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Services for Stella Lou (Ables) Winningham, a Coalgate resident, were held Wednesday, (today) December 28, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Coalgate with Jeff Roebuck officiating. Brown’s Funeral Service was in charge of arrangements.
Read moreFuneral services for Richard Doyle Traylor, a Coalgate resident, will be Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Coalgate. Burial will be in Centrahoma Cemetery. (There will not be a family night.)
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Old timers visiting Allen often ask me “what has happened to downtown Allen?” They are referring of course to our missing stores downtown. They are gone and I don’t think they’ll be back. I wrote an article some years ago and the lead was this: “One by one, the lights are winking out in rural America.” I was referring to the hundreds of little towns in the USA that have mostly vanished.
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Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.org.
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Okay, let’s just accept it. Christmastime is a confusing mixture of Bible stories, family traditions, myths, and fun Santa Claus tales. Especially for kids like little Luke.
Read moreAmericans ages 11 to 18 play online for an average of 10 hours per day, according to a study out today by a research team that includes psychologist Jean Twenge, author of “iGen” and “Generation Me.” The researchers surveyed 1,600 Americans ages 11 to 18 in May 2022. On average, the study participants reported using digital media an average of 10 hours and four minutes per day, on such entertainment activities as social media, video chat, texting, shopping, and gaming.
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