Nytosha Pauline ‘Tosh’ Lester passed away at her home in Holdenville on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, at the age of 39 years. Tosh was the daughter of Marvin and Donna (Cole) Hart, born on February 22, 1983, in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Ronnie Caudell has been appointed to fill the Ward 3 vacancy left by the resignation of Ron Wiseman. The council officially voted to accept Wiseman’s resignation just before taking up the agenda item to consider the new appointment.

Dave and Jumper Ingram were taken on a 50th anniversary vacation to Hawaii by two of their children: Russell and Tracey Ingram and children Reagan and Landon; Kelsey and T.J. Ingram and daughter Emerson. They stayed on the island of Maui for eight days and while there they took the Road to Hana tour with stops at a black sand beach for swimming, went to an authentic luau and went snorkeling. They spent a lot of time on the beach playing in the water. They also visited a lavender farm on their last day. A great time was had by all attendees. David and Jumper Ingram and Family are pictured below (L-R):Landon, Reagan, Tracey, Russell, Jumper, Dave,T.J. and Kelsey Ingram. Front Emerson Ingram

The stage is set for another city council election in Holdenville on April 4 of this year with nine candidates filing to run for the 5 seats which will be vacated at the time of the election. Aeric Creekmore, Ron Thetford, and Julie West have filed to run for Ward 1, David Leewright will face Tony Wulf in the Ward 2 race, Mike Dockrey is unopposed and set to take the Ward 3 seat at the Council table, as well as Don Merriman who drew no opponent for the Ward 4 seat.

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Wolverines chalk up 2 wins The Holdenville Wolverine boys’ and girls’ basketball teams both put two games in the win column this past week with wins over Allen and Chandler. The victories put the boys record at 10-10 with a three game winning streak.

Talaesa Deanne Mason passed away Saturday, February 11th, 2023 at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 48. Talaesa was born October 17, 1974 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Dale Ladd and Mae-ree Hunter.

It’s important to clarify the difference between a purpose, objectives, and goals in your life. A purpose statement answers the question “Why do I exist?” As Christians, we all have a general purpose of glorifying God, having fellowship with Him, and leading people to faith in Christ, but each of us has a specific reason for living as well.

Saundra Ann Yaggi passed away January 3rd, 2023, surrounded by family. She was born, March 22, 1942 in Holdenville, Oklahoma, to Stanley and Veneta Middleton. Her 80 years were full of love, dedication and devotion. She proved early in childhood to have a strong and beautiful heart, giving an abundance of love and care to her widowed mother and baby sister. As a young woman, she dedicated herself to raising her daughters in a household full of singing, and sewing matching outfits. She had a long career as a Secretary at Baldwin Park Unified School District in California, and was admired for her kindness and loyalty all the way through to retirement. Halfway through her life, on October 18, 1982, Saundra married her best friend - devoting to him, her whole heart and her 40 remaining years.

A former Oklahoma governor is leading an ef-fort to defeat a proposition to legalize recreational ma-rijuana in the state. According to a press release, Frank Keating, who governed Oklahoma from 1995 – 2003, is chairman of “Protect Our Kids No 820,” a coalition of com-munity, business, and law enforcement leaders.