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Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.org.
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WETUMKA HOMECOMING CANDIDATES AND THEIR ESCORTS are pictured: Left to right: Freshmen Logan Melton and Natalie Williams, Sophomores Hayden Hobia and Kaiya Herrod, Juniors Jadyn Young and Jordan Osborn, Seniors Allison Bray and Alex Freeman. Photo by Ashley Ray
Read moreWetumka lost its second game in a row to a strong Davenport squad 60-14.
Read moreIt was the second loss this season for the Outlaws. Weleetka scored two touchdowns, the first on a five-yard run by Dakota Hendrix. Chase Pitts scored the twopoint conversion.
Read moreWeleetka Public Schools will have a school wide Distance Learning Day on Friday, Sept. 18. Students will stay home, log on to their Google Classroom and complete homework assigned. Grab and go breakfast & lunch for students will be available for pick up by the parent/guardian between 10:00-11:30 at the back of the cafeteria. Regular school will resume on Monday, Sept. 21.
Read moreAlongside I-40 going into Oklahoma City is a large billboard informing passersby that a large percentage of Oklahoma’s children face a hungry bedtime. In other words, need food. When I saw it, I thought of the old “Feed the Children” programs picturing little skinny starving kids needing some food and we need to “give” some money. But this was right here in America and that disturbs me. In fact, I do not believe it. These programs may be running to take financial care of those who happen to be running them with feeding kids as a secondary factor.
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