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The holidays are fast approaching, and family gatherings will be taking place. How would you like to say you were able to prepare and cook the whole Thanksgiving dinner? That can easily happen. The OSU Cooperative Extension Service will be conducting a basic cooking school at the OSU Extension Service office beginning on Thursday, September 30 through November 11 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. These classes will be taught each week for seven weeks. The classes are not for the advanced cook, but for those who feel they are lacking in basic cooking skills.
Read morePatrick Jackson, Lehigh, Oklahoma, is a new member of the American Angus Association , reports Mark McCully, CEO of the national breed organization headquartered in Saint Joseph, Missouri.
Read moreFour people were transported to the hospital early Monday morning following a three-vehicle crash in Pontotoc County. Two were admitted to the hospital with injuries; two were treated and released.
Read moreFriday, October 15, is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the November 9 Coal County Special Election, Coal County Election Board Secretary Amber Fanning said today. Voters will decide two resolutions totaling $20.7M to build a new hospital and make improvements to Ruth Wilson Hurley Manor nursing home.
Read moreThe rise of the keyboard, and smart technology, has seen the tradition of handwriting fall by the wayside in most modern classrooms.
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When I was a teenager someone recommended I read The Disciplined Life, by Dr. Richard Shelly Taylor. I picked up the book and eye-balled the Table of Contents: Chapter 1, Discipline, the Key to Power; Chapter 2, Discipline, the Mark of Maturity. My eyes perused the page until they caught on Chapter 6: How to Become a Disciplined Person. “That’s it! That’s what I need!” I thought and turned quickly to page 81, skipping all that boring preliminary stuff. There I read these guilt producing words: “Some of you will spot the title of this chapter while scanning the Contents and, recognizing that becoming a disciplined person is the goal, will suppose that to read only this chapter will be sufficient. Such an attempt may be symptomatic of your need for discipline.”
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Religion. Being good enough for God to accept us. Many do turn to religion…trying to always behave and say the perfect things. So that hopefully, their holy God will be obliged to help them handle the fears and horrible problems in life. But down deep, each of us know ourselves well enough to have to admit, “Being perfect all the time - that just ain’t possible!”
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