Thursday, July 18, 2024

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mask wearing

Mask wearing comes easier for some than others

First of all, I'd just like to say happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there. Can we gather for Mother's Day? Do...
high school graduates

‘What are we supposed to do now?’: High school graduates end anticlimactic senior year

Norman North senior Ryan Sutherlin misses the simple things most of all when he thinks about high-school life. "We have this thing called Lunch on...
all the government

All the government Oklahoma could ever want

The old phrase "You learn something new every day!" still applies to me, and probably many others no matter how old we get. For...

‘What we fear to fear’: a pandemic diary

April 28, 2020 Outside Wanette Thunder rolls from the west into Pottawatomie County. Emmylou Harris is playing. Emmy and I have spent a lot of down...
caring for the environment

Caring for the environment can help you get through the pandemic

To paraphrase Mahatma Gandhi, this Earth provides enough to satisfy everyone’s needs but not everyone’s greed. As an environmentalist and a minimalist, I cannot help...
gray days

‘Gray days are the hardest’: a pandemic diary

4.21.20 Norman Gray days are the hardest. On days when the sun shines, we are out walking, dogs on leashes, mothers and dads pushing strollers, helmeted kids...
open sesame

Open sesame: Kevin Stitt and the 40 mayors

You can hear it faintly in the distance: A call from the governor's OKC residences, or perhaps his home in Tulsa, to slowly re-open...
essay contest

Students, enter our essay contest and win a $100 gift certificate

As we watch the spread of COVID-19 across the world, our routines, schedules and ways of life have been put on a hard pause....
The Easter bunny is an essential worker

Parents agree: The Easter bunny is an essential worker

A big shout out to all the essential workers doing their thing right now. I know working through a pandemic isn't a situation people...
Muscogee

Muscogee (Creek) culture thrives through education

The Muscogee (Creek) have kept their languages alive since around 900-1000 A.D. Greg Anderson, secretary of education, employment and training and acting tribal administrator,...

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