Editorial

Oklahoma voters decisively defeated two state questions a few weeks ago in the General Election. State Questions 805 and 814 were soundly rejected. In defeating SQ 805, voters in Pottawatomie and Lincoln Counties joined those across the state in shelving attempts to reform state sentencing laws.

Ready for Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving is a great time of the year. My wife Pat and I always look forward to Turkey Day. Once again we are really excited because our family will be here and that includes our daughter Meghan, her husband Terry and their son, Liam (our grandson).

Happenings at Prairie Pointe

Happy Thanksgiving! Who would have thought last March that we would still be dealing with this virus at Thanksgiving? Nonetheless, we still have plenty for which to be thankful and hopefully by next year, we will be thankful a vaccine has eliminated this deadly disease.

Update from Meeker Town Hall

Update on “Quapaw 15 Project/Meeker Lake I talked to Tammy Sawatzky this morning and she said that the surveying that is going on at the Lake now is resolving some issues from the previous surveying crews. Once the survey is redone, we will all sit down together and do an overview on land rights.

Town Talk

Glenda Buchanan Funk called me this week to check on the train engine Town Talk purchased from Paula Hicks Ackerman so I thought I’d share an update with you. We did purchase the engine and are having it restored. It is a community effort.

Thankful for…?

This is the Fifty-Nineth article in a semipermanent 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. Sometimes it is difficult to be ‘Thankful.

Card of Thanks

The family of Louis C. Brown of Meeker, Okla., would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to those of you who supported us through the passing of our husband, dad, grandpa and friend. Your kindness of food, flowers, cards and words of encouragement helped us through a very difficult time.

After-effects

Grandma Blansett used to have a red-and-white Coleman water jug on the top shelf of her kitchen cabinet. This was a nice jug, probably a twogallon model with a wide lid that screwed into the top and a spigot at the bottom.

Thanking Sen. Lankford

Once again, it takes an Oklahoman It would be easy enough simply to wring our hands over the political divisiveness in America today and move on.

Updates from Meeker Town Hall

1. Update on “Quapaw 15 Project/ Meeker Lake No new updates worth reporting. 2. Updates on Glenncrest Park A. A 12’x22’ concrete slab has been poured for our new 12’x21’ pavilion. The pavilion will be here in a few weeks & U.S. Steel will install it. B.