Caden Lee - Champion, Market Wether Lamb Karson Nolen, Reserve Champion Breeding Heifer Taos Cook - Reserve Champion, Breeding Doe Not Pictured: Lathan Rogers - Reserve Champion, Market Steer Hunter Stambaugh - Reserve Champion, Gilt Diesel Cook - Reserve Champion, Ewe Lamb Stevi Huff - Reserve Champion, Market Hog.

Bethany Foster - Champion, Breeding Heifer Graclee Huff - Champion, Guilt Avery Kahle, Champion Market Hog Photos Courtesy of Carrie McFarland Corbyn McPhetridge - Champion, Ewe Lamb Riley Pryor, Champion, Market Goat Kate Rogers - Champion, Market Steer.

I first met my little sister Sue on a bright pretty September day in Centrahoma. The day was perfect and pretty. My mom surprised me that morning when she told me to go play with my best friend Letha Mae who lived just down the street. I thought it a sort of strange but happy day for me and then, after we had spent the day just playing, her mom told me something strange: “You can go home now and meet your new sister!” I knew of no sister but being four, I was used to strange events.

SMICKSBURG, PA—Local Amish patriarch Ezekiel Yoder was seen smiling smugly as he rode his market wagon by an outsider’s gas station where the cost per gallon broke six dollars a gallon. He calmed his horse and observed the chaos at the pump.

Bailee Black, a Holdenville High School senior, along with eight other recipients was recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship presented by the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee. She plans to attend Oklahoma State University to pursue a degree in animal science.

FELONY Christopher Paul Wingo—shooting with intent to kill MISDEMEANORS Nicole Fusco OSW—unauthorized use of a credit card MARRIAGE Jimmy Brad Bolinger and Tamara Deanne Lovelace, both of Holdenville CIVIL Seminole HMA, LLC DBA vs. Antwoin Berry— suit on account SMALL CLAIMS Kara Pembrook vs.

Hughes County Sheriff’s Deputies, Brad Arnold and David Cook were dispatched to a call in Lamar on Saturday, March 5 where, dispatch advised them, someone was ramming a truck with their vehicle while shooting at it. Upon arrival Deputy Arnold ordered all subjects to get on the ground. He then approached a man he identified as Chris Wingo and put him in handcuffs. Witnesses stated that Chris Wingo had entered the property of Tyler Bible and started chasing Tyler in his truck. They stated that Wingo had rammed into the back of Bible’s truck with his truck and began shooting at Bible with a pistol before ditching his revolver in the grass when the police arrived. No one was injured by any of the shots fired by Wingo.

Thanks to a generous donation from Water-Bridge, Holdenville Lake has brand new fire pits for several camping points. The fire pits were made by Oklahoma Correctional Industries and will be a much-welcomed addition to the lake. WaterBridge also donated seven, ten-wheeler loads of gravel to the lake.

1972 HOLDENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL NEWSPAPER STAFF - Sitting (L-R): Becky Rodgers, Jumper Ford, Daylene Sherrin, Lagenia Gentry, Denisa Allen, Tomaletta Whitner, and Barry Withers. Standing: Mrs. Ida Lee Cook - Sponsor, Kelly McGugan, Cheryl Simonds, Susan Wilbanks, Art Paylor, Barbra Loftis, Anne Daugherty, Jackie Paylor, and Roberta Loftis.

My late father had pretty traditional views when it came to politics. As one who survived the Great Depression, he thought Franklin D. Roosevelt was sent by a Protestant (probably Baptist) God to help poor, of whom we were among the poorest, people survive.