Wilson Elementary Honors Students of The Month
Wilson Elementary Honors Students of The Month
Left, Varnum’s Evans Wise
Green Eggs And Ham
Avedis Foundation has announced the addition of two new members to its Board of Directors, Cami Engles and Dr. Greg Grant.
SSC Joins Read Across America, Encourages Young Readers
The work of South Central Industries (SCI) of Shawnee will be featured at the Seminole Chamber of Commerce monthly forum meeting on Thursday, March 12. The luncheon meeting will be held from noon to 1 p.m. in the Haney Center at Seminole State College.
The University of Oklahoma’s Native Nations Center for Tribal Policy Research recently released a new Sovereign Report titled “Purchased/Referred Care and Cancer: Overview and Options for Tribal Consideration.”
Over the past year, rural business owners and entrepreneurs across Oklahoma gathered in classrooms, auditoriums, and meeting halls to do more than attend a handful of workshops; they connected to a growing ecosystem designed to help small businesses start smarter, grow stronger, and stay rooted in their communities. Now, following a successful 2025 season that reached every corner of the state, Launch Rural Oklahoma is preparing to bring that momentum back to rural communities with a new, five-event Small Business Resource Conference series launching March 2026.
Oklahoma Gas and Electric’s (OG&E) franchise agreement with the Town of Lima is up for renewal in a special election to be held April 7.
Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative (CVEC) has announced its sponsorship of two eighth-grade students to attend the 2026 Energy Camp, a three-day Summer camp adventure designed to build leadership skills, promote teamwork, and educate young people about the importance of electrical safety, cooperative enterprises, and the rural electrification program. The camp will take place from May 26th to May 28th, 2026, at Canyon Camp near Hinton, Oklahoma, and is sponsored by the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives (OAEC).
Green Eggs And Ham
The Varnum Whippet boys traveled to Prague for their Area Playoffs and the very end of February.
Left, Varnum’s Evans Wise
Fighting For it
Looking For Three
DEAR ABBY: I have an acquaintance, “Tina,” who I believe is fraudulently using her GoFundMe fundraising webpage. A close friend of hers set it up a few years ago to assist with medical bills related to a rare form of cancer that will never fully go away. When the page began, Tina was soliciting donations on Facebook and sending text messages to remind everyone to donate. Later on, when she and her husband went out of town for surgery, they posted about it as if it were a vacation. Recently, she has had some legal bills for an unrelated matter, and a year after her last medical donation, she received a hefty donation that matched the amount of her legal bills. I suspect the person who donated the money was duped into believing Tina had another large medical bill, but she used that donation for her legal expenses. On top of this, Tina has opened a new fundraising page with a sob story about her cancer returning and being hospitalized about a week before that request. Abby, I know full well Tina was healthy as an ox at the time, was not in the hospital and probably set this up to create a smokescreen to protect her malicious intentions. Now I keep wondering if I should report it, or if I’m better off minding my own business. -- NOT ADDING UP IN FLORIDA DEARNOTADDING UP: If you sincerely think Tina has been abusing her GoFundMe page, report it. The process is not difficult. There is a notification button at the bottom of the page that can be pushed to alert its “Fraud Squad” that something shady might be going on. ** DEAR ABBY: I’ve been married to the same man for nearly 50 years. We raised a sweet family, had successful careers and never strayed from each other. For the last 20-plus years, I’ve had little or no desire for sex. I understand it medically as well as emotionally, but Hubby doesn’t get it at all. He thinks we should be like we were back in the ‘70s and ‘80s. I’m happy for senior couples who engage in healthy sexual relationships. I am just no longer into it and, honestly, also not interested in taking medication to “enhance” me. What’s wrong with a man taking something to “unenhance” himself? I know the biblical duty God gave for procreation, hence 100-year-old men fathering children with young women. The balance has never been BALANCED. Yes, I had a hysterectomy 20 years ago. After that, I lost all interest, yet Hubby still had needs. Some are met; many are not. It is now a BIG issue. I’d like to sail peacefully through the next 10 years, if I have that long. I’d like him to find happiness, too. Is it crazy to divorce over such an age-old need for a man? -- HAPPY THIS WAY IN SOUTH CAROLINA DEAR HAPPY: “Castrating” your husband is not the answer. If you two can agree on an arrangement that will benefit both of you, it would be emotionally and financially far less disruptive than a divorce.
The first book I read of former atheist C. S. Lewis’ was SURPRISED BY JOY. When his mother died, his father sent him to a boarding school because he thought he’d be raised more properly than what he could do.
DEAR ABBY: Eighteen months ago, I was staying with my son and his family when they had a get-together with his wife, “Corrine’s,” father. His wife, Corrine’s stepmother, had just finished chemo for several different types of cancer. When Corrine’s dad went to leave, I offered to put together a small plate for his wife, hoping it would make her feel better. When Corrine saw this from the outside, she came in and accused me of “giving away family food that her son might want.” They have lots of money, and I replied that I just thought it would be nice for the recovering woman, and if Corrine thought she needed more food for her son, I’d be happy to get it. My son and his wife have barely spoken to me since. I have offered to meet them for counseling and have sent my grandson little gifts every month, which have gone unacknowledged. I saw them for the first time last month at a family wedding. They barely said a word, and my son avoided me. The rest of the family could not believe how rude they were to me. I don’t know what else to do. I have reached out. I’ve written notes. When I talk with my son on the phone, he’s receptive. Then he talks to his wife, and all of a sudden, nothing is acceptable. Please help. -- ESTRANGED IN CALIFORNIA DEAR ESTRANGED: Could there be more behind this than you have mentioned -- perhaps hurt feelings that drove Corinne over the edge? You have done all you can to make up with your super-sensitive daughter-in-law (who appears to be uniquely possessive of her food). Take a step back. Sometimes, things get better with time, and that is what I am hoping will happen for you.
It is the heart and soul of everything. The soul of man, I mean. Whether we are all just a composite of atoms wandering about in an existence that touches, and only touches those things made of atoms, and the death of the body is the annihilation of our being, or, as Christianity holds, human beings are composed of a material body made up of atoms and an immaterial soul that gives our mortal bodies their essence and personhood, questions of the soul’s existence define what it means to be human. In short, either human beings have a soul, or they don’t. It is really that simple because if human beings have no soul, then Christianity is not true, and atheism reigns supreme. However, compelling evidence for the existence of the soul, and a great deal of it, comes to us through the assessment of objective and observable phenomena. Most notably, from the inexplicable origin of human consciousness, from the testimony of Near Death Experiences, and from general religious experiences that help guide us toward correctly answering the question, “Do human beings possess a soul that survives the death of the physical body?” In 907, a man
Cofer Donny Dean Cofer, 53, of Edmond, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully on February 22, 2026, in Oklahoma City, surrounded by prayer, love, and those who stood faithfully beside him.
Anderson Rev. Dr. Jimmy (James) Anderson was born August 14,1932 and passed away March 2, 2026. Jimmy was born in Kansas City, Missouri to father Norman Anderson and Mother Mattie Stidham (Anderson).
Harjo Katie Mae Harjo passed away, Saturday, February 28, 2026 at her home in Oklahoma City, OK at the age of 87.
Robert Rolan Phillips, 96-year-old lifelong Seminole, Oklahoma resident passed from this life on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at SSM Seminole.
