Body Keeping in step with this year’s Summer Reading Program theme of “Tails and Tales,” Grace M. Pickens Library hosted a special “Alpaca Madness” event at the Stroup Park Pavilion on Wednesday, June 16.

Body Holdenville First Baptist Church will be going to camp on June 28 through July 2 for grades 7th to high school graduates. All 7 thru HS grads are welcome to go. Registration forms will be available to First Baptist Church at 324 N. Broadway.

Body Scene from about 1901. W.M. Taylor, 3rd from the left, was one of Holdenville’s prominent bankers. Mr. Taylor bought this load of cotton which at that time was the largest load of cotton to ever come to Holdenville

Body Meet Chuck! What he lacks in height, he makes up for with heart. Meet Pudge! Looking this good makes a pup tired.

Body June 22 nd Today in History— D.L. Moody’s first service in England, 1873; France surrenders to Germany in World War II, 1940; Germany invades USSR, 1941; three civil rights workers disappear in Mississippi (later found slain).

Body In the past we have had Arkansas Day, Peanut Festival, Catfish Festival, Hog Wild Days, and Fall Festival. Could a Marijuana Festival be in Holdenville’s future? It is big business in Hughes County and growing quickly.

Body OKLAHOMA CITY – The Holdenville Public Works Authority (Authority) received approval for $100,000 in funding Tuesday from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) to improve the Authority’s water infrastructure.

Body HOLDENVILLE, Okla. (KFOR) – An Oklahoma family is pointing to the power of prayer in saving the life of their two-year-old girl, who hit her head at a swimming pool.

Body The name Sam Pipes will more than likely not mean anything to anyone in Holdenville, Oklahoma because he never lived here. Well then why do I mention him?

Body The Holdenville Society of Painters and Sculptors (HSPS) kicked off their Annual Summer Arts Program on Monday, June 7. The three weeks of fun-filled art adventures at the HSPS Art Center, located at 118 N. Broadway, will continue through June 25.