DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE WELCOMES WENDY PEFFERCORN

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The District Attorney’s Office for District 22, which includes Hughes County, has welcomed a new and furry team member: Wendy Peffercorn. Named after the lifeguard and childhood crush from the iconic movie *The Sandlot*, Wendy brings the same charm to the office that her namesake brought to the screen.
District Attorney Erik Johnson with his latest hire, Wendy Peffercorn

SAVING GRACE SOBER LIVING EYES NEW HOME IN HOLDENVILLE

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At the latest Holdenville City Council meeting, Kerry Rickner, founder of Saving Grace Sober Living for Men, presented a plan that could give new life to a long-unused facility while providing critical support to men in recovery. Rickner is seeking to rent the former Work Release Center from the City of Holdenville to expand her sober living program.

Diane Bradford

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The sun will shine less brightly without you in our lives, dearest Diane. We will remember you for your wit, independent spirit, kindness and fierce determination. Di set goals and achieved them with single-mindedness. In addition to Bachelor of Business Administration from UT Arlington, she received a Bachelor of Science in Human Resource Management from Western Governors University. After working in accounting and finance for 22 years, 10 as managing partner at Michael Motorcycle Salon, Di launched The Gray Crane consulting firm in 2020.
Diane Bradford

Cheryl Levon Woolard

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Cheryl Levon (Byerly) Woolard was born July 3, 1958, in Holdenville, Ok to Clyde & Sybil Byerly. She went to be with the Lord on August 31, 2024, in Branson, Missouri. Cheryl attended Holdenville public school, receiving her diploma in 1976. She married Charlie Woolard in 1986, he survives her of the home.
Cheryl Levon Woolard

Patricia Jean McMahan

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Patricia Jean McMahan passed away Friday, August 30, 2024, at Mercy Health Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 77. Patricia was born January 18, 1947, in Holdenville, Oklahoma, to Dwayne Davis and Velma (Peck) Davis.
Patricia Jean McMahan

Jimmy Hank Turpin

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Jimmy Hank Turpin passed away Sunday, September 1, 2024 at his home in Calvin, Oklahoma at the age of 69. Jimmy was born on November 27, 1954 in Westville, Oklahoma then adopted by Elvin Turpin and Iva Victoria (Raney) Turpin.
Jimmy Hank Turpin

“LOOK BEFORE YOU PULL!”: HOLDENVILLE GRAD COINS CATCHPHRASE TO HELP OTHERS

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You may have heard the warning phrases “call before you dig” or “look before you leap,” but a Seminole man wants you to hear, and learn, a new one: Look Before you pull. Roy Boydstun says he wishes he would have looked before pulling a clump of grass out of his yard, because had he done that, he would not have ended up in the hospital over the weekend.
Roy Boydstun in a bed in the Seminole emergency room Sunday after he was bitten on the arm by a Pygmy Rattlesnake. Pictured at right is Boydstun’s arm, which was marked by doctors to show where the swelling was located. Boydstun has coined a new phrase to help others to avoid becoming a snakebite victim: “Look before you pull.” —Courtesy Photos