Category: Malakoff

By Loretta Humble

I’ve got a really sweet little story to tell you. It involves 75 percent of Cedar Lake Nursing Home’s week day medication aides. You see, we have two med aides on days and two on evenings. Patti Sutton and Sara Templin work the day shift. Annette Pogue and Tessie Fowler work the evening shift. Patty has worked for Cedar Lake for 30 years. Sara has been with us for 7 years, and Annette for more than 3 years. Tessie has been with us for 4 years. She doesn’t have anything to do with this story, but she is a really nice person too, so I didn’t want to leave her out.

The first thing I need to tell you is that Patti is Sara’s mother-in-law. It wasn’t always that way. They were working together long before the romance and marriage happened, OR, before the baby Kenzie came along. Continue reading “Around the Town: A Baby at Cedar Lake Nursing Home”

By Loretta Humble/Around the Town

Cara Del Harmon was the Activity Director at Cedar Lake Nursing Home a few years ago, and a darn good one, too. Now she lives in Oklahoma and her last name is Taylor.  I kept up with her through Facebook, so I had heard bits and pieces of this story I’m about to tell you before.  But  recently it was all written up on the front page of the Sunday edition of The Lawton Constitution, above the fold, which is where the big stories go.  So now I know it is OK to share it, and now all the details are right here, easy to get right. So here goes:

Cara was adopted shortly after her birth 50 years ago. Just last year, on Valentine’s Day, she met one of her biological brothers.  And before the year had passed, she had the opportunity to save his life. Continue reading “Around the Town: The Tale of Cara Del Harmon”

By Pat Isaacson/Guest Columnist for Loretta Humble

How many of you out there know that there is a museum in Malakoff? Okay, show of hands. That’s what I thought, not many. Here’s the story:

The house which is home to the museum was completed in 1921 at a cost of $35,000.00, which was a lot of money in 1921. The house was built by H.L. Flagg for his wife and six children, This 4,800 sq. ft. home offers pocket doors, oak and heart-of-pine floors, original in all rooms but one., 54 windows (most are original), doors (lost count), a maid’s stairway, and a carriage house. This house is made possible by Ken and Mary Andrews and the work of many volunteers.

The grounds are in need of some love. We need top soil, we need gravel for the driveway and parking area. We need folks that have a green thumb, and that do not mind a little outdoor labor. Continue reading “Around the Town: The Malakoff Museum”

By Pat Isaacson/Guest Columnist

Loretta Humble invited me to be a guest columnist, but don’t worry, she is just taking a break from all that she does.

Here it goes: I have a story to tell about my little dog, Willie Jo. She is 8 months old and I was told that they are, smart, bull-headed creatures. I thought that just can’t be, but I was proven wrong. Continue reading “Around Town: The Adventures of Willie Jo”