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Holdenville schools will remain closed another week

5 years ago By News Staff

Holdenville Public Schools announced on Sunday they will remain closed for another week, October 19 - 23, while students continue to attend virtual classes over the internet. This extension is due to the continued number of confirmed positive Covid cases of staff members and students over the past week, along with the number of staff and students being quarantined after contact tracing determined they have been exposed to the virus. Student lunches-to-go may be picked up at the high school cafeteria between 11:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. At this time they are planning to return to in-person learning on Monday, October 26.

Traffic stop leads to drug bust

5 years ago By News Staff

Tuesday, October 13, 2020, Sergeant Andrew Ott of the Holdenville Police Department was dispatched to the area around Highway 48 and Highway 270 regarding a reckless driver. The vehicle was described as a silver Nissan with a Seminole Nation tag.

Pictured above are items that were found during a recent traffic stop. Story above.

Downtown Trick or Treat and Christmas Parade announced

5 years ago By News Staff

The Holdenville Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture announced two upcoming community events during their October 15 general membership meeting. The next major community event will be the annual Downtown Trick or Treat event that is scheduled for Friday, October 30 from 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.. Businesses that plan to participate should obtain a sign from the Chamber office showing that they are participating so the young treat-seekers know where to stop.

SWEARING IN CEREMONY

5 years ago By News Staff

Holdenville Police Chief Conny Clay (left) was sworn in by City Attorney Trey Irby as Mayor John Massad oversees the ceremony during the October 6 City Council meeting. The Council later approved the purchase of three police vehicles. See full story page B-8.

Police Chief sworn in, police vehicles approved

5 years ago By News Staff

Holdenville Chief of Police Conny Clay was officially sworn into office during the October 6 City Council meeting, although his hiring had been approved during a previous meeting. A detailed look at Chief Clay’s impressive resume was included in the September 15 issue of Holdenville News.

The Publisher’s Pen

5 years ago By Bill Robinson

We received a really nice not from our long time friend Ida Monroe. She is the daughter of the late Rhea Cahill Horne. She wrote that she read with interest Alec Lesueur’s obituary. She remembers as a child waking in the morning to the sound of his music from down the street. Even as a boy he was a fine musician.

If We Let Big Tech Strangle the Press, Say Goodbye to Your Freedoms

5 years ago By Joshua Lawson

October 15, 2020 With the recent suppression of a New York Post story damaging to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, many Americans have finally had enough of the one-sided censorious behavior of tech giants. Less than three weeks before one the most contentious and fraught elections in American history, Facebook and Twitter users were alarmed when it became clear they were prevented from sharing the Post’s article detailing the sordid dealings of Joe Biden’s son, Hunter.

Remember your passwords

5 years ago By Wayne Bullard, Pharm D

I did fairly good on memory stuff until I got to be about 80. Then I noticed it was hard for me to remember some people’s names. Names of some trees also come to mind. I have an ancient Box Elder tree in my back yard but alas, someone asked me one day what kind of tree it was and that was when I first noticed that its name had left me. Names of old friends— they came and went. But mostly I get by cause if I forget your name down at the post office, relax. It will come to me after I get home. Which brings me to another subject: Computers.

Around Town

5 years ago By John Bill Martin

Million dollar suggestions: Bill and Melinda Gates have made a fortune in computers and now are enjoying their middle age by being retired and funding school projects. I’m not sure that qualifies them to publish Rules for Every Day Success for Teens, especially since none of their $$$$ grants have never come to any of the schools I ever taught at.

Research by Doyle Tampleton uncovers old-time bank robberies

5 years ago By News Staff

When I was a young teenager living in Holdenville, OK I would visit and hang out in Sims Grocery Store. Here Charlie Sims and his wife would sell groceries on the credit, buy furs, and buy pecans. In the large storage area in the back of the store I would sit on the one hundred pound sacks of pecans and listen to the old men and Native American Indians tell stories of the past. These were stories about the depression days, the dust bowl, WWI and my favorite stories were about bank robbers and of course I took it all in like a sponge. Fast forward some