Good morning to you. Hope you have had a good week. I can’t believe that January is almost gone. My dad used to say the older you get, the faster the time goes. I thought he was just being an old timer and didn’t know what he was talking about. Turns out that my dad was pretty smart!

Downtown merchants may have noticed a card under their door when coming to work in the morning showing that the Holdenville Police Department has completed a security check during the nighttime hours.

Juston Anderson— possession of controlled substance X2; driving under the influence of any other intoxicating substance; transporting loaded firearm in motor vehicle; possess, manufacture, store or use explosive without a permit; possession of paraphernalia

Many of us old timers have gotten our prescriptions filled at Amos Drug. This building was home to our First National Bank before the pharmacy moved in and is now the location of Laura Calvary’s law office.

Many of us remember the East Main Church of Christ Building. A beautiful piece of Holdenville’s History.

The Holdenville City Council voted to abolish the $100 rental fee and the $50 cleaning fee for the chapel at the Holdenville Cemetery. The cleaning fee was replaced with a $50 returnable deposit if the building is clean after an event.

On the 6 of January 2021 I was kicking back in my recliner, thinking what would be really good to eat for supper. I was running thru my mind all the places in Holdenville to eat at and was thinking maybe pizza, then it shook me. Lou Jean said was that an earthquake?

JANUARY 25 TH —29 TH Mon: Chicken salad, tomato soup, fruit cocktail, crackers, peanut butter cake w/chocolate frosting and milk Tues: Tater tot casserole, zucchini & tomato, seasoned corn, cherry crisp and milk Wed: Hearty potato & ham soup, seasoned broccoli, hominy w/cheese sauce, French bread,...

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver caused a social media storm recently, closing a public prayer with “Amen and a woman,” as if the Hebrew word meaning “let it be” was somehow gendered.

MRS. CATES’ 3RD GRADE: Caiden Henderson, Jayzen Mooney, Clovia Ford, Briar Lening, Ashley Cates MRS.