State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister has named 70 high school students from around Oklahoma to her 2022 Student Advisory Council. This is the seventh year the group has convened to assist Hofmeister and the Oklahoma State Department of Education with policy matters.
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Wetumka won the Richie Peters Memorial Tournament held in Weleetka last week. They started off by edging passed Indianola, 51-48, then defeated Midway 82-58, and topped Strother 78-65 in the championship game.
Stuart Junior High Lady Hornets Consolation Champions
The Stuart Junior High Lady Hornets beat Stonewall and McLish to win the Consolation Championship of the Stonewall Junior High Tournament.
Opera singer Leona Mitchell was born October 13, 1949, in Enid, Oklahoma, as the tenth child of fifteen children of Rev. Hulon and Dr. Pearl Olive Leatherman Mitchell.
On December 28, 1921, Joseph and Rebecca Marks welcomed a little girl into their family. Martha, born one of eighteen children, grew up in Clearview and attended Clearview schools. After graduation, Martha married Ralph Bradley Sr.
Shirley Nero and Marilyn Jackson drove to Tulsa last week to meet their cousin Lamar Ballard of New York City for the first time. Shirley knew he existed but had never met him. They found each other through an ancestry search. Lamar is the grandson of the Ballard girl’s uncle Elzie Ballard who is the brother to their dad Roy. Lamar lived in north Tulsa at an early age, but the area was not a suitable place to raise children. She moved to Hutchinson, Kansas to raise her children. He followed his dream of moving to New York to become a men’s clothing model of which he currently does. He mostly does mannequin modeling. Elzie Ballard moved from Tulsa to Wetumka where he lived until his death. Lamar’s mother moved back to Tulsa where she currently resides, she is the daughter of Elzie. The sisters were excited to meet with Lamar and have plans to meet again in the future.
Sympathy is extended to the Forshee family on the death of Austin Henry “Joe” Forshee of Tulsa. Joe grew up in Clearview and was a graduate of Clearview High School. His funeral is Thursday in Tulsa under Butler-Stumpff & Dyer Funeral Home. Continue your prayers for those on our sick list: Billy Walker, L.C. Carson, Sharon Patton, Magdalene Bruton, Dorothy Loggins, Bobby Joe Forshee, Marjorie Plunkett, Kurrilue Johnson, and Earnest Hamilton.
IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY TOURNAMENT THE WETUMKA CHIEFTAINS CONTINUED THEIR WINNING WAYS WITH AN 82-66 WIN OVER EARLSBORO. Alex Allford and Lane Morris led the locals, each scoring 21 points. Jordan Osborn had 15 and Mason Allford 12. Rounding out the scoring were Jace McCoy – 6, Nick Lewis – 3, Chole Wright – 2 and Logan Spencer – 2. Pictured above with their Championship trophy from their previous win of the Richie Peter’s Memorial Tournament are:Front Row: Alex Allford, Lane Morris, Jordan Osborn, Kholton Sparks. Back Row: Landen Metz, Mason Allford, Buddha Williams, Cason Crump, Jace McCoy, Kameron Berryhill, Chole Wright, Logan Spencer, Elijah Harrison, Nick Lewis, Derrick Butler, Mozes Coachman.
Stuart Junior High Lady Hornets Consolation Champions
One of my grandsons got an archery set for Christmas and loves it. Around the same time my friend Kevin Fisher shared the following story . . .
Yes, there are people who live on this earth who see to it. One such individual was a “faithful” customer of mine way back in the 1970s. He was a chronic complain-er who was forever being shorted on his medicine, by me. The city overcharged him on his water and the butcher over at Allen Food Center always weighed his meat orders heavy. He had a rough life. He had one prescription for 30 pills. Cheap. So cheap that I only charged him a buck a month for his 30 pills. But of course, he said I always cheated him anyway so I just made it a point to give him an extra pill or two. This gift was never acknowledged.
