Like so many of us, I have a lot of my family and friends’ birthdates in my phone’s calendar, and I have it set to notify me when a loved one’s birthday is on the horizon. I prefer to tell myself that “I have so many family members now, and combined with all my friends, I can’t possibly remember all those birthdates anymore.” But truthfully, probably just getting too lazy and too dependent upon my phone reminding me. Tend to take the easy way out when it is available.

I can’t ever remember a time in the past half-century when there were so many job opportunities in Southeast Oklahoma and right here in Choctaw County. It’s almost safe to say there are either no businesses...

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Summertimes are usually somewhat laid back here in Southeast Oklahoma, except perhaps for the dozen hay crews working feverishly to roll up thousands of bales of hay. Early spring rains helped make a first-cutting of hay better than average, but the past three weeks of brutal heat are taking their toll on regional pastures.