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DEAR ABBY: I have a wonderful 12-yearold son, “Oliver,” who was conceived during a date rape at a work party. I don’t remember much about that night. When I found out I was pregnant, I hoped my husband at the time was the father. When the baby came, it was obvious he wasn’t, because Oliver is a different race. (I am Caucasian, and I’m thinking Oliver may be Pacific Islander.)
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DEAR ABBY: A year ago, when I discovered my husband’s porn videos and naked pictures of his ex-girlfriends, he assured me he would delete them. It has been a year, and he still hasn’t done it. When I mention it, he claims he doesn’t look at them and doesn’t have time to delete them. I ask him to be honest with me about if he intends to keep them, but he insists he “will” delete them. It makes me believe he has an emotional attachment to these women. How should I continue to deal with this issue? -- HE’S GOT A WIFE NOW
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DEAR ABBY: I am a 58-year-old, never-married woman with a 22-year blue-collar career. I own a home and will retire with benefits many people dream of.
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I can relate to this verse since the time I was growing up we lived by big lakes in Texas and Oklahoma. Sometimes on weekends, Daddy would load up the car with Mom and us 5 kids and we’d go to some big lake or large pond and go swimming, fishing, riding in the boat when we had one, or just playing around the water. Even though I was the only one who never learned to swim, I learned to water ski on Wewoka Lake. I wasn’t scared to learn because I trusted my dad. To be around water always has soothed my soul.
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Twelve elementary and junior high students were selected top winners in the “Health Hazards of Air Pollution” poster contest held in Seminole County last month, the Seminole County Health Department announced Friday. First, second and third place winners from primary through ninth grade levels were named. Showing the winning posters, in order of placement were: Primary special education: 1 – Joey Deer; 2 – David McCowan; 3 – Jami Tainpeah, all of Central School, Seminole. First – third grade: 1 – Bobby Sparks; 2 – Lori Ann Pease; 3 – Cheryl Keiser, all of Woodrow Wilson School, Seminole. Fourth – sixth grade: 1 – Randolph Coody, sixth grade, Konawa; 2 Jana Norman, Roosevelt School, Seminole; 3 – Dean Robertson, fourth grade, Justice School. Seventh – ninth grade: 1 – Karen Cox, eighth grade, Konawa Jr. High; 2 – Steven Carlson, seventh grade, Central School, Seminole; 3 – Bonnie Lena, eighth grade, Justice School. There was no category covering the special education classes, but judges commented that the posters were “excellent and should receive recognition.” The contest was sponsored by the Oklahoma Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases Association and other co-sponsors. County winner’s posters will now be sent to the state contest for judging.
Read moreHonor your Mom on Mother’s Day by cooking her a delicious beef meal. Oklahoma moms and ranchers Nikki Callison and Sheri Glazier teach you how to make their favorite beef meals which are easy and full of flavor.
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