Just Thinkin* This past week, still in the blurry eyed aftermath of Super Bowl Sunday I caught a glimpse of a tease on a local television station for a sports segment about the Kinta Lady Eagles. Say ...

Chief Chat Conflicts between Cherokee Nation and state officials tend to make the most news, especially during election years. However, the larger reality is that our tribe has a constructive relation...

Blackgum Christian Union Church GOD IS LOVE!!! GOD LOVES YOU SO MUCH, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND UNTIL YOU’RE SAVED BY HIS GRACE!!! SEEK HIM IN ALL THINGS!!! I John 4:1-21 1Beloved, believe not...

Mrs. Forrest has always been a compulsive feeder. Before she retired, she was cooking for the Mule Barn truck stop’s customers, and is singularly responsible for about three flabby tons of avoirdupois...

Sallisaw TOPS Today six members and one new member weighed in. Doris had our best weight loss for the week with 1.8 pounds. Great job, Doris! Three members sign our Loser Lotto chart. The Two Bit Bowl...

Just Thinkin’ As I waited for kickoff, my thoughts wandered to that other great Super Bowl competition. Television commercials. At this point, I have to acknowledge football and commercials are my two...

Sallisaw TOPS Monday morning seven members weighed in. Annette had our best weight loss of 2.2 pounds. Great job, Annette! We had three members sign our Loser Lotto chart. The Two Bit Bowl name drawn ...

Wellsir … ol’ Dud did ‘er again, he shore ‘nuf did. This here’s Alphonse Wilson, known around these parts as Windy Wilson, esquire, LTD and DDT at your service as always. Free to you and worth every b...

Blackgum Christian Union Church SUCH IS THE KINGDOM HEAVEN!!! SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME!!! Matthew 10:1-30 1And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departe...

Another weekend, another sport, boat and travel show. While I tackled the Tulsa boat show last weekend, my wife hit the Tulsa mall. I had casually mentioned to her the thought of buying a bass boat mi...

Blackgum Christian Union Church OBEY THE LORD!!! HIS GUIDANCE AND JUSTICE IS ALL INCOMPASSING!!! Zechariah 3 1And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan s...

It’s coming up on St. Valentine’s Day, so I thought I should share the love story of Coalie and Wilma, and every word is true. Coalie was one of Sequoia-Kings Pack Trains’ mules. Coal black of course,...

This most recent blast of cold weather has turned me into the proverbial couch potato. With warmer temperatures in the forecast, it will provide a golden opportunity to get the family out of the house...

Just Thinkin’ I keep my Rand McNalley Road Atlas in a basket beside my chair. Perhaps worse, I have 4 state-issued, state maps nearby, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. If a place is mentioned,...

A lady once told me that there are people who are green fruit, they hang around until time ripens them. It was her way of saying that undeveloped people are all along the way. If we will be patient th...

For more than 160 years, the Boys & Girls Clubs organization has offered mentorship and support for youth. They have grown to serve local communities across the country, and they have long brought a s...

We all know someone will find Jenkins’s cabin. Someday. Oh, it’s up there in those hills somewhere. We all know that. It’s become a friendly object of conjecture and speculation. No one living has see...

Blackgum Christian Union Church YES!!! CONTRARY TO POPULAR SCIENTIFIC BELIEF, MAN WALKED WITH AND SAW DINOSAURS!!! BELIEVE GOD’S HOLY WORD!! IT HAPPENED AS HE (GOD) SAID!!! THESE WORDS WEREN’T WRITTEN...

Sallisaw TOPS Monday, we had eight members weigh in. We had a net loss of 2.3 pounds. Way to go members! Donna had our best weight loss of 2.6 pounds. Great job, Donna! Again, we had four members sign...

Mullin’ It Over Mullin Oklahoma, as your Senator I am committed to bringing our state’s innovative, low-cost all-of-the-above energy solutions to the forefront of energy policy in America. Oklahoma ha...