A LIFETIME LOVE AFFAIR? ALMOST!
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A love that began in grade school continues today. Bill Tobey actually crowned his future wife, Brenda Nichols, as Little Olympics Queen in grade school. They are two of our favorite HHS graduates and we enjoyed visiting with them at their 60th class reunion. They still look great!
Publisher’s Pen
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The Buck family and the Atwood singers are probably the two most well-known gospel groups in our area. The members of both groups have been singing since they were small children at countless events and many funerals.
Hughes County Livestock Show
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Sawyer Treadwell - Grand Champion Steer Stevie Huff - Purebred Breeding Gilt - Crossbred Jonathan Wiseman - Purebred Breeding Gilt - Crossbred Cody McFarland - Market Hog - Crossbred Shelby Austin - Market Hog - Crossbred Samantha Eckles - Reserve Grand Champion Heifer Ashlyn Chaney - Market Goat Manning Turner - Purebred Breeding Gilt - Crossbred Landen Yates - Steer Bo Black - Breed Champion Market Hog - Berkshire.
Waylon Ford Citizen of the Year Corner Clinic Business of the Year
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The Holdenville Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture presented their annual community recognitions during the Chamber Banquet Thursday evening, March 25. This event was held in the auditorium of Hemingway’s Social Club and included a delicious meal before the Keynote Speaker, State Representative Logan Phillips, addressed the large gathering of local business owners, their families and guests.
Wendell Lemmings
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Wendell Clifton Lemmings passed away at his home on Thursday, March 25, 2021, at the age of 77 years. Wendell was the son of Guye and India (Stratton) Lemmings, born on July 28, 1943 in Seminole, Oklahoma.
Kyle Buck
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Kyle Eugene Buck passed away Sunday, March 14, 2021 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 28. Kyle was born July 15, 1992 to Otis Gene Buck Sr.
City and Student Councils Meet
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Holdenville City Council members Jeanna Gordon and Liz Campbell began an initiative last week that shows great promise as it continues throughout the years. Councilwoman Gordon reached out the Holdenville High School Student Council Adviser, Ms. Jo Smith in an effort to provide the members of the student council an opportunity to learn how municipal government functions, the rules city officials must follow, and also a chance to meet some of the people who govern the city of Holdenville.
The War on Parents
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The fascinating thing about jigsaw puzzles is a single piece, by itself, doesn’t convey any meaning at all. Any one of those little cuts of cardboard, separated from the group, is really just a blob of indiscernible color.
HHS ALUMNI UPDATE!
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On April 16, 2020, the annual HHS Alumni Reunion and golf scramble, held the last weekend of June each year, was hit with the “Covid-Cancellation.” The plan was to reschedule in the fall. That didn’t happen either.
