Hope is there… sometimes you have to squint to see it

Posted by John Small | Jul 1, 2020 | Small Talk

“These are the times that try men's souls...” When philosopher and author Patrick Henry first penned those memorable words in 1776, as the opening sentence of a series of pamphlets collectively known as The American Crisis, his intent was to bolster the morale of the American colonists and enable distraught patriots to stand and persevere […]

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John Small

John A. Small is the Managing Editor and (with Publishers Tom and Mary Lokey) co-founder of the Johnston County Sentinel, a weekly newspaper headquartered in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. He came to Tishomingo (his mother’s birthplace) in 1991 and spent the next three and a half years as reporter and columnist for the Johnston County Capital-Democrat. Following a two-year stint as News Editor at the Durant Daily Democrat, he returned to the C-D as News Editor in 1997 and remained there until January of 2018, when the Sentinel was founded. To date his work as a journalist has earned him more than 220 awards from the Oklahoma Press Association, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Associated Press, the National Newspaper Association, and the Oklahoma Education Association.

Hope is there… sometimes you have to squint to see it

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John Small

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