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Considering wildfires
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Considering wildfires
By Just Thinkin' Hal McBride SPECIAL TO YOUR TIMES 
April 3, 2025
Over recent weeks Oklahoma has been afflicted by wildfires. I’m told that many owe their ignition to downed power lines. Authorities speak of causes associated with people. In these times when there i...
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A rose by any other name
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A rose by any other name
By Slim Randles Guest Columnist 
April 1, 2025
All land developers really have to do to name all the new streets in a sagebrush subdivision is to leave the naming up to the local kids. The names may be goofy, but seldom boring. Such was the case w...
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Another Bassmaster Classic in the books
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Another Bassmaster Classic in the books
March 27, 2025
Having just returned from Fort Worth, Texas, I am reflecting on an interesting week of fishing at the 2025 Bassmaster Classic. It’s the pinnacle of the year for bass anglers. The weigh-ins each day to...
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I sure do love cowboy music
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I sure do love cowboy music
By Slim Randles Guest Columnist 
March 25, 2025
Boy, I sure do love cowboy music. Now I don’t mean stuff like “Grandma Tied Me Up With Her Scarf So I Can’t Go To My Sweetie’s House Tonight.” Nope. Well, to be completely honest, there is a place for...
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All time is relative
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All time is relative
By Just Thinkin' Hal McBride SPECIAL TO YOUR TIMES 
March 20, 2025
Albert Einstein wrote that time is relative. Now I took a number of classes during which learned instructors attempted to explain the concepts to me. I do have an intellectual grasp of daylight time a...
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Medical advice and Asian elbows
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Medical advice and Asian elbows
By Slim Randles Guest Columnist 
March 18, 2025
(Where would we be without the incomparable medical advice of Windy Wilson?) I timed ‘er just right t’other day. Strolled on into the Mule Barn when I knew Doc and the guys would be there. Oh we unfil...
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The latest Willoughby has to offer
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The latest Willoughby has to offer
By Slim Randles Guest Columnist 
March 11, 2025
Willoughby breezed through the valley the other day. He lives in the capital city, but whips on through here about once a month, and each time he comes he has new things to sell. “Do you suppose,” sai...
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A visit to Chicken, Alaska
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A visit to Chicken, Alaska
March 4, 2025
Chickens have forever had a place in our hearts and on our tables. Why is that? Well … why not? And so I’d like you to come with me back to the summer of 1970, ‘way up north of Fairbanks, Alaska, to w...
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March Rack Madness slated for Wednesday in Oklahoma City
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March Rack Madness slated for Wednesday in Oklahoma City
February 27, 2025
The ninth annual March Rack Madness is happening from 1-6 p.m. Wednesday at the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation headquarters, located at 1801 North Lincoln Boulevard in Oklahoma City. At ...
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Watch out for the williwaw
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Watch out for the williwaw
By Slim Randles Guest Columnist 
February 25, 2025
“Shore is cold ‘round here,” said Windy, stirring in more sugar. “Went out this morning to the pick ‘em-up truck and half my farkels were dang near froze off ‘fore I got that heater a-goin.” “I hear y...
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The intriguing mystery of Jenkins’ cabin
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The intriguing mystery of Jenkins’ cabin
By Slim Randles Guest Columnist 
February 18, 2025
We all know that 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 ha...
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Commercial time
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Commercial time
By Just Thinkin' Hal McBride SPECIAL TO YOUR TIMES 
February 13, 2025
I suppose Super Bowls will get you thinking about television commercials. That and a very active flu season that has people masked up more than any time since COVID. Regardless, we are watching a ton ...
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There’s always a way to be successful crappie fishing
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There’s always a way to be successful crappie fishing
February 13, 2025
The old adage, “where there’s a will there’s a way”, certainly holds true when it comes to crappie fishing. With the midwest and “The Sooner State” in the deep freeze, fishermen can beat the cold by v...
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Greetings from Seven-Dog Slim
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Greetings from Seven-Dog Slim
By Slim Randles Guest Columnist 
February 11, 2025
They are getting ready now, wondering if the race will bring prize money, glory to their dogs or just some quiet laughter from the other mushers. The Iditarod Trail. It has come to mean “The Trail” to...
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What do I need?
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What do I need?
By Just Thinkin' Hal McBride SPECIAL TO YOUR TIMES 
February 6, 2025
I was sitting at our kitchen table talking to a friend. I asked his views on a state senator who after being stopped for allegedly running two stop signs refused repeated requests to show a driver’s l...
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Watching a rodeo in cold weather
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Watching a rodeo in cold weather
By Slim Randles Guest Columnist 
February 4, 2025
“This is ‘bout the best time of year,” said Steve, “to get out and do something fun, like go to a rodeo.” “Awful cold out there right now, Steve,” said Doc, who has more degrees than a thermometer. “I...
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A current state of affairs
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A current state of affairs
By Just Thinkin' Hal McBride SPECIAL TO YOUR TIMES 
January 30, 2025
Each fall my Grandfather McBride was afflicted by a disease known in our family as the “World Series Flu”. It was of indeterminate length, lasting from 4 games to 7. I will not acknowledge suffering f...
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Everyone can use a good hoax
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Everyone can use a good hoax
By Slim Randles Guest Columnist 
January 28, 2025
When Steve and Dud got up to go get a paper, it left just Doc and Bert sitting at the philosophy counter of the Mule Barn truck stop. Bert turned his head and smirked a little, being careful not to le...
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Sometimes education can be ugly
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Sometimes education can be ugly
By Slim Randles Guest Columnist 
January 21, 2025
“I can’t stand winter,” said Herb Collins, who had dropped in at the Mule Barn’s philosophy counter for a quick cup. “There’s nothing to do.” “Get out and enjoy it,” suggested Doc. “Go skiing. Go ice ...
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Dealing with a now-and-then situation
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Dealing with a now-and-then situation
By Slim Randles Guest Columnist 
January 14, 2025
It’s Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, which means Clarice Devon is on her way to the Curl Up ‘N Dye beauty salon. It’s like the sun coming up or the price of bread increasing. Tuesday. 2 o'clock. Clari...
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