Holdenville Wolverine long jumper, Eddie Jennings, proudly displays the first place medal he won at the state championship track meet! Eddie leaped 21 feet 7 1/2 inches to become the state champion! Blakeli Whiteman leaped 15 feet and 10 inches to earn the 6th place medal at the state track meet at Western Heights.Blakeli enjoyed a proud moment on the medal stand before posing for a picture with her medal. Holdenville High School had 5 athletes that placed high enough in the regional track meet to qualify for state! Eddie Jennings,Malachi Henderson, Blakeli Whiteman, Cy Tiger and Iazaiah King all competed at the state championship track meet at Western Heights High School in Oklahoma City!.

Winning! There’s something really unique about standing on the awards stand at the state track meet! Athletes who have earned the honor of having someone place a lanyard around their neck with a state medal attached will tell you it’s one of the best if not the best feelings of winning you could possibly experience! Eddie Jennings and Blakeli Whiteman earned the right to have that thrill this past week at the state track meet at Western Heights. Both athletes stepped on the podium in front of a home stand filled with cheering fans and experienced the thrill of an athletic lifetime! Blakeli finished 6th and Eddie stood on the highest level as their state medals were placed around their neck.

5 th Grade Superintendent: Cale Babb Zayra Hernandez Waylon Jeffrey Brayden Kelley Sadie Kibby Serenity Langdon Miranda Martinez Avery Maylen Levi Morris Josslynn Rollins Bailey Sisco Logan Smith Lucca Smith Principal: Iyana Babb Traeston Brown Tony Caudell Cori Coats Anabell Creekmore Aiden Giles Emily Goodman Lainey McMinn Aspen Napoleon-Sullivan Makayla Orr Juan Rosas Gracie Settles Saraphina Shady Anton Stewart Jhe’mere Thomas Dakota Watson Bailey Worsham 6 th Grade Superintendent: Trinity Ayers Brayden Black Jasmine Bonewit Rowdy Elkins Jayedn Ellis Nathaniel Maldonado Claire Siemens Principal: Taelor Anderson Xavier Anderson Riley Armstrong Jewelleah Brill Trey Carter Terrianna Davis Lexxi Goolsby Jon Green Max Heath Kamryn Hunter Ashley Iker Tripp Janes Kloie Johnston Landri Jones Chloe Landreth Jaelynn Landry Cash Lening Kianna Lincoln Emmanuel Lopez Russell Lowe Emma Neconish Logan Nuckols Katelyn Ramey Jeffery Redmond Jada Remis Hailey Royston Madison Spearman Allyson Vega-Luevano Bailey Wichtendahl.

American Legion Post 204 is flying a burial flag the month of April in honor of a fallen soldier who also served as a lawman in Hughes County. This month’s flag, which is being flown in Seminole’s Veterans Park, honors Cecil Hood, who passed away in May 2020 at the age of 78.

SATURDAY, MAY 7, Judy Goodspeed will be at the Grace M. Pickens Library, 209 E. 9 Street in Holdenville from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. with her new book Jeb’s Quest. Signed books will be available at the library. 405-379-3245 or you can order your copy from Judy at 405-380-7126.

The City of Holdenville is extremely grateful for the generous donation of $250,000 from the estate of Ivan and Viola Rowe to the Holdenville Cemetery. Mayor John Massad stated during the October 20, 2020 City Council meeting that the City originally learned about this potential contribution in June of 2020, although it took time for the legalities to be settled.

The Holdenville Lions Club met at Boom-a-rang Diner in Holdenville, on Tuesday, April 1, 2022 for breakfast at 7:00 am. After the flag salute and an invocation, guest Jeff Hinze, gave a program about the Holdenville VFW post.

Count on Justice Samuel Alito to subtly elbow an errant colleague from across the mahogany bench. On Wednesday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta. The state of Oklahoma wants the Justices to say it has inherent sovereign power to prosecute non-Native Americans who harm Natives within reservation boundaries.