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By CRAIG HALL [email protected] This is, of course, the last day of 2023 and as such, I want to thank all of you who are our supporters, the readers of…
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By CRAIG HALL [email protected] This is, of course, the last day of 2023 and as such, I want to thank all of you who are our supporters, the readers of…
By Sen. GEORGE BURNS Entering the New Year, I’m eager for the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. As we step into 2024, I carry with me the hope that…
Support local music in the LeFlore County area By TERRY JOE WILES Auld Lang Syne As an Earthly mile-marker, New Year’s Eve has become a place of renewal, of starting…
By LEON YOUNGBLOOD [email protected] Regarding this Christmas season’s series regarding the birth of Christ as the Incarnation of God, I am humbled. I greatly appreciate the comments and observations from…
One of my traditions each year is to run one of the most famous columns of all time, “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.” From The Sun, September 21, 1897. This…
By TERRY JOE WILES Ya know, since the world population has increased nearly four times since I arrived on New Year’s Eve in 1951, there are four times the opportunity…
By TERRY JOE WILES Well, here I am once again. And as an old carpenter that I worked with put it- “I’s jus’ so glads ta b her’.” I had…
By LEON YOUNGBLOOD If you’ve read my previous two columns (“Getting Into the Christmas Spirit” and “The Incarnation”) you are perhaps aware, I am not celebrating the birth of Jesus…
By LEON YOUNGBLOOD [email protected] For years, I thought of Christmas as the celebration of Christ Jesus’ birthday, but perhaps I’ve matured a bit in my understanding. Now, I try to…
By TERRY JOE WILES “Fill your day with Love and Laughter. If ya can’t do that, fill it with music”! – somebody?