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BY CHARLES BETZLER, HERALD WRITER Ed Wells was a consummate businessman who served his country, community, and God. Edward Kenneth Wells was born in Hanna, Oklahoma in 1925, graduated from Hanna High School, and attended college, all before being drafted at 18. He was discharged from the military in 1945 and subsequently enrolled at Oklahoma A&M […]

BY CHARLES BETZLER, HERALD WRITER Perhaps you’ve seen the problem on Facebook or another forum: 6 ÷ 2(1+2) =? It’s one of several similar math problems popping up on social networks recently. Perhaps, if you’re a nerd like me, or you teach math, you even fell asleep thinking about this problem, perplexed and frustrated that you

BY CHARLES BETZLER, HERALD WRITER It is daylight saving time, not Daylight Savings Times. For you Grammar Nerds out there, the correct term is daylight saving time, not Daylight Savings Time. According to the U.S. Government Publishing Office Style Manual, there is no ‘s’ in the phrase; furthermore, the phrase is not capitalized. Daylight saving time

BY CHARLES BETZLER, HERALD WRITER President  Abraham Lincoln said: “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Those profound words so eloquently spoken over 150 years ago ring true today.  The political discourse in this country has increasingly turned vitriolic over the last 30 years and especially the last 10. The proliferation of political pundits espousing their

BY CHARLES BETZLER, HERALD WRITER From potted plants to pecan trees, Honey Valley Nursery at 1026 East Lincoln Avenue was the “go-to” place in Sapulpa for amateur horticulturists.  Perry Collins, C.C. Collins’s grandson and Calvin Collins, Jr.’s son, explained how the nursery came to fruition and how it acquired its name. C.C. Collins, the patriarch of

By John Mark Young We’ve reached the moon again! Last week on February 24, 2024, one of our spacecraft, Intuitive Machine’s ‘Odysseus,’ successfully landed on the moon. It had launched the preceding week on February 15th on a combined mission of NASA, Space X, and Intuitive Machines, making it America’s first soft unmanned moon landing

BY CHARLES BETZLER, HERALD WRITER The immune system protects the body against bacteria, microbes, viruses, toxins, and parasites. Each day, you inhale thousands of pathogens (bacteria and viruses) that are floating in the air. Your immune system neutralizes the threat.  Occasionally, a pathogen gets past the immune system and you catch a cold, get the flu,