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What day is it?
For the first time in my life, we did not print Your TIMES on a Wednesday that we were open for business. Instead we printed on Tuesday evening, to make sure our newspapers could go out in Wednesda...
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Oh my shining stars!
I celebrated New Year’s Day with what could be a school calendar miracle. Your TIMES, along with most other businesses and all of the government offices were closed, but school was in session. For ...
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How handy are you?
I was lucky enough to help build the new play structure at Liberty Elementary in Sallisaw this past week. I was really more photographer than worker. There were a lot of volunteers and they were ve...
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A gift’s potential
During my childhood, most Sunday nights my family went to my grandmother's house. Florence Mayo, or “Nana” to my generation of Mayos, lived at 304 S. Wheeler in Sallisaw – the house with the huge r...
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A gift’s potential
by Jeff Mayo, Associate Publisher and General Manager
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During my childhood, most Sunday nights my family went to my grandmother's house. Florence Mayo, or “Nana” to my generation of Mayos, lived at 304 S. Wheeler in Sallisaw – the house with the huge r...
Santa Claus and Grandma
by Jeff Mayo, Associate Publisher and General Manager
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Bill Sampson, my pastor at First Presbyterian Church, led off his sermon with the following story. He wasn’t the boy in the story, but as a first person account, the story was very meaningful to me...
Parents, where are you?
by Jeff Mayo, Associate Publisher and General Manager
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First, an aside. I enjoyed the Thanksgiving holiday until I watched a television show on CNN called “The Last Heart Attack.” The CNN plug for the show is “Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the signs, tests...
Ode to a clown, veterans and occupiers
by Jeff Mayo, Associate Publisher and General Manager
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Chuck Sainer, an icon of Sallisaw, passed away this week. Even at 87 years old, Chuck was still out and about most days – visiting down at Perry's Office Supply or working on his charities. Chuck w...
Now’s the time to speak on two big problems
by Jeff Mayo, Associate Publisher and General Manager
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If you live in Sallisaw, you should complete the facilities survey on the Sallisaw School’s Web site, sallisawps.org. Once on the Web site, look to the lower left and click on “School Improvement S...
Expo creates a crowd
by Jeff Mayo, Associate Publisher and General Manager
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If you happened to drive by the 2000 block of Cherokee Ave. in Sallisaw on Wednesday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., you saw something not seen in a while. No, you were not driving into a time vortex b...
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