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Despite the challenges they faced to complete their education during a global pandemic, 220 Eastern Oklahoma State College students have earned their associate degree or certificate this year.
Read moreThe Coalgate School Board on May 3 approved the calendar for the 2021 - 2022 school year at its regular meeting.
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CENTRAHOMA CEMETERY ASSOCIATION 2021 MEMORIAL DAY REUNION — Steve and Bert Lynch open the 2021 reunion with a prayer. The Lynch family had the most representation at the reunion.
Read moreI know looks aren’t everything. At least that’s what mama tried to tell us when we were living hand to mouth over in Centrahoma. Things went pretty well when there was just immediate family around, but someone always came back. You know, the refugees from the dust, the poverty, and foreclosing banks. Such as my uncle’s families from California who returned periodically to visit. Many people from the “dust bowl era” migrated someplace else for the simple reason most chances for being prosperous in the dusty environs of Oklahoma and surrounding states had gone down to about zero. Books have been
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A SENIOR YEAR TO REMEMBER — No, the two guys on either side of graduate Stetson Logue are not graduating seniors – but Stetson was courageous enough to pose for a picture with them. Actually, we’re voting that all three deserve bravery awards! (Oops! This picture was published in the May 26 paper without the names of the two young men with Stetson Logue —Rowdy Hemphill, left, and Isaiah Holt.)
Read moreThe Chickasaw Nation Election Commission announces the filing period for the 2021 General Elections opens June 7 and continues through June 9, 2021.
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Coalgate School Superintendent Jack Ward on May 17 presented retirement clocks to four teachers who retired in 2021 plus a teacher and administrative assistant who retired in 2020 but were not recognized at that time due to the COVID pandemic. Shown from left, the retirees include Ernie Fanning, 2021, 13 years; Sherry Leaird, Administration, 2020, 21 years; Debra Shockey, 2021, 40 years; Cindy Mead, 2021, 39 years; Staci Acker, 2021, 21 years; and Paula Latimer, 2020, 15 years.
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