As a strong-willed child, I unfortunately learned the hard way on just about everything. Therefore, I often seemed to knock a knot on my head or knock the hide off my knees, but my strong mother would...

This month is National Adoption Month and November 23rd is National Adoption Day. What better a time than now to celebrate the joy adoption brings and raise awareness of the necessity of adoption with...

Growing up a country girl I always loved a glass of cold cow's milk. Of course, I loved it even better with Hershey's chocolate syrup or Nesquik strawberry stirred in. My grandma could also make a mea...

Last week I was pleased to join hundreds of other nonprofit leaders at the Sarkeys Foundation Southwest Regional Leadership Forum. This enlightening conference, held in Norman under the direction of f...

For me Heaven will not be Heaven unless there is a history symposium at least once a week. For this week’s symposium they are going to have to set out extra chairs to handle the larger than normal cro...

1620 – Leaders of the Mayflower expedition framed the “Mayflower Compact,” designed to bolster unity among the settlers. The Pilgrims reached Provincetown Harbor, Mass. 1789 – North Carolina became th...

Next week is Thanksgiving. This week, I pulled out family recipes I make every year, and don’t really need the recipes for, just to make sure I remember everything I need correctly. As I flipped throu...

In these past few weeks, working with Pam Rossi at the Eufaula Area Chamber, I’ve been learning a lot about the community of Eufaula – and that’s really the most exciting thing, you are a community. I...

The men who gathered in that blistering humid room in Philadelphia in 1787 to create our governing document did not represent a cross section of the American population. Unlike most Americans, they we...

There are almost 8,000 children in Oklahoma’s foster care system. Most of those are kids under 12 years old, and many of them also have brothers and sisters in the system. Needless to say, it is impor...

Isn’t it funny that sometimes we take something temporary (like a job or a relationship) and then suddenly it turns into 10 years of actually keeping you from where you should have been? So what are w...

I’m thankful today to be able to write this column for your weekly paper. I appreciate the spirit of partnership I’ve seen across your city as I’m working with your local Chamber to promote the ’50 Sq...

In this day and time it seems the whole world is at odds. You look on Facebook - people are arguing, bashing and bickering at each other. You turn on the news - politicians and the media are debating ...

Under the guidance of President Trump, our nation continues to make the world a safer, freer, and more prosperous place. While Pelosi Democrats are busy playing politics on Capitol Hill with secret im...

The opioid epidemic is personal to all of us. It is blind to party affiliation, socioeconomic status, geographic location, or age. We all know someone who has been affected by the opioid epidemic, whe...

I was born in Oklahoma City in 1968 and raised in Yukon the first five years of my life. Though I don't remember too much of my city living back then there's times I really start to think outside the ...

The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) exists to help improve conditions for children and to promote their well-being. It is a broad mission, which means we are active on many fronts: educat...

Current Series: SS: Romans; Worship Message: Stacey Helms; Wednedsay Night: 1 Corinthians 14 Welcome to Lake Eufaula Christian Church. We were blessed that Brother Stacey Helms brought the message of ...

One of the big issues in politics right now is cost of college and student debt. Among the Democrats running for president, some are calling for free college and others are looking to pay off student ...

A few weeks ago, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House of Representatives was opening an impeachment inquiry against President Trump. The Left has been dead set on impeaching the president sin...