Body On February 27, 1889 Illinois representative William M. Springer added section 13 to the annual Indian Appropriation bill which authorized the President to open the lands to settlement through issuance of a proclamation.

Body The most common question I’ve received throughout my professional life as a public high school teacher has been some variation of this: “How do you handle not being able to speak freely about your Chris-tian faith in the classroom?”

Body We dedicated precious Rosalyn to Jesus Easter morning. She is pictured above with her parents Gunner and Olicia Fullbright.

Body Today marks the 27th anniversary of the bombing of the the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, which killed 168 people.

Body As a lifelong English teacher and coach of numerous academic bowl teams, I’m always on the lookout for proper English usage. We ran across this once while studying for an academic bowl and I have used it ever since.

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Body Had an old Geezers meeting Monday, April 11, at Smokin Joes. We had 18 show up and there were lots of stories!

Body Holdenville FFA has received a special grant! The Making Things Better Grant Program is aimed at developing and advancing Oklahoma’s rural communities. Their grant was written to provide further aide to their clean up project partnering with Holdenville Lake!

Body I was going thru my files this past week to find some Easter items I wanted to share with our readers. The Children’s Bible In A nutshell A child was asked to write a book report on the entire Bible.

Body King David Olney and Queen Stevi Huff Ryan Rodgers and Kayton Bruner THE SOFTBALL GIRLS TRADED THEIR JERSEYS FOR STUNNING DRESS AT THIS YEAR’S PROM. Pictured are: Isabella Adam, Jessica Moore, Leah’Lah Bowen, Emmy Mariott, Belle McFarland, Stevi Huff, Cheyenne Fixico.