This Week in County History25 Years Ago(From Jan. 11, 1998, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) –The racetrack may be muddy due to recent weather, but Blue Ribbon Downs isn’t stuck in the mud anymore,...

Just Thinkin’Family gatherings are memorable portions of our Holidays. Memorable good, not memorable bad.I don’t mean to suggest family gatherings should be avoided but it does seem that tables of ric...

Changes must be madeDear Editor, I am a resident of the city of Sallisaw. I’ve lived here for many years. I live on a fixed income from Social Security. I bearly make it from month to month. I always ...

We have been told for hundreds of years thal something drastic is going to happen-but few really take it serious. Yes, we have been told that, but everything stays the same. Well it may seem so but in...

Just Thinkin’In ordinary times, I approach New Year’s celebrations focused on the seasonally consistent themes of renewal and redemption. Promises of fresh beginnings float buoyantly in the cold Decem...

We frequently think that when circumstances around us change, then we will be free to change. But Henry David Thoreau told us a long time ago that things do not change, we have to change. lf we are bo...

Somehow the snow is a little like Christmas. We can expect it. We can listen to the television weather and expect it. But still, when it comes it’s like a gift - a wonderful unwrapped gift - because i...

When we are told to face reality, it is assumed that someone knows what reality is. Is it something to be seen or touched? More reality exists on the invisible than all we see put together.Facing real...

This Week in County History25 Years AgoFrom Dec. 28, 1997, issue of the Sequoyah County Times — If convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh was ever at Elohim Cit, “I would remember it,” said th...

If you haven’t finished your Christmas shopping already, we’re down to the final two days.And while you may have already found this year’s yuletide gift-giving comes with a higher price tag than a yea...

Just Thinkin’Events of recent weeks left me lingering in a more tender place. Robert Browning’s quote, “Come grow old with me, the best is yet to be, the last of life for which the first was made.” I ...

Mullin It OverIsaiah 9:6 tells us: “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Fat...

Mullin It OverThe end of each year allows us to reflect on what is behind us and look forward to what is to come. As we begin this new chapter, thank you for putting your trust in me. It’s a responsib...

Appreciation and pride in communityDear Editor, This past Saturday, Gore HS Football Team competed at the highest level in class A football in Oklahoma, the state championship game in Edmond. This gam...

So much that we call weakness is familiar habit. Habit rules around the clock – the way we eat, the way we sleep, the way we approach anything. Habit underlies our every action until we are not aware ...

The discussion surrounding the yetto- be-written county lodging tax proposal is bringing to the forefront some good questions and some distractions.You only need to look at our recent tax voting histo...

To hear the truth and to tap wisdom and knowledge is priceless-that is our privilege. Never admit defeat if true wisdom has not been sought for and used. None of us would know right from wrong if we t...

Loafing Around Did you grow up baking in the kitchen every December like I did? Now that I am an adult, I miss the family getting together to do that. Granny has passed away and Mom’s health is not su...

Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays should be a special time for families to be thankful for the many blessings they have received and for gathering together to enjoy each other. Sometimes we tend to ...

It seems we’ve gotten to the point that when the fourth week of November rolls around, our thoughts quickly shift from the gluttony of Thanksgiving to the shopping free-for-all that is Black Friday.An...