July 7, 2022. They are reunited again!! Doretta Sue (Condreay) Turpin went to sleep at home peacefully Wednesday night and gained her wings to join her forever sweetheart and her other son Michael in Heaven.

Mahaley Adeline Wise, 19, of Wewoka, Oklahoma passed away on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, in Wewoka, Oklahoma. She was born December 27, 2002 in Ada, Oklahoma to Herschel Wise and Stacie Lynn Jones.

John Calvin “J.C.” Collis was born on November 22, 1931, to John Stephen and Myrtle (Orsburn) Collis, near Dixie Lease Wewoka, and passed away on July 3rd, 2022 in Tulsa. Following the death of his mother in 1935 and his father in 1942, J.C.

The Holdenville Softball Program will host a youth camp for students in K-6 grade on July 19 & 20. The camp will begin each day at12 noon and conclude at 2:30. The campers should report to the softball complex with gloves, water bottles, sunscreen and a swimsuit.

Holdenville High School Head Softball Coach, Rick Scott is definitely looking forward to the beginning of softball season. Scott will begin the season without several stellar players who have graduated and moved on to play college ball. In spite of this tremendous loss of talent Coach Scott remains optimistic about the upcoming season.

“ Dead Week” is over and it’s time for some of the 2022-2023 sports seasons to begin. The OSSAA has set July 15 as the first day that schools can have an official softball practice. Cross Country can also have official practices on that same date. The softball teams and the cross country teams will start having contests the first week in August.

Holdenville head Softball Coach, Rick Scott and his assistant, Casey Lavalley are anxious to begin the 2022 Fall Fast Pitch Season! The Wolverines lost several key players off last year’s team and the coaches are ready to begin rebuilding with several young talented players!.

Vance Vanhooser was a life-long resident of Holdenville. His wife Mabel was well known and loved by everyone. Their son, Vance Jr. is a close friend of mine who lives in Okemah. What many folks don’t know is that Vance was a World War II hero and kept a journal of his service. Today, we share a portion of that journal with you.

Dr. Hartfield , Holdenville’s Veterinarian and Local Author , read her newest book “Stewart the Goat” to guests of the Holdenville Library’s Summer Reading Program .