Jacob Braude tells the story of a man who hadn’t seen an old friend in years. “How is your wife?” the man asked.“She’s in heaven,” replied the friend. “Oh, I’m sorry.” Quickly realizing this was not t...

First, we at OICA wish all you a happy Thanksgiving holiday. This is an important time for families, and we wish the best to you and yours.The United States is the only industrialized nation without a...

We tend to turn to comfort foods as the days get shorter and the chill permeates the air. You want something that sticks to your ribs and warms you from the inside out as you eat it. Having the oven o...

Faraway country.Poverty stricken area with hard-working citizens, who don’t have much chance to see things change for the better.My hero rides his Honda into their part of his world every day, to deli...

It’s been a bumpy year for the financial markets - which means that some of your investments may have underperformed or lost value. Can you use these losses to your advantage?It’s possible. If you hav...

Christopher Paolini, American author and screenwriter best known for his series of books known as The Inheritance Cycle, was born on Nov.17, 1983, in Los Angeles, Calif.Paolini was raised in the area ...

My Granny was the oldest daughter in her family. There were eight girls and one boy. Granny had curly hair that she kept short and pulled up and away from her face. She always wore dresses and did all...

Getting bugged by climate changeThe bugs are coming!No, I’m not talking about a bad science fiction movie - I’m talking about how the range of many of our “peskier” insects and pests are expanding tha...

Children’s Agenda set for 2024The 2023 OICA Fall Forum concluded last week, and it was an intense four days of learning and sharing for those attending the conference.Advocates in attendance shared th...

In reading Thanksgiving poems, I came across this clever writing by Edgar A. Guest: “When turkey’s on the table lain, And good things I may scan, I’m thankful that I wasn’t made A vegetarian.”Vegetari...

This Saturday is Veterans Day. Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on Nov. 11, 1919, which was the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annua...

As you go through life, you’ll have various financial goals - and to achieve them, you’ll need to invest. But just recognizing the need to invest is not as useful as matching specific types of account...

The young lady had gigantic dreams. Visions of becoming a movie star filled her daydreams constantly. From the very first movie she saw as a child, she was entranced as the female lead lit up the big ...

Neil Gaiman, an English author of Polish- Jewish descent, was born Nov. 10, 1960, in Portchester, England. His grandfather began a chain of grocery stores where his father worked and his mother was a ...

After I started working on removing and replacing my kitchen floor, I had several surprises waiting on me. I currently have a water leak from old copper pipes and some water damaged flooring which was...

I attended a nonprofit conference Monday hosted by the Sarkeys Foundation. While there, I served on a panel which delved into the issues dealing with incarceration.Some might ask why a child advocate ...

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - protecting our natural resource base, adapting to climate change and reducing greenhouse gasses are not at odds with making money in production agriculture....

Now that Halloween is past us and Thanksgiving is right around the corner, I thought I would do a column I have refused to do for the last 7 years - pumpkin. I am not a fan of pumpkin myself and I don...

10 Years Ago:Hailey Gillispie of Henryetta High School was not only nominated, but also made the state finalist phase of Wendy’s Heisman Watch. Gillispie was a four-time state qualifier in cross count...

Lots of medications out there to fix problems. And a lot of them are aimed directly at anxiety.Am I here to poke fun at people for feeling anxiety? To tell you it is your problem and you can fix it yo...