Columnists, Sports
March 14, 2024
Whoever coined the phrase “records are made to be broken” must have had the month of March and lunker largemouths in mind. Many years ago, a friend made a statement that’s stuck with me to this day — ...
Columnists
JUST THINKIN'
By Hal McBride SPECIAL TO YOUR TIMES 
March 14, 2024
I have often expressed my appreciation of sidewalks. Our neighborhood has sidewalks. Everything between our home and downtown has sidewalks. Most all the homes in our neighborhood were built in the 19...
Columnists
HOME COUNTRY
By Slim Randles Guest Columnist 
March 12, 2024
“This whole election process just doesn’t work for me,” Dud said, sipping his coffee. “There’s no way we can tell who is best for the job.” Doc, being the senior member of the Mule Barn truck stop’s w...
Columnists, Sports
KILGORE'S CORNER
March 7, 2024
The redbuds and dogwoods are blooming, and the rest of nature’s not far behind. The warm Oklahoma sun has critters of all varieties venturing out of their warm and comfortable winter dwellings even no...
Columnists, Lifestyle
March 7, 2024
Death makes so many of us uncomfortable. People don’t know what to say so they give empty platitudes. I get it. Before I lost my husband, I didn’t know how to deal with those that were grieving either...
Columnists
JUST THINKIN'
By Just Thinkin' Hal McBride SPECIAL TO YOUR TIMES 
March 7, 2024
Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and green beans with a double side of banana pudding. Now that sounds like one of my wife’s meals or my mothers or maybe the Stigler Café. But it isn’t. Who knew that such a...
Columnists
HOME COUNTRY
By Slim Randles Guest Columnist 
March 5, 2024
That thick old hide shifted beneath me as I got my handhold in the bull rope. I watched his horns. Looking straight ahead in the chute. So far, so good. You know, just like the jumper said as he passe...
Columnists, Sports
KILGORE'S CORNER
February 29, 2024
Whew … Pepe’ Le Pew. Spring is in the air, and now it is skunk mating season. Skunks are normally night animals, but because it is their amorous time of the year, you may encounter them during the day...
Columnists
JUST THINKIN'
By Just Thinkin' Hal McBride SPECIAL TO YOUR TIMES 
February 29, 2024
A good friend concluded an email by saying, “I am frightened by the state of affairs now in the world.” This lady had served my best friend as a loyal Secretary and Administrative Assistant. Given the...
Columnists
HOME COUNTRY
By Slim Randles Guest Columnist 
February 27, 2024
This Saturday morning, an old man here in New Mexico will act just a bit silly again as he has these past 50-odd years on the first Saturday in March. I admit to being the silly old man in this case. ...
Columnists, Sports
KILGORE'S CORNER
February 22, 2024
Warmer weather may bring the hummingbirds to our neck of the woods a little sooner this year. The hummingbird sightings for February are already being reported in the state of Florida, around Houston ...
Columnists
JUST THINKIN'
By Just Thinkin' Hal McBride SPECIAL TO YOUR TIMES 
February 22, 2024
Over the years I have, now and again, felt the need to evaluate my position. What I was doing just wasn’t working. I realize it is often just a part of the human condition. It will remain uncomfortabl...
Columnists
HOME COUNTRY
By Slim Randles Guest Columnist 
February 20, 2024
Ran into Herb Collins the other day down by the school. He volunteers there, from time to time, helping kids with their math homework, and trying to recruit future members of The Great World of Busine...
Columnists, Sports
KILGORE'S CORNER
February 15, 2024
The eighth annual March Rack Madness will take place from 1-7 p.m. March 6 in Oklahoma City at the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) headquarters located at 1801 North Lincoln Boulev...
Columnists
JUST THINKIN'
By Hal McBride 
February 15, 2024
In a recent issue of the Tulsa World, just above the headline, was a promotional for an article inside the newspaper. It read “Traditional spuds are planted on St. Patricks Day. I believe I have about...
Columnists
By BY EVAN BREEDLOVE 
February 13, 2024
My name is Evan Breedlove, and I have spent most of my career working with, developing and administering health insurance plans for employees and clients. As we get older, health care becomes more imp...
Columnists
HOME COUNTRY
By Slim Randles Guest Columnist 
February 13, 2024
Ya know, I swear if somebody comes up with a concretenation that included sucking dirty rocks, ol’ Mame the dame would sign up. Now don’t git me wrong, I think Mamie Dilworth is a nice lady, and I enj...
Columnists, Sports
KILGORE'S CORNER
February 8, 2024
If you are seeking a way to get a youngster involved in the outdoors, rabbit hunting is a great place to start. The pace is slow, the game plentiful and the rewards are untold. The next time you have ...
Columnists
JUST THINKIN'
February 8, 2024
According to the local and the national media, measles are back. Now I don’t know exactly how bad or where. I know there have been no reported cases in my family or in the Utica Square neighborhood of...
Columnists
HOME COUNTRY
By Slim Randles Guest Columnist 
February 6, 2024
Bob and Carol Burchell pulled into their driveway during the snowstorm, and were surprised to see their daughter, Katie, along with her boyfriend, Randy Jones, sitting on the porch swing, wrapped in a...