Articles from the March 16, 2017 edition
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Freedom birthdays and anniversaries
Happy Birthday To March 16: Larry Bradt, Braydon Bliss March 17: Jay Rankin, Kamron Hensley March 18: Michael Horntvedt, Leah Darr, Travis Walker, Even Burkhart, Julie Isenbart, Sandy Pierce March 19: Randy McMurphy March 20: Corby Bradt, Leslie...
Fires 74 percent contained
The Northwest Oklahoma Complex wildfires, composed of four fire areas in Beaver, Harper and Woodward counties, is now considered to be 74 percent contained, according to the Oklahoma Forestry Service. The fires began on Monday, March 6. The Selman...
Freedom Alumni Banquet planning meeting
All Freedom alumni are asked to meet March 19 at 3 p.m. at the Freedom School. Anyone graduating in the a year ending in 7 (’57, ’67, ’77, ’87, ’97, ’07) is asked to come to the meeting to plan the Alumni Banquet to be held April 15. The...
Freedom United Methodist Church news
Sunday, March 12, was the second Sunday of Lent. The order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church was: Prelude by Janell Reutlinger Opening Prayer given by Pastor Woody Hamon Call to Worship Psalm 48:1-14 led by Debbie Brown Opening Hymn...
Freedom school calendar
March 13-17: Spring break, no school Saturday. April 1: Junior-Senior Prom Friday, April 7: Snow day, no school Wednesday, April 12: 3:30 p.m. 4-H meeting Wednesday, April 12: 8 a.m. to noon, 8th grade to tour Northwest Technology Center, Alva...
Gov. Fallin sets special Freedom school election
Freedom school district residents will have to wait awhile to decide officially who will sit in seat number 2. Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed an order March 7 to hold the special school election on September 12. Following the Feb. 14 election,...
Freedom Town Board charging less for trash pickup than they are paying
Before the latest wildfire broke out last week, the Freedom Town Board had scheduled an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss trash pickup rates. The meeting was canceled because of the fires, so the topic was added as a regular agenda item for the...
Moore-Russell announce engagement
Brad and Michelle Moore of Anthony, Kansas, would like to announce the engagement of their daughter Heather René Moore to Lucas Cole Russell. Lucas is the son of Tom and Julie Russell of Freedom,...
Move over Amazon; OG&E using drones for storm recovery
OKLAHOMA CITY — OG&E is gearing up for severe storm season 2017 with plans to use drones and advanced planning to expedite storm assessment and restoration times. “We used drones for the first time to assess damage in the Woodward area following...
Town of Freedom expenditures
General Fund POs Dacoma Co-op (fuel and equipment maintenance and supplies) – $280.47 Dacoma Co-op (fuel and equipment maintenance and supplies) – $441.59 Alfalfa Electric Cooperative (streetlights, af/a, town) – $1,075.06 John Deere Financial...
Who Am I? Women's Conference
Last month the ladies of Freedom Christian Church attended a women's conference that challenged the participants to explore their purpose to serve and how to serve that purpose. Sue Mitchell, who...
Woods County Mineral Owners Association meeting
The Woods County Mineral Owners Association invites all area mineral and land owners to attend the March 30 meeting of the Woods County Mineral Owners Association at 6 p.m. at the Northwest Technology Center, 1801 S 11th St. in Alva. The guest...
Bison Perfect Against Millersville
ORLANDO, Fla – Oklahoma Baptist completely blanked Millersville – losing no games – in a 9-0 shutout Wednesday. Kevin Andrusch, Lucas Castelo Branco, Luis Romero, Thomas Ackerknecht, Matias Le Fort and Gianluca Galdi all posted 6-0, 6-0 wins...
Lady Bison Subdue Millersville
ORLANDO, Fla – Oklahoma Baptist capped its stay in Florida with a 9-0 win over Millersville, losing just two games along the way. Olivia Charvat, Kim Moosbacher, Madeleine Boepple, Alex Bowers and Alex Morales all scored 6-0, 6-0 singles wins....
Lady Bison Level Ozarks
CLARKSVILLE, Ark. – Oklahoma Baptist continued its three-stop tour of Arkansas with a sweep of University of the Ozarks Wednesday, 13-3 and 7-5. OBU had 28 hits for the doubleheader, getting 15 in the second game while leaving 10 runners stranded....
Storm Split With Hillcats
BETHANY, Okla. — Southern Nazarene downed Rogers State 5-4 in extra-innings with a walk-off double from Kriston Shumaker in the opener. Rogers State took the second game, using the help of three home runs to beat the Storm 18-11 Wednesday...
Eagles' bats quiet in close loss at UCO
EDMOND, Okla. (March 15, 2017) – A big seventh inning gave Oklahoma Christian hope on Wednesday afternoon at Central Oklahoma, but UCO scratched out a run in the eighth to edge the Eagles 5-4 at Wendell Simmons Field. OC (13-11) managed only six...
Sherrill, Stewart sweep initial GAC outdoor track and field honors
OKLAHOMA CITY (March 15, 2017) – Sprinter Elijah Sherrill and high jumper Justin Stewart gave Oklahoma Christian a sweep of the initial Great American Conference men's outdoor track and field weekly awards for the 2017 season, which were announced...