Letter to the editor

To the editor, Recent claims by scientists that our planet Earth has been rotating on the same axis for at least 286 million years.

Reviewing SQ820

Now that the dust has settled and it’s been more than three weeks since State Question 820 was overwhelmingly rejected by Oklahomans, I thought I’d weigh in a little bit on its demise. First, I thought the proposition to legalize recreational marijuana in the Sooner state would probably pass.

Chop shop suspect to stand trial

One defendant in an alleged chop shop operation has been ordered to stand trial, an arraignment has been set for another and the pre-preliminary hearing has been continued for a third.

Town Talk

Have you seen the new sign over what was once Main Street Family Clinic? It now says Utica Park Clinic. Congratulations to Bronwyn Howard, Peggy Gardner and all their staff on this new merger.

Letter to the editor

To the editor, Recent claims by scientists that our planet Earth has been rotating on the same axis for at least 286 million years.

Town Talk

When you and your husband had your first child and then every conversation after that was about that child, do you remember saying to your spouse, “What did we talk about before this baby?” Well, that’s how I feel about Project Bugle Boy.

Cell phones

We live in a technological world. I get that. It seems technological advances are moving so quickly it’s mind boggling to people like me. Someone asked me several years ago what we did before we had cell phones. He was a person in his 60s and he is a person I’d consider tech savvy.

Congratulations to county voters

It was encouraging to see voters throughout Lincoln County show up last week and approve two propositions. Voters overwhelmingly gave a thumbs up to renewal of the one percent county sales tax for another five years with 78.78 percent in favor of the proposition.

Hunting, fishing and memories

Hunting and fishing has changed so much since I was a kid. Of course that’s been considerably over 60 years. That can probably be attributed to all the various rules and regulations put in place by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation over a period of time.

Remembering, 30 years later

That Sunday morning broke clear across the countryside near Waco, Texas, but the chill in the air foreshadowed a cold front that would roll through later. It was the kind of latewinter morningthatseemed made especially for wideopen Central Texas.