Guest Editorial By TOMMY DYER I’ve been helping folks enjoy the good life in Rogers County and the surrounding area for more than 50 years—20 as a homebuilder and more than 30 as owner of Inola’s primary real estate agency. I’ve learned a lot from my customers over the years. They don’t just want a [...]
Lakeviews By John M. Wylie II What lessons do students learn from incompetence and greed? Nothing good. Student testing contractor CTB/McGraw-Hill’s computer failures have severely punished students here and across Oklahoma as well as those who work so hard to provide them a quality education. The company has an $8.9-million state contract to provide testing [...]
Lakeviews By John M. Wylie II Claremore’s Chamber of Commerce just came out against renewal of the penny sales tax for county roads when voters go to the polls May 14. Does Claremore really want a war with the rest of the county, whose residents outnumber city residents by a margin of almost 4-1? Does [...]
By John M. Wylie II, Editor There’s a widespread belief that ambulances mainly serve the sick or injured by providing glorified taxi service to a hospital. Nothing could be further from the truth. Yet that misconception continues to be spread by people who should know better. A major network anchor covering the Boston Marathon Bomber [...]
Lakeviews By John M. Wylie, II Editor and Publisher Baseball is special to me. My first memories are of Charlie Finley and the old Kansas City Athletics. They weren’t very good except as a farm team for the New York Yankees, but Charlie Finley was first, last and always a showman and the games were [...]
LAKEVIEWS By John M. Wylie II, Editor and Publisher America is supposed to be a land where citizens right now have enormous interest in taking control of their government. You sure wouldn’t know it by the last two elections in the Oologah-Talala School District. If there is a pre-eminent institution in Northwest Rogers County, it [...]
Lakeviews by John M. Wylie II I wish my life was a non-stopHollywoodmovie show, A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes, Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain And celluloid heroes never really die. –Celluloid Heroes Ray Davies (1972) When Ray Davies wrote what many consider the best song of his still-active [...]
Reflections by Faith L. Wylie Normally, my husband John writes about important issues and I write about stuff—feeding birds, digging in the garden and family life. You know, stuff. This week, we’re switching roles because I am so passionate about emergency medical services. It’s important, but it’s also family stuff to me. I’ve waited for [...]
LAKEVIEWS By John M. Wylie II, Publisher On the first day of Christmas, my doctors gave to me, a bunch of drugs in an IV. On the second day of Christmas, my doctors gave to me, two output checks and a bunch of drugs in an IV. On the third day of Christmas, my doctors [...]
By JOHN M. WYLIE II, Publisher Last week, Rural Water District No. 4 filled a vacancy on its board. If you didn’t know that there was a vacancy, don’t feel bad. Nobody outside the district knew until two days before directors made the appointment. Don’t blame the board or the man who was named to [...]
