Tax questions deserve ‘yes’ answers

Lincoln County voters will head to the polls in a couple of weeks to decide a sales tax proposition and those in the Chandler School District have a bond issue as well. The election is scheduled for Feb. 14.

Too much advance notice? Yeah, maybe

Last Sunday night, actually it was in the wee hours of Monday morning, I heard a ding on my phone. I also heard a ding on my wife Pat’s phone. I could tell this wasn’t a text message, so there was no reason to be alarmed. This was about 45 minutes after we had climbed into bed.

Town Talk

Would you enjoy having Olive Garden for lunch without having to leave town? Well, you’re going to get that opportunity. Join Town Talk and the American Legion Auxiliary for lunch on Sunday, February 5th beginning at noon. We will serve until 2:30 p.m. or until we are sold out.

Conference rescheduled in mistrial

A status conference has been re-scheduled for a Tulsa woman charged with first degree manslaughter and multiple other felony offenses whose trial was declared a mistrial in 2022 and is to be retried.

Chickens

With the price of eggs apparently climbing to $150 a dozen, it’s tempting to start back raising chickens and turkeys.

Boy, oh, boy!

You know the fun part of birthday parties when everyone sings happy birthday and you get to blow out the candles on your cake? Well that part turns out to be Charlee’s least favorite part. She sat terrified while everyone sang!

Take advantage of right to vote

Last weekend I received a piece of mail from my county election board. It was an application for absentee ballot. By filling out this application, it will allow the county election board to send me absentee ballots for all elections which I am eligible to participate in this calendar year (2023).

Town Talk

The Spirit of America Route 66 Museum is just a couple of months away from owner Steve Brant’s anticipated opening date. It is going to be an exciting addition to not only our Main Street but for Route 66 as well.

Resolutions

After a quick review of last year, I am happy to report that I cleared New Year’s without breaking any of my three main resolutions for 2022. They were: - To not eat liver any time during the year. - To not visit Kazakhstan - To lose some weight.

Remembering quail hunting

Sunday marked the beginning of a new year, 2023. In reflecting on what some New Year’s Days used to be like when I growing up, I began to think about some of those when I was a teenager. From the time I was around 13 or so, and we had a bird dog, dad and I spent a lot of them quail hunting.