July 2 -The square dance hall was all decked out with 4th of July decorations complete with red, white and blue streamers going down the food table with cups holding flags along the side of the streamers. Mary G. and Lynn did the decorations. The hall looked awesome! Charlie Robertson was in true form as he did some awesome calling!

OLD GEEZERS FROM HOLDENVILLE WOLVERINES meeting at Smokin Joes today. We heard that Maxie Carter had many great stories to share. We hope he will send more for us to share in the NEWS. Those attending were left to right: Gayle Frederick, Mike Winningham, Bruce Graham, Denny Langdon, Maxie Carter, Flo Carter, Billy Langdon, Mike Agan, Vernon Robinson and George Kernek! The group sends their thanks to Rosalia Mendoza, Coby Wells and Bobbie Jo Loomis Wells at Smokin’ Joe’s Rib Ranch - the BEST!

A SPECIAL THANK YOU to our local Farm Bureau Agent, Guy Fechter who is pictured here presenting a check to local American Legionaire, Jeff Hinze for the American Legion buidling fund. The American Legion has not had a building in many years. Thank you to local businessman, Reggie Davis and growing number of contribultors, they will soon be in their new building. If you have not contributed, please do so. You may mail your check to: American Legion, PO Box 383, Holdenville, OK, 74848.

HOLDENVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA July 20, 2021 The Holdenville City Council will meet for a regularly scheduled meeting at the Holdenville Civic Center 124 North Creek St., Holdenville, OK on July 20, 2021 at 6:30 P.M. ORDER OF BUSINESS 1.

MEET THOMAS WALSER, the new Wolverine Head Football Coach. Walser takes over for Monte Lewis.

The Oklahoma Board of Corrections on Wednesday unanimously approved two contracts that will keep the North Fork Correctional Facility in Sayre and Davis Correctional Facility in Holdenville open through July 2023.

Wolverines Welcome New Head Coach Thomas Walser has been selected as Holdenville’s new football coach. Walser takes over for Coach Monte Lewis who has moved back to Kansas to become the head coach at a Wichita area high school.

A memorial service marking 158 years to the day of the Civil War Battle of Honey Springs will be held outside on the lawn of the Honey Springs Battlefield visitor center on July 17. Welcome and opening remarks will be given by Adam Lynn, the Honey Springs Battlefield site manager. A presentation of colors by the color guard will precede an invocation by Reverend Mark Watson of the First United Methodist Church in Checotah. Trait Thompson, the executive director of the Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) will present memorial remarks, followed by speaker David Fowler, who is the northeast regional director of the OHS.