Donald J. Sobol, American author, was born Oct. 4, 1924 in New York, N.Y. He has one sister, Helen. After serving in World War II, Sobol enrolled in Oberlin in 1946 where in his junior year of college...

Far away in an undisclosed coffeehouse, a hero in a white hat squints and looks suspiciously up at the rising sun. A kerfuffle is rumored among rubes in a faraway village and nothing . . . absolutely ...

Years ago a small city hospital called a Henryetta businessman. They asked him if he could come and donate a pint of blood. A baby girl had been born that day and due to complications at birth she was...

This past weekend, I was not feeling well. Adrian took it upon himself to help me. He decided to plan my column based on foods that would help me feel better faster. He created the grocery list, went ...

RE: Former ODOT Highway Commissioner endorses Dan Artussee for Okmulgee County Commissioner Dist. 3 Dear Editor, I was pleased to read that our County Commissioner, Dan Artussee, filed for the office ...

Folks, I am telling you, today I am doing nothing! I started doing it yesterday and did not get finished. As I write this, it is another one of those days with the A/C going fullblast. Now, I know our...

As you know, the stock market has attracted a lot of attention – and for good reason, as we’ve seen considerable volatility almost from the beginning of the year. But if you own bonds, or bond-based m...

Football season is here! I thought this would be the perfect time to make some football foods! BUT then I couldn’t decide which ones I wanted to do so instead of just one column, I am creating a month...

If you’re like most people, your work has been a central part of your life. So, wouldn’t it be nice to have the flexibility to decide when you no longer want to work? Many people of retirement age hav...

In just a few weeks, students will be heading off to college – and parents will be getting out their checkbooks. Without a college-bound student in your home right now, you might not be thinking much ...

Folks, sometimes you just have to tell it like it is. This is how it was told to me. She carries a very big purse. It is so loaded, it is bulging at the seams. Now, we all wondered why she always had ...

Henryetta Public Library's Summer Reading Program is now finished. Two of our first through fifth graders, Faythe Andrews and Kurt Hunnicutt, will each receive a one-year subscription to National Geog...

School started this week for some area schools, the rest will start next week. I don‘t know about the kids in your life, but the ones in mine are always starving when they get home – starving like the...

Folks, I have heard it said you are never too old to learn something new. Well, I just proved that to be true. All my growing up years, I heard my dad sing a particular song as he went through his day...

Saturday, Aug. 6 is the last day to turn in books for the Henryetta Public Library Summer Reading Program prize sheets. This week, Henryetta Public Library features several Junior Fiction books by aut...

OKLAHOMA CITY – July was a remarkably busy month for the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA). Not only did we support partner youth programs, we ended the month honoring outstanding child adv...

Don’t visit my backyard during the hottest part of the day this summer unless you are ready to witness some shameless splooting. I have squirrels splooting on the back porch, splooting over the birdba...

Folks, here at the retirement village, we have our high times and low times. Now is one of our low times. We had to say goodbye to a dear friend and neighbor. The two of us were friends long before we...

Saturday, Aug. 6 will be the last day for area youth to turn in books they've read for prizes for this year's Summer Reading Program. Themes on the library calendar for August include Children's Visio...

OKLAHOMA CITY – There are some days when work is much better than others. I often tell young Oklahomans that it is important to find a career, not a job, when it comes to selecting employment, though ...