TAHLEQUAH —
For many Cherokee County residents, the last four months of the year are a source of great anticipation. They consider it to be a time chock-full of fun activities, most of them even enhanced by the chilly weather.
Football season is well under way at NSU and our four high schools in Cherokee County, as well as at a couple of the rural schools. Local folks have a particular fondness for football games, whether it be to check out the action on the gridiron, or to watch the band’s halftime show or see the cheerleaders perform.
This weekend, the Keetoowah Celebration, and the dovetailed Homecoming festivities for Tahlequah High School and Northeastern State University, kept thousands of folks busy. And over in Stilwell, a unique conference focusing on Bigfoot was held Saturday. Despite the historical plethora of sightings in the area, the Press hasn’t done many stories on the topic since Eddie Glenn left the news staff. But Renee Fite was set to be on hand for this one, and we’ll have a report next week.
Next weekend, the Oklahoma Community and Home Education organization holds its annual flea market, and the Farmers’ Market will continue at Norris Park until the weather turns too cold. There’s cool stuff going on at the Cherokee Heritage Center and Cherokee Art Center much of the time, including a silversmithing class the weekend of Oct. 20 that we’ll be staffing. That’s also the weekend of the newly minted OksWagen Festival, which will have “Bugs” and other Volkswagen models on display.
Many churches – like First United Methodist and St. Basil’s Episcopal – draw the community together with autumn-themed events. But in October, they’ll also be offering alternatives to the traditional Halloween trick-or-treating. And speaking of spooks, the Murrell Home will be scaring up some ghost stories the last weekend of the month. That weekend will also feature the popular Taste of Tahlequah downtown.
Moving on into November, we have the Illinois River Arts and Crafts Festival at NSU, Nov. 9-11. The weekend before that will be the Boys & Girls Club’s 2012 Market Place, which will offer a similar opportunity for crafters. Then, as Thanksgiving rolls around, the city will be gearing up for Snowflake ‘12, a reprisal of last year’s phenomenally popular ice skating rink. With December comes the Christmas parade, the first Saturday, accompanied by the Chamber of Commerce’s Shop Tahlequah First! campaign, and then the holidays themselves. This is a prime time to support area businesses – which is the only way to keep our community economically healthy.
There’s always something to do, and in this especially exciting quarter of the year, we hope everyone joins in for at least some of the fun. We’ll be keeping you informed on what’s happening – not just here, but around the area, so you and your family can get caught up in the spirit of the season. And if you hear about an event you think our readers would like to attend, by all means, let us know!
Editorials
Lots to do here this time of year
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Something for the kids to do this summer
Now that school’s out for the summer, many Cherokee County parents struggle with the question of what to do with their children. It’s a dilemma most of us share at one time or another, unless we don’t work outside the home, or get our summers off, for the most part.
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Tax cut? Don’t bet the farm
Oklahoma taxpayers who think Gov. Mary Fallin did them a favor by signing into law the new tax cut measure ought to do a little math, and then think again. As usual, the state’s playing that ages-old game known as “robbing Peter to pay Paul.”
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Should we help them, or not?
The U.S. taxpayers may have gotten lucky. It appears congressional approval for a new infusion of disaster relief funds may not be needed for the May 20 tornado that devastated Moore, because some of the money left over from Hurricane Sandy is being put to good use in Oklahoma.
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Treasures: Resale shops a boon for community
Tahlequah has at least five resale shops connected to worthy nonprofit or not-for-profit endeavors, and Saturday, local residents unfamiliar with their inventories will get a peek at them, all at one location.
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Facebook good for posting future events
With more and more Daily Press readers using our Facebook page as a supplemental way to get information to the public, another explanation on how to streamline the process seems in order. Here, brevity is the key.
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Give the teachers what they deserve
When is the demonization of the teachers of this state going to stop? How many sacrifices do teachers have to make before the public realizes the anti-educator campaign is completely baseless, initiated by a small group of malcontents looking for someone to blame for society’s ills or the failures of their own offspring?
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Welcoming our visitors to town
In just a few days, visitors will be pouring into Cherokee County, as the Memorial Day weekend officially ushers in the local tourist season. For some of us, that means it’s time to batten down the hatches; for others, it’s time for the cash registers to start ringing.
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Phone record debacle an insult to press
Distrust of government secrecy has been elevated to an exceptional level with the disclosure the Justice Department covertly examined two months of Associated Press phone records to determine who leaked details to the AP about a foiled terrorist plot.
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Punishing the animal dumpers
Animal dumping is not a problem unique to Cherokee County, but anyone who’s been keeping up with current events for the past decade or so will acknowledge it’s especially prevalent here.
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Openness on AG the right course
It takes courage to admit to a serious mistake or a personal lapse, especially when the nature of the situation may call for a public mea culpa.
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