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Slurr—umm—p! Young Cosmo Fox Squirrel gets his daily rations these days from Dr. Gary “Mom” Cox, Sallisaw wildlife rehabilitator. Nurse Tiffany Murray reports both “children” are now eating some solid food, like nuts, and “doing great!” Cosmo and his sister were orphaned—even before their eyes were open—when they were jolted out of their nest in a carport joist space, due to construction.
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The wisdom of Soloman. That’s what Sallisaw city commissioners will need to sort out figures and facts of the Big Sallisaw Creek watershed water project. In some respects it is, in reality, the Br...
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Kristin Jones is a 48-year-old municipal art activist, whatever that is. She told the New Yorker magazine a couple of months ago that, “ ‘No’ is an inspiration.” Assuming her epigram holds true, t...
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While recent ambient temperatures have been no indication, it is likely spring is on its way to Sequoyah County. The days are getting longer, the birds are singing more and the roofs of our homes ...
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When was the last time you called a big U.S. corporation, and right off the bat, got to talk to a real, live person? I mean, a real, live person! Well, it has been a long time for me, too, and I...
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It took me a while but, to corrupt words of Larry the Cable Guy, “I got ’er done!” Last Friday night, I was inducted into the Half Century Club of the Oklahoma Press Association. The honor was in ...
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This undated photo of the students of Fields Chapel school northwest of Sallisaw needs identification. If you know the date, or the names of any of the students and their teacher, call Phil Taylor at 775-9348.
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Just about the time some of us Democrats began to think President Obama had brought a knife to the D.C. Gun Fight, he proved us wrong. He had a great week last week and he proved he can be forcefu...
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It was Christmas Eve, so Gracie was feeling benevolent. She fed me one of the few remaining tomatoes from our eight-vine garden. I had picked the last of them in early October and she has been nurt...
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by Dick Mayo
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How many stars are drifting around our little earth? I don’t know, but I’d guess the total would approach the number of Sequoyah County school-age kids who begin adulthood with a good educational s...
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NOTE: Sallisaw historian Earl Strebeck was digging around in old Sallisaw newspaper files some time back. He came upon a very interesting article in the “Cherokee Republican,” a Sallisaw newsp...
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by Dick Mayo
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It has been nearly a week since Santa Claus made his rounds ’round the world and, if you got a lump of coal or a bundle of switches…well, it is your own fault. This is a good time to report on a c...
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Since Christmas is nigh and the house lights haven’t dimmed, it is safe to assume that power house operators all up and down the Arkansas River, the GRDA and so-on have been alerted to carefully mo...
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Last October, or maybe September, I mentioned the small Colorado town of Olathe. Idly, I wondered—because of the many, many fields ’round about the village—if the town could be the birthplace of th...
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