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Updates from Meeker Town Hall

Updates from Meeker Town Hall

Updates from Meeker Town Hall

1. Update on 56th Annual Meeker Parade and Rodeo Sponsored by the Meeker Roundup Club A. The parade will be held Saturday, June 26th @ 10:30 am. Six classes will be judged this year with a couple of new classes added one of them being a Feed Truck and a Tractor Class.
Anticipating Father’s Day 2021

Anticipating Father’s Day 2021

Anticipating Father’s Day 2021

This Sunday, June 20, is Father’s Day. It’s a day set aside to honor the fathers, grandfathers, great grandfathers and greatgreat grandfathers. Indeed it’s an honor and privilege to be the father of such a wonderful young woman as our daughter Meghan is.
Appreciating life on the outside looking in

Appreciating life on the outside looking in

Appreciating life on the outside looking in

It was a simple plan. Get up. Go to Texas. Hear a rocking concert. Get up the next day and go home. I should have known the plan was too simple not to fall apart, or even crash and burn. It was June 2019, and my friend and I decided to go to a LANY concert at Stubbs Bar-B-Q in Austin, Texas.
Town Talk

Town Talk

Town Talk

A big thank you to all Town Talk volunteers who volunteered to work the Stroud Route 66 Visitor’s and Tourism office during the Wine Festival. Those volunteering were Bryan and Mary Vickery, Julie Bivin, Linda Waller and Thelma Mauldin.
Town Talk

Town Talk

Town Talk

It looks like we are finally going to have a couple of weeks of dry weather. That is good news for our mini-golf course. Plans are to level the ground this week and have the “club house” delivered by Monday. We hope to accomplish a lot with this project over the next two weeks.
Updates from Meeker Town Hall

Updates from Meeker Town Hall

Updates from Meeker Town Hall

1. Update at the Library A. Friends of the Library announced that the Summer Reading Program will be held again this year at the Library, June 25th. This year it will be a one-day event. 2. Update on 56th Annual Meeker Parade and Rodeo Sponsored by the Meeker Roundup Club A.
Living spontaneously

Living spontaneously

Living spontaneously

I had never seen such beautiful stars. There was little to no There was little to no light pollution, and the skies were as clear as could be. The air was just still enough to be peaceful, but not eerie. We were stopped for gas, when I saw the stars. It was just me outside, and it was wonderful.
June bugging

June bugging

June bugging

I don’t recall who thought of the idea first. It was the kind of thing that McSwain and I both could have come up with, so maybe we shared the light bulb moment. We were eight years old that summer and were always the first ones out the door after the pastor’s “Amen!
Updates from Meeker Town Hall

Updates from Meeker Town Hall

Updates from Meeker Town Hall

1. Update on Homestead Park A. Congratulations to Mrs. Donnell Jones for making the first contribution to the Homestead Park Fund. We really appreciate the fine donation. It will put many smiles on a lot of adults and children. B.
Finding life’s Monets

Finding life’s Monets

Finding life’s Monets

It was an innocent request. I was on my senior trip with my class, when my parents called and asked me to come to their hotel room. As soon as they opened their door, I knew they were going to tell me something that was not as innocent as I hoped. “Aunt Stephenie passed away,” my mom said.