SPRING ART SHOW WINNERS ANNOUNCED.

For Amateur Artists: Amateur Best in Show: Carly Driskill , “ Eufaula Magnolia “ Amateur Oil/Acrylic: 1st Place: June Chesser , “ Sunrise at Hollister Creek “ 2nd Place: Earl Stephenson , “ Calm Before the Storm “ 3rd Place: Carly Driskill , “ For a Moment “ Honorable Mention: Carly Driskill , “ Oranges on Harvey Parkway “ Honorable Mention: June Chesser , “ Farris Windmill (1633) “ Amateur Miscellaneous: 1st Place: Donna Mayes , “ Daffodils - Harbingers of Spring “ 2nd Place: Jean Case , “ He is Risen “ 3rd Place: Paula Ores , “ Autumn Day “ Honorable Mention: Jo Southern , “ Granny’s Iris “ Honorable Mention: Jean Case , “ Luna “ For Advanced Artists: Advanced Best in Show: Kimberly Ramsey-Mehrens , “ A Cow and Her Calf “ Advanced Oil/Acrylic: 1st Place: Kimberly Ramsey-Mehrens , “ Where’d Everybody Go “ 2nd Place: Mary Wilson , “ Lambs/6 “ 3rd Place: Judy Shoemake , “ Golden Hour “ Honorable Mention: D. Faye Crossno , “ Memories Long Past “ Honorable Mention: Cynthia Hall , “ Sunset Over Lake “ For Master Artists: Master Artist Best in Show: Sarah Sneed , “ Portrait #1 “ 1st Place: Maxine Welch , “ Blue Heron “ 2nd Place: Kerry Wilson , “ Tranquil Path “ 3rd Place: Sandy Ingram , “ Coyote Stalk “ Honorable Mention: Charlotte Harris , “ Sundown “ Honorable Mention: Skip Thompson , “ Colors in the Desert “ 1st Place: Sarah Sneed , “ Hidden “ 2nd Place: Joan Wegener , “ Family of Pots “ 3rd Place: Linda Bayard , “ Old Warrior “ Honorable Mention: Darla Murray , “ Wintersmith Park Duck Quack Memories “ Master Miscellaneous: 1st Place: Tommye Wilhite , “ Market Day “ 2nd Place: Peggy Davis , “ Sycamore Fall Fiesta “ 3rd Place: Victoria Murray , “ Abby & Buck “ Honorable Mention: Tommye Wilhite, “Sweet One “ Honorable Mention: June Melton, “Multi-Flower Bowl “ For Student Artists: Best of Show for Grades Pre-K to 6th Grade: Keely Cope from Byng schools, “ The Splash “ Best of Show for Grades 7-12: Cailey Eller from Holdenville schools, “ Lake and Blooms “ For Pre-K to Kindergarten: 1st Place: Haiden Leister from Shawnee schools, “ Ocean “ 2nd Place: Haiden Leister from Shawnee schools, “ Watermelon “ For Grades 1 through 3: 1st Place: Kamdyn Babb from Holdenville schools, “ Easter Bunny “ For Grades 4 through 6: 1st Place: Avery Weygand from Byng schools, “ Taking Home Treasure “ 2nd Place: Karli Cordray from Byng schools, “ Jiminy “ 3rd Place: Mya Hamilton from Byng schools, “ Bird of Prey “ Honorable Mention: Dominick Baggerly from Byng schools, “ Chokma Goka “ Honorable Mention: Kory Barrett from Byng schools, “The Great Pumpkin” Honorable Mention: Dellanie Martin from Byng schools, “Autumn” For Grades 7 through 9: 1st Place: Hannah Wolfe from Byng schools, “ Field of Sunflowers “ 2nd Place: Addison Carter from Holdenville schools, “ Sunset Lighthouse” 3rd Place: Chloe Yandreth from Holdenville schools, “ Hawaiian Vacation “ Honorable Mention: Hannah Wolfe from Byng schools, “ Leopard “ For Grades 10 through 12: 1st Place: Taylon Tucker from Holdenville schools, “Neon Frogs” 2nd Place: Jerricka Newton from Vanoss schools, “Flying Fish” 3rd Place: Kalena Harper from Holdenville schools, “Pollinator Work Zone” Honorable Mention: Cailey Eller from Holdenville schools, “The Odyssey” Honorable Mention: Gia Wood from Holdenville schools, “Highland Heifer”.

On October 20, 1911, The Postmaster reported to the City council that Holdenville could become eligible for free house delivery of mail, but certain things w2ould have to be changed. First new sidewalks would have to be built, because too much of the town was almost inaccessible due to lack of sidewalks. Also, there were no numbers on the houses. A system for numbering houses would have to be implemented.

REUNIONS SLATED FOR JUNE 28.

HOLDENVILLE MASONIC LODGE GIVE $600 SCHOLARSHIPS TO THREE HHS GRADUATES.

Ryan H. Pitts has been officially sworn as Special Judge of Seminole and Hughes Counties. District Judge Brett W. Butner originally announced the appointment on April 21, 2025. Pitts’ appointment was subsequently approved by all nine (9) District Judges in the South Central Administrative District. “I am pleased to welcome Ryan Pitts to serve as Special Judge for Seminole and Hughes Counties,” said Judge Butner. “His leadership, experience, and expertise will be an invaluable addition to our judiciary.”

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced Wednesday that five Oklahomans, including a Hughes County man, were sentenced for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in violation of federal law.

Seminole State College has released the names of honor roll students for the 2025 spring semester. Three separate honor rolls recognize students for their academic achievements. This semester 424 students were named to either the President’s, Vice President’s or Part-Time Student’s Honor Rolls.

Lewis Gizzard often wrote about growing up in a little Methodist church in Georgia and how precious it was to him in his childhood. Once, he said they had a couple of rowdy brothers in town who were the town juvenile offenders. They started coming to the youth group at the church. On the first night they went, they beat up two fifth graders and threw a hymnal at the lady who was the youth leader. She ducked just in time. She looked them squarely in their devilish eyes. She said, soft as an angel: “I don’t approve of what you boys did here tonight and neither does Jesus. But if he can forgive you, I guess I’ll have to.” She handed them a plate of cookies. Grizzard said: “And the last I heard—both those boys grew up and they’re daddies now with steady jobs and they rarely miss a Sunday at church. That was the first miracle I ever saw.” Miracles happen in places of love, acceptance and forgiveness.

Jerrie, a lifelong member of the United Methodist Church, has been a member of United Women in Faith (formerly United Methodist Women) since age 19 while attending college at Oklahoma University. She has served as a leader of UWFaith in many offices and levels of the organization, from local to national. After completing her degree in Medical Technology at The University of Oklahoma, she worked in the laboratory of the hospital in Broken Arrow, OK for five years before she and her husband began their family. During the years of raising her family she lived in Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico.