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Take a good look. It’s always there, part of a healthy, whole hand. Hold up your hand and you’ll see it. The one digit that is pointing the opposite of the other four fingers, every time. Oh yeah, you can force it to go along with all the others, but you do have to work at it. Usually, it just naturally sticks out to the side, like “a sore thumb.” It’s always just a little different and obstinately curving away from all the others - but it sure serves a great purpose.

KIDS THESE DAYS I was talking with a friend recently who said, “I can’t stand this younger generation. They are irresponsible, shiftless and can’t show up to work on time.” This person was in their 70s and apparently didn’t remember older people said the same thing about us when we were young.

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and instead of bleeding, he sings. SUNDAY SATIRE 8:10 - A feminist passed by and asked me why I didn’t make a snow woman.

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Dorothy J McCoin, 88 years old, on Monday, December 18, 2023, at 02:30, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Dorothy’s life will be celebrated in a funeral service on Friday, December 22, 2023, at 14:00, at Oakcrest Church of Christ, officiated by Myron Bruce. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memory Gardens, where she will be laid to rest.

Funeral service for Curtis Ogle, 64 of Calvin, Oklahoma will be 10:00am, Saturday, February 3, 2024 at the First Baptist Church in Calvin with Pastor Kurtis Stoll officiating. He pass away on Friday, January 26, 2024, in Calvin, Oklahoma.Full obituary will follow.

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Michael David Patton, age 31, of Holdenville, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 210 months in prison for one count of Murder in Indian Country— Second Degree.

New trash service in Holdenville under GFL is set to begin Thursday, February 1. Collection of residential trash will continue on your normal service day, once a week. Collection of commercial trash will occur twice a week, on Tuesday and Thursday. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at 1-800-564-4419 or 405-495-0800.

MISDEMEANORS Bryan Eugene Munholland – Actual physical control of vehicle under the influence, Transporting open container of alcoholic beverage Hailee McConnell – Domestic Abuse – Assault and battery CIVIL U.S. Bank National Association vs Unknown successors if any of Nita Kay Pigeon Jacobs, Deceased – Foreclosure Glenn N.