Big birthday

This Sunday is Aug. 31, the final day of August.This year, as is always, it’s an extremely important day in the lives of wife Pat and me, our son-in-law Terry and many others.It’s our grandson Liam’s birthday and he is turning 7.

Bad move by the gerrymanderers

Shame on Texas and California, where the Republicans and Democrats have engaged recently in political poker-playing that is doing a disservice and perhaps harm to America’s representative democracy.

Town Talk

Town Talk will be hosting a fundraiser this week, Wednesday August 27th at Fourth & James Caffeine and Sub Hub in Stroud. This is a free tasting party to sample crockpot meals and dips. These meal packets along with many others will be available to purchase. All proceeds go to community projects.

Town Talk

When children touch your heart, they leave their handprints forever. This is the saying on the banner that Town Talk hung several years ago in Pete’s Pocket Park on Main Street. We have finally added the children’s handprint tiles.

August

This time of year is one of my favorites. The month of August is normally hot and, though this might sound a little strange, I like it that way as September nears.So far, August has lived up to its normal billing. We’ve experienced a few days of 100 degree weather or at least near the century mark.

Ice cream

I got to thinking last week, when it was 156 degrees by midafternoon, that it was high time the Blansetts made a batch of ice cream.And so we did. There are few things as good as a bowl of ice cream scooped from the freezer on a hot August day.

Town Talk

Thank you to all the people who have agreed to help Town Talk water the Main Street flowers. Our crew now consists of Kevin and Shelly Garrett, Melissa Harrison, Nissa Hughes,Andrea and RapheThompson, Julie Bivin, Linda Waller, Pam Hunt and Doug True, Patricia Keeth and their 14Usoftball team.

Changes in regulations

Hunting and fishing has changed so much since I was a kid. Of course that’s been considerably over 50 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.

Drug charges against pair

A man and a woman from Carney are each facing multiple drug counts and each has been previously been convicted of felonies.Formal charges were filed in Lincoln County District Court July 22, 2025 against Clyde Edgar Gladden III, 24, and Rita Ann Mendenhall, 45.

King snake

The other day, Kindra texted me a photo of a snake on our front porch.It was longish, black with a yellowish pattern and looked like it was due for a meal.The implied question in the text was: “What kind of snake is this?