MRS. LEDO’S CLASS - Acelynn Caldwell, Ally Reyes, Addison McClain, Jagger Kalinich MRS.

Voters will go to the polls on Tuesday, January 12 to vote on a Hughes County Medical Service (HCEMS) bond issue that was originally approve in January 2017. There have been some questions concerning this issue that Hughes County EMS Clinical Operations Supervisor Chris Miller recently took time to answer. Reed E

Shirley (Taylor) Lee McAdoo passed away in Holdenville on Sunday, January 3, 2021, at the age of 84. Graveside services will be held at Holdenville Cemetery at 1:00 p.m., Friday, January 8, 2021. Social distancing required. Full obituary next week. www.fisherfh.net.

Melinda Ann Childers passed away in Holdenville, Oklahoma on December 31, 2020, at the age of 57 years. Melinda was the daughter of Bill and Mary (Pullen) Curlee, born on March 21, 1963, in Wewoka, Oklahoma.

Tarry Ann (Howard) Epperley passed away from this life on December 31, 2020, surrounded by her family and loved ones. Tarry was born in Portland, Oregon and was raised mostly in the Holdenville area, and that’s where she fell in love and married Gary Nolan Epperley.

Services for Betty Jo Mitchell, 84, of Allen are 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at the Richmond Avenue Free Will Baptist Church in Allen. Rev. Buddy Drake will officiate. Burial will follow at Allen Cemetery. Family and friends may call at the Allen Chapel from 4:00 Tuesday until service time. The family request all who attend the viewing and the service to please wear a mask.

James Lewis ‘Jim’ Waters passed from this life Wednesday, December 23, 2020, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 84 years. Jim was one of sixteen children born to Allen Waters and Gladys (Agans) Waters on October 4, 1936 at Indianapolis, Indiana.

Doyle Bane passed from this life on Friday, January 1, 2021. Doyle was born in Holdenville, Oklahoma on October 29, 1938.

“How do I know if I should leave my church?” It’s a question everyone wonders from time to time—and not one to take lightly. Transitioning between churches can be a messy time in the life of the Christian and his or her family and church body.

U.S.—Americans have reported they’re very optimistic about the stimulus package passed by Congress last week. In particular, people all around the country are excited to get paid with a little bit of the money that they paid the federal government already.