I attended the First United Bank open hours Thursday and saw a lot of friends I had not seen in a long time. That included my life long friends Tony and Carolyn Abney from Non. They have been banking there for over half a century. I have never known a harder working couple and the same goes for their son Tim. When anyone needs help you can count on their family to be there . . .

Winning! There’s something really unique about standing on the awards stand at the state track meet! Athletes who have earned the honor of having someone place a lanyard around their neck with a state medal attached will tell you it’s one of the best if not the best feelings of winning you could possibly experience! Eddie Jennings and Blakeli Whiteman earned the right to have that thrill this past week at the state track meet at Western Heights. Both athletes stepped on the podium in front of a home stand filled with cheering fans and experienced the thrill of an athletic lifetime! Blakeli finished 6th and Eddie stood on the highest level as their state medals were placed around their neck.

Holdenville Wolverine long jumper, Eddie Jennings, proudly displays the first place medal he won at the state championship track meet! Eddie leaped 21 feet 7 1/2 inches to become the state champion! Blakeli Whiteman leaped 15 feet and 10 inches to earn the 6th place medal at the state track meet at Western Heights.Blakeli enjoyed a proud moment on the medal stand before posing for a picture with her medal. Holdenville High School had 5 athletes that placed high enough in the regional track meet to qualify for state! Eddie Jennings,Malachi Henderson, Blakeli Whiteman, Cy Tiger and Iazaiah King all competed at the state championship track meet at Western Heights High School in Oklahoma City!.

Rachel Johnson with her mother, Terri Ellis Walkup Val and Tina Harmon Brett Bruner with his mother, Crystal Bruner Beth Leewright with all four of her children, David, Diane, Dayna and Darla. Megan Hutchison and her husband Sam suprised Megan’s parents, Allen and Catherine Bridgen by bringing their grandchildren Payton and Harper to church.

Janice Bryant with her mother, Dorothy Carter Ryan Brewer with his mother, Wonella Brewer.

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I am, and shall forever be, in baseball season until the last out of the last game of the World Series. Although it’s doubtful my favorite team will win the Series this year I will, nevertheless, watch nearly every game. I suspect my children will watch or listen to many of the games too. You see, there is a genetic defect in my family. Devotion to baseball was bred into me by my father and I am a carrier of the gene.