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Services celebrating and remembering the life of Billye “Jean” Rowland will be 1:00 p.m., Monday, September 21, 2020 at the First Baptist Church in Chelsea. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in Claremore. 500+ Visitation bred cows will be and 1-5, pairs. Sunday, September 20, 2020 Cows at the are funeral off local home. ranches. Jean passed away on Tuesday, More September information 15, on 2020. our website She was 83. The family has entrusted DeLozier Funeral Service with Jean’s care.
Read moreJim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.org.
Read moreWETUMKA 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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