Most Americans have yet to receive their much-awaited stimulus checks from the federal government, though they may have spent them several times over in their heads while they wait.

I don't know how classrooms are run today, but in my heyday, you sat one behind the other, and learning was not something you had much choice over. You didn't debate whether Latin was necessary or dare to share why you didn't turn in your homework. If you didn't do the work, you stayed after school, and one of the sisters sat at her desk watching you until you were finished. I imagine a Marine boot camp is quite similar.

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To the Editor:

To the Editor:

To The Editor:

With the legislative interim only weeks away, important issues for the next session are being identified for assessment, research and discussion. One of the most significant concerns facing Oklahoma is the glaring number of uninsured among our ranks.

Registered voters throughout Pottawatomie County have a great opportunity to make a positive statement for libraries Tuesday by voting in favor of the millage increase for the Pioneer Library System. Shawnee’s public library and those library facilities throughout the county are part of the Pioneer System.

I was wondering where a person that’s on regular Social Security that’s willing to work, where would they be able to go to get employment? I’m wanting to find a job to get off of Social Security. Does anybody have any ideas of who I can contact to go back to work and get off government assistance?

Thursday (May 1) marked five years since President Bush landed on the deck of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, declaring, under the banner “Mission Accomplished”: “Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed.” On that day, the toll of American dead in Iraq stood at 140. Today, the count exceeds 4,000. That moment, the president so full of himself, has become representative of a White House arrogant, unknowing and ill-prepared.