Yard of the Month for Iris Garden Club for August belongs to Sherry Wolfe on N. Eighth St. Pictured are garden club members Sammye Thacker, Mary Cook, Harolynn Wofford, and Rick and Holley Lowrance. Pictured with Sherre are her grandchildren: Jackson, Halle, Connor and Carsyn. The yard features beautiful landscaping and fall mums and decorations.

I can be sitting at my desk, deeply engrossed in thinking of a serious crisis the world is facing. My mind spiraling in never ending circles, like water going down a drain. And as I contemplate the seemingly unsolvable issue that has my attention, if I am not careful, the problem can consume my morning.

He was so upset that fateful Sunday morning. The Ol’ Devil had been busy, creating heartache and emotional injury in his small east Texas town. So the young pastor had decided that it was time to preach against that wily serpent. High time somebody exposed who was causing such turmoil.

Some friends of ours tell this story from the earlier years of their marriage this way: We were living in south Texas temporarily, several hundred miles from our family and dear friends. While Doug worked long hours at a construction job there and had to be gone most of the time, Joan was trapped in a small, dark rented house.

By Andy and Renie Bowman Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com Do you remember the tale of the fellow who was walking down the road in front of his house one bitterly cold morning? He came across a small, half-frozen poisonous snake lying beside the pavement. Calling out in a weak voice the reptile asked for help, “Please sir, I am almost frozen to death.

Announcement has been made of the Elder Food Security program for Choctaw Nation members impacted by COVID-19. This program provides for those eligible to receive a $200 monthly grocery allowance for the month applied in and through December 2020.

As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, today the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a report on its ongoing boxed beef and fed cattle price spread investigation.

Saturday, during the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association general business meeting, OCA President Mike Weeks presided as OCA members reviewed the committee recommendations and elected new officers. Weeks has served 1 year of his two-year term as OCA President.

Pollinators are responsible for about 75% of the food we eat. The European honeybee is the most well known but our native bees are also critically important.

The stranger in the tiny town walked up to the sandlot baseball field to watch a group of loud and excited ragtag boys playing a pickup game of baseball. After a few minutes of listening to the crack of the bat, watching the ball sail over the heads of the outfielders, and watching several runners cross the plate, he moved to stand directly behind the sweaty catcher at home plate.