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Congratulations to Mr. Donnie Nero for winning the $100 of free groceries at Randy’s Foods in Okmulgee on February 7th. They said, “We hope you enjoy them…thank you for your purchase!” Nero was excited about winning and took his wife Shirley along to help him choose his selection of groceries.

Mission StatementTo provide a scholarship for an athletic senior boy or girl to attend an accredited college or university of their choice in Oklahoma. Ensure your application is postmarked no later than April 15, 2025.Purpose of ScholarshipE.M. “Nat” Watson Mr.

The OAAE HOF is offering a $1,000 scholarship to any senior high school girl or boy athlete wishing to attend an accredited college or university in the State of Oklahoma. You may find the application at www.oaaehof.org. The application is due April 15, 2025.

Remember Alpheus Grundy’s son Gerald. He is in Oklahoma City going through testing for an illness. Otis Davis is on the sick list again.

Born on August 25, 1905, in Colbert, Oklahoma Indian Territory, he was the youngest of five children. His parents, Carrie Williams Hall and Claude DeVoyd Hall, were both descendants of several generations of African and Chickasaw Indian Americans born in Indian Territory, Oklahoma.

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not so sure about the universe."Albert Einstein Being the news junkie that I am, I found myself watching some of the Senate hearings last week, dumbfounded by the assortment of muttonheads in Congress.

FELONIESMatthew D.

Have you ever walked down the sidewalk, determined to be friendly and cheerful that par_cular day, and looked up to see someone coming toward you, but you couldn’t figure out whether to say “Good morning, sir” or Good morning, miss?

We are a family of readers. We’ve always had lots of books around our house and we encouraged our children to read when they were young. I hung a poster in my elementary daughter’s room that said “Readers are leaders and leaders are readers.