Stroud Arts

This is the Sixty-Fifth article in a semi-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.

Prairie Pointe

Residents Beverley Graham and Thelma Mauldin helped fellow Hand and Foot Club member Nellie Faye Cooper celebrate a milestone birthday Sunday at the First Baptist Church Family Center. The event was hosted by Nellie Faye’s daughters Danna Kee and Shellie Martin and their families.

Goodbye, spuds

It wasn’t the news I wanted to hear, but the doc was unequivocal. “You’re diabetic.” All my life, doctors had bragged on my blood sugar, which seemed to stay in the healthy range no matter what I ate.

Getting closer to normal

Last week’s column was a reprint of what I had written in March of 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic was unfolding. I indicated then this week’s would be taking a look where we are today in comparison. We have come a long way in the past 12 or 13 months.

Updates from Meeker Town Hall

1. Update on Grants A. We met with Arthur Pittman & Brandon Ledington, on Monday, to fill out paperwork for a grant from USDA for $150K, for repairs from the winter storm damage. B.

Town Talk

Yes, the golf course is going to happen. People are asking me if we’ve started on it yet. I’m sure it’s because they see no movement at the property but yes, Town Talk is working on it. The main thing we have been waiting on is enough good weather several days in a row.

Tomato time

We put out seven tomato plants over the weekend and, as of this writing, they’re waving their little leaves in the breeze and looking as happy as tomato plants can. This cheers me, because nothing smells quite as much like summer as a tomato plant. Even more than freshly cut grass.

Updates from Meeker Town Hall

1. Update on Grants A. We met with Arthur Pittman & Brandon Ledington, on Monday, to fill out paperwork for a grant from USDA for $150K, for repairs from the winter storm damage. B.

Looking back at COVID-19

Since it seems almost everyone has been commenting recently that it’s been more than a year since the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak began to really take off, I looked back to see what I wrote about it back then. I said my thoughts were mixed. They have considerably changed.

Town Talk

If you haven’t been to the Stroud Lake in a while you should drive out and see all the improvements that have been made. One of the latest additions is a disc golf course named Eagle Valley.