From our readers To the Editor:
Ode to the “Rag Tags”
Onto Ford Field the “rag tag” boys came,
With hopes of winning the championship game.
They battled with grit, with muscle and heart,
All four quarters they each did their part.
Outsized and out manned the team didn’t flinch,
They ground out their yardage inch by inch.
Ignoring the other team’s unsportsmanlike acts,
Maroons showed the sportsmanship the other team lacks.
The scoreboard might show that the other team won,
Bu...
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Tales from the old-timer Snow in Oklahoma
This is a picture of my deck and backyard in Bixby, Okla. Probably nothing unusual to you, but here in Oklahoma, this is an extremely worrisome picture to local Okies.
When we moved here 13 years ago, Tulsa County had a total of three snowplows. In a very large, heavily developed area, this translates into up to a week for plowing in your area. The first time it snowed after we moved here, our kids were out of school for an entire week. They were gleefully contacting their Holy Family, Marinette friends t...
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Country Cousin Baking...
Hi Folks!
Just think, folks - We’ve only got 10 days to wait for the first day of Winter! Considering we’ve had wind chills of 25 below this past week, wonder what we’ll face when Winter gets here?
On the other hand, it’s only 10 days until Summer starts in Antarctica - and Monday, Dec. 9, they had the coldest night ever recorded on this planet - 153.8 degrees below zero! Don’t know if the dark side of the Moon even gets that cold. Maybe Mars does. Talk about Global Warming! Whatever will we do ab...
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From our readers To the Editor:
The loss of A Loved One, Two Loved Ones
On Sunday, April 28, 2013, my cousin lost someone who was very dear to him. We believe his girlfriend of eight years lost her life to a drug called Adderall, and so did he.
My cousin and his girlfriend would stay with me on weekends when they came to visit the city. He would pull the weeds in my garden. He put in my new sump pump, and put my new grill together. He talked baby talk to my 100 pound black lab. He loves the outdoors, and is a hard wo...
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Tales from the old-timer Social Security “Doomed” Critics Say
Some friend of mine, worried that I might be drifting into the forbidden waters of liberal thinking, has paid for a subscription to a magazine put out monthly by Hillsdale College, a school so conservative that it won’t accept any form of federal grant funds. The college was founded in 1844, and enrollment, as shown in the 2006 World Almanac and Book of Facts, is 1,273 students.
The magazine offers well-written articles each month giving conservative viewpoints on various topics. The l...
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