CARD OF THANKS

The family of Raymond “Junior” Messer would like to thank all of our family and friends for the prayers, cards, flowers, food and other acts of kindness shown to us during our loss. A special thanks to Mike Mitchell, Davenport First Baptist Church and Parks Funeral Home. We love you all.

Martin

It was seven years ago this week that a bird dog-looking pup came to live with me. I had been a widower for about six months and my daughter thought I needed a companion around the house, so she brought over a little guy with short white fur and lots of little brown spots.

Town Talk

My oldest greatnephew, Gideon, is a baseball player and being not the least bit prejudiced, I would say a pretty good one, too. His two main positions are first base and pitcher.

Nine more COVID deaths reported

The number of COVID-19 deaths in Pottawatomie and Lincoln Counties rose by nine, and the new positive cases are up again by more than 300, the most recent Oklahoma State Department of Health figures show.

Coon hunting

Someone posed the question in an online group: “What is the most unusual story you’ve ever covered?” That was the easiest question I answered all week. It was the coon hunters’ convention at the fairgrounds in Ada in 1980.

Editorial

Meeker’s Town Board informally has agreed to continue with the process of annexing about eight square miles into the Town’s limits. That was the consensus of the five Trustees during their meeting last week. They could only discuss the issue, because the agenda didn’t call for taking any action.

Stepping back in time

Sometimes we don’t miss really something in life until we lose it or forget about it. The other night while my wife Pat and I were watching TV, a commercial came on and it jogged my memory about a place I went to fairly frequently as a kid.

Town Talk

A special thank you to David Evans, Lyndon and Lisa Patton, Bryan and Mary Vickrey, Julie Bivin, Cathy Terry and Andrea Thompson for helping lay the weed control barrier for the miniature golf course last week. Also, on hand to supervise the project were Aleta Smalley and Steve Bivin.

Letter to the editor

Night fall came early Friday evening, so I turned in early. Awoke at 3:00 am and here I am with a notebook labeled LCN and pen in hand. One of my last wrings to you was on 6-25-2018. Let me take it from there with my thoughts.

Roast beef

One Christmas break when I was 17 or so, Harold Wingard asked if I’d like to make the holiday profitable by working on a barn he was building. Harold owned a large dairy south of Fitzhugh and was building what was called a loafing barn. It was a big one, maybe 120 by 60 feet, going off memory.