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The Thanksgiving feast—an American tradition that dates back to the 16th century when Spanish settlers held a feast of gratitude for God’s providence as they successfully arrived in what is now Florida.

Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.org. Less than perfect Thanksgiving This week, most of us will be looking for something special on the Thanksgiving table. I can hear the voices now.

“THANKSGIVING; A TIME TO SAVE!”Everybody knows finances are tight today. Now, one can only hope against hope that by the time this column hits your hands, the sentence I just wrote is a lie.

Dear Editor: Here we go again. Public officials need to be accountable and not self serving. Looks as if all they want to do is to feather their own nest at the expense of the taxpayers. Pretty sad when you see these things going on everyday.

I remember my first job as a stock boy at a downtown department store when I was in high school. My main tasks were lifting heavy boxes, unpacking crates, and doing various other jobs. It was an important experience for me.

Different Strokes I was just reading about how folks across the plains are taking the election results of last week. Reminds me of 1944 when the papers (back east) whined and moaned how our “system” allowed such a mental midget (Truman) to replace our late great Roosevelt.He was who he was.

The Coal County Jail Service had a long and successful history. It was started by Pastor Jim Smith of the Pentecostal Holiness Church. For 35 years he missed a service once a year to go to his Church’s Convention or was ill. I started working with him in the last year or so of his ministry.

If there has ever been a time in my life when I feel like crawling under the bed with a blankie and lying there whimpering – it just might be now. Now, I really don’t see myself as a wimp, like a girl who has never had to face anything more unpleasant than a pimple on her nose on prom night.

What my children taught me about parentingThis week I saw a columnist post an inquiry to readers asking, “What did your kids teach you about parenting?” This interesting question made me wonder how I would answer it. So here’s my take on the question.

Language is not the only thing that has gone by the wayside. How many of you remember the pay phones? I read an interesting article about them which I wanted to share… In this installment of ‘Profiles in History,’ we meet an innovator whose family emergency led to the creation of the pay phone.