The first week of softball season was indicative of the circumstances of 2020. The Wolverines were supposed to open the season at McAlester on Monday but one of the Buffalo players came down with the Covid-19 virus and the game was cancelled.

THE 2020 HOLDENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL FAST PITCH SOFTBALL TEAM HOPES TO CONTINUE WITH THE STRONG HOLDEN- VILLE TRADITION IN THE FALL SPORT.

Pictured are: Mark Schell, SSB President; Duke Ligon, SSB Chairman of the Board; Amber Gasaway, Banking Officer; Kim Carr, Senior Vice-President; Richard Carr, President; Tip Burch, CEO and Aubey Keesee, Vice-President.

“It is an unusual start back to school,” Holdenville Public Schools Superintendent understated at one point during the August 10 Holdenville Public School Board of Education meeting. He noted the staff is understandably concerned about their students getting sick, as well as their own health, as the COVID 19 wildcard makes any attempt to plan beyond the next day a challenge.

A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY WAS HELD WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12 FOR THE NEW SECURITY STATE BANK BUILDING, WHICH WILL BE LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF OLIPHANT AND EAST HIGHWAY.