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Marlatt memo 05/14/12

Debbie — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:38:44 +0000

By State Sen. Bryce Marlatt

Senate District 27 — Beaver, Blaine, Cimarron, Harper, Major, Texas, Woods, Woodward counties

About a year ago, a group of young adults attending a party in rural Oklahoma made a tragic decision. One of the people there had ordered a synthetic or “designer” drug off the [...]

Capitol corner 05/14/12

Debbie — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:24:14 +0000

By State Rep Gus Blackwell

This past week, most of the action in the House was in Conference Committees meeting to pass legislation. Several measures made it to the floor and several were also passed into law, with the Governor’s signature.

House Bill 2388, as modified in the Senate, requires the DHS to screen adults who apply [...]

Melyn: On the bricks 05/11/12

Debbie — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:17:26 +0000

By Melyn Johnson, Main Street Guymon director

Two books by local authors were a part of my reading material completed last week. Last night I finished “Keepin’ It Together” by Virginia Frantz of Guymon. It’s a young readers book, guessing maybe third grade level, although I don’t really have a clue. The story is told by [...]

Melyn: On the bricks 05/08/12

Debbie — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:25:25 +0000

By Melyn Johnson, Main Street Guymon director

Ralph Waldo Emerson gave a definition of successful. Linda Ward shared it with me and I thought it was a good thing to talk about. Success is something we always hope to achieve, but often it seems we get it and don’t realize we have. We might be so [...]

Marlatt memo 05/07/12

Debbie — Tue, 08 May 2012 10:10:02 +0000

By State Sen. Bryce Marlatt

Senate District 27 — Beaver, Blaine, Cimarron, Harper, Major, Texas, Woods, Woodward counties

Oklahomans, like citizens throughout the country, continue to watch the economy and hope for positive signs. After two years of monthly revenue collection reports indicating slow but steady growth, March marked the first [...]

Capitol corner 05/07/12

Debbie — Mon, 07 May 2012 22:01:13 +0000

By State Rep. Gus Blackwell

Last week there were several bills that passed through the House dealing with a variety of subjects. This included public safety, prescription drugs, pro-life bills, a bill selling unused state property and changes to the firefighter tax credit system. This would help rural fire departments.

A bill making its way through the [...]