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SENIOR CENTER NEWS

SENIOR CENTER NEWS

SENIOR CENTER NEWS

Hi, everybody! I hope you’ve all had a good week. The rain we got Saturday night was really nice. Not enough, but we’ll take what we can get and not complain. We had several donations last week.
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Ferguson Features

We received some books about the history of Southard and Okeene, the Blaine County cemeteries, and a book written about the museum titled, This Old House, which were donated to the Friends of the Ferguson Home on Saturday. A picture of Ernest Tubb and the Texas Troubadours was also donated.
A Bubble Off Plumb

A Bubble Off Plumb

A Bubble Off Plumb

Once, not so long ago, I was a familiar sight on these streets, perennially on the beat, looking for the stories that make this place unique. Then the news bug bit and a bigger market called, a place that wanted personality added to its paper, that wanted change.

An Alarming Situation

Y'all probably remember reading recently about all the changes David and I have been making in the Harris household; changes that are completely out of character for us and by us, I mean me. David makes me take care of any task that requires talking to people on the telephone which I hate.
Ferguson Features

Ferguson Features

Ferguson Features

One day this week when I was closing the museum a teenage boy was walking by. I couldn’t get the hose un-screwed from the faucet so I asked if he would do me a favor and loosen it for me. He not only loosened it but ask if he could put it away too. He then asked if this is really a museum.
Ferguson Features

Ferguson Features

Ferguson Features

President T.B. Ferguson Home We had five visitors come this week. Three of them were children who were home schooled and they came for a field trip. All were very attentive when I told the history of the Ferguson’s.

OSU Extension Corner

Farmers face uncertainty with summer crops STILLWATER, Okla. – Harvest is approaching for Oklahoma summer crops, and fields are either looking really good or really bad with no middle ground, according to Oklahoma State University Extension crop specialists.

Geary Bond Issue Defeated

Republican voters in Blaine County chose a new District 3 County Commissioner in Tuesday's primary runoff election and they helped decide a District 26 State Senate race. Tracy Matli defeated Allen Cowan 234-211 to become the new District 3 County Commissioner. Matli received 52.
A Month of  Dissatisfaction

A Month of Dissatisfaction

A Month of Dissatisfaction

So far, August has been a month of company dissatisfaction around the Harris household. This is how the Queen of Procrastination operates–I put things off for months and months and then when I finally get fed up, I take care of everything at once.

SENIOR CENTER NEWS

Hi everybody! I hope you are all well. Hasnt the rain been nice, and the cooler temperatures? I wish there had been more rain, but we’ll take what we ever we can get and be thankful for it.