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Police have been shot, stabbed, run over, and hit with objects across the country since the death of George Floyd in the custody of Minneapolis Police. These injuries and deaths have been unreported by the national media.

Anti-American protestors disgust me and always have. We have a better life in this country with more opportunities than anywhere on earth and everyone living here should be thankful.

(Note: Being 84 years old has its advantages but not during COVAD-19 shutdown which locked me inside my house for about six weeks, thus limiting my contact with the outside world. Hence, forgive my columns the next few weeks since they will be re-runs from 2016.

Back in 1947 the biggest worry Southern Baptists had was the plight of millions of black Africans. We did not know any black Africans in Stonewall and only had a vague idea where Africa was. The church created missionary programs to let us know.

Quote of the Week…“It is a thousand times better to have common sense without an education than to have an education without common sense.” Obviously, this is a very unusual graduation for the 2020 class. Dennis Prager reminds graduates that waiting until everything is “safe” means never.

Dr. Victor Davis Hanson is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, a military historian and a professor emeritus of classics at California State University, Fresno. He has written two articles relevant to today’s society.

Welcome back to Eyewitness News. It’s time for a check on sports with our sports anchor, Tim Jones. Tim, what’s happening in your world? Thanks, Tina. Love your purple medical mask, by the way. Matches your shoes. Howdy, everybody. A lot to get to in today’s jam-packed look at sports.

It’s obvious I have absolutely too much time on my hands. At age 84, my usual springtime routine involves PA announcing baseball, softball and track for Carl Albert, Choctaw and Harrah, all the while taking notes in my spare time to write a sports story for a variety of newspapers.

It was one of those nights. As soon as one child was asleep, it seemed like another needed mama to blow a stuffy nose or something to soothe a raspy cough. Daniel had a lack of sleep and was fighting the cold himself, so I hated to bother him too much.

At my age I’ve seen a lot of things happen. One of the things happened 40 years ago. Mount St. Helen erupted. Wow! What a mess that was but I would not be surprised if more than a few have no knowledge of it. It really impressed me. Dumping ash all over the USA— even here in Oklahoma.