Volume 9 , Issue 52

Winter in the Rockies

It is the 4th day of Christmas and all through the land people were scurrying about -- slippin' and slidin'. Some were recovering from the blinding whiteouts of last weekend in Kansas and Oklahoma, while others, especially snow skiers, were enjoying the fresh powdery holiday snow falling in the Colorado Rocky mountains.

Others were just enjoying the scenery of Jolly Old Man Winter in the Rockies and making homemade noodles, cherry pies, pecan pies and all those comfort foods of the Christmas holiday with family.

Brrrrrrr.... it was chilly afterwards! Seems like when you get older your bones need more warmth, huh? Anyway... enjoy these wintery scenes NW Okie took up around Lake Vallecito today!

Here is a memory jogger to wake you up and keep you awake 'til New Years Eve!

Remember McClains shoe store that was on the Northside of Alva's downtown square, in the 500 block? I believe my two older sisters went to school with Patti McClain in the early '60's. The reason for the mention of McClain's Shoe Store was because I had an email inquiry from a long lost cousin of Patti's who was trying to locate her. I forwarded a copy of the email request to someone who might know who to contact concerning Patti McClain.

Through the help Of Lana Leist Burkhart and the Class of '61, we have found that contact information for Patti and have passed it along to her cousin. Thank's to Lana, Carol and Alva High Class of '61.

Gas Prices the Last of 2007
One of our OkieLegacy reader tells us that Oregon is the only state in the nation where consumers are NOT permitted to pump their own gas! That there must be an attendant to do it. Is that true?

In Oklahoma and many other states they still have some full-service stations, but most are 'self-serve' and they are used to doing things for themselves.

By the way, Oregon's gas prices range from $3.099 to $3.299 with the cheapest seen in "The Valley" at $2.959. SW Colorado's gas prices around Bayfield have been hanging around $3.159 for the last few days, but dropped 16-cents today to a $2.999 for regular unleaded.

Oklahoma's gas prices, according to Roy in Perry, Oklahoma, has been posted this week at $2.879. That is about a dollar higher than the first week of January 2007, which was $1.899.

Here is wishing you all a Happy & Prosperous New Year in 2008 with your freedom & rights intact!
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