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THE GRANDFIELD HISTORICAL
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The section shown here is know as the "HEADER", which contains your personal "LOG IN" or "LOGIN" window. Simply left-clicking your mouse in this area will allow you to either "Sign In" using any of the methods listed below, or to "Join Us" and "Become a Member" (the same thing really), this action is FREE and may the single most important thing a person can do to help demonstrate to politicians and everyone else really, how important our small towns are to their being elected, or re-elected to office. In early days, as is still the case today, when people needed to get things done politically, they would do what is still known as "Lobbying" their elected officials, by literally, gathering as large a group of constituents in very lobby of the Senate or House, where they would cajole their representatives to vote on THEIR behalf. Today considerable funds are available to build lakes, parks, restore distressed areas, and much, much more. Where do you think they will allocate these funds? You guessed it! In effort to prevent their having to wade through countless yelling college students (the LOBBY), they will do almost anything! TODAY, there exists another method, the "eLobby!" This is a similar method yet no one needs to go to the Capital in Oklahoma City to make their points. Instead, the State and US Senators and Congressmen are inundated via email and other web-based tools they cannot ignore, until that is, action is taken. Just as with a physical LOBBY, the very WEIGHT of eLobby approaches is based on the number of participants, such as the members of an eLobby force, YOU. Billions of dollars are spent annually on lakes, rural and suburban revitalization, and the like. Our own Lake Murray is an excellent example of a project our representatives are searching for. Our downtown district is also annother place where considerable funds might be allocated if the need was presented in such a way that our duly elected officials could not ignore our plea. HERE IT IS> Please consider joining with us to have your voice heard. If you have ideas regarding municipal needs such as our CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE, our ROADS, BRIDGES, WATER SUPPLY, SCHOOLS and invaluable TEACHERS, or VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS, or our pride, our POLICE FORCE, each suffering in today's economy, JOIN WITH US, and LET'S GET SOMETHING DONE.
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"Actually, I don't say these things because I believe in the 'brute' nature of man or that men must be brutalized to be combative. I believe in God, and I believe in human decency. But I firmly believe that any man's finest hour - his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear - is that moment when he has to work his heart out in a good cause and he's exhausted on the field of battle - victorious."
~ Vince Lombardi ,
Head Coach of the Green Bay Packers
when they kicked the Dallas Cowboys patooty
in the Ice Bowl (maybe you had to be there?)
“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.”
~ Teddy Roosevelt
(1899, April 10. Speech to Hamilton Club, Chicago, Ill. Speech.
The Strenuous Life, Essays and Addresses. )
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We are very happy to find you all here, our dearest friends and relatives, and to have you join us in this digital window into Historic Grandfield Oklahoma. If you are not yet a member of the Grandfield Historical Preservation Society please click inside the "Log In" box in the lower-right-hand corner of the header section, at the top of every webpage, or just "Click Here." The screen that will pop up allows you to sign up using Google or Facebook credentials, or using your own email address. This site is HTTPS (secured) and there is never sharing, hacking or other misuse of anyone's personal private data. Once the "Sign Up" requirements are met a "Thank You" window will allow you to return to the Home page. If you have not met the few requirements (there's really only two, your name and email address), a message will notify you what you've missed. Once you have become a member the Log In box will be your point of entry, granting you full membership privileges, especially to the "Members Area", only available to members, accessible from every page, by simply logging in. Membership-is totally free and does have its privileges. As a Member you will be able to upload your family history, upload stories related to Grandfield, and photos, either about your family or general images and stories about Grandfield, or the Big Pasture area. There are Family Heritage links and Tell Your Story buttons throughout the website as well as Add to the Story and Tell Us What You Know buttons, allowing you to add data and information to the website (the information must be approved by the committee, but they are the sweetest people on this earth). Nobody is going to judge the content for relevance to Grandfield or the area. Each submission will be screened for obscene or inappropriate content. If there is nothing there we shouldn't show our children, it will be published very soon. Members also have access to the "BLOG" timeline where all discussions can take place. Read more below. If you'd rather not join and become a member right now but still wish to leave a comment or suggestion, simply fill in the blanks of the "Contact Us" form located for your convenience throughout this website. If you have any difficulty navigating this site or another, or if anything is displeasing, using the "Contact Us" form is an excellent method, or drop us a line at dwitt@pldi.net (webmaster), and someone will get back with you as soon as possible.
The BLOGs are posted in chronological order, so the latest post is first shown at the top of that blog's page. A BLOG is a key tool for having and keeping an open dialog and line of communication about any topic. "Hashtags" may be used, just as is typically done by other websites which employ them, to keep the threads (or distinctly unique and individual conversation topics) posted in an easy to follow, searchable format. If you are a Facebook User, the "Timeline" thread, or Blogs found herein are similar in most respects (other than the $2.9 BILLION revenue stream Facebook generates a year...note to self: "Call Zucherberg!" Sorry! I digress) to those ubiquitous and pervasive Facebook offerings. Once a member, you may access the BLOG arena by clicking on the BLOG buttons in the Members area.
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you to any suggested page, either on our website or anywhere in the world indicated by that button, Icon, image or tagged element. If you find a need for a link to ot from any location, please let us know. We all, members of the Grandfield Historical Preservation Society would sincerely love to hear from you. Join in the conversations. Let your voices be heard. Members of our society are politically connect and this new form of lobbying is guaranteed to attract their interest and to get funding for things like city infrastructure, schools, police and fire departments. The squeaking wheel does get the grease, as the old cliche infers.
We would love to hear from you if you have comments, suggestions or if you just want to yell at somebody! Thank you very much for being with us on this journey Sincerely, Rory D. Witt, DCS
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