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Let's join the community together for another winning season
The Alva schools held their "media day" Monday evening at the huge practice building at Alva High School. All sorts of attractive elementary to senior football players, cheerleaders and softball playe...
Well, I must have missed August and Labor Day both because school is starting
I may live to see school letting out May 25th and starting June 6th someday. Anyhow, what I really want is for drivers to watch out for the kids around the schools. They don't mean to not pay attentio...
Work out your own salvation
Salvation is a word used by the Apostle Paul to describe our relationship with God. The word salvation is a word that implies rescue. By choosing to use this word, Paul is therefore describing a one-sided relationship. God is the rescuer and we are...
Spiritually Speaking
Raise your hand if you hate giving blood. Yeah, that’s what I thought. Some of you actually raised your hands – earning some strange looks from the other early morning coffee drinkers at McDonalds. Some were a bit more demure and raised hands in...
Tunnels
Tunnels have always held a fascination for me. It began with a boyhood plan to tunnel under the alley at 719 First St. connecting my back yard with Bill Sperry’s on the other side. I knew of a...
Alva yards looking 'ratty'
Dear Editor, We have been blessed with ample moisture this year to help make our city look good – wrong! I have never seen our city look so “ratty” and unkempt. Where is our pride? The courthouse lawn is really kept nice due to the pride of...
Random Thoughts
Few people would dispute that the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s was perhaps the most significant domestic event in U.S. history in the last half of the 20th century. Among other things,...
The Coffee House Philosopher
Though the ancient philosopher and teacher Socrates is long gone, variations of the pedagogical technique known as the “Socratic Method of Teaching” might still be encountered in institutions of higher education today, most notably in law...
I almost had a celebrity at the salvage this week
Doug Murrow and wife, owner of Kevin the Goat from Cherokee, brought me a load of iron. Unfortunately, there wasn't room for Kevin to ride along; maybe next time. Dad and I went to Ponca City last...
It's about the children
My mind is on children right now. Our summers at Bible Baptist Church start with youth camp in June and ends with our Youth Week (vacation Bible school) in August. Tonight is our closing night, which consists of a carnival and parents enjoying what...
Spiritually Speaking
Soon it will be time to start another semester. Professors are putting together syllabi and making sure their policies and procedures are securely in place. Students are putting the finishing touches on their summer vacations and making arrangements...
Credit score
“I would rather be debt free than have a perfect credit score.” — Holly Johnson Managing credit is something from which we can all profit, and that is not just a play on words. Before the days...
Random Thoughts
Most of us idolize some famous people whom we will likely never meet. We appreciate them because they entertain us and make our lives better. But, as we saw last week, the price of stardom can be...
Medicare plays big role in protecting nursing home patients
When you hear about Medicare, you probably think of the federal program that helps pay for older adults’ health care. What you may not realize is that another of Medicare’s major responsibilities is to inspect health care facilities to make sure...
Lynn Says
For the second time within a month, I've seen an extortion email trying to collect a sizeable sum of money. It’s from a fellow who says he has proof the victim was watching porn on his computer...
Murdock's Minutes
It seems like summer just got started, and now the stores, newspaper ads, and radio and TV commercials are all reminding us it’s time to start getting ready for the new school year. It’s amazing how quickly shoes, jeans, shirts and more get worn...
We're No. 1 at something, finally
The Tulsa World had an article about the ten least popular governors in America. The short list is six Republicans, two Democrats, and one independent, one unknown; eight males, two females. No. 2 lea...
The Coffee House Philosopher
Ah, to be back in the old classroom again, listening to old Professor Droning Onanon explaining some of the finer points of western civilization – occasionally referencing an ancient Greek teacher and philosopher named “Socrates” [470 BC - 399...
Joy! It's all in the perspective
My family and I had the privilege of going to Colorado Springs, Colorado, over the 4th of July week to visit my mother and my son’s family. My grandson turned one on July 5 and we were not going to miss that wonderful day. But the day we got there...
Spiritually Speaking
This morning, bright and early, I had another visit from Alva’s finest. Mind you, I’m 57 years old and, until recently, had never been called to the door by a police officer. That’s a pretty good run, if you ask me. However, if you’re...
Hula-Hoops
The WHAM-O Toy Company is credited with creating the Hula-Hoop but if not for Joan Anderson, who was visiting her family in Sydney, Australia, in 1957, the craze may never have begun. Offered to the...
Random Thoughts
Most of us fantasize occasionally about being famous. We look at athletes, movie stars, singers and other celebrities – and wish we could be like them. But, of course, the lives of all of these famo...
Lynn Says
I likely will be writing about my bout with cancer over the next few weeks. I'm trying to provide you with a fair warning so you don't have to read it if you are not interested. I'm actually quite...
This has been an entertaining week for me
Sunday we went to the Boot Hill Casino at Dodge City, Kansas. After dinner, Jack and I sat at the table and cured world problems. We were sitting beside the drink machine when suddenly five or six...
There's a reason it's called Christianity
Christianity is called by that name because it’s all about Christ. This may seem obvious, but Christians need to be continually reminded that it’s not about them. In other words, it’s not about you and how good you can be. It’s about Christ a...
