People often ask me where I get all that “stuff” I write about in this column space each week. The answer is complicated but one constant source is the wide circle of friends who share several things with me, including:

HOLDENVILLE — A gruesome murder inside the Allen Gamble Correctional Center (formerly Davis Correctional Facility) in Holdenville has led to criminal charges after one inmate confessed to strangling his cellmate and attempting to cover up the crime.

HOLDENVILLE — The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) has issued new guidance for high school athletes and their families regarding the “One-Time Change of School Hardship” rule, emphasizing a critical July 15 deadline that could determine athletic eligibility for the 2025–26 school year.

May 17, 2025 The May meeting of the Red Hat Rebels was hosted by Linda and Traci Ring at the Springs At The Artesian in Sulphur. Attending were Diane Bowman, Glenda Stinson, Linda Ring, Traci Ring and new members Georgia Ramsey, and Cathy Wilson.

DEVOTION – 7-27-25 READ THE STORY You know what he did? He told them the story. Not just any story. He told them the story of God and God’s plan for people. Then starting with what Moses and all the prophets had said about him, Jesus began to explain everything that had been written about himself in the Scriptures. Fascinationg. Jesus’ cure for the broken heart is the story of God. He started with Moses and finished with himself. Why did he do that? Why did he retell the ancient tale? Why did he go all the way back two thousand years to the story of Moses? I think I know the reason. I know because what they heard is what we all need to hear when we are disappointed.

SCANLAN AND CLIFT Andy Scanlan, manager of the Holdenville Seamprufe plant which now represents a half million-dollar annual payroll in the city, and Cecil Clift, young insurance man and civic leader who won city-wide acclaim by his work on the lake improvement committee and on the city planning committee of the Chamber of Commerce. At the luncheon-meeting of Chamber of Commerce directors Thursday, John E.

Jim and Zelda Ragland have only one son—they named after his Dad—Jim Junior. Young Jim was reared here in Hughes County—in fact James J. Ragland, now a missionary was a resident of nearly every school District that we had in the County during his lifetime.

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