A daily, two-mile walk is an excellent thing for many of us. Nothing like fresh air, exercise and an invigorating conversation with your walking buddy. Those four thousand+ steps can clear your thinking, give you more energy and actually change your mood for the better.

Oklahoma City-Friends of the Capitol was honored to be a part of the celebration of the life of Oklahoman, Robert Miner, by engraving his name at the Memorial Plaza at the Oklahoma State Capitol and meeting Miner’s friends and family who visited his paver. Nothing was going to stop Miner’s loved ones from celebrating his life, COVID-19, construction or heat, it did not matter!

Bobby “Bob” Owen Ray, of Hugo, Okla., passed away July 30, 2021, at the age of 64. Bobby Owen Ray was born on Jan.

Funeral services for Nancy Love, of Boswell, Okla., were held at 2 p.m. July 31, 2021 at Victory Life Church in Boswell.

Funeral services for Juanita Marie Christian, of Hugo, Okla., were held at 10 a.m. Aug.

Robert Eugene Lenz passed from this life at the age of 65 on July 24, 2021 on his last ride in Broken Bow, Okla. He was born in San Antonio, Texas, on May 21, 1956, the son of Robert Wayne and Doris Mae (McKenrick) Lenz.

The times we are living in presently are almost surreal. Watching the Summer Olympic Games and athletes donning full face coverings after each event.