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For the second spring in a row, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church will host a free spaghetti dinner on Thursday, May 25 at 5:30. Although we encourage folks to dine-in, carry-outs will be available. As communing is one of Christ’s chief directives, so too, the simple sharing of a meal, for in so doing we get to know our neighbors. All are invited to the table.

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On 05/04/23 at approximately 07:30 PM, Sgt. Maisano and Officer Rippee observed a white 2021 Chevy Colorado traveling northbound on Main Street near Gulf Street. The pickup was traveling 44mph in a posted 25mph zone. The officers conducted a traffic stop which led to the discovery of 163lbs of illegally grown and illegally transported black market marijuana in the truck bed. The driver admitted to transporting illegal loads of marijuana “because it pays better than legal transports.”

God blessed Joy Simmons with a Happy 97th Birthday on April 19 of this year. Going to church and spending time with God is a priority, and she loves sharing time with her family, church friends, and quilting friends.

The Atwood Cemetery will be having their Memorial Day services Sunday, May 28th, 2023, at 2:00 PM. The Atwood Nazarene Church will be in charge.

Holdenville, Oklahoma - On February 25, 2023, tragedy struck at the Davis Correctional Facility in Holdenville, Hughes County, Oklahoma. Brantley Avallone, an inmate at the facility, was found unresponsive and covered in blood in his cell. Despite efforts to resuscitate him, Avallone was pronounced dead by the Holdenville EMS at 6:40 PM.

“Many years ago the word square was one of the most honored words in our vocabulary,” she said. “The square deal was an honest deal. A square meal was a full and good meal. It was the square shooter rather than the sharp-shooter who was admired. “What is a square today? He’s the fellow who learned to get away with it, who gets choked up when the flag unfurls. There has been too much glorification of the angle players, the corner cutters, and the goof-offs.” “One of America’s greatest needs is for more people who are square.”

The English teacher in me keeps finding unique ways of dealing with construction of the English language and some different ways of looking at it. For instance: Here is the definition of a paraprosdokian: “Figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently used in a humorous situation.” “Where there’s a will, I want to be in it,” is a type of paraprosdokian.

Holdenville, OK - A terrifying incident unfolded today as local authorities responded to a reported kidnapping in Holdenville. At approximately 8:00 AM, the Holdenville Police Department received a distress call regarding the abduction of 10-month-old Messiah Moore. The child’s father and custodial parent, Andrew Moore, had arranged a visitation for Messiah with his mother, Tamara Tiger.