Country Comments

Dayna and I spent the weekend attending the annual Oklahoma Press Association. It was an enjoyable and rewarding time. Dayna was one of the guest speakers on a panel of four, who shared ways newspapers can bring in alternative income, and was excellent. (I am not prejudice, either!

Over time, the words of our loved ones remain etched forever in our minds. Some people pick profound epitaphs that sum up their lives on their tombstones, while others choose humorous epitaphs to keep visitors amused.

Memorial Day a “Decoration Day” is very special to most of us ole timers. Though the holiday’s origins are not exact, it did start after the Civil War. In 1868 General John Logan sent out an official order that designated May 30 as a day of remembrance for those who died serving in the Civil War.

This month our high school class will celebrate our 58th anniversary. The following article made me think of what some of us from ’65 would write about the past 58 years. Here is a review from another school “Through the Years.

Graduation time is here and students across the country are making decisions about their future. Many of them will start college but only half of those that start will graduate. My college degree has been worthless to me.

A local wife was heard saying to her husband that she would like something shiny that would go from 0 – 200 in ten seconds for her 25th wedding anniversary. We later heard that he bought her a bathroom scale. We have not seen him since that time.

Following Anheuser-Busch’s embrace of a mentally ill man pretending to be a woman as the face of Bud Light, conservatives across the country showed their displeasure by boycotting the beer brand, causing Bud Light to lose more than $5 billion in market capitalization in the last week.

It seems to me that every generation since the Greatest Generation has gone downhill. Those of us in the Baby Boomer generation are a close second to the Greatest Generation in our minds and wonder how on earth this generation became so disgusting, stupid and immoral.

The four gospels not only record the events of what is now known as the first Easter but also bring insight into the emotional impact of those events on the followers of Christ.

The late Bob Dalton was a great friend. He owned our local hardware store for over half a century. People would come from surrounding counties because he would have what they needed and could tell them to the item what they needed for the project.