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Charles Biggs

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It’s difficult to order anything but pancakes at IHOP

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One of the hardest parts of trying to lose weight is going out to eat. I went to IHOP with some friends for breakfast awhile back and the menu was a challenge. Everything on the menu – except pancakes or waffles – had a side order of pancakes. I love pancakes. I really like Belgium…

To avoid traffic jams and parking, don’t go downtown

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The biggest adventure awaiting Tulsans headed to Downtown is how to get there. Apart from side streets, there are three basic routes to get to Downtown from South Tulsa. Those are Riverside Drive, the Broken Arrow Expressway and the Crosstown Expressway (I-244). For several years, the city completely blocked Riverside Drive to build a park…

Biden wants a ‘straight’ America but Obama doesn’t

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Joe Biden says he wants to make America “straight” again. If that’s true, he is just the opposite of Barack Obama who wanted to push homosexuality. That’s what Biden said on April 25, the day after he announced he was running for president. Biden said, “America is coming back like we used to be: ethical,…

The Nathan Hale prom in 1972 was a great occasion

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Forty-seven years ago, I was an excited 18-year-old senior at Nathan Hale High School. The big news was that I was about to graduate and earn my high school diploma. That set the stage for my entrance into Tulsa Junior College (now Tulsa Community College) in the fall and a year later a transfer to…

You need a scorecard to keep up with the Democrats

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It’s been said that “you can’t tell the horses from the jockeys without a scorecard” and that is particularly true of the horde of Democrats who are running or thinking about running against Donald Trump in 2020. Here’s a rundown with a few thoughts. U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, represents Youngstown and Akron. He is…

Give your faith a boost by going to church on Easter

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In the early 1960s, I think it was 1961, I remember sitting and talking with my Sunday School teacher, Mrs. White, at Tulsa Bible Church back when it was on 6th Street near McClure Park. She patiently talked to me about Heaven and Hell. Using the Wordless Book, she explained that the black page stood…

Jacob’s sheep are prophetic signals

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A particular breed of sheep known as “Jacob’s sheep” are raising eyebrows in Israel because of their potential link to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, author Daymond Duck said at the recent Mid-America Prophecy Conference here. Duck said there is a marked effort underway in Israel to rebuild Solomon’s Temple and one of the…

My backyard garden will not be as busy this summer

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In the good old days, you would plant in a field for several years and then you would not plant in that field for at least one growing season to let the ground recover. That’s one of the reasons why I am not going to plant much if anything in our backyard garden this year….

The Tulsa Beacon’s 18th anniversary is in late April

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On April 25, 2001, Susan and I launched the first edition of the Tulsa Beacon. This wasn’t the first time we had started a newspaper. In 1984, I was the suburban reporter for the daily paper and I covered Glenpool on a regular basis. I got to know the city manager, the bank president, the…

Would you like to save lives? That’s what they do at Mend

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There is great work being done at Mend Pregnancy Resource Center and Medical Clinic. Many women from all areas of life can face a crisis when they unexpectedly become pregnant. It can be especially troubling for a young woman who is not married or whose family is living from paycheck-to-paycheck. Unexpected babies interfere with work…