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My wife’s grandfather Lyle Harlow was a prisoner of war in World War II and survived the Bataan Death March. He had an attitude about the Japanese soldiers and people. My father-n-law also fought in WW II and was hurt in the Battle of the Bulge. He had negative comments to make about the Japanese.

“Good friends are like quilts – they age with you, yet never lose their warmth.”I have seen too many dear friends leave this world, too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.Whose business is it if I choose to read, or play on the computer, until 4 am, or sleep until...

A life of no regretMy six year old grandson was riding in the back of his mother’s car recently. It was mid- January, not baseball weather, but they were driving by the ball field where he had played T ball last year.

While watching our teen-aged son play four years of high school basketball games years ago, we both noticed an absolute truth; Our son could not seem to grasp that he wasn’t able to block every shot that was put up by the opposing team.

“You look great,” someone said to me last week. “Have you lost weight?” Which is always nice to hear, but it got me thinking.In the first place, I haven’t lost a pound, I assure you. I eat just as much bread as I always have, which is to say all the bread I can find.

The history of God is well documented, and so is the history of Man’s stubborn, or rebellious behavior, in the Holy Word of God, the Bible. This type of behavior has caused billions and billions of humans to end up in a burning, or least a very hot Hell, without a drop of water.

Allen History Marches On Allen has had several tornadoes over its life but the most recent one had its own unique qualities. Only twister I know of that placed a heavy rider mower on its owner’s roof. Or leave “Skeeter” Hogue scratching his head over whose roof was laying on his own roof.

Be careful how you vote My late father had pretty traditional views when it came to politics.

An elderly gentleman had been having serious hearing problems for a number of years. Finally, he went to an audiologist to see what could be done to help. Once he was fitted with a set of hearing aids, the man’s hearing improved 100%.A month later, the gentleman returned for his checkup.

Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.org.Imagine this: You’re a single mom, with two young children and no family in town and no real friends to lean on. You make it day by day, as long as nothing goes wrong.