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Scammers are taking advantage of fears surrounding the Coronavirus. They’re setting up websites to sell bogus products, and using fake emails, texts, and social media posts as a ruse to take your money and get your personal information.

I’m so old I can remember when folks used to “dress up” to go to church and other special places. Times have sure changed. Youngsters will spend big bucks for clothes that look like they came from a dumpster.

I watch young people protesting first one thing and then another. They seem to be always looking for a cause. So many of them seem to be filled with bitterness and hatred despite the fact they are living in the greatest country on earth and are blest beyond measure.

A first-grade school teacher had 25 students in her class. She presented each child in her classroom the first half of a well-known proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. It’s hard to believe these were actually done by first graders. Their insight may surprise you.

Morris and his wife Esther went to the State Fair every year and every year, Morris would say, “Esther, I sure would like to ride in that helicopter.” And Esther always replied, “I know, Morris, but that helicopter ride is fifty dollars, and fifty dollars is fifty dollars.”

A few years back Pat and I were in a place called Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Beautiful area, ringed by the Grand Tetons, was so appealing that I didn’t know where to go first. The big Tetons or just stay in town and see the sights.

CC— Quote of the Week….“Youth looks ahead, old age looks back and middle age looks tired.” —CC— Fake Frogs – say it is not so! Many of us remember dissecting a frog when we were in high school. It was not a pleasant experience.

The following story is part of the impressive collection of archives containing stories from people who have been touched one way or another by the 1995 bombing of the Alfred Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.

Quote of the Week….“Jeremiah 1:5… “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart….” —CC— The annual Pro-Life Rally will be held February 5 th on the 4th floor of the Oklahoma State Capital. Roses will be distributed to elected officials on that day.

In this age of gender equality, this is a sticky subject that could get me in trouble with a trio of educated and independent nieces, but they would stop short of hurting an old man physically, so here goes!