Ask Dr. Anna: Pay attention to the amount of water your pet drinks
For all columns with Dr. Anna visit her blog here. It’s important to pay attention to the amount of water your pet drinks on a daily…
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Community Garden: Snow helping protect young plants
The garden is looking real good. It is solid white and smooth and well balanced and manicured so well. That is hard to do! It…
Ask Dr. Anna: Be aware of potential poisons for your pets
For all columns with Dr. Anna visit her blog here. With the holiday season quickly approaching, we are all busy decorating, cooking, and gathering gifts that…
An example of legalized corruption
Almost one year ago, Senator Clark Jolley asked me to assist him in bringing an end to what appeared to be a practice of legalized…
Chamber Chat: Christmas Concert celebrates 20 years
The Guthrie High School Choir will host their 18th annual joint Christmas Concert with Fogarty, GUES, and the Junior High. This concert will feature a…
Beware — An update alert from Commissioner Mark Sharpton
This week I am warning folks about a couple of things that have surfaced in the last few weeks. One issue was brought to my…
Community Garden: Worthless bird talk
All the collars have been removed from the visiting and fugitive turkeys. They have blended in well with the garden turkeys. All of them seem…
The Parallel Counterpart to HealthCare.gov
This year I have witnessed the quickest deployment and implementation of a major state governmental process that I have ever seen. I think this success…
Ask Dr. Anna: December 2nd is National Mutt Day
For all columns with Dr. Anna visit her blog here. The term mutt is a shortened version of muttonhead. The definition of a muttonhead is a slow-witted, foolish or…
Mark Sharpton: Giving Thanks
This week the United States is celebrating Thanksgiving. Today it seems to be about family, food, football and black Friday sales. The first two are…
Mark Sharpton: The dreaded winter months
Well, here we find ourselves in the dreaded winter months. Oklahoma sits in such a geographical location as to be a problem. It’s like driving…
Ask Dr. Anna: November is Pet Cancer Awareness Month
For all columns with Dr. Anna visit her blog here. This may surprise some of you, but animals get the same kinds of cancer that humans…
Mark Spradlin: When do people put a collar on a turkey’s neck?
Thursday is Thanksgiving Day. I was raising turkeys in the garden to fatten them up and to do a little work in the garden to…
The first real black Friday in Oklahoma
In past years I was the recipient of frustrated correspondence from the local constituency. Oklahoma residents were being denied access to Black Friday sale items…
Ask Dr. Anna: November is National Pet Diabetes Month
For all columns with Dr. Anna visit her blog here. Many of you have heard the term diabetes and probably automatically associate the word with high…
Chamber Chat: Grudge match set to donate
First ever grudge match bake-off will happen Tuesday, November 26 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Logan County Fairgrounds. Mayor Mark Spradlin versed…
It is time to modernize county government
Next month I will chair a legislative hearing convened to consider the training qualifications of county officials. The hearing was requested by State Representative Marty…
Superintendent: Educator reading about business strategy?
I recently read an article entitled, “10 Business Ideas that Immediately Crashed and Burned.” I know what you are thinking…Why is an educator reading about…
Logan County District 2 Update: Solid waste service
Last year District 2 participated in a solid waste program. It was so well received we once again applied for funding through the Association of…
Chamber Chat: Christmas celebration taking shape for Guthrie
The Territorial Christmas Foundation is official and extremely busy right now. They have a great line up of events planned to entertain everyone who plans…