Around Town......by John Bill Martin

I have found that one of the advantages of reaching the four score level on the age chart is that occasionally people assume that if you have lived that long, surely you must have knowledge about a few things in this life.
Around Town......

100 Years Ago in Holdenville

Buchner Opens Filling Station Every Convenience Provided For Patrons at Main and Echo Streets Strolling up west Main yesterday afternoon, a representative of the democrat casually dropped in at the new filling station just being completed by our fellow townsman, Guy M. Buchner.
It was 101 years ago when Guy Buchner built the service station at the corner of Main and Echo. It later became the B&M Motor Company. Recently, we found a story about the building of that filling station and wanted to share it with our readers today.

Wolverine Sports by Tom Turner

Holdenville legendary coach, Butch Rawls, has been inducted into the Oklahoma Powerlifting Coaches Association (OPCA) Hall of Fame. Rawls was one of the original members of a group of football coaches who created a system of weightlifting competition for off-season football players.
Holdenville legendary coach, Butch Rawls, proudly shows off the ring he received when he was inducted into the Oklahoma Powerlifting Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Rawls was one of the pioneers in high school powerlifting in Oklahoma and is considered to be a major reason for the sport’s tremendous growth.

HCIC Back to School Bash

The Holdenville Indian Community is hosting a Back to School Bash on Monday, August 7 from 6pm to 8pm. The event is for students from Kindergarten through 12th Grade and you must have a MCN Tribal ID and live within HCIC boundaries.