Physical pain. Turns your life upside down while it lasts. Instead of concentrating on having fun or getting your job done, a person experiencing pain suddenly finds themself with a new goal. Getting ...

A new school year will soon begin. And if you have young children, that means it’s one year closer to the day when they head off to college or some other post-secondary education or training. You migh...

With the advent of the school year, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) now turns our attention to our fall programs. Our first major task is to provide support for our main direct servic...

What are the protective and risk factors in substance use prevention?According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), risk and protective factors are characteristic...

Oklahoma CareerTech adult education and family literacy students who earn their GED diplomas may now be able to earn college credit for their scores at Oklahoma State University Institute of Technolog...

• Be continually grouchy with your family and expect them to love, honor and want to be around you.• Demand miracles from your staff at work and expect total loyalty from them - and to just love worki...

If you own a business, you’ve always got a lot on your mind. But no matter how busy you are today, you need to think about tomorrow. Specifically, you’ll want to create an exit strategy for the day yo...

Adventures in BRENDALANDThis weekend, we celebrated my aunt’s 80th birthday. We drove her and Uncle Roy to Cyprus, Texas to Aunt Betty’s daughter’s home. Her daughter put together a wonderful gatherin...

American author and screenwriter Suzanne Collins celebrates her birth date on August 10, 1962, in Hartford, Conn.Suzanne grew up with two older sisters, Kathryn and Joan, and one older brother, Andrew...

With the end of summer break, the 2023-24 school year is about to begin for students.In my hometown of Rush Springs, the annual Watermelon Festival held on the second Saturday of August was and is the...

A Call for Renewed CommitmentAs a candidate for Principal Chief of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation (MCN), I have shared a platform which includes revisiting the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) issue. In m...

Adventures in BRENDALANDI lived on a small rural farm as a child. My parents planted soybeans and cotton. After the crops were done, my brother and I would sometimes walk the fields. If there was heav...

We all know how it feels to have done it. We wanted to be brave, but at the last minute we pulled up stakes and ran for the hills. Our self-preservation the only thing on our chicken-liver minds. Then...

Most investors are aware of the different types of stocks: big-company, small-company, technology, international and so on. And it may be a good idea to own a mix of these stocks as part of your overa...

I’m sure the phrase ‘you see something, say something’ has probably been used for decades.That statement took on added meaning on 9/11. The term was first coined by New York advertising executive Alle...

With the conclusion of the annual Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) Heroes Ball, we know it is time to trade our costumes for our secret identity normal clothes, but I need to share with yo...

American author of children’s books Sharon Creech celebrates July 29, 1945, as her birth date in South Euclid, Ohio. She grew up with her sister Sandy and three brothers, Dennis, Doug and Tom.Sharon t...

Are we underestimating the risk of extreme weather?“Growing wheat is getting harder in a warming world,” was the headline of a story I came across the first week of June. Needless to say, with dismal ...

July 28 is National Milk Chocolate Day! I haven’t dedicated a whole column to chocolate since 2019 so I thought I would do it again now. After all, I am a self-diagnosed chocaholic - to the core! Choc...

To be successful in most endeavors, it’s important to develop good habits - and that’s certainly the case for investors. And the earlier one develops these habits, the better. So, if you have teenager...