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Dinner with the Tongue

6 months 17 hours ago By News Staff

For many folks, it’s that dreaded time again. The Christmas holiday dinner with the extended family.

First black graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and an In- dian Wars army officer, Henry Ossian Flip per, eldest son of Festus and Isabella Flipper, was born a slave on March 21, 1856, in Thomasville, Georgia. He was a mulatto and possessed some Cherokee ancestry.

Family Talk

6 months 4 weeks ago By News Staff

Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.org.

“THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN THE WORLD”

6 months 4 weeks ago By News Staff

“I hate this, I don’t want to have to go thru this!” Don’t blame you for feeling that. But sometimes, maybe you need ‘this’. Maybe, it’s going to prepare you for something that is coming your way, years from now. Or just maybe, it is to shape you into becoming a better person. Truth is, your Creator knows you, and knows exactly what’s needed in your life.