Town Talk

Long-time Stroud resident Delmer Summers suffered a terrible loss when his home went up in flames this past Saturday. His daughter Kalah resides with him but was not home at the time. I spoke with Delmer, and he told me he was lighting a kerosene heater when it just blew out on him.

The quest for missing items

Sunday afternoon I started searching for a couple of things in a desk drawer that I knew I could put my hands on pretty quickly. Or at least I thought I could. To me, they are significant because of my involvement in an organization that I have been part of more than 3½ decades.

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.

Town Talk

Happy New Year to each of you from Town Talk volunteers. The new year is here and things in our community are back in full swing. School is back in session as of yesterday (Wednesday).

Editorial

The recent appointment of current District Attorney Adam Panter to serve a four-year term as DA of Lincoln and Pottawatomie Counties signals a continuation of turning that office around and getting it fixed.

An un-crazy Christmas

Christmas is always full of laughs and craziness in my family. This year was a lot calmer and pretty quiet. We started the morning showing Charlee and Tillie that Santa ate the cookies and drank the milk they left out for him. Then we moved on to opening gifts.

Expen$ive dog

Two weeks ago Saturday morning, I was going to put in my hearing aids before coming to the office for a few hours. Curious thing, though. The charger for the aids on the kitchen was knocked on its side and the aid for my left ear was a few inches away.

New Year’s resolutions

We’ve arrived at that time of year once more to jot down the resolutions for the coming 12 months. I’m curious to see what 2023 will bring us.

Town Talk

It’s always hard to believe that after all the preparation for and anticipation of Christmas day, it, like all other days, is only twenty-four hours long. The only difference is that it is the day we remember the birth of Jesus Christ.