The Holdenville Society of Painters and Sculptors are making plans for a return to a more normal schedule after spending most of the past year avoiding large social events. Although class sizes will be smaller so they can maintain safe social distancing, HSPS looks forward to once again providing positive art experiences for Holdenville and the surrounding communities. These events are open to the public and not just HSPS members.

Good morning to you. Hope you were able to stay inside and stay warm during this snow. We have to have weather like this to kill all the bugs plus it makes me appreciate all the beautiful days we have in our lives. We all like sunshine and the light from it. Try being a light this week to those around you.

Friday night the Kiwanis Club held their annual pancake breakfast and it has been a tradition for over half a century. The above picture was taken during the 1950’s. Kiwanis members that we recognize are: Far left: Ode Burton, ?,?,?, Charles Kemmerer, Claude McDonald, Cecil Clift, Joe Lucas, ?.

A Hughes County man is facing two felony charges after he allegedly assaulted a Seminole Police officer and later urinated in a police cruiser as he was being transported to jail. Steven Chlouber, 63, of Calvin was arrested on Jan.

A BIG thank you to Street Commissioner Jim Thetford, who is out in zero degree weather clearing the roads. Watch out for Eli Robinson! A perfect Snow Angel by Augie Robinson Justin O’Kelley giving son Jackson a sled ride.

Holdenville Schools will be implementing a new on-line enrollment program for next year. In order for this to work, I need your (parent #1 on contacts) personal email address of next years 8th-12th grade student to enter into Wengage.

Richard Ellwanger, Executive Director of the Seminole Nation Museum in Wewoka, has been elected to serve as president of the Oklahoma Museums Association. Ellwanger was selected to lead the statewide nonprofit in September of 2020 and will serve a two-year term as president that began Jan.

Elmo (Moe) and Mary Collins met on a bus leaving McAlester, fell in love, and were married on February 9, 1951 in Hartshorne, Oklahoma. Moe was a radioman in the U.S. Navy. Mary would join him in Groton, Connecticut where he was stationed. That began their life together in love.

CLIFFORD DALTON 1965-66 RHONDA KAY DOSSETT 1965-66 JACK SHERRY 1965-66 JIMMY JOHNSON 1965-66 BETH MCDOUGAL 1965-66 1965-66 MARGARET ANN GRIGGS 1965-66 LEON AVERY 1965-66 JOHN SHELLY 1965-66 BOBBY ANDERSON 1965-66 LEE ALAN SHIPLEY 1965-66 PAUL STIRMAN 1965-66 SHIRLEY LOU HAMBY 1965-66 FRANKIE MOPPIN 1965-66 RANDY JOE SKILES 1965-66 JUSTEEN STEELE 1965-66 JOHNSON 1965-66 KEITH JENNINGS 1965-66.

Binas Hostettler was an outstanding oil and gas attorney in Hughes County. Binas came to Holdenville from Washington D.C.