Do you recall that movie scene from “It’s A Wonderful Life,” when George Bailey (played by Jimmy Stewart) is given a glimpse of what life would be like in his lovely town of Bedford Falls, had he never lived? To his horror, George finds himself not in his quaint town of Bedford Falls, but in Pottersville, a city marked by vice. He sees streets rampant with establishments thriving on addiction, lust and greed.

In terms of public opinion polls, survey data seems to indicate increasing acceptance of homosexuality and its related LGBTQ issues. For example, an NBC News Poll asked, “do you favor… allowing gay and lesbian couples to enter into same-sex marriages?” The poll showed in 2004 only 30 percent of the American public favored that.

Yeager Fire Chief Barry Wood and contractor Chad Lamb are shown with the newly formed foundation for the new addition to the Yeager Fire station which includes a tornado shelter for community use. In addition to this the Yeager Town Council has received a $43,500 dollar grant to create an asphalted entry way and parking area for the convenience of community members needing to make use of the shelter.

Lacie Lowry with News9 reached out to local boy, Grayson Poulain, son of First Baptist Pastor James Poulain and his wife, Sandy. Ms. Lowry posted on Facebook: “GOOD STORY ALERT: Okkkkkk, this is just the sweetest. 9-yearold Grayson Poulain wrote this letter to injured OKC Thunder star rookie Chet Holmgren. Anyone know this kid? We would love to interview him (yes, with his parents’ permission).”

Holdenville Police Department would like to remind our citizens that all ATVs operated within city limits require a city ATV permit that is properly displayed on your ATV and a minimum of liability insurance.

Homographs are words of like spelling but with more than one meaning. A homograph that is also pronounced differently is a heteronym. You think English is easy? It is possible a retired English teacher was bored and came up with the following. Read all the way to the end. This took a lot of work for someone to put together. The bandage was wound around the wound. The farm was used to produce produce. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. We must polish the Polish furniture. He could lead if he would get the lead out.

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