Holdenville High School Alum and First National Bank & Trust Co.’s Marketing Director/AVP, Amanda Estala, has recently graduated the American Bankers Association Bank Marketing School with national honors. Estala was chosen as the Student Representative to the ABA Bank Marketing Advisory Board.

In the statement Giles explains he and his wife, Mary Lou, contracted COVID 19 in December. Due to all of the health issues caused by this virus, he believes it is in the best interest of himself, the Council, and the citizens of Holdenville for him to step down. He then offered his official resignation as Ward 3 City Councilman.

OLD GEEZERS MAY 10TH AT SMOKIN JOES IN DAVIS. Had a great time. Lots of good stories told. Table head Vernon Robinson , to his right Mike WINNINGHAM, Mike Agan, Billy Langdon, George Kernek, Bill Adams, Betsy Graham, Bruce Graham, Maxie CARTER and Gayle Frederick. Hope to see you at the next meeting June 8th.

The Holdenville Society of Painters and Sculptors announces its 2021 Summer Art Program, which will be held for three weeks in June at the Art Center. Classes are limited to 15 students each. Sign up and pay to secure your spot! Scholarships are available to students who need it. Holdenville Schools provides free lunch each day. A parent or guardian must pick up their child at the end of class unless we are notified otherwise. Leave electronics at home, please!

May 18th Today in History— Napoleon becomes emperor of France, 1804; Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric power system authorized, 1933; United Nations moves into its New York City headquarters, 1951; India triggers nuclear device becoming the sixth nation to do so, 1974; Menachem Begin elected Israel’s prime minister, ending 20 years of opposition party rule, 1977; President Reagan undergoes surgery to remove benign intestinal polyp, 1984. Born Today— Philosopher Bertrand Russell, 1872; director Frank Capra, 1897; musician Meredith Wilson, 1902; singer Perry Como, 1913; ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn, 1919; baseball player Brooks Robinson, 1937; baseball player Reggie Jackson, 1946.

The full Senate has given its approval to a bill aimed at ensuring longterm care facilities have a visitation plan in place in the event of future emergencies. Sen. Greg McCortney is the Senate principal author of House Bill 2566, by Rep. Chad Caldwell, R-Enid. The measure was approved on Wednesday.

So, I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory. For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses all knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Larry Paul Hamilton passed away Thursday, May 13, 2021, at his home in Holdenville, Oklahoma at the age of 75. Larry was born November 4, 1945 in Wetumka, Oklahoma, (in an ONG company house) to Paul and Fern Hamilton. He married Donna Wheat Peace on May 6, 1995.

Kenneth Jerome Sherrin passed away on Thursday, May 6, 2021 at his home in The Colony, Texas, surrounded by his family. Funeral service was held on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at the Berkshire Chapel in Frisco, Texas, officiated by Pastor Rick McCoy. Interment was in The Little Elm Cemetery.

Arthur James Bruner Jr. passed away Sunday, April 25, 2021, at St John’s Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 84.