Columns/Opinions

Glen Mulready

This checklist will help with your insurance needs this year

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

The start of a new year is a great time to reevaluate your insurance policies. Why now? The calendar change gives us a reminder to do something that we often forget about the rest of the year. It’s like replacing the batteries in your smoke detectors when the clocks change.

Finding help: There’s information to navigate treatment

Sarah Mears-ivy It’s Time To Talk About

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Many folks have reached out to me about information related to finding help for themselves or someone they care about. The conversation usually sounds like, “I need to get Jane some help” or “I need to check Bill into rehab.

Great game, coach’ – goodbye to a good teacher

‘Great game, coach’ – goodbye to a good teacher

Joe Dorman Guest Column

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Small town living has many ups and downs, but one of the most positive aspects is growing much closer to those who live around you compared to city living.

The vaccine can help students, teachers

Kathryn Szallar Guest Column

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, I was nervous but optimistic. I knew it would be a challenge to effectively reach and teach all of my students and keep them engaged online, but I had a team of colleagues working against the same challenges.

Coffeetime Column

Coffee Time: Let’s quit hiding behind a mask

Andy And Renie Bowman Special To The Beacon

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Several years ago, Andy contracted an illness that landed him in the isolation unit of our local hospital for two weeks. Visitors had to wear a mask, gown and gloves.

The strength of women: Find your sisters, and love them

Sarah Mears-ivy It’s Time To Talk About

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

January is the month I attribute to honoring women, and I am dedicating this week’s article to the women who have given me so much in which to aspire. I had the distinct pleasure of being raised by what my mind has assigned “a tribe of warrior women.

You can stop smoking during state’s Quit Week

Thomas R. Martinez The Write Stuff

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

My mother was a cigarette smoker, and it killed her. Oh, the official cause of death was any number of manners: multiple organ failure, obesity and congestive heart failure to name a few. But it was her life-long love affair with unfiltered Lucky Strikes that did her in.

To bring change to government requires knowledge

Joe Dorman Guest Column

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Our Founding Fathers made sure government would serve the people by guaranteeing the right of citizen involvement with the First Amendment’s protections in the United States Constitution.

Stress management: Take care of yourself, then others

Sarah Mears-ivy It’s Time To Talk About

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

I know I have mentioned stress management often; however, I feel it is incredibly important to discuss it again.

Criminal justice reform is priority for Oklahomans

Kris Steele Guest Column

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Oklahoma continued on its criminal justice reform journey last year with State Question 805.

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