JULY 11 TH —15 TH Mon: Frito chili pie, warm corn relish, warm cinnamon apples, brownie and milk Tues: Chicken fried steak w/gravy, mashed potatoes, seasoned green beans, roll, fruit crisp and milk Wed: Chef salad, cottage cheese, mandarin oranges, baby carrots, crackers, oatmeal raisin cookie and milk Thurs: Lasagna, California blend vegetables, side salad, garlic bread, pudding and milk Fri: Chicken fajita tacos, refried beans, fajita vegetables, ice Fri: Chicken fajita tacos, refried beans, fajita vegetables, ice cream and milk.

Dr. Hartfield , Holdenville’s Veterinarian and Local Author , read her newest book “Stewart the Goat” to guests of the Holdenville Library’s Summer Reading Program .

Vance Vanhooser was a life-long resident of Holdenville. His wife Mabel was well known and loved by everyone. Their son, Vance Jr. is a close friend of mine who lives in Okemah. What many folks don’t know is that Vance was a World War II hero and kept a journal of his service. Today, we share a portion of that journal with you.

Holdenville Cheerleaders Win Awards The 2022-23 school year is rapidly approaching and one of this year’s athletic squads has already established it’s self as an elite award winning team. The 2022-23 Holdenville High School Cheer Squad has been to summer camp and has won several awards! Coach Leslie Phillips’ group won awards for National Cheerleading Top Team Band Chant, won the Spirt Stick Award two days in a row, and secured two Awards for Excellence, and one Award for Superior! Coach Phiilips expressed her excitement when she expressed her thoughts on her team’s performance: “We attended OU cheer camp where they learned new stunts, cheers, and chants for upcoming seasons.

JUNE 28TH 1846: Adolphe Sax patents the saxophone. The Belgian inventor and musician invented several other brass instruments, but the saxophone became his most popular.

In what proved to be one of the most peaceful, productive meetings held by the Holdenville City Council in several months, a budget was passed for the upcoming fiscal year set to begin July 1. Included in that budget was the much-anticipated raise for Holdenville Fire Department employees. The council increased the fire department’s annual budget by more than $64,000, all going to wage increases. The bottom four ranking firemen received a raise to $13.00 an hour, the next two were raised to $14.00 an hour, the Lieutenant was raised to $15.00 an hour, the Captain to $16.00 an hour, and the Assistant Chief to $17.00 an hour. After budgeting for FUTA, SUTA, FICA match, and retirement, this was a total annual budget increase of $64,359.18 for the fire department.

Drivers in Holdenville, OK, can now receive realtime digital alerts when fire apparatus are active nearby through a new service equipped on Holdenville Fire Department apparatus. Safety Cloud by HAAS Alert protects first responders and roadway fleets and improves driver compliance with Move Over laws by sending real-time notifications to drivers approaching active responders en-route or on-scene. The service reduces the risk of drivers colliding with responders and workers I the field and improves awareness for all drivers by adding a digital component to lights and sirens.

Every day we see the challenges of patients who struggle to afford their medications. Patients who choose between food or bills and meds. This program can alleviate some of that burden but we know most of those patients do not have access to social media. So please share with your loved ones, your friends, neighbors etc. the benefit of this program!