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Steven Porterfield has been catching snakes since he was five years old. “We lived out in California and had a cabin out in the Sierras. I was always watching out the window, watching for snakes,”...
Just FolksMichael Martin of Sallisaw loves to cook. “I learned to cook when I was a little kid because I got tired of eating sandwiches,” Martin said with a laugh. “My first thing I ever cooked was spaghett...
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Just Folks“The Sallisaw Schools have been such an important part of my life from the time I was in the first grade,” Joann Stafford, 69, said. “When I started to school it was in the old two-story brick bui...
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Just FolksCarol MacDonald of Sallisaw has wonderful memories of growing up in New England. MacDonald said the fall leaves in New Hampshire were gorgeous. “The maple trees are so much more vibrant then here,...
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Just FolksAnnette Crowder, 49, of Vian has been the activities director at Vian Nursing Home for the last 15 and half years. “I get paid to make people happy. Who could ask for anything more?” Crowder said....
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Just FolksDawn Jackson, 42, loves to go to garage sales to look for anything and everything. “I like anything that catches my eye, nothing in particular. At a garage sale you can also bargain with them. I l...
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Just FolksSue Tate, 75, of Roland remembers being an usherette at the old Joie Theater in Fort Smith, Ark., in 1950. The theatre was located at 15 S. Ninth Street and seated 1,261 patrons. “I was about 15 y...
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Connie Ferguson, 52, moved from Phoenix in 2002 in search of a place that had four seasons. She found that place in Gore. “In Phoenix you have two seasons, hot and hotter. I like to have four seas...
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“Life is an adventure. You never know what is going to be around the next corner,” Louise Smith said. Smith, who has lived in Philadelphia all of her life, lost her husband of almost 44 years in 2...
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Nancy Lawson of Sallisaw enjoys crocheting, knitting, fishing, and playing fetch with her dog Blue. Lawson grew up in the small town of Hanford, Calif. “Everything was within walking distance, the...
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School will begin Thursday in Sallisaw and Randall Baker is looking forward to the first day of school. “I love being at school,” Baker said. Baker is the principal at Liberty Elementary School ...
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Norma Marrs grew up in the little town of Magazine, Ark., and remembers spending some of the summers with her grandparents in Booneville, Ark. “We would swim in the creek or go to the movies. They...
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“I am a military brat. My dad was in the Army. We traveled a lot and I graduated from high school overseas,” Sue Patterson, 61, of Sallisaw said. “Growing up on a military base you learned to go...
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AP - A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military post.
Sat Nov 07 08:22:01 -0600 2009
AP - President Barack Obama is trying to close the deal in the House on his health care overhaul, facing a make-or-break vote that's certain to be seen as a test of his presidency.
Sat Nov 07 08:02:45 -0600 2009
AP - Employees at an engineering firm recognized their former co-worker when he drew a handgun from under his shirt, police said, and shot his first victim dead in the reception area. He then walked into the office and unloaded several more rounds, wounding five other employees at the company that fired him two years ago.
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