Art students from Washington Elementary who earned Merit Awards at the Oklahoma State Fair included, from left, Leila Pete, Demetrio Guzman, Peyton Clonce and Marlen Nava.

Week after week, the Rev. Todd Peperkorn listens as pastors talk – in private – about people wrestling with loneliness and depression.

I just made Japanese-style chicken from a recipe I found online. I printed out a list of ingredients and headed for the grocery store, because for some reason, I couldn't find anything called mirin in my fridge. Or sesame seeds, or scallions, or a few other things the recipe called for.

One big problem with the early Democratic primaries, I told somebody the other day, isn't so much that Iowa and New Hampshire are virtually all white. It's that New Hampshire's right next door to Massachusetts – land of brainy Democratic losers.

CLINTON DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL

On Nov. 12, voters in Clinton will be asked to go to the polls to renew the electric utility franchise with Public Service Company of Oklahoma.

For thousands of recent grads, the six-month student loan grace period is about to end. Grace periods are granted to give new grads time to find jobs armed with their new degrees.

DEAR HARRIETTE: I have just started a new company and have a small team of people working with me, plus several unpaid interns. I need everyone in order to get things off the ground, and my resources are very limited right now.

Dear Doctor: We thought our 4-year-old son had caught a cold at daycare because he had a slight fever, but then he got these weird red spots on his feet. Our doctor said it’s foot and mouth disease. Is it dangerous?