Country Comments

Body This past weekend was reunion time and some great articles were given to me to publish…. FUNNY, BUT TRUE *I used to be able to do cartwheels.
Country Comments

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

Body JUNE 28TH 1846: Adolphe Sax patents the saxophone. The Belgian inventor and musician invented several other brass instruments, but the saxophone became his most popular.

You and Me and the Big Blue Dot

Body The bombs just keep on comin’. Explosions all around you, one after the next. Chaos rains down from missiles and constant shelling, not to mention “incoming” from land and sea.

Publisher’s Pen

Body I saw my good friend Jim Keefer this past week. He is one of my favorite people and a blessing to so many folks. He also knows a lot about local history and I really enjoy listening to his memories about the “good old days.”
Publisher’s Pen

Service Held for HHS Graduate Bill Shipley

Body Bill J. Shipley was born April 1, 1930 to Audie and Opal (Pogue) Shipley, Bill passed from this life June 18, 2022 in Seminole, Oklahoma at the age of 92. Bill was born and raised in Holdenville, Oklahoma.
Service Held for HHS Graduate Bill Shipley

Sharon Jene Dodson Hall

Body Sharon Jene Dodson Hall passed away June 1, 2022 after a brief battle with lung cancer. Sharon was born to Floyd “Gene” and Mary Ella “Pat” Dodson January 29, 1943 in Lamar, Oklahoma.
Sharon Jene Dodson Hall

Wolverine Sports by Tom Turner

Body Holdenville Cheerleaders Win Awards The 2022-23 school year is rapidly approaching and one of this year’s athletic squads has already established it’s self as an elite award winning team.
The Holdenville High School Cheer Squad won numerous awards at the National Cheer Association Cheer Camp! Squad members are: Coach Leslie Phillips,Natalie Jennings, Peytyn Lockhart Sneed, Lily Scroggins, Audrey Miller, Makaylie Crawford, Tristin Goodman, Mylisha Allen, Sierra Crawford, Sara Coats, Gracie Story, Makenzie Fowler, Justice Morris, and the cutie on her lap is coach’s assistant Laycie Lucas.

FIREMEN RECEIVE RAISES, BUDGET APPROVED

Body In what proved to be one of the most peaceful, productive meetings held by the Holdenville City Council in several months, a budget was passed for the upcoming fiscal year set to begin July 1.

Every day we see the challenges of patients

Body Every day we see the challenges of patients who struggle to afford their medications. Patients who choose between food or bills and meds. This program can alleviate some of that burden but we know most of those patients do not have access to social media.
Every day we see the challenges of patients