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A long time ago — well one week ago — the much heralded “North American Eclipse” came to Allen. Weather forecasters happily forecasted that we probably wouldn’t be able to see it anyway. Clouds they said. I watched all this with a sort of wishy-washy attitude.

THE EYE OF THE STORMSunday morning at our house is a little like Dante’s Inferno. A great lament goes up among the children when they discover someone else has gone before them into the water chamber. In a few moments I will hear the hum of hair dryers and the shouts of, “Has anybody seen my brush?”

Letter to the City of Coalgate March 5, 2024 Mrs. Holt, I recently traveled to Coalgate to present training to local law enforcement officers. I wanted to take a moment to express my thanks to you and your officers that attended and prepared for the event.

The USS Johnnie Hutchins had reached the end of its road. It was an icecold morning with icy winds off the bay there in Bayonne, New Jersey.

Ever suddenly been transported back in time by just a whiff of a lingering smell in the air? The sight of a house? A quick glimpse of a stranger’s profile who instantly reminds you of someone in your past? Or the taste of a certain food that suddenly takes you back to Grandma’s kitchen. Probably.

The historic peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, agreed to by Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat and based on the Camp David Accords mediated by U.S. President Jimmy Carter in September 1978, was signed this day 1.66” X 5.8” in 1979.

Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.org.I’m reading a book titled “Knocking on Heaven’s Door”. It’s the story of an adult daughter in California struggling to deal with the long, slow death of her father in Connecticut.

My name is Charles Canida. I am the Emerson Elementary School Principal. I came to the elementary school in 1991, and have been here since that time.We completed an addition to Emerson in the late nineties, however, we now need to replace air conditioners and heaters.

St Patrick’s Day was never a big deal in Stonewall. In fact, if it hadn’t been for those old Warner Path-A Newsreels at the Main Theatre I might not have even known there was one.

It’s Been a Week Since the Super Bowl. You Thought KC Won? Nope. San Francisco Was Just Announced the Surprise Winner.See if any of this parody sounds familiar: It’s been seven days since the Super Bowl ended. Silly you. You thought it was over.