9-7-05
It's another Wednesday. It should feel like a Tuesday since this is the second day of the week, but instead, it is more like a Friday.
Another hot day to go along with the others. The mornings are cooling off a bit.
For the last few days, I have contemplated writing a story for Heavener Online about the Wolves winning the game Friday for Cody Barlow, who passed away in May. He would have been a senior this year and a member of the football team.
I hesitated at first, not wanting to try and play off an emotional issue and also afraid that it might bother some people.
Last night, I went ahead and wrote the story. It can be viewed at Heavener Online at the top of the home page or can be accessed here. I don't have a picture with him for this link. It was a sad story of a boy with what should be a successful life ahead, cut short way before his time.
This is really one of the few stories I have put on Heavener Online. I've had to spend most of my time trying to get everything lined up. We've had a bunch of people submit stories and that is great. That is what I wanted to see. Now, we just need to keep it going.
I really feel like we have barely touched the surface of this site. It seems to grow more each day. For only being in existence a week and a half, we're getting a lot of hits and that is great. Some of the stuff doesn't even have anything under it yet, but it will eventually.
One thing I would like to try and implement, maybe on the forum or something else, is ideas on how to make Heavener better. We all know the town has some serious problems. A lot of businesses have closed and the downtown is in need of some upgrading.
But there are some good things about the town, especially tourism. This is the nicest part of Oklahoma, but so many people are unaware of what this part of the state offers. With the increasing cost of travel, more people will want to take vacations closer. We can get a part of that with the right plan in place.
But we have to get everybody working together. Everybody is only concerned with what is best for themself, not for the area. The whole county has to get together. In the past, whenever something like this gets started, the emphasis is pushed over to what is best for one town. That town wants everybody's help, but isn't willing to share.
Kind of like a bunch of children I know.
Another hot day to go along with the others. The mornings are cooling off a bit.
For the last few days, I have contemplated writing a story for Heavener Online about the Wolves winning the game Friday for Cody Barlow, who passed away in May. He would have been a senior this year and a member of the football team.
I hesitated at first, not wanting to try and play off an emotional issue and also afraid that it might bother some people.
Last night, I went ahead and wrote the story. It can be viewed at Heavener Online at the top of the home page or can be accessed here. I don't have a picture with him for this link. It was a sad story of a boy with what should be a successful life ahead, cut short way before his time.
This is really one of the few stories I have put on Heavener Online. I've had to spend most of my time trying to get everything lined up. We've had a bunch of people submit stories and that is great. That is what I wanted to see. Now, we just need to keep it going.
I really feel like we have barely touched the surface of this site. It seems to grow more each day. For only being in existence a week and a half, we're getting a lot of hits and that is great. Some of the stuff doesn't even have anything under it yet, but it will eventually.
One thing I would like to try and implement, maybe on the forum or something else, is ideas on how to make Heavener better. We all know the town has some serious problems. A lot of businesses have closed and the downtown is in need of some upgrading.
But there are some good things about the town, especially tourism. This is the nicest part of Oklahoma, but so many people are unaware of what this part of the state offers. With the increasing cost of travel, more people will want to take vacations closer. We can get a part of that with the right plan in place.
But we have to get everybody working together. Everybody is only concerned with what is best for themself, not for the area. The whole county has to get together. In the past, whenever something like this gets started, the emphasis is pushed over to what is best for one town. That town wants everybody's help, but isn't willing to share.
Kind of like a bunch of children I know.
posted by Craig Hall at
9:58 AM
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