Pictured left is Bailee Black with her swine and pictured above is Cody McFarland with his steer at the Holdenville Livestock Show. Livestock Show Photos Courtesy of Carrie McFarland.

A string of break-ins and burglaries in Holdenville in recent weeks including Perry’s Ford, Johnny’s Appliance, County Building Center, the Holdenville School’s Baseball/Softball field house, and the Holdenville Airport has resulted in a interagency law enforcement manhunt for the prime suspect, Tiberius Dodson. Dodson is wanted in connection with multiple break-ins and burglaries in the Holdenville and Wewoka communities. A property owner in the 600 block of South Echo found and confronted Dodson inside of his property. Dodson jumped out a back window, turned and fired shots at the property owner before fleeing and making his escape. Multiple departments and state agencies are still actively pursuing Dodson across two counties. If you have any information that may help lead to the capture and arrest of this wanted fugitive please contact the Holdenville Police Department at 405-379-6627 or the Hughes County Sheriff’s Office at 405-379-2203. Suspect considered to be armed and dangerous.

Holdenville Fire Department responded to last Tuesday to an abandoned house fire on the 200 block of South Hinckley. This is the third time the fire department has responded to a fire at this location. It is believed to be arson but there were no injuries and there no suspects at this time.

The Holdenville City Council spent almost 30 minutes of their January 19 meeting discussing how to balance the need to support the police department while also being good stewards of the taxpayers money.

Some moms resist change One of the more popular expressions knocked around by people in my age group (OLD!!) is “used to be.” That is certainly true of our mothers, past and present. This little jewel was forwarded to me by the lovely and talented Starla Dawn Smith, who is celebrating her retirement as a music/ band teacher with Harrah Schools as a preneed specialists with us at Asa Smith Funeral Service She attributes the authorship to someone (something?) called I Might Be Funny.

Mrs. Ledo’s 1st grade: Dylan payne, Kelly Ledo, Alexa Messinger, Brandolynn O’Kelly, Eli Gomez Mrs.

Carl Pinion telling us how much he enjoyed the Rhea Horn story. Our family also really enjoyed it along with our readers. She was quite a lady and the story brought back a lot of Re memories . . . Gene Storey came by looking for the Edition that has the Moss Homecoming Pictures and we had a good visit. When I was a kid I spent a lot of pennies in his dad’s grocery store and also sold Mr. Sims a lot of pop bottles for 2 cents each . . . We found a picture from 1960 of Jane Leader taken at Girls’ State. I wonder if anyone knows where Jane is. If so, please mentalet us know.

S&E TOYS AND MORE - The Holdenville Chamber of Commerce welcomed S&E Toys and More to the business community with a Ribbon Cutting ceremony on Friday, January 22. The business is located at 110 West Main Street and is owned and operated by Shannon and Ollie Teel.

Good morning to you. Well January is over and it is already February. So glad it is closer to Spring! Have you ever noticed how the world is into sharing. It’s becoming the favorite term for posting messages on Facebook, messenger, etc. We share everything about ourselves now – too much! What we are feeling, doing, thinking, what we have purchased, what we have eaten, and what our pet are up to. Never have so people shared so much online, even if what they are sharing is strictly about their lives.

Building Character at the workbench In the basement of my childhood home my father had a workbench on which we built or repaired many things. My dad was a machine repairman by trade and he loved to build and repair things, including me.