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That seventh word is one that is the hardest to discover

January 6, 2022 Walker Moore

The first six words of this article are the easiest: “Rite of Passage by Walker Moore.” I always begin by writing these six words each week and then pause, waiting to see what my fingers will do next. I wait and wait, and on most occasions, I sit here stuck, staring into nothingness. If I…

The New Year is a gift to restart, rethink and rejoice!

January 6, 2022 Dr. Marcus O. Durham Rosemary Durham

[Why our area has its unique political and religious attitudes.] Happy New Year! Happy is invariably associated with New Year. No one is looking for the same old thing, the same old problems, the same old circumstances as last year. Each has hope that the New Year will be different, be better, be a good…

Don’t let the media define the true meaning of Christmas

December 23, 2021 Charles Biggs

America’s progressive media goes out of its way to divert attention from the real meaning of Christmas. The real meaning is that God loved us so much that He sent His Son to be born of a virgin, live a perfect life and to die on the cross for our sins. Jesus Christ rose from…

The Yada Hoodies Detective Agency: The Case of the Blue Zsebek Monster

December 23, 2021 Walker Moore

“Wake up! Wake up!” said Tito, as he shook his younger brothers, Coco and Rio. “We have a mystery to solve!” “Whaaat?” said Rio, the youngest of the three, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. “What are you talking about?” “Look!” said Tito as he pointed to a pile of clothes, stacked high in…

What were Christmases like in early Indian Territory?

December 23, 2021 Dr. Marcus O. Durham Rosemary Durham

[Why our area has its particular political and religious attitudes.] Christmas! What other Holy Day creates such feelings of joy, happiness, mirth, merriment, and despair? I am naturally of the ‘feel good’ temperament driven by dopamine, but also see the melancholy side of many. To everyone, the year has been fraught with frustration, apprehension, and…

Replacing a trusty waterbed with a high-dollar mattress

December 16, 2021 Charles Biggs

When Susan and I got married in 1982, our first purchase was a California king waterbed. We were not hippies but we liked to sleep on a comfortable mattress and waterbeds were remarkably inexpensive. For almost 40 years, we slept on that waterbed. We replaced the mattress twice and the heater twice. And we replaced…

The antiquated Yellow Pages never had all of the answers

December 16, 2021 Walker Moore

I got home the other day and there on my front porch, wrapped in plastic, was a copy of the Yellow Pages. Do you remember when you had to load up the trunk of my car with unused copies and haul them off to the recycling bin. If I knew where my delivery person lived,…

Taking care of a troubled youth in a lifelong relationship

December 16, 2021 Dr. Marcus O. Durham Rosemary Durham

[Why our area has its unique political and religious attitudes.] The clan from Hiwassee was some of the first of the Old Settlers into Arkansas on their way to Indian Territory. They originally lived on the 400-acre island at the confluence of the Hiwassee and Tennessee River. They were the “Red” Paint (A Ni Wo…

Lincoln Riley didn’t make a ‘hard decision’ to leave OU

December 9, 2021 Charles Biggs

Former Oklahoma football coach Lincoln Riley said his decision to quit OU and take the head coaching job at USC was “the hardest decision” he ever had to make. Right. It was so hard that it took him less than half a day to make up his mind. Riley would have you believe that following…

It’s truly a great day when you allow Jesus Christ to ‘fix’ you

December 9, 2021 Walker Moore

My oldest grandson, Titus the Honorable, is 8 years old. He has been an odd child since birth. Now, “odd” can be interpreted two ways. It can mean strange, or it can represent a set of numbers. We have even numbers, and we have odd numbers. Neither one is better than the other. I am…