The annual Holdenville Christmas Parade is scheduled for Monday, December 14, beginning at 6:30. The theme for this year’s parade will be “Cowboy Christmas.” The Chamber will once again be giving cash awards to the best decorated entries in a number of categories, with a preference for entries that follow the Cowboy Christmas theme. Entrants will line up on South Echo. During the October Chamber Luncheon meeting President Tonja Weaver stated that horses and dogs will be at the end of the parade line, and entrants should provide their own “pooper scoopers.”

Good morning to you. This sure has been a great week for weather. I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I have. For our Bible reading today, let’s look at James 5:1-6: (1) Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you! (2) Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. (3) Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. Yu have heaped up treasure in the last days. (4) Indeed the wages of the laborers who moved your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the LORD of Sabboth. (5) You have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury; you have fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter. (6) You have condemned, you have murdered the just; he does not resist you.

Sheriff’s Booking Report Bobby Beck—17 day sanction Leslie Edward Chastain—endeavors or conspires to deliver, manufacture or possess controlled dangerous substance Summer Nicole Gaskins—trespassing after being forbidden; obstruction of investigation; resisting executive officer; possession of paraphernalia; possession of controlled substance; larceny; public intoxication Larry J. Goodman—DUI: driving under the influence of any other intoxicating substance; possession of controlled substance; maintaining a house where drugs are kept/sold; using surveillance equipment while committing a felony Noah Hodges—possession of paraphernalia; possession CDS without tax stamp Eric Lee Hooks—public intoxication; obstruction Jonathan Ives—domestic assault and battery by strangulation Danny Ervin McMullen—DUI: driving under the influence of any other intoxicating substance; carrying firearms while under the influence Amber Michele Moore—burglary second degree Charlene Alane Riley—possession of paraphernalia Chase Alan Wallace—receive, possess or conceal stolen property Zachary Heath Weger—public intoxication.

This year’s Holdenville Society of Painters and Sculptors (HSPS) Fall Art Show has been a low key event compared to years past. There was no gathering of artists for a lunch with judge Judy Osborn, and there was no crowded Open House, which normally would have been on October 3, for the public to enjoy their first preview of the entries. However, after cancelling the Spring Art Show, organizers took on the challenges caused by the COVID 19 virus, and the walls were filled with an impressive collection of artwork for the public to enjoy responsibly with masks and proper social distancing.

During the November 3 City Council meeting Mayor John Massad announced that, before starting repair work on the Adams Street water tower, the water is being allowed to drain down as it is used. This is to prevent wasting water by draining it out on the ground. Some customers in the area of Sooner Road/Country Club may experience low water pressure during this time, and Mayor John Massad asks that they please be patient. Once the water level is low enough the water lines will cut off to bypass the tower and pressure should return.

The Hughes County Free Fair iSpelling Bee was held on Thursday evening, October 29 at the Hughes County Expo Center. Although there were fewer students competing than normal due to the COVID 19 virus, there were still some very exciting moments at this exhibition of the student’s spelling skills.

Senior Attendants Matt Cox and Laynee Phillips Junior Attendants David Olney and Liberty Jackson Freshman Attendants Julius Jackson and Mylisha Allen Senior Attendants Layton Richmond and Emma Norman Sophomore Attendants Devon Tiger and Sara Coats Crown Bearer Brody Cates and Flower Girl Emma Jett.