Town Talk

I’m writing to you this week from Southaven, Mississippi where I’ve come to watch Gideon play some baseball and hang out with Lincoln and August at the concession stand. I’ve watched baseball all my life but never really knew much about the game.

Weekend get-away trip

My wife Pat and I journeyed down to our little place at the lake this past weekend. It was the first time since last fall that we had been able to go down there. Normally we drive down either late Friday afternoon or early evening and come back on Sunday.

1952 Rollei

I could hear the camera whispering to me in a German accent heavy with sauerkraut and bratwurst. “Buy me,” it said. “Buy me. You know you should.” And so I did, and here’s the story of how that came to pass.

Anniversary celebration

Recently my wife Pat and I celebrated our 45th wedding anniversary. We were married July 1, 1978 in the chapel at St. Gregory’s. It was a Saturday morning at 10:30. This year July 1 fell on a Saturday also.

Town Talk

Our community enjoyed another terrific fireworks show and July 4th celebration in Foster Park last week. Thanks to all who made this possible. I read many comments that stated Stroud’s fireworks were one of the best around. We can add that to our list of reasons we are Stroud Proud.

Letter to the editor

To the editor: Where do we go to find truthful reporting of news and other daily happenings? News media, both newspapers and radio, were once a reliable go to for reliable reporting. a previous letter to this paper referred to our FBI as “unhinged and unreliable.” The same FBI that J.

Ice cream

I remember clearly the day I quit liking milk and ice cream. It was the spring of 1971 and I was going through the dinner line at East Oklahoma State College in Wilburton. I got my usual glass of milk, sat down, ate a couple of bites,took a drink of milk and Bleeccchhh.

Places to go

I was daydreaming over the weekend about some places I’d like to visit. Every year I threaten to make a few of these trips, but I think the time has come for me and Kindra to throw clothes and a camera in the pickup and take off.

Getting ready for IFYR

This year’s International Finals Youth Rodeo officially kicks off Sunday evening with the first performance at 7 p.m. at the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center. Randy Gilbert, chairman of the Shawnee Civic and Cultural Development Authority, says official check-in begins at 8 a.m. on Friday.

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Things happening around our community in the coming days are Stroud Arts Wednesday, July 5th at 5:00 p.m., Hospital Development Authority Thursday, July 6th at 7:00 a.m. at City Hall, Oklahoma Blood Institute Health Fair at Sac & Fox Thursday, July 6th from 9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.