Stroud Arts: Fifty and counting

This is the Fiftieth article in a 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.

Spending a good weekend at the lake

Recently, my wife Pat and I and little pooch Bailey journeyed down to our place at Lake Eufaula. It was the third time for us to go there for a weekend this year. But this weekend will be etched in my and Pat’s minds forever.

YouTubing

It started back in the early summer when I needed to take the deck off my mower. That’s a simple process, but I am always nervous that Part A has to come off before you can unhook Part B or something. So to check myself, I watched a couple of Youtube videos.

Updates from Meeker Town Hall

1. Update on Meeker Lake “Quapaw 15 Project Still waiting on camera inspection on concrete water tower waterpipe. 2. Update on Glenncrest Park A. Gathering up large rocks to be placed in flower beds. B. Waiting on shipment of mulch & playground sets. C. Basketball goal post almost completed.

Town Talk

It was exciting to see the new digital sign installed at the Main Street Pavilion. Town Talk began discussing and working towards a digital sign from our very first meeting.

Letters to the editor

The Lincoln County Commissioners are asking for help from the public. Please report anyone stealing, defacing, or pushing over stop signs. While the expense of replacing them is about $44 plus labor, it can’t begin to compare with a life or lives lost because a stop sign was missing.

Unhappy in Meeker

Last week in updates from Meeker Town Hall, my name was listed as one of the properties that had been cleaned up as “O” in the list. I really do not appreciate being listed as someone who has been successfully forced to clean up, mow, etc., by the Town of Meeker.

Town Talk

Town Talk is staying busy, as usual, working to “spruce up” our community. We are currently working on banners for Main Street, a canopy for the playground area in Foster Park and some decorative touches to the courtyard. I’ll post more information as it becomes available.

Missing rice

I have developed a habit of buying in bulk, or at least in multiples. Say I run out of shaving cream. When I go for more, I’ll buy maybe four cans, which will last me six months or more. Toothpaste? There are a dozen tubes in the drawer. Plus a couple of five-packs of toothbrushes.

Town Talk

Can you believe this is the last paper you will receive in July? August is upon us and once again I’m sure we are all asking ourselves, “Where does the time go?” Teachers report to school on August 10th and students who choose to return to traditional school will do so on August 13th.