Town Talk

Can you believe it’s October already? It’s a little easier to believe since the temperatures are going to be in the 70’s most of this week. I want to send out birthday wishes to my nephew, Casey Smalley, who turns 33 today.

The Happenings

Prairie Pointe was thrilled to receive notice their favorite friend, Joe Bill Shelhope, is on the mend and doing great after knee replacement surgery. Sharon brought by the good news last Thursday along with donuts and an adorable door decoration hand crafted by her granddaughter.

Autumn

We’re a couple of days into fall and already we’ve had one of my favorite autumn things: a cool, rainy morning.

Updates from Meeker Town Hall

1. Update on Meeker Lake “Quapaw 15 Project A. Still a lot of good things happening at OKC at the Conservation office. The COVID pandemic has all the Gov. offices working part time at home & some at the office, which makes it very hard to communicate with them. B.

Remembering a mother’s birthday

If my biological mother were still alive, she would be celebrating her 99th birthday today. My wife Pat and I were visiting about that the other day and in looking ahead next Sep. 24 would mark 100 years since she was born. From time to time I’ve written in this column about my birth mother Mary.

Editorial

Oklahomans have only two state questions to decide in this year’s General Election on Nov. 3. One has been pretty well publicized. The other has drawn little or no media attention. State Question 805 basically deals with criminal justice reform and has received considerable publicity.

The Discipline of Art

This is the Fifty-Fifth article in a permanent column for Stroud Arts that appears in the Stroud American. The mission of these articles is to inform, educate and inspire you, the reader, to Make Art Happen in your life and the life of our community. It takes time to create Art.

Town Talk

Town Talk met Monday night to discuss upcoming activities, fundraisers and projects. Members attending were Mandy Clark, Cathy Terry, Aleta Smalley, David Evans, Clara Hodgens and myself. Our very faithful treasurer, Jo Braden, was out of town so was unable to attend.

Pranks

One holiday many years ago, one of the reporters brought a plate of cupcakes to the newsroom of the Waco paper and put them on a shelf near the receptionist’s window. These were some nice-looking cupcakes with an offwhite frosting that looked like it might have been cappuccino flavor or something.

Updates from Meeker Town Hall

1. Update on Meeker Lake Quapaw 15 Project A. I talked to Tammy Sawatsky about our progression on the lake & she said a lot of good things are going on behind the scenes – That sounded good to me. B. Still waiting on soil samples. I wish they would have taken them to Chick-Fil-A.