Holdenville Girls win big!
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Audrey Miller, Mylisha Miller attended The American Legion Auxiliary 80th annual Oklahoma Girl’s State. May 28th-June2nd. They would like to Thank the American Legion and ESA for their sponsorship. While attending both girls ran for dif-ferent offices and enjoyed the experience and made lots of new friends.
The Year Was 1963
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A noisy crowd, lots of action, and queens on their thrones punctuated the 26th annual Little Olympics staged by the Kiwanis Club at Wolverine Stadium Monday evening. The scene sometimes resembled bedlam, as youngsters from central, Diamond, Park View and Capitol Heights schools ran, jumped, dashed, relayed and yelled at one time at various locations on the field.
Class of 1953 Reunion
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June 24, 2023 • Noon until 4:00 HSPS Art Center The annual Gerty Reunion will be Saturday, June 24. All classmates, teachers, friends and neighbors are invited.
Holdenville Library’s Summer Reading and Learning Program.
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TUESDAY , JUNE 20, 2023 AT 2 PM Fire Department and Hughes County EMS and more will be here with there with vehicles to let you explore and learn about how they work. All Ages Welcome.
Paralympics Sports by Tom Turner
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Endeavor Games I’ve officiated a lot of track meets in my time, but the UCO Endeavor Games are the most unique and rewarding! The mission statement for the games says it all! The Endeavor games exists to create equitable access to sport competition for individuals with physical disabilities. The competition is different from the Special Olympics in that every event is ran off with the same rules as the Olympics.
Mayor’s controversial appointments fail
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Only three meetings into the new administration and new Mayor Ron Thetford asked the Holdenville City Council to consider replacing the entire existing airport board. No names were listed on the agenda, only to “discuss and possibly approve a new airport board”. Four names were recommended at last Tuesday’s meeting by council members including well known, respected pilot and retired Highway Patrolman Jay Thompson as well as retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and ODOT Construction Engineer Bill Wilkinson. The two names brought to the table by Mayor Thetford proved to be very controversial considering their history with the airport. Mr. Thetford recommended both James Welch and Phillip Eckles sit on the new Airport Board.
Moss School Students Receive Awards
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Photos courtesy of Whitney Purkins .
