Friday the 13th missed it by one day in April but it was close enough to send some bad luck going around, so I decided to put it off a month but the bewitching atmosphere of that special occasion lingers on. Here’s a list of a few who didn’t escape the curse.

If you weren’t aware that the West’s culture war is also a spiritual battle, let the martyrdom of Christ’s six precious saints in Nashville, Tennessee this week open your eyes. We “wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”

Compared to my dad’s life, I had a life of ease. He dropped out of school in the eighth grade to join the CCC, was a war veteran going through hell when he was 18 years old. Returned home with no education or job and became a roughneck since that is all he could find.

Reed Elementary’s Teacher of the Year for the 2022/2023 school year is Mrs. Jennifer Lening. Mrs. Lening grew up in Hughes County and graduated from Moss High School in 2005. She earned her associates degree from Eastern Oklahoma State College and went on to earn her bachelors degree from Southeastern Oklahoma State University. This is Mrs. Lening’s 11th year of teaching and her 7th year at Reed Elementary, where she currently teaches 3rd grade. Her teaching experience ranges from Pre-K to 8th grade and even Elementary P.E. Mrs.

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I recently celebrated a birthday in the hospital undergoing rigorous therapy for a busted hip. Now I am well, but I can’t whiz through the entrance to airports (like I might be flying) So now, I am older but apparently no wise.

Holdenville Softball wins two…. The old saying “ win some lose some some get rained out” almost applied to the Wolverine softball team this past week.

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