Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.org. Barking at Children My daughter and her best friend Jana still talk about the day I barked at them in the shopping mall when they were pre-teens.

Dad’s business was with “Film Row” and it was downtown where the old streetcars bumped their way around town. It was where you went to book the latest movies, short subjects and newsreels. It was the big town if you lived in Stonewall.

Early tips for gift exchange It’s the season. Live with it.

A Time For Everything And so there is. In the Bible, the book of Ecclesiastes, a famous King and familiar Bible character, King Solomon, wrote a book on philosophy.

Grandma has always been a very special person to me. Tonight, we celebrated her 80th birthday. Since Grandpa passed away two years ago we simply appreciate Grandma in a new way, knowing that life is nothing to take for granted.

“Oh, it was so good to see you! Sorry about the weather; it usually doesn’t rain here this time of year. Not this heavy, certainly, and not for a whole week. And that wind! I’ve never seen anything like it before.”

Little known, little used facts This may be way more information than you want or need, but it does help to explain some of the terminology associated with a certain age group. For instance: A SHOT OF WHISKEY: In the Old West, a .45 cartridge for a sixgun cost 12 cents, so did a glass of whiskey.

Service Center Selected, Plans Are Formulated Main Street Building Chosen; Committees Line Up For Work The Service Men’s Center, project of the Garden club, was “growing like Jack’s beanstalk” Saturday, with a location chosen and an all-community force of committees named to arrange details.

What is your favorite animal? This would never happen in any of my classes because I agree with the young man 100 per cent. Anyway, here is his story: Our teacher asked what my favorite animal was, and I said, “Fried chicken.”

Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com When Andy was an eleven-year-old boy, he and his eight-year-old brother decided they were old enough to buy some calves to raise.