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tschram

  • Joined: August 30, 2022
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Growing sweet onions in Oklahoma

We finally got some rain this week to help with the drought in southern Oklahoma. When you finally get to work in your flower and vegetable garden, make sure the soil is not too wet or digging will damage the soil structure. Once again, our crazy Oklahoma weather went from almost 80 degrees over the weekend to winter weather warnings and an Artic front by Tuesday. Now we just have to hope all the wintry mix we had this past week is over for the season. It’s really hard to plant onions or anything else when the north wind is blowing so hard you can barely stand and the wind chill is 17 degrees. Hopefully, this is winter’s last hurrah, and there will be more nice warm days to welcome the spring gardening season.

Biden speech comes amid crises, setbacks

WASHINGTON – The last time President Joe Biden addressed a joint session of Congress, he said the country was “ready for takeoff” after a period of plague and strife. It has been a more turbulent flight than expected.

LA report: Fireworks danger ignored

LOS ANGELES – A senior Los Angeles bomb technician raised serious concerns about overloading a containment chamber with seized homemade fireworks last year before the detonation caused a catastrophic explosion, injuring 27 people and rocking a neighborhood, according to an inspector general’s report released Friday.

120,000 Ukrainians flee to the border

WARSAW, Poland – Tens of thousands of Ukrainians rushed to the borders as invading Russian troops pressed their advance Saturday into Ukraine and toward Kyiv, the country’s capital, in Europe’s largest ground war since World War II.

British Airways cancels flights amid tech woes

LONDON – British Airways canceled dozens of flights from Heathrow Airport in London on Saturday as it struggled to fix “technical issues” that hobbled booking and check-in systems. The airline canceled all short-haul flights from the airport until midday.

NATION & WORLD WATCH

Authorities seize nearly $3M worth of meth in onion shipment SAN DIEGO – Authorities seized nearly $3 million worth of methamphetamine, hidden among a shipment of onions, during a tractor-trailer’s inspection at federal facility in San Diego, officials announced Friday. A K-9 unit for the U.S.

Maxwell juror case limited

NEW YORK – An inquiry into possible juror misconduct at Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial will be limited to his answers to two responses on a jury selection questionairre to prevent an “intrusive fishing expedition” by defense lawyers, a judge said in an opinion released Friday.

Some in US find domestic woes outrank Russia war

BROOKFIELD, Wis. – From the Chinese restaurant he runs in the western suburbs of Milwaukee, Charles Yee has watched with alarm last week as Europe confronts the greatest threat to its peace and security since the end of World War II. But, at least for now, he’s more troubled by challenges at home.

Susan Gayle Johnson

ARDMORE - Susan Gayle Johnson of Ardmore, OK died February 13, 2022 of COPD. Susie was born in Oklahoma City, OK on May 16, 1951 to William Benjamin Johnson II and Katherine Gayle Burton Johnson. She attended Putnam Heights Elementary, Harding Jr and Sr High School, St. Anne’s Academy, Oklahoma City Community College and Oklahoma State University. Susie worked in telecommunications for AT&T and as an independent contractor at Tinker AFB. She began as an operator, was the first female lineman in Oklahoma, was a supervisor, a manager and worked in Technical Support. She also worked for Hertz.

Don’t charge phone battery to 100%

I paid more for my latest smartphone than I did for my first car. That is to say, the little everything-devices we’re all glued to these days could very well be among the most valuable of our everyday possessions – give or take a wedding ring or Rolex. Maybe because they feel like an extension of our hands (and sometimes brains) we simply don’t treat them with the respect they deserve. Either way, I beat my smartphone up quite a bit and chances are, you do, too, without meaning to or even realizing it.