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“What does love mean?” to Children age 4 to 8 A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8-year-olds, “What does love mean?” “When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis, too.

Oklahoma has just declared war against “furries” in the classroom. Oklahoma State Rep. Justin Humphrey recently introduced House Bill 3084, which prohibits furries from K-12 school campuses: “Students who purport to be an imaginary animal or animal species, or who engage in anthropomorphic behavior commonly referred to as furries at school shall not be allowed to participate in school curriculum or activities.” If students violate this rule, their parents will be asked to pick them up, and if they’re unavailable, “animal control services shall be contacted to remove the student.”

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When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in its 2020 McGirt v. Oklahoma decision that the historic reservation of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation was never formally disestablished, the ruling did more than create jurisdictional chaos for law enforcement throughout most of eastern Oklahoma.

In 1966, a new family moved to our little community of Shady Grove(Our community was nestled between Irving & Grand Prairie, Texas.There were five children in this family. The oldest son attended high school at Grand Prairie. His siblings attended the dependent school where I was. Before long this high school boy asked my dad if he could date me. My dad was an evangelist who really took a liking to this young man who had lost his dad in a crop duster plane crash that very year.

THIS YEAR MARKS THE 120TH ANNIVERSARY OF HOLDENVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT .

Joseph Kendell Sanders – Domestic assault with a dangerous weapon Brandon Joe Wortman – Burglary in the seoncd degree, Unlawfully wearing mask or hood, Malicious injury to property, Petit larceny MISDEMEANORS Caleb Murray – Driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, Possession of controlled dangerous substance, Unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia Autumn Ellis – Reckless driving, Driving without a valid driver’s license Bo Edward Brandon – Reckless driving, Failure to use child restraint

Award-Winning Artist, Gregg Stone to hold Pastel Workshop at HSPS The Holdenville Society of Painters and Sculptors is offering a Pastel Workshop this month. The dates are February 14, 15 and 16 from 9 am until 3pm and lunch is included.