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: The Main Street bridge is out for an extended time until the bridge is replaced. The "Old School Gym" received a grant through REAP to replace the gym and kitchen floors. The work will begin next week. Please continue your prayers for those on our sick list: Ted Jack - son, Clifford Normore, Billy Walker, L.C. and Irene Carson, Sharon Patton, Laura Beavers, Dorothy Loggins, Marjorie Plunkett, Ethelene Scott, Kurrilue Johnson, Earnest Hamil -
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Alsuma was a rural community located between Tulsa and Broken Arrow in Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was initially named Welcome, Oklahoma, but was renamed Alsuma in 1905 after a U.S. Post Office was opened there. Some say that the town was named after a local merchant, John Alsuma, however, legend has it that the name “Alsuma” was given to the town as a compromise between three town leaders after dis-agreement of what new name be given the town.
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On Martin Luther King Jr. Day held in Clearview, persons attending the event were asked to bring a donation of items for a person living in an elderly care center. Several attendees dropped off items such as deodorants, face soaps, hand soaps, games, hair products, blankets, house shoes, wash clothes, and money to purchase items. Following the MLK program, the Suggas continued to collect and shop for more items. Last week, the Brown Suggas club delivered the items to elder care centers in Weleetka and Okemah. The residents were very pleased to receive the donations and the club members involved were very excited about giving to those in need. They said this will not be the last opportunity to make donations to someone in need of such donations. Those helping with delivery were Helen Bush, Elayne Evans, Edith Jimboy, and Shirley Nero.
Read moreSt Patrick’s Day was never a big deal in Stonewall. In fact, if it hadn’t been for those old Warner Path-A Newsreels at the Main Theatre I might not have even known there was one. Or maybe it was my sister Sue giving me a pinch on St Patrick’s Day because I didn’t have any green on my shirt that reminded me. There were no St. Patrick’s Day parades in Stonewall. Or even in the big city of Ada.
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Voters decided that Oklahoma is not ready for adult use cannabis, also referred to as, recreational marijuana. State Question 820 was defeated by a vote of 349,121 no votes to 216,883 yes votes. (61.68% to 38.32%). The vote was split even more drastically in Hughes County. Out of the 1,955 ballots cast in the county, only 495 (25.32%) voted in favor of the question with 1,460 (74.68%) voting no All 77 counties rejected the state question. Total voter turnout was 25.35% of those eligible to vote in this election.
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Wilma Agatha “Gabby” Branum was born November 9, 1946 in Hanna, Oklahoma to William Oscar Blair and Elsie Blanche (Meek) Blair and passed from this life March 7, 2023 in Okemah, Oklahoma at the age of 76.
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