Invading another nation, bombing hospitals, and killing civilians is not enough to get you kicked off of Twitter, but calling for peace and order will get you banned. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Twitter account, which has 1.5 million followers, remained active as of Friday, as Putin’s forces continue their invasion of Ukraine and attacks on the Ukrainian people.

There’s an old saying: “Dear God: Help me get up; I can fall down by myself.” Robert Redford’s film “Quiz Show” gives us the story of a man who fell hard. A young professor at Columbia University, Charles Van Doren gets the chance to appear on “Twenty-One,” a 1950s television quiz show.

District 24 State Representative David Smith will hold a town hall meeting this Saturday, March 12 for all constiuents in the area who may have questions for him. The Oklahoma State Legislature is currently in session and Representative Smith has information he’d like to share concerning bills coming up for a vote this year. Representative Smith invites you to the Holdenville Church of the Nazarene fellowship hall at 323 S. Oak, March 12 at 12:00pm. Refreshments will be served. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet your State Representative.

Banning Social Emotional Learning Sen. Shane Jett is taking air at national organizations seeking to implement socialemotional learning (SEL) programs in the state’s public school systems by filing Senate Bill 1442, which would prohibit public school districts or charter schools from using federal, state or private funds to promote, purchase or utilize the concepts of SEL Jett said organizations like Collaborative for academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL), funded by leftist groups like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, have pushed programming in public schools to psychologically manipulate children and surveil Oklahoma families under the guise of addressing trauma.

In responding to a letter from Hughes County Sheriff Marcia Maxwell stating that she was ending the county and the tribe’s crossdeputization agreement, Muscogee Nation Interim Attorney General Kyle Haskins wrote his own letter Feb. 15 extending an invitation to rebuild the relationship.

On March 5, 2022, the Faith Free Will Baptist Church, along with Arms of Compassion and Community Angels hosted the “LOVING HOLDENVILLE’ event to show the town of Holdenville that they are loved. The event offered pulled pork sandwiches and tenderloin, baked beans, nachos, chips and lots of cookies to approximately 200 people from the Holdenville area.

Special guests of the Loving Holdenville event Dwight Ferguson and Bro. Earl Scroggins, Pastor of Faith FWB Leslie Streater helping with the Loving Holdenville event.

Can COVID-19 Cause Shingles? Dear Savvy Senior, How effective is the shingles vaccine and what is the CDC recommendation for getting it? My older brother and sister, both in their fifties, got COVID a few months back followed by shingles. Do you know if there is a connection between these viruses, and would the shingles vaccine have protected them? Scared of Shingles Dear Scared, Great question! Many healthcare professionals across the country have been urging their older patients to get the shingles vaccine (in addition to the COVID-19 vaccinations) during the pandemic because getting COVID-19 can increase your chances of developing shingles.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY MARCH 7 TH 1814: An army led by Napoleon I wins the Battle of Craonne. Napoleon’s Imperial French army attacked a combined force of 22,000 Russian and Prussian soldiers of the Six Coalition near Craonne in northern France.

City of Holdenville Street Commissioner Jim Thetford reminds residents that the annual City-wide brush and limb pickup is underway. He encourages everyone to spend time during the next couple of weeks pruning trees and shrubs in preparation for spring, as well as clearing away dead limbs and branches that have fallen during the winter.