Financial Focus

It’s that time of year when many of us promise ourselves we’ll go to the gym more, or learn a new language, or take up a musical instrument, or any number of other worthy goals. But this year, when making New Year’s resolutions, why not also consider some financial ones?

Sometimes, life just...happens

Well, hello everyone! I apologize for taking an extended break from writing these articles. I was trying to navigate through some things and needed to focus on me for a little bit. Here I am though, and I want to share with you what I’ve learned since the last time I wrote.

Burns Flat-Dill City 4-H Club Weekly Report

Saturday December 10 th was an exciting time at the Washita County activity center in Cordell. The 4-H event of that day was the annual Washita County 4-H Jr. Roundup. There a variety of workshops available to the event attendees, most of whom were cloverbuds and Jr. 4-H members.

Burns Flat-Dill City 4-H Club Weekly Report

Members of the Burns Flat-Dill City Sr. 4-H club taught a workshop at the BF-DC grade school in Burns Flat to the BF-DC clover buds and Jr. 4-H members. We taught them how to make 3 different types of ornaments.

Financial Focus

For a variety of reasons, such as higher interest rates, rising inflation and supply chain issues, the financial markets were volatile in 2022 — and this volatility probably showed up in your investment statements.

Big Tech uses journalism; Big Tech should pay for it

The powers that Google and Facebook have over economic and political power in society – especially over the news industry—has caught the attention of lawmakers in Washington, DC.

A QUESTION OF RESPECT: Finding political civility

If your family is like mine, then there are stark differences in political ideology and views. I was happy we managed to avoid divisive conversations. Having worked in politics my entire adult life, I have many friends with differing viewpoints.

Oklahoma Senator files legislation to end time change

Sen. Blake “Cowboy” Stephens has officially filed Senate Bill 7 ahead of the 2023 session, which calls for Oklahoma to remain in Daylight Saving Time (DST) year-round.

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Burns Flat-Dill City 4-H Club Report

Last week was the BF-DC Sr. 4-H club’s second official meeting for the 2022-23 year. The first order of business for this meeting was a workshop on heart health taught by a team of nursing school students from SWOSU.