Editorial: Bush would keep America addicted to oil

Funeral services for Helen Faye (Powell) Webber will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009, at the First Baptist Church of Davis with Brother Frank Duncan and Rev. Randy Chapman officiating. Interment will follow in Green Hill Cemetery in Davis.

Funeral services for Helen Faye (Powell) Webber will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009, at the First Baptist Church of Davis with Brother Frank Duncan and Rev. Randy Chapman officiating. Interment will follow in Green Hill Cemetery in Davis.

Funeral services for Mr. Bob Wilson, 89, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009, at the First United Methodist Church of Wilson with Rev. Sherry Kendrick officiating.

Services for Johnny Murrel Thacker, 57, of Marietta, Okla., will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7, 2009, in the Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Lawrence Anderson officiating, assisted by Pastor Steve Mayhan.

Funeral services for Ms. Linda Kay (Russell) Lawson, 63, of Leon are scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday, July 17, 2009, at the Assembly of God Church in Wilson with Rev. Tim Young officiating.

One of the defining characteristics of Americans has always been their willingness to pack up and move in search of better places and better times. The recession has radically changed that.

Last year, 11.9 percent of the population, 35.2 million people, moved, down from 13.2 percent, or 38.7 million, the year before. That was the sharpest drop in mobility since the dot-com bust of 2000 and the lowest percentage in 60 years, since the Census bureau began measuring it in 1948.

President Barack Obama’s daughters Sasha and Malia finally got their long-promised pet this past week, a Portuguese water dog they’re naming Bo.

Time will tell how this friendly and photogenic puppy lines up in the pantheon of presidential pooches. He’ll stand alongside George W. Bush’s Barney, who liked reporters even less than his owner, biting one last year; Bill Clinton’s Buddy, practically the only creature on Earth to remain faithful to Bill during the prez’s self-inflicted marital woes; George H.W. Bush’s mild-mannered and “literary” Millie and C. Fred; and countless other canines-in-chief.

Don’t ignore it. Don’t panic. Do pay attention. Do use common sense.

That advice could apply to many situations, but right now, Americans should heed it in connection with the health threat that has emerged in the past few days.

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Frances “Nana” Hill, 88, of Ringling and formerly of Enid, are scheduled for 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009, at the Ringling United Methodist Church with Rev. Alex Costea officiating. Interment rites will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel in Enid, Okla. Alexander Funeral Home of Ringling is in charge of arrangements.

In less than a week, Americans will decide who the next leader of the free world will be, but in between all the election hoopla, has anyone realized that the NFL regular season is halfway through?