Town Talk

Stroud’s largest park is Foster Park, located at Gillispie Avenue and East 7th Street near Parkview Elementary School. The land was donated by the George Foster family and developed during the early 1950’s.

Dishwasher

I am sad on Kindra’s behalf. Our dishwasher gradually became less and less effective, recently reaching the point where it wouldn’t clean at all. There were times, in fact, it seemed to make dishes dirtier than they were when you put them in. So a couple of weeks ago Kindra sprung for a new one.

A very happy Easter

We kept the grandson Liam Easter weekend. We went and picked him up Friday afternoon at our daughter and son-in-law’s house in Norman and took him back Sunday afternoon. We had him two nights, all of Saturday and a part of Sunday.

Update from Meeker Town Hall

1. Update on Grants A. T-Set’s, David Smith & Sheri Ripley notified City Hall that the Town has received the Top level of Gold status for a dividend of $14,000 to be spent on the parks.

Bench warrant issued in OKC tractor case

A warrant has been issued for a Chandler area man after equipment allegedly stolen from a job site was discovered on his property. Shannon Wayne Nicholas, 51, was formally charged on April 6 in Lincoln County District Court with receive/conceal stolen construction/farm equipment.

Town Talk

Stroud’s Walk of Honor banners are back up on Main Street. On a pretty day take a walk down Main Street and read the names on our banners. Some of them are currently serving our country, some are retired, and some are deceased.

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.