Good morning to you Hope you are having a great week. It was sure good to get some much needed rain! GOD is so good to us! I can’t help but think about the times our world is in now. The people in the days of Noah were blind. Jesus described the sign of the days of Noah in Matthew 24:37-37: But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark. And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. This wasn’t a human population innocently multiplying and filling the earth as God had commanded. Instead, “Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. In other words, the world was ignoring God and living only for themselves. So why did Jesus use such innocent sounding words to describe the day of Noah—eating, drinking, marrying? Because it’s a sign-an illustration of mankind’s total absorption in their own affairs, their own pleasures, their self-centeredness.

FOUR GIRLS CHOSEN AS QUEENS AFOR “LITTLE OLYMPICS” MAY 2 Four young ladies have been selected by their classmates to be the Queen of the Olympics from their respective schools. They are all sixth graders and will represent Park View, Central, Diamond and Capitol Heights.

Many years ago, my wife and I decided to take a vacation to Red River, New Mexico and camp out in the mountains. This was no small adventure for Diane, whose idea of roughing it involves an air-conditioned motel with black and white television. But setting aside the normal conventions of life --and armed with the assurance we would spend at least a few nights in a respectable hotel-- we made plans to set off on our wilderness trek.

PHOTOS BY TOM TURNER.

Robert Fixico Jr was born in Spaulding, Oklahoma on April 22, 1948 and was nicknamed “Watty” after his grandpa. Wyney Bruner gave him his nickname. Watty grew up on “Fixico Hill” in Spaulding, in the old timey ways where the homestead language was all Mvskoke “Creek” and English was non-existent until he attended school in Spaulding.

Brandon Scott Lowe passed away Sunday, April 11, 2021 in Sapulpa, Oklahoma at the age of 38. Brandon was born July 11, 1982 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Thomas Lowe and Necie Buck.

Larry W. Pickett passed away in Edmond, Oklahoma on Friday, April 23, 2021, at the age of 70 years.

Wynema Morrow Nalley finished this life’s journey and joined her Lord in glory on March 10, 2021. Her long life was full of love, family, world travels, making all of those around her work, feel hope and encouragement.

Billy Benny Avery succumbed to congestive heart failure at home with his family on Saturday, April 10, 2021. He was born November 22, 1934.

Jo Ann (Scott) Ellingsworth, daughter of John & Eulalla (Woodhouse) Scott, was born on December 3, 1934, in Stone County, Missouri. She was their fourth child, following Betty Lou, Tiny, and Eddie, and preceding Jerry, Patsy, Larry, Bobby, and Cindy.