Have you got $20One of the things that I like most about my work is that I get the chance to dig into research and news reports about agriculture and climate change. You never know what you might find...

Henryetta Fighting Hen Coffee was held at the Colonial Restaurant. The group honored Barbara Gilpatrick with a cake for her birthday. Barbara had been Treasurer for the Hens and the All-School reunion...

ITHANA Club President Madeline Duncan made the spotlight, planning many events and preparing for the club’s new year.The Missourians performed a live concert at First Free Will Baptist Church.The Henr...

I read an interesting article about how Oklahomans work far more hours and use less vacation than those in other states. Coincidentally, this was at the airport as my own vacation was ending.Oklahoma ...

We need to get ready for it because the costs are real too“Insurers pull back as U.S. climate catastrophes intensify.” That was the headline of a story that ran in the publication “The Hill” earlier i...

Last week’s column “For the Dogs” meant I had a lot of applesauce left over. So, in order to get rid of it, I decided this week’s column would be all about applesauce. I doubled the muffin recipe, but...

It’s probably not on your calendar, but September is Life Insurance Awareness Month. And that means it’s a good time to become more aware of the benefits of having life insurance and the dangers of no...

American author Jack Prelutsky celebrates his birth date as September 8, 1940, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He grew up in the Bronx with his brother and his dad was an electrician and his mom, a homemaker.As a c...

When is long enough?Jim and Nick had been neighbors for years. Not necessarily close friends who knew each other’s daily habits and dislikes, but friendly enough. Except when Jim did something that go...

This weekend, I had five security cameras installed. I already believe they are a good investment. All of them are solar powered. It’s only day three and I’m shocked at just how well they work. The cl...

So last week, I made Chex mix for the column. The problem with that is I had to buy two different Chex cereals that we don’t eat as just cereal and I don’t need that much Chex mix in my life. So I tho...

First Family Federal Credit Union was hosted their 1st Annual Labor Day Car Show.Henryetta held two pageants, the Labor Day Baby Pageant and the Eastern Oklahoma Henryetta Labor Day Pageant.Marvin’s P...

Lucy Peoples, a much loved and greatly respected local author, was born on Aug. 23, 1941, in Plainview, Texas. She was the fifth child born to Roy and Mary Sims. There were six children in her family ...

When you retire, you’ll experience many changes - should one of them involve your living arrangements?The issue of downsizing is one that many retirees will consider. If you have children, and they’ve...

It’s not exactly a terrific ego-booster to forever be ‘the belly’ - the body part that doesn’t clear the fence last, but still, you’re not the tip end of the nose that always goes first, either. Can m...

Part 1 of 3With the recent release of the movie The Sound of Freedom, the conversation on the horror of human trafficking is growing. The movie, a dramatization, details one individual story, but does...

Can gene splicing and selective breeding help deal with heat stress in cattle?Sometimes you see a headline and just go “huh.”That happened to me today when I can across an article talking about breedi...

“They didn’t have air conditioning, carpet or nothing,” says Dylan, age 5. Actually, it was “the way the seats were lined up,” says Milese, 6. No, that wasn’t it at all: “because there were no chairs ...

Last Thursday, I did my normal routine of coming home from work and going out to feed the animals. It was so hot, by the time I was done, I was a wet drippy mess. I went inside, got ready for a shower...

Paula Danziger, American author of children’s books, was born August 18, 1944, in Washington, D.C. She had a very unhappy childhood, disliked her unhappy sarcastic father and her mother was always wor...