Reasor’s is helping the environment and helping local children in need with their reusable bag savings program, which kicked off one year ago and has since collected a total of $22,052.65 for the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma. 

The program is called Recycle Hope and it was created by Reasor’s to give customers the option of donating their reusable bag savings to the Food Bank.

All Reasor’s shoppers who use reusable bags for their groceries at checkout automatically save 6¢ off their total purchase per reusable bag used. Recycle Hope is a convenient way to pass along those savings to those in need.

“Our customers have really stepped up in a big way to support this program. At Reasor’s we want to be involved in opportunities like this when it benefits others in our community. We are committed to be involved in some capacity to help meet all of the needs of the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma,” said Steve Lehto, vice president and chief operations officer of Reasor’s and CFBEO board member.

Recycle Hope proceeds benefit the Food for Kids Backpack Program at the Food Bank, which provides weekly sacks of food to elementary school-aged children who would have little or no food to eat on weekends. The Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma currently provides food to more than 4,100 elementary school children a week in 8 school districts across Tulsa County.

In addition, the Food for Kids Backpack Program continues to expand to communities across the remaining 23 counties of Eastern Oklahoma the Food Bank serves with the help of Partner Programs. These Partner Programs provide sacks of food at their local schools to more than 3,100 children in their communities.

“Twenty- two thousand dollars buys a lot of food, and I love the fact that it allows even those on very tight budgets to help feed the hungry in our community,” said Eileen Bradshaw, executive director of the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma. This program has a big impact on the hungry, but a small impact on individual donor budgets- Reasor’s has come up with a great plan.”

The Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma is a non-profit organization founded in 1981. The food collected comes into the Food Bank, is sorted and boxed by volunteers, and then made available to their 450 Partner Programs throughout 24 counties in Eastern Oklahoma. These Programs include food pantries, emergency shelters, after-school programs, soup kitchens and senior citizen centers.

Reasor’s was founded over 49 years ago in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. It was family owned until 2007, when Reasor’s became an employee owned company. Today, Reasor’s has 16 locations and two convenience stores with an additional location planned for 2012. The company employs nearly 3,000 people in Northeastern Oklahoma. Supermarket News ranks the company #34 on its Top 50 Small Chains and Independents in the U.S. for 2011.

World Net Daily’s Bob Unruh is reporting that a jihadi writer who has praised the murderer of a Dutch filmmaker is offering a suggestion to cut down on the criticism of Islam around the globe: Behead the critics and post their heads along roads. 

Oh, and post a sign that says, “This is the punishment of those who insult our prophet.”

The report comes from the Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor, a unit of the Middle East Media Research Center.

The organization, which monitors Middle East media, said the comments were made by Muhib Ru’yat al-Rahman, a senior writer of a leading jihadi forum called Shumoukh al-Islam.

He suggested that Muslims living in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the U.S. kill Westerners who criticize Islam and display their decapitated heads along roads.

“While expressing respect for those calling to boycott European and American products over the release of the film ‘Innocence of Muslims,’ which negatively depicts Muhammad, Muhib insists that the best way to deter people from insulting Muhammad and his wives is to implement his proposal,” the terror monitor report said.

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So for those that think Radical Islam is compatible with civilization in general or the United States Constitution in particular, this again proves otherwise.  This writer is calling for action which is recommended by the faith specifically in the the Koran and other documents.  This is not the first nor the last call for such murder by followers of Islam.

This is what they teach their children.  

Multitasking may be overrated. Dr. Clifford Nass of Stanford University has conducted research which indicates that people who are simultaneously working on two or more complex tasks are often affected by stress, irrelevant stimuli and lack of concentration. All these factors can combine to lessen achievement levels. This could be why I must choose to either walk or chew gum.

Do you feel spunky after a good meal? Roman armies of old frequently designated a special platoon to be in charge of tending chickens. The birds were conveyed in crowded coops but were kept well-nourished and sheltered. Just prior to big battles, Roman combatants were served special meals of roasted chickens and boiled eggs. Roman commanders firmly believed that keeping an army well fed was a key to success in warfare.

In certain Tibetan meadows above 15,000 feet, one can observe children, women and men on their knees digging amongst the mountain grasses. Such has become a common sight as people eagerly search for a biological oddity — a ghost moth larva infected with the fungus yartsa gunbu. I am not making this up. The moth/fungus combination is believed by some to be a panacea that cures a litany of afflictions including baldness, liver diseases, heart ailments, HIV/AIDS and infertility. The “miracle” product is routinely sold for more than $3,000 per ounce. Wow. Let’s get some knee pads and head to Tibet.

Seventeen nations have collaborated to develop a technological marvel called the James Webb Space Telescope. The huge device (21 foot primary mirror) is to be placed in an orbit approximately 930,000 miles from Earth in the year 2018. Astronomers are very excited and anticipate receiving data that should “inform us of many wonders yet unknown.” Gee, scientists have already discovered more stars than I can keep track of (over a hundred).

Take a look at your pet octopus. He or she will have eye pupils that are rectangular.

Do you have a troublesome daily commute? Perhaps you do not have it so bad. In 1990 there was a traffic jam in Japan that extended 84 miles and included a 72 hour wait. This is a world record — unless a longer tie-up has occurred this week. I might mention the 2010 traffic jam of Beijing. It was a mere 62 miles long, but reportedly took 10 days to unjam.

Newspaper headline: Citizenry Split on Mayor as Uniter or Divider.

Well, good luck in your pursuit of yartsa gunbu – and have a great weekend.