In a significant move towards boosting economic growth, the Holdenville Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Committee (EDC) has participated in the Oklahoma Department of Commerce’s (ODOC) new business recruitment initiative, the Sites Ready Program. This program aims to equip communities with the tools and knowledge to enhance their economic development capacity and become more competitive in attracting industrial and manufacturing businesses.

Looking Back...the year was 1974.

HHS CLASS OF 1974 HOLDS 50TH REUNION.

HHS CLASS OF 1974 CELEBRATES 50 YEARS.

Joseph Schumpeter dished out heaps of astounding insights in his 1942 book “Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy.” I keep going back to this treatise for guidance in our strange times, mainly to better understand the interaction of economics, politics, history, and culture. His outlook is probably best described as transideological; a partisan of capitalist systems, he was not optimistic about human nature itself.

Dust boiled as horses, cars, and people made their way into the rodeo grounds. I silently urged Dad to hurry and park, so I could join my hometown folks and furnish some entertainment. He took his sweet time finding a place with enough room for the car and trailer. Finally, we unloaded Chigger and Shorty.

An area musician and songwriter composed a song of hope following the April outbreak of tornados that claimed a total of four lives, including two young victims in Holdenville. The song soon took on a life of its own, and will hopefully help benefit the families of the the two Holdenville victims.

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Christopher Bryant Dilbeck, age 28, of Holdenville, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammu- nition.

A man wanted in con-nection to a stabbing in Holdenville earlier this month was arrested over the weekend in Seminole County. On July 5, the District 22 Task Force, an arm of Dis-trict Attorney Erik John-son’s office, announced that a search was under- way for Michael Calvert, who was suspected of com-mitting assault with a deadly weapon earlier that morning.