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Revisiting the Rooster

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Y’all remember how at Jesus’ Last Supper, He told His disciples that they couldn’t follow where He was about to go? And then Peter told Jesus how he would follow Him anywhere, even if it required his life. Jesus told him, “Peter, you will deny Me three times before the rooster crows.” Later that night, after Jesus had been arrested and brought before the high priest Annas, Peter had followed along, and a girl there at the gate asked him if he was one of Jesus’ followers.

Acid reflux may be the culprit in cat’s digestive issues

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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: In regard to your recent article on a cat’s constant vomiting: I had the same issue with my cat. Stella was vomiting once or twice a day for several weeks. I couldn’t figure out why; there was no issue with new rugs or furniture. When they sprayed the lawns in our complex, I made sure not to track anything into the house.

Federal Grant expands parent-child assistance program

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Researchers at the University of Oklahoma have received a nearly $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families to expand the Parent hild Assistance Program. The project will support efforts to create foster care prevention programs in a new clearinghouse established as part of 2018 federal legislation, The Family First Prevention Services Act.

Oklahoma Water Resources Center to offer free water well testing

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Oklahoma well owners are on their way to healthier drinking water this fall thanks to the Oklahoma Well Owner Network. The program, led by the Oklahoma Water Resources Center and Oklahoma State University Extension, provides free residential well water testing and training to rural counties in Oklahoma through a $200,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a $350,000 grant from the USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Rural Health and Safety Education Program.