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, former band director and music teacher who now has joined the ranks of retired teachers looking for means of subsidizing our meager teacher retirement check.

“Holdenville, Indian Territory, May 24, 1907. “Monday a team of ponies hitched to a wagon near the depot became frightened and broke the running record getting up town.

Julie West was elected as the newest city council member defeating former city councilman Ron Thetford 293 – 279. Julie carried Precinct 35 (Nazarene Church) 129 – 90 and Precinct 11 (Superintendent’s office) 93 – 92.

In a narrow vote of 310 to 266, Holdenville voters voted to give up their right to elect all city positions except for five council seats. The city will change from aldermanic to council-manager (city manager) form of government.

HOLDENVILLE, Oklahoma – Hughes County Sheriff’s Office has released a letter stating the organization will “no longer be honoring” their cross-deputization agreements with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Lighthorse Police. The letter dated February 8 came from a Facebook post from the Hughes County Sheriff’s Office late evening February 9. The post included a document authored by Hughes County Sheriff Marcia Maxwell. The letter reads as follows:

Emma Jett and Bailey Jones were all smiles as they enjoyed some delcious goodies at the Valentine’s party. Adam Lueveno and Bristol Langdon enjoy some Valentine’s Day treats.

Main Attraction I have a theory about why opposites attract. I think it’s because we have a deep desire to get on each other’s nerves.

It was a warm soft summer night in 1947 and I was walking home. I saw 5 of my peers sitting in front of the Main Café. Just sitting there. Their feet somewhat appropriately in the gutter. I detoured and joined them. I noticed one thing different though. There was a brand-new Cadillac parked right in front of the café. The conversation was, uh, well I don’t remember except we talked about the new car. New cars weren’t common in 1947 — right after the war — but there sat this one. Its door swung open and the driver came over and stood in front of our group of 12 and 13 year old boys. Most of us had taken up smoking cigarettes. And some of us were smoking. Or trying to.

February 15 th 1764: St. Louis is founded.

Smoking doesn’t just ruin your health. It can also burn a nasty hole through your wallet. Tobacco use accounts for nearly half a million deaths in the U.S. each year and is the leading cause of lung cancer, according to the American Lung Association. Smokers also may have an increased risk of severe symptoms from COVID-19. In addition, even those around tobacco smokers aren’t safe from its harmful effects. Since 1964, smokingrelated illnesses have claimed over 20 million lives in the U.S., 2.5 million of which belonged to nonsmokers who developed diseases merely from secondhand-smoke exposure.