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Aunt Sophia was a great storyteller with a knack for tugging at hearts and tickling funny bones when she had a captive audience of one or more. Her listeners would be transported to another time, enchanted, forgetting about their heartache or woes.

A regular scheduled meeting of the Wetum ka City Council will be held at 6:30pm, Friday, June 20, 2025. The following items are scheduled for consideration and possible action by the City Council at the time.Mayor Norma Marshall called the meeting to order at 6:30pm.

Tracy Lindley, teacher at Calvin Public Schools was named Teacher of the Year for 2024-25 school year. Congratulations Tracy! Photo Courtesy Meredith Guffey

Pictured above are David and Kim Costley who have been great helpers at the C&C Pyro fireworks stand this year in We tumka. They will be opened until midnight Thursday and Friday. On July 5 they will be opened until 5:00pm.

LAND OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE...Veterans and their classmates from Gerty Schools gathered for their annual allclass school reunion this past weekend. Many familiar faces were in attendance, including these hero veterans pictured above.

An anonymous donor, donated money to build a firecracker stand in Wetumka to help with the fireworks show. The detailed of reason of the investment is the people of Wetumka have always supported the community events; but people have started to notice the loss of 4th of July events in town.

United States AmbassadorJUNE MARKS THE 75TH ANNI- versary of the start of the Korean War — a conflict that claimed millions of lives, shaped the modern global order, and yet is too often relegated to the margins of our collective memory.

It happened before Christmas last year. I had gone to town with my wife, Gayla. She had several stops she needed to make, including a major stop at WalMart. You might be wondering why I went with her. I needed the 'points'—I was really low on points, on the verge of desperate.

Sympathy to the family of Beetta Combs Griffin, who passed on June 20, 2025. Services will be held on June 26, 2025, at Temple Funeral Home, Oklahoma City, OK. Beetta was the daughter of the late Sandy and Idessa Combs of Clearview, OK.

Meet and Greet with Your Senator WHO: Senator Bryan Logan – District8 WHEN: July 2, 2025 TIME: 11:00 a.m. WHERE: Main Street Community Center, 302 W. Main, Clearview, OK74880