Living With Mother Teresa

The tiny corporate jet landed at Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta. Among those who had been waiting on the plane were the archbishop of Atlanta, a number of priests, and a young woman with a few cameras draped around her neck. As the jet’s tiny door opened, an equally diminutive woman stepped out onto the [...]

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Live United

At Ada Regional United Way they know a little bit goes a long way when everyone jumps on board for a good cause. Through donations and selfless volunteers, and with creative resource management, they help provide agencies with the tools they need to meet their community’s needs. One dollar at a time, one person at [...]

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Ada Christmas Parade

Every year adults of all ages turn into kids again when Christmas time comes around. We love to pull out the decorations, break out the same Christmas music we listen to every year and sip hot cocoa with our kids and grandchildren. Traditions like these make the most hectic time of year more meaningful. For [...]

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Your Money’s No Good Here

My first experience with bartering was the school lunchroom when I was a kid. Bored with the same old thing, I found someone who had a more appetizing cuisine. “I’ll trade you my ham sandwich for your peanut butter and jelly.” Since my mother wasn’t big on peanut butter and I had plenty more ham [...]

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Living With Mother Teresa

Living With Mother Teresa

The tiny corporate jet landed at Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta. Among those who had been waiting on the plane were the archbishop of Atlanta, a number of priests, and a young woman with a few cameras draped around her neck. As the jet’s tiny door opened, an equally diminutive woman stepped out onto the [...]

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Live United

Live United

At Ada Regional United Way they know a little bit goes a long way when everyone jumps on board for a good cause. Through donations and selfless volunteers, and with creative resource management, they help provide agencies with the tools they need to meet their community’s needs. One dollar at a time, one person at [...]

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Ada Christmas Parade

Ada Christmas Parade

Every year adults of all ages turn into kids again when Christmas time comes around. We love to pull out the decorations, break out the same Christmas music we listen to every year and sip hot cocoa with our kids and grandchildren. Traditions like these make the most hectic time of year more meaningful. For [...]

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Your Money’s No Good Here

Your Money’s No Good Here

My first experience with bartering was the school lunchroom when I was a kid. Bored with the same old thing, I found someone who had a more appetizing cuisine. “I’ll trade you my ham sandwich for your peanut butter and jelly.” Since my mother wasn’t big on peanut butter and I had plenty more ham [...]

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Soldiers’ Angels

Soldiers’ Angels

At a time when political passions and partisanship seem at fever pitch, nonprofit Soldiers’ Angels offers Americans of all persuasions the patriotic opportunity to help ensure every service member in Iraq and Afghanistan receives a gift of love and gratitude this winter, through their 2009 holiday care package drive. In Ada, local organizations are [...]

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The Football Official

The Football Official

Football is an almost holy thing in American culture. Every year high school, college and professional players make their pilgrimage to locker rooms across the country and prepare for football season with fervent anticipation. The smell of popcorn and nachos, the brightly lit green field and the band playing its home team fight song bring out [...]

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He’s Sleeping in the Dorm!

He’s Sleeping in the Dorm!

East Central University’s new president is a man who values the things that matter most in life. Highly successful people are often thought to be unapproachable as they appear in suit and tie, decorated with titles, awards and accomplishments. In spite of his success, John R. Hargrave is quite the contrary. Born and raised in [...]

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How to Succeed in Business

How to Succeed in Business

Dexter Pruitt had to grow up fast. The owner of several very successful Ada businesses, Mr. Pruitt, 75, was only 15 when his mother died. He believed he had choices to make, and he made them quickly. “After my mom died, my dad and I really didn’t have a place to land,” he said. “It was kind [...]

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Man of Opportunity

Man of Opportunity

Finding time to laugh with friends or to play a round of golf isn’t easy for David Cook these days. But he manages to make time. David, 26, was the winner of American Idol’s Season Seven, and released a multi-platinum album in November 2008. During his current Declaration Tour, he played in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, [...]

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