Pott, Lincoln county livestock shows

The Lincoln County Junior Livestock Show is finishing up today and Friday and the Pottawatomie County Junior Livestock Show begins next Tuesday. The Lincoln County show is at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds in Chandler. The beef show begins at 1 p.m.

Mistrial in manslaughter crash

A mistrial has been declared in a case which a woman was charged with first degree manslaughter and multiple other felony offenses.

Wellston to host Legislative Breakfast

The Wellston Area Chamber of Commerce will host the first local Legislative Breakfast of the year, 8-9 a.m., Friday, Feb. 25, at the Wellston Senior Nutrition Center, 206 Cedar. Breakfast will be available to purchase.

CARD OF THANKS

We want to extend a special thanks to Pastor Jeromye and Angi Jackson of the Stroud First Assembly of God Church and to our friends and family for your prayers, visits, phone calls, flowers, food and cards during the loss of our loved one. Thank you for your love and support.

PUBLIC RECORDS

Lincoln County Marriage Licenses Gary Wayne Shackelford and Jenna Nadine Herman, both of Prague. Joshua Raul Castrejon and Arianna Rose Ilani Abuyog, both of Stroud. Jesse Roy Decker and Dayna Danielle Morrow, both of Sparks. Marcus Gene White and Linda Shepheard, both of Chandler.

Cat actions

I pulled out one of my old film cameras three weeks ago. Kindra and I were slipping off for an overnight anniversary get-away and I thought I’d snap a couple of rolls of film to commemorate the event.

Openness essential in government

Openness should be the standard not the exception when it comes to meetings and records of public bodies. We see and hear of boards, councils, other public bodies that either ignore or attempt to skirt the Open Meetings and Records Act.

Remembering Virginia Bradshaw

A couple of weeks ago this area lost a well-respected retired member of the journalism community. Virginia Bradshaw passed away on Feb. 9 at her home. She was 92 years old. She had played a role in my entering into the world of journalism and played a role in my landing my first newspaper job.

Town Talk

Thank you to the Lion’s Club for their hard work in putting the flags out on President’s Day in the yards of those who subscribe to this program. This is a great fund raiser. It is not without lots of effort on the members’ part to keep this project going.