filing period will run from Monday, Jan. 22 through Friday, Jan. 26. Candidates may file on those days from 8:30 a.m.

Dale board votes to fix roof

Dale Board of Education members this week approved a contract with a roofing company and voted to use County Education sales tax funds to purchase a school bus. Board members approved a contract with Coryell Roofing to repair and fix those roofs that were damaged by hail. School Supt.

Snow days

Anticipating this week’s winter storm it got me to thinking about when I was kid and how much I looked forward to the snow. If it snowed enough, that meant we would be out of school. Along with the other kids in our neighborhood we could make snowmen, go sledding, have all kinds of fun.