Town Talk

Kudos to Mandy Clark for all her hard work on organizing another successful Town Talk Farmer’s Market. Our next market will be held on October 10th. If you would like a booth, please contact Mandy through Town Talk OK Facebook page. I have received many positive comments about all the markets.

Fond memories on a father’s birthday

Last Saturday was Sept. 12. If my father were still alive, he would have celebrated his 97th birthday. His mother, my grandmother, turned 97 years old a little over a month before she passed away.

Happenings at Prairie Pointe

Newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Phil Wright (nee Anita Reynolds, daughter of former residents Alton and Ina McCune) delighted the residents Saturday, September 5, when they stopped by after their wedding to show off “the dress.

Stroud Arts: The storm has a name

This is the Fifty-Fourth 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.

Let the Games… Begin! Again!

This is the Fifty-Third 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.

Town Talk

It’s Farmer’s Market time. September’s market will be held this Saturday at the Main Street Route 66 Pavilion. The event will begin at 8:00 a.m. If you would like to set up a booth you may contact Mandy Clark via Facebook or call me at 918-527-9833.

Working at the Cordell Beacon

Each of the last two weeks I’ve spent three days in Cordell helping out The Cordell Beacon, the city’s weekly newspaper. It’s a sister paper to The Tri-County Herald, the Lincoln County News and the Stroud American and several others across the state and a few in Texas.

Town Talk

A big thank you to Jim Hodgens, David Evans, Andrea Thompson, Cathy Terry, Larry Henderson, Alfreidya Webster, Joshua Cheek and Julie Bivin for helping spruce up Main Street last week at Town Talk’s “block party.

Editorial

As if things weren’t hard enough for Oklahoma’s small businesses, news comes that the Trump administration plans to claw back a chunk of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds legitimate businesses have used as a lifeline to keep their employees on the payroll.

Town Talk

Things are happening at the Skyliner Motel. If you haven’t driven by lately, you need to take a look. There is a new buggy on display outside the front of the motel. I’m sure there’s some interesting history associated with it.