Opinion

May is Military Appreciation Month, and there is no better place to celebrate our nation’s active-duty service members and veterans than right here in Oklahoma.

The countdown is on as the final month of session gets underway.

Friends of the Newcastle Public Library will host their annual Book Sale and Craft show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 3 at the library, 705 N.W. 10th Street.

The House of Representatives passed two critical pieces of legislation recently. While the more widely known bill addressed the debt ceiling, we also passed a consequential bipartisan and bicameral resolution to hold the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) accountable for its illegal trade subsidies and return critical manufacturing capacity to the United States where it belongs.

It’s been a blur since the tornado struck our district. I want to thank all of the first responders, law enforcement officers, utility workers, local, state, and federal officials and workers, along with the many volunteers who have worked around the clock to help our neighbors in McClain County as they work to put their lives back together.

The late, great Democratic President Harry S. Truman once famously placed a sign on his desk which proclaimed, “The Buck Stops Here.” Surely, “Give ‘em Hell Harry” is rolling in his grave on the release of the Biden Administration’s reports on its disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan in the summer of 2021.

Residents who sustained damage or losses caused by the recent severe storms and tornadoes in McClain county can register with FEMA in the following ways:

Editor’s note: Answering the Newcastle Pacer’s five questions this week is Karen Haley, the McClain County Election Board secretary.

In 2016, God brought me Matt. Having spent most of his life in the custody of the Department of Human Services, there was a long adjustment period. In fact, I would say we are still adjusting almost eight years later. Through the ups and downs of our relationship with Matt, however, our love for him has never changed.

U.S. Congressman

The cry of the Protestant Reformation in the 1500s was “Soli Deo Gloria!” This Latin phrase is translated “The Glory of God Alone” and is a declaration that all of life is about glorifying God. But, what does that really mean? How do we live for the glory of God?