If you’re an investor, you probably enjoy the convenience of managing your accounts online. But you’ll also want to make sure that you’re not making it convenient for hackers, “phishers” and others wi...

Well, folks, on the day I am writing this, old lady summer is pulling a stubborn streak. She refuses to leave! Yet, I took up the welcome mat, already. Furthermore, I have decided to welcome two autum...

Betty Crocker turns 100 on October 21st!! How crazy is that? How many of us have at least one dog-eared and stained Betty Crocker Cookbook? The red and white checkered cover is iconic and classic alon...

Generally speaking, investing is a long-term process. You invest in your IRA and 401(k) to reach a long-term goal – retirement. You may invest in a 529 education savings plan for many years to reach a...

OKLAHOMA CITY – For the past two decades, the premier event to develop a legislative agenda to improve children’s quality of life is the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy’s annual Fall Forum. Each...

Folks, I don’t know about you, but as of this writing, I am doing a countdown to those crisp days of Fall. The residents here at the retirement village seem to be smiling more these days. Even their s...

Henryetta Public Library has “The Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein” and “A Llama in the Family,” both by author Johanna Hurwitz available to check out. Library calendar themes for the month of October...

I have gotten so personal in this column so many times. I write from my heart many weeks and this week I can’t help but do it again. My father passed away this past Saturday. As he is all that is on m...

Accepting Refugees a Matter of Life and Death OKLAHOMA CITY – Around 1,800 Afghan refugees will arrive in Oklahoma in the days and weeks to come. That’s the third-most in the country, after only Calif...

Folks, the truth is, sometimes my mouth enters a room before I do Ṅow, we can’t blame my dear old mother. She tried her best to refine this hunk of humanity called Martha. I can still hear her words, ...

BREAKFAST Wednesday, Oct. 6 – Cereal, Scrambled Eggs, Toast, Fruit or Juice and Milk Thursday, Oct. 7 – Cereal, Maple Bar, Omelet with Toast, Fruit or Juice and Milk Friday, Oct. 8 – NO SCHOOL Monday,...

For more than two decades, child advocates from across the state have come together to learn about the latest issues in advocacy and to help develop the annual Children’s Legislative Agenda. This even...

Henryetta Public Library currently has "Where the Red Fern Grows" and "Summer of the Monkeys" by author Wilson Rawls available to check out. WILSON RAWLS BIOGRAPHY: Born Sept. 24, 1913 in Scraper, Okl...

October 1 is National Homemade Cookie Day!!!! Bakers everywhere rejoice as they fire up ovens around the Nation to bake a few batches of cookies to celebrate. Ok, maybe not so many, but I was so excit...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Over the past two months, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy has had the pleasure of traveling to different venues around the state to learn about programs supporting children a...

Folks, I have already told you I grew up in a small farming village, back there in the green hills of southeast Oklahoma. And, when I say small, I mean small. That was my world. We left that village o...

OKLAHOMA CITY – During its annual Fall Forum meeting, to be held Wednesday, Oct. 20 through Friday, Oct. 22 and culminating on Monday, Oct. 25, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) will an...

OKLAHOMA CITY – We are now less than one month away from 202 Fall Forum, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy’s annual conference which develops our legislative agenda. This gathering of our memb...

Hey, folks, my sister came to see me some time ago. I was more than excited. She is my only sister, the only one I have ever had! She had not been for a visit since I moved here to the retirement vill...

Dear Editor, My husband and I are 81 and 82 and live in Bixby. He really hates to ever miss the Labor Day parade. He loves the bands, the military marchers, the Native Americans in their attire and al...