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They’re all out of step but Jim To hear my mom tell it, you›d think I was a perfect child. Sometimes, when my children get together with my parents, the kids quiz mom and dad about mistakes I made when I was their age. «Tell us about some of the bad stuff dad did when he was a kid» they›ll ask.

Some things have not changed much since Wiley Post crashed his airplane 80 years ago and killed not only himself but famous Oklahoma humorist, actor, statesman and genuinely good guy Will Rogers.

Lonnie Goodgion with one of her grandsons Toni Martin Sharon Pickens holding Casen McCollum, and Talyon D’Aguanno. Sharon Pickens and Debbie Martin left to right, Heather Miller holding Toni Martin, Summer Jett, Dana Wood, Sharon Pickens, holding Debbie Martin, and Everett Pickens.

ECU’s Fall 2020 graduates were recognized at 10 a.m. Saturday, December 12, and Spring 2020 graduates, who missed their original commencement exercise because of Covid-19, were recognized at 2 p.m. that same day. Both virtual ceremonies premiered on ECU’s Facebook page.

East Central University is recognizing students for their outstanding academic work during the Fall 2020 semester by naming them to the President’s and Dean’s Honor Rolls. The President’s Honor Roll is reserved for students who earn A’s in all of their courses for a perfect 4.0 GPA.

“How do I know if I should leave my church?” It’s a question everyone wonders from time to time—and not one to take lightly. Transitioning between churches can be a messy time in the life of the Christian and his or her family and church body. So how do you know if it’s time to say “adiós”?

All of us are ready for a new year. Goodbye 2020, Hello 2021. A new start. An end to the Covid-19 Pandemic. All of us by now have seen friends and family hit or even now struggling with this deadly virus. Many of us have struggled with friends who never did accept that it was anything serious.

Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com Six-year-old Johnny longed for, prayed and dreamed about getting a pony for his birthday. In his eyes, he truly NEEDED a pony. Uncle Jim knew all about Johnny’s dream. But he also was very aware of the prohibitive cost.

Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.org. Family Resolutions I admit it. I am one of those who makes New Year’s resolutions. Every December I evaluate how the prior year progressed and what I’d like to do to improve.

Words of wisdom for 2021 This will be the last issue of the newspaper in 2020 and I am sure most of you will join me in being glad to see it go. Lots of good things have been hidden by the virus epidemic but the damage done to our nation as a whole will be felt for a long time.