Body Meet Chuck! What he lacks in height, he makes up for with heart. Meet Pudge! Looking this good makes a pup tired.

Body Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com You’ve heard it…the one about the little girl who was wakened by the lightning and thunder that lit up her bedroom and made the walls shake. Trembling with fear, she shrieked for her Daddy who came running.

Body I have read thousands of books in my lifetime, but one of my favorites is a little volume by Penelope Stokes entitled Thanks Dad! Lessons from the Lake on Living and Loving.

Body Scene from about 1901. W.M. Taylor, 3rd from the left, was one of Holdenville’s prominent bankers. Mr. Taylor bought this load of cotton which at that time was the largest load of cotton to ever come to Holdenville

Body Holdenville First Baptist Church will be going to camp on June 28 through July 2 for grades 7th to high school graduates. All 7 thru HS grads are welcome to go. Registration forms will be available to First Baptist Church at 324 N. Broadway.

Body Keeping in step with this year’s Summer Reading Program theme of “Tails and Tales,” Grace M. Pickens Library hosted a special “Alpaca Madness” event at the Stroup Park Pavilion on Wednesday, June 16.

Body MUSKOGEE, Okla. (KFOR) – Officials with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics say they were able to bust another illegal marijuana grow operation but discovered something unusual at the site.

Body GENE AUTRY, Okla. (KXII) - Four men were arrested near Smokey Ridge Road and Gene Autry Road yesterday during an illegal marijuana grow bust.

Body We have learned this past week that a bill has been filed to ban the Chinese Communist Party from owning land in the United States. Anders Corr writes the following.

Body I had a good visit with 1949 HHS graduate Bill Watkins this past week. He is the son of the late Wes and Mamie Watkins, two of our good friends. His brother Clark was also a special friend and Clark and Queenie’s daughter Nannette was so much fun to be around.