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The late Hazel Sheppard was a friend and a lady I admired. I did not know until recently that she wrote a series of articles about Wetumka and this area’s history from before statehood through the bicentennial celebration. Today, we want to share the first two articles.

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Residents of Wetumka found themselves without city water service this week after a critical failure at the city’s lake pumping system caused water levels in the community’s storage towers to drop to dangerously low levels.According to a statement released by city of- ficials, water service was shut...

Wes Watkins Technology Center extends its sincere appreciation to Don Chesser for 14 years of dedicated service on the Board of Education.Throughout his tenure, Mr. Chesser has played an important role in guiding the district’s growth and success.

Settled on our calendars and marked the third summer Sunday in June comes the most humble of all our holidays. More socks, ties, and crayon-covered cards are awarded on this day than on any other in the year. Some call the day “Dad’s Second Christmas.”

Lamar First Baptist Church celebrated their annual cake bake off. Awarded trophies to first places and ribbons to second and third places. Contestants pictured left to right are Larry Smith, Trevor Carpenter, Claude Butler, Tom Simmons, Darrell Shields and Broderic Ford.

Lawrence Neill is a member of the agriculture committee of our Holdenville Chamber of Commerce. For years Lawrence has never been able to make his voice heard. Now Wetumka has done just that very thing—in establishment of a Farmer’s Co-Op.

Don’t forget the annual Gerty Day reunion on Saturday, June 27 starting at 9 a.m. witha potluck lunch at 12:00 p.m. It will be held in the Gerty Community Center and all former students are encouraged to attend.For more information contact Linda Meyer at 580-421-7360.

The Atwood Alumni Reunion will be held June 27th in the Lowell Wilkerson Community Center. The building will open at noon and a potluck dinner will be enjoyed at 5:00 followed by a short business meeting.All former students and residents of the area are invited.