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A few days after Christmas I went to see my grandkids in Shawnee. When I went into the front room they had sheets over chairs and the divan and made
Read moreWhile my better half and I joined the declining number of people who still watch pro-football we got to see our 49ers come back from a big fi rst half
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COUNTRY COMMENTS As we start a New Year I wanted to share a great story that I read this past week . . . 3,900 Saturdays A Story by Jeff
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Speaking of resolutions columnist Roz Warren writes: MY RESOLUTIONS FOR YOU Every year I make New Year’s resolutions and every year I break them. So, this year, I’m trying something
Read moreThe new year has nothing to do with perfect vision even though it will be called 2020. It, like all the other new year’s just sort of sounds funny. And
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In 1909 the fourth railroad to be built and run through Pontotoc County was the Missouri-Oklahoma-Gulf. This line almost parallels the eastern border of the county and, since the leaders
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The Chickasaw Nation When European explorers first arrived in North America, Native Americans were adversely affected in ways many never contemplate. Brandon Postoak looks back through the haze of time
Read moreChristmastime for an old guy like me is a time to remember. Like Scrooge, old guys like me seem to dwell on “Christmas Past.” But why not? The memories of
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