Letter to the editor

To The Editor, Well, I’ve spent most of the past two years just sitting around watching the news and thinking. Yeah, I know, but I’ve come up with some pretty good ideas. All this talk about proof of vaccinations is very important.

Hearing set in homicide

Pre-preliminary hearings have been scheduled for two men charged with murder in connection with the death of a former Midwest City Marine. Charges of accessory to after the fact to first degree murder against two men have been dismissed in Lincoln County but refiled in another county.

Allergies redux

Same song, third verse. The weather changes, a front blows through and I find myself in the doctor’s office with a quiver of needles sticking out astern. Happened again last week for the third time since the middle of football season.

Ornithologists in practice

During last year’s frigid winter when the temperatures were falling below zero and we were experiencing double digit below zero wind chills, Pat and I were concerned about the birds. We never had bought any bird seed to put out.

Town Talk

The Christmas lights are gone from Main Street, but Town Talk is still working on getting our Main Street outlined in white solar lights that would remain up permanently.

Dog dreams

Monday night I heard Martin coughbark a few times from the bedroom chair where he was sleeping. The cough-bark is something he has done since he was a puppy.

Changes in regulations

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation back in December sent out a list of proposed changes related to hunting and fishing. The ODWC does this each year and seeks input from the public. The agency provides three ways those people who are interested in responding can do so.

Town Talk

Well, I didn’t start off 2022 with a bang. I missed the deadline last week on getting Town Talk into the newspaper. Town Talk projects and community activities slow down during this cold weather so sometimes there’s not much news to tell you.

Meeker keeps Pruitt as superintendent

The Meeker Board of Education this week voted to offer a contract to School Supt. Jeff Pruitt for the 2022-2023 school year. The board went into executive session before returning to the open meeting and taking the vote.

Ticked off

I got home Monday evening and wanted to look at something in the back yard. So, I slipped through the back gate, stomped around for a few minutes and then headed back out. It was dusk, so you could see things in general, but not a lot of details on the ground.