Pushmataha County Coalition

05/04/2026

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05/04/2026

05/04/2026

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05/04/2026

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05/04/2026

Booker had been watching the Book Exchange Rack for weeks.

People came in, dropped off books, picked up books, smiled like they had just found treasure—and walked away without so much as a “thank you” to the rack itself. Booker found this deeply suspicious. Treasure should not be that easy.

One morning, he decided to investigate.

With the quiet confidence of a cat who had never once doubted himself, Booker strolled up to the rack and gave it a long, thoughtful sniff. It smelled like paper, mystery, and just a hint of someone’s long-forgotten peanut butter sandwich.

Promising.

He reached up with one paw and carefully tapped a paperback. It wobbled.

Booker froze.

The book wobbled again.

Booker wobbled back.

After a tense standoff, he decided the book was clearly trying to communicate. Very well. He would respond.

He pulled.

The book slid out… and three more tumbled after it in a dramatic cascade of flops and thuds.

Booker leapt backward, fur slightly puffed, eyes wide.

“Oh,” his expression said. “So it’s that kind of conversation.”

Undeterred, he crept forward again and examined the fallen books. One had a picture of a dog on the cover. Booker squinted at it.

“No,” he decided.

He moved on. Another had a very serious-looking title about taxes. Booker placed a firm paw on it.

“Absolutely not.”

Then—there it was.

A small, cozy-looking book with a soft cover and the unmistakable promise of being excellent for sitting.

Booker gently pawed it, turned once, twice, and then plopped right on top of it with a satisfied sigh.

A perfect fit.

A nearby human chuckled. “Booker, are you going to take a book?”

Booker blinked slowly, as if to say, “I already have.”

Because clearly, the Book Exchange Rack worked like this:
You find the right book…
…and then you claim it with your entire body.

Fair is fair.

And from that day on, the library had one small, unwritten rule:

If Booker is sitting on a book, it is officially checked out. ❤️

05/04/2026

05/04/2026

No coalition meeting this month!
We will see you July 2nd!!

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05/01/2026

Don't forget!!!
Catholic Charities/USDA delivery is Saturday, May 2nd 8am, Rose Arena, Cloudy, Ok