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Charity hospitals could assist with unplanned pregnancies

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By a strange quirk of fate, the subject in my last column was brought home to me the morning of February 4 during the Pat Campbell radio show on KFAQ during his interview with freshman First District U.S. Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma.  During the course of the interview, the subject turned to budget circumstances and…

Graddad taught a lesson with a piglet

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I was very fortunate to have a grandfather who believed in teaching me about money. As far back as I can remember, he was talking about tithing, investments and savings. Granddad was a hog farmer, and one day, he came to me and asked if I wanted to go into business with him. I was…

After 50 years of work, I finally signed up for Medicare

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After turning 65 in November, I recently signed up for Medicare. At first, I didn’t want to. I was perfectly satisfied with using Samaritan Ministries. It is not an insurance program but rather Christian organization that shares expenses. It works very well and we have saved thousands of dollars in monthly costs and medical costs…

Medical information should be available in sealed papers

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In going through some older clippings recently, one from the daily paper dated last October 14 surfaced with a headline that read: “DNA data can identify those who never tested.” Credit was given to Kristen V. Brown of Bloomberg, which immediately turns on a mental yellow light because of the displayed Communist/Fascist/Socialist words and actions…

True character is a condition of the heart, not an award

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“And the award goes to …” Earlier today, I attended my second assembly at Titus the Honorable’s school. The first one was exciting; it was his Christmas program, and halfway through, a kid on the front row threw up. The Christmas miracle was that in an auditorium packed with people, no one else followed suit….

Watching a Super Bowl can become a bit complicated

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These days, I watch the Super Bowl more for the commercials than for the game itself. Some of them are pretty funny and very creative. Lately, though, some are way too political for my taste. I used to be a Dallas Cowboy fan but my interest has waned. The Cowboys did win a playoff game…

Uninsured driver problem is linked to illegal immigration

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Late in the year 2018, it was announced here in Oklahoma that one of the state agencies had contracted with an out-of-state company to install cameras in the highway and street system to photograph license plates of all vehicles to compare with records to see if the vehicle was actually insured.  Any found to not…

Life was safer when Apples and Blackberries were just pies

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Life was much easier when Apple and Blackberry were only pies. I was training a group of adults whose job is to mentor parents. One of the subjects in which they wanted more training was how to help parents manage their children’s cell phones. Cell phones are being given to children at younger and younger…

The only constant about climate is change

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“Climate is changing, there’s no question about it,” Idaho’s new Republican Governor Brad Little said recently at the Idaho Environmental Forum. “…We’ve just got to figure out how we’re going to cope with it. And we’ve got to slow it down. Now, reversing it is going to be a big darn job.” According to The…

NFL is ‘not for long’ for some players with Oklahoma ties

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I used to be a big Dallas Cowboy fan but I have lost interest. It’s not that I don’t root for Dallas, it’s just that they don’t have any players that draw my interest. I loved to watch former Dallas quarterback Tony Romo. He was an escape artist and he was deadly accurate with his…