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May 30 — Jagger Caldwell, Cory Johnson, Britten Wallace
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Quote of the Week…..“When I was a kid, my parents taught me to not believe everything I saw on TV. Now I have to teach them to not believe everything they see on Facebook.”
Read moreAllen has a long and colorful history. The earlier Cold Springs name came long ago when settlers heading west passed through this area on their way to (where else?) further out west. Many stopped here because of the cold springs. Some simply stayed a bit, camping on the river. And yes, the great Canadian River was quite a stream then. No one had built dams, lakes or to impede its flow toward the Mississippi. Commercial steamboats even made their way up this river as far as Ft. Holmes.
Read moreVisiting last weekend in the home of June Vinson and with Lynn and Debbie Vinson were Anita Ellingsworth of Dyersburg, Tennessee, Phillip Vinson and his granddaughter, Baylea Summers ,from Cushing, Londa Litke of Duncan, and Pam Bennett of Norman.
Read moreMany distractions this election year. The Democratic nominee—Biden— is now ‘gibbering’ press releases from his basement to the voting Democrats who are more concerned about COVID-19 than November--let me think about this. With Hillary Clinton still sitting around the house—in a sulk because she still thinks she won the last election—and with Biden already saying he will select a woman to be his running mate in the fall my thoughts turn to Michelle Obama.
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