Opinion

Santa’s Magical Key

Holly and Nicholas were excited. School had dismissed until after the new year so they decided that they would spend their first day of Christmas vacation looking through all the toy catalogs that had come in the mail this past month.

Ferguson Features

The Ferguson Home Museum had a booth at the Christmas Bazaar. Five trees were decorated and voted on. The businesses that decorated trees were Pharaoh’s Classic Car Club, which earned 54 votes, two from the city of Watonga, with city services earning 142 votes and city hall garnering 12 votes, Dr.

A Bubble Off Plumb

This year has been tough, financially speaking. Inflation has been like a runaway train and people all over have had to make hard choices, like between paying for medication or paying the power bill. Now the City of Watonga is also facing some hard decisions.

Dobrinski Completes Legislative Energy Horizon Institute

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Mike Dobrinski, ROkeene, recently completed the Legislative Energy Horizon Institute a national conference focusing on North American energy infrastructure, which wrapped its final session Nov. 19 in Washington, D.C.

Ferguson Features

Have you given thought as to how Oklahoma and the Indian Territories became the State of Oklahoma? There’s more to this but this is a short version. A delegation went to Washington D.C. to pressure President Theodore Roosevelt to join Oklahoma and the Indian Territories into one.

It's A Christmasphile's Dream

This time of year, is a Christmasphile's dream. It's mine, too. The television stations have started earlier than ever this year (all of November) with their nonstop offerings of holiday pap and I'm lovin' it.

SENIOR CENTER NEWS

Hey, everybody! I hope you are all doing good and getting those taste buds all set for all the good stuff on Thanksgiving Day. I’m looking forward to it. My son and two of his children will be coming out from Bethany. My granddaughter Alyssa and her husband will be here from Tulsa.

Ferguson Features

On Nov. 16, Oklahoma celebrated its 115th anniversary of Statehood. Watonga’s own Thompson B Ferguson, the 6th Territorial Governor of Oklahoma, played a major role in pushing Statehood for Oklahoma.

A Bubble Off Plumb

This has always been a contemplative time of year, at least for me. I suspect it is for most of the rest of us, too. We are planning for the winter, setting up visits and shipping cards or gifts and ordering wood for the fireplace.

Letter from the Geary Public Library

Hello readers, The library has been working hard to update all our reading materials and information to provide you with a better experience. We have programs like Brainfuse for people seeking out employment, or veterans in need of finding resources to assist them.