The public is invited to join Kenneth W. Hagin, Lynette Hagin, Craig W. Hagin, and Denise Hagin Burns, with other experienced ministers from across the country for Campmeeting 2016 a power-packed week of services for the entire family.

Campmeeting 2016 kicks off Sunday, July 24, at 6:00 p.m. in the Rhema Bible Church Auditorium, located at 1025 W. Kenosha in Broken Arrow. For the remainder of the week, services begin at 10:00 a.m., 2:30 p.m., and 7:30 p.m. The final service is set for Friday, July 29, at 7:30 p.m. If you can’t attend in person, Campmeeting services will also be streamed live at rhema.tv.

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U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine (1st Dist. OK)

Opinion: Tulsa oilman Tom Atkinson has spent $400,000 of his own money to race against incumbent U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine and raised another $300,000 much from out of state according to the latest reports. The total gives Atkinson a significant budget for broadcast media and repetitive mailings in the 1st District of Oklahoma.

Atkinson has used the money to tag himself as a conservative, but has failed miserably to explain why he would be a better conservative than Rep. Jim Bridenstine which suggests he would be less conservative. Point of irony: Atkinson has attacked Bridenstine because he is conservative.

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Vic Regalado

Opinion: In a special election April 5, 2016 Vic Regalado overwhelmingly won the Tulsa County Sheriff’s office to become the first of Hispanic descent to earn countywide voter support. Tulsans made the right choice and should confirm that vote Tuesday June 28th.

Sheriff Regalado has moved quickly to fix long troubling issues within the department. He has hired and promoted quality staff, secured additional law-enforcement grants to expand services and shown a transparency and responsiveness long missing from the office.

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Mayor Dewey Bartlett Jr.

Opinion: Consider that on local, state, national and international levels the political question has become, “Is government working for us or just working us? Does it benefit ruling elitists or the rest of us? (See Bexit, Trump and Sanders for detail.)

Do we need ruling elite in Tulsa? They seem to think so and the move to nonpartisan municipal elections has greatly empowered the elitist among us as shown in G.T. Bynum’s challenge of Mayor Dewey Bartlett.

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