The Holdenville High School soft ball team had a rough first week. The girls lost to Pittsburg 6-8, lost twice to Morris 3-19 and 2-10, lost to Byng 3-4 and lost to Bethel 2-10. Wolverine head Coach Rick Scott remains optimistic that his young team will mature and become a good team before the season’s over. Coach Scott had this to say about the first week of the 2022 season: “We are young about 85% underclassmen. Only 2 full time starters form last year’s team returned. We took it on the chin this week. It was a very tough week, however, with that said, we grew and we played better. We fought hard as a team! I knew we would struggle early on and we have our district schedule is brutal but I see signs of greatness! We just have to work through it, keep a positive attitude and believe in each other!

an emotional or mental implosion that derailed a practice into a loop of futility. This is an oddity in the coaching world. You have good days. Stringing a week together of good practices is promising.

The Holdenville Public Schools xcountry team will open the season Saturday, August 20 when the Wolverine’s host their first meet at Holdenville Lake. Wolverine xcountry coach, Ryan Turner, is expecting over 20 schools to participate in the meet. The meet will begin at 9:00 and will follow this schedule: Schedule:

Back row: Jett McMahan, Liam Kelley, Michael Merriman, Bryson Jarrett, Hadley Crosby, Kyra Davis, Mrs. Sipes, Blakeleigh Bowman, Kutter Gilbert, Cord Langdon, Trehvor Carpenter, Micco Watson, Dash Culberson.

By Bill Wilkinson On Saturday, August 6, 2022, a concerned citizen driving across the Canadian River Bridge at Atwood noticed heat waves rising along the West side of the bridge about half way across. When the observer stopped their vehicle and approached the railing, they discovered a drift pile on fire in the riverbed near a pier. Holdenville and Atwood fire departments were able to extinguish the fire before the bridge was damaged.

The man had a heart attack. His cardiologist then told him he had to walk at least forty-five minutes daily, the rest of his life. So off he went, just like the mailman – rain, sleet, snow, or burning sun. Walking became a regular part of his days.

Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.org. Live like an Interrobang Several years ago I discovered a new punctuation mark: The “interrobang”.

Wilson took the bait—he admits—and switched from one promotional service and product to another at a lower price in order to generate leads for his online business, But after a month of using the new service, he was totally frustrated. When he called with a question, no one answered the phone. When he sent an email no one replied. One day he decided to ask for help from the first company he’d used. He’d always had excellent service in the past, so maybe he could receive it again. He gave them a call.

Holdenville Library is pleased to announce the launch of Brainfuse— an online service that offers tutoring services for learners of all ages, coaching services for job seekers, and navigators to help Oklahoma veterans connect with benefits and educational opportunities.

Services for Gwendolyn Sue (Stout) Edwards, 82, of Allen will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 20, 2022 at Allen Cemetery under the direction of Criswell Funeral Home where Tommy Azlin will officiate.