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Every generation worries about what it will leave behind.
You can hear it almost anywhere now — at coffee shops, around supper tables, standing in line at the grocery store. People talk about …
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By Tyler Hook
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5/27/26
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One of the things for certain in this life is people will be people. Some great, some good, some not so good and some just plain ole' bad.
I have been a people watcher most of my life. Not in a …
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By Nancy Wallace-Kletecka, Managing Editor/Publisher
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5/20/26
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There is a dangerous habit quietly settling into modern life, and most people do not even realize they have become part of it.
We have started treating people like expenses instead of …
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By Tyler Hook
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5/20/26
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I know young people probably cringe each time they hear, "back in the day", or "when I was young"... At least they cringe until it is they who are reminiscing about days gone by.
One thing that …
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By Nancy Wallace-Kletecka, Managing Editor/Publisher
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5/13/26
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There was a time—not that long ago—when distance meant something.
Distance was measured in miles of gravel road, in the stretch between one farmhouse and the next, in the time it took to get …
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By Tyler Hook
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5/13/26
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Pioneer Days in Guymon, Okla., is coming up this weekend. The Oklahoma Panhandle community is fast filling up with rodeo athletes from all over the country, as evidenced at Texas County …
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By Nancy Wallace-Kletecka, Managing Editor/Publisher
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4/29/26
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There’s a quiet weight that most people carry, though it rarely gets talked about. It’s not failure, and it’s not regret in the way we usually think of it. It’s something softer, but in many …
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By Tyler Hook
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4/29/26
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Losing my daughter, Amanda, has been a journey I would not wish on anyone. My world has been shattered to say the least.
Each day, it feels like the movie "Groundhog Day". I get up - struggle to …
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By Nancy Wallace-Kletecka, Managing Editor/Publisher
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4/23/26
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There’s a quiet kind of promise we make to ourselves over the years, one that rarely gets spoken out loud but seems to follow us through different seasons of life. It sounds simple enough: someday. …
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By Tyler Hook
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4/23/26
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Their eyes are almost laser focused on the action before them - waiting. On the courts and fields, action intensifies, they jump slightly - false alarm, their name does not get called.
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By Nancy Wallace-Kletecka, Managing Editor/Publisher
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4/22/26
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There’s a moment in life that doesn’t get talked about much—the space between what was and what’s next. It’s not the beginning of something new, and it’s not quite the end of something …
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By Tyler Hook
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4/22/26
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There is a question that seems to surface more often these days, usually asked quietly but felt deeply: Do newspapers still matter? It’s a fair question in a world where information moves faster …
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By Tyler Hook
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4/15/26
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My older sister, Sharon Garey, taught school in Ulysses for almost three decades.
In a chance conversation one day in 2022, I expressed to her how I was really in need of something to do. My …
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By Nancy Wallace-Kletecka, Managing Editor/Publisher
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4/8/26
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There is a part of Easter that doesn’t get talked about much.
We celebrate the joy of Sunday. We remember the sorrow of Friday. But there is a day in between that often goes unnoticed—the …
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By Tyler Hook
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4/8/26
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Social media is like a double edge sword - awesome for some things like staying in touch with family and friends, but not so great for others when it comes to bullying, spreading lies and half …
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By Nancy Wallace-Kletecka, Managing Editor/Publisher
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4/1/26
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There are moments when history doesn’t feel like something behind us. It feels like something trying to warn us.
I had one of those moments recently while walking through the Eisenhower …
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By Tyler Hook
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4/1/26
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If there is one thing I have learned, it is that grief is not for the light hearted. And, it is an individual thing - what is grief for one person may not necessarily be grief for another.
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By Nancy Wallace-Kletecka, Managing Editor/Publisher
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3/20/26
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Not long ago, owning something meant exactly that — you owned it.
You bought a truck and it was yours. You bought a movie and it sat on your shelf. You bought software, tools, or even …
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By Tyler Hook
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3/20/26
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There is a quiet place many people eventually find themselves standing.
It’s the space between grief and gratitude.
At first glance, the two seem like opposites. Grief is heavy. Gratitude …
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By Tyler Hook
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3/18/26
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I remember...
It was December 28, 1983. I had the sudden urge to bake pies from scratch - yes, from scratch. Rolling out the dough, making the filling, etc. etc. I was nine months pregnant at …
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By Nancy Wallace-Kletecka, Managing Editor/Publisher
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3/16/26
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There was a time when noticing was simply part of daily life in a small town. People paid attention, not because they were intrusive, but because attentiveness was woven into the rhythm of community. …
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By Tyler Hook
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3/16/26
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Life rarely feels like something we are fully steering.
It feels more like a train.
You may get to choose the station where you step aboard. You might even choose the general direction — …
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By Tyler Hook
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3/4/26
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Some believe another Civil War is imminent. I say it's already started.
And why you might ask, has that happened? The why, I'm certain, looks pretty obvious and simple to some, while to others …
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By Nancy Wallace-Kletecka, Managing Editor/Publisher
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2/20/26
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There’s a mirror in everything. Not the kind that hangs on a wall, but the quiet kind — the one you glimpse in passing, in glass, in people, in moments that ask you to look a little longer.
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By Tyler Hook
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2/20/26
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There are certain "rights" in place to protect people when they are facing criminal charges. One of those is a "right to a speedy trial". A strong philosophy that goes along with those who are …
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By Nancy Wallace-Kletecka, Managing Editor/Publisher
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2/11/26
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