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Happy Birthday To Dec. 22: Justin Thompson, Zachary Thompson, Andy Newby Dec. 23: Dustin Elmore, Jacy Gillenwaters, Scott James, Faye Hope Dec. 24: Jim London, Terry Turner, Brandon Melkus Dec. 26: Bob Benn, Natalie Eden, Kent Ledford Dec. 27: George Leist Dec. 28: Mindy Snow, Bub McIver, Maria Fraire Dec. 29: Ethan West, Kevin Wares, Bill Burkhart, Paula Bradt, Donna Vogt, JoAnna Smith Dec. 30: Chris Stansberry, DeAnna Benn, Maria Hughes, Lauren Ledford Dec. 31: Rochelle Province Happy Anniversary To Dec. 21: Mr. & Mrs. Tyson Bliss Dec. 22:...
General Fund POs Pioneer Telephone (cell, fax, alarm, internet, phone) – $449.32 Dacoma Coop (fuel and equipment maintenance and supplies) – $182.75 Alfalfa Electric Cooperative (streetlights, af/am, town) – $543.10 John Deere Financial (Atwoods) (supplies) – $228.96 SPC (office supplies) – $213.25 AOAO (airport membership) – $50 Quality Quick Lube – $55.25 Mann's Rental – $175 USA Blue Book (work boots) – $195.76 Circuit Engineering District #8 (posts and brackets) – $370 Board Member Meeting Payouts (July 1–Dec. 14) – $380 Fire Department PO...
The Freedom school board voted for a major overhaul of the school's heating and air-conditioning equipment by accepting a bid from Alfalfa Electric Cooperative Services Inc. in the amount of $90,000. There will be numerous Rheem units, with furnaces attached. The bid is contingent upon the school getting lease-purchase type of financing, probably from Alfalfa Electric Cooperative. The bid has an expiration date of 30 days. Suspension Upheld The first item on the agenda was an appeal by Freedom resident Craig Hamil to a board ruling to ban him...
Wednesday, Dec. 22: Christmas break begins, no school Tuesday, Jan. 3: Last day of Christmas break Tuesday, Jan. 3: 6:30 p.m. High school girls and boys basketball at home with Sharon-Mutual Thursday, Jan. 5: High school basketball tournament at Medford Friday, Jan. 6: High school basketball tournament at Medford Saturday, Jan. 7: High school basketball tournament at Medford Wednesday, Jan. 11: 3:30 p.m. 4-H meets Thursday, Jan. 12: 5:30 p.m. Sirloin Club Dinner and 6:30 p.m. Auction Friday, Jan. 13: 6:30 p.m. High school girls and boys...
The superintendent of the Freedom Schools, Frieda Burgess, was on the agenda of the Freedom Town Board's Dec. 14 meeting. After the meeting started, Mayor Shad Brackin asked what she wanted to talk about. Burgess, replied, "No particular item." She went on to ask the board to provide input for projects or repairs on the school. Burgess explained that roof work is being quickly accomplished with a loan, but that more extensive work will require a bond issue. Ty Harper said he thought the front...
The Freedom Board of Education, at its regular meeting Dec. 19, approved the 2017 school board meeting schedule. Regularly scheduled meetings of the Freedom Board of Education in 2017 will be held in the Freedom High School library, 1138 Eagle Pass, Freedom, beginning at 7 p.m. on the following dates: January 16, 2017 February 21, 2017 March 27, 2017 April 17, 2017 May 15, 2017 June 19, 2017 July 17, 2017 August 21, 2017 September 18, 2017 October 16, 2017 November 20, 2017 December 18, 2017...
The Woods County Excise Board met Wednesday morning, Dec. 21, and approved the following service charges to be assessed to each school district by the Woods County Treasurer: • Alva Schools – Budget $20,873,845.48, service fee $6,479 • Waynoka Schools – Budget $9,102,912.92, service fee $2,825 • Freedom Schools – Budget $2,620,631.50, service fee $813 • Northwest Technology Center – Budget $12,513,004.02, service fee $3,883 In other action the excise board approved the monthly appropriations: • District #1 Highway Cash: $174,853.78 • District #...
Ina R. Vincent Sylvester was born August 24, 1921, to Clarence and Jennie (Arndt) Culver in Freedom, Oklahoma. She passed away, Saturday December 17, 2016, at the Weatherford Living Center in Weatherford, Oklahoma, at the age of 95. Ina graduated from Freedom High School with the class of 1939. She was united in marriage to Loyd Vincent April 9, 1940, at Loyd's grandfathers' home east of Freedom, and he preceded her in death November 28, 1991. Following their marriage they farmed on the...
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said Wednesday that Joe Mixon would be off the team if he had punched a woman now instead of 2 1/2 years ago, when he suspended the star running back for a year in a move that has drawn sharp criticism. Mixon was suspended after punching Oklahoma student Amelia Molitor in 2014. Mixon returned last year and helped the Sooners reach the College Football Playoff, and he has been a standout again this year for No. 7 Oklahoma. In reversing course, Stoops said he believed that the then-18-year-old M...
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Years ago, a much smaller version of Oklahoma left tackle Orlando Brown Jr. was called for a personal foul in a youth football game. His dad, Orlando Sr. — all 6-foot-7 and well over 300 pounds of him —came rumbling down from the stands and onto the field. Not to complain to the officials. Not to chide his son. Because he finally saw it. The late Orlando Sr., nicknamed Zeus, started 119 NFL games as an offensive lineman, and he had long hoped the edge that could turn his son's enormous talent into something special would em...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — As state leaders look for ways to raise revenue to help close an estimated $868 million hole in next year's budget, they should consider broadening Oklahoma's sales tax base to include some services, like tattoos and car washes, that are currently exempt, Gov. Mary Fallin said Wednesday. The Republican governor said modernizing Oklahoma's tax code to reflect a more service-based economy is one of several ways she hopes to ease cuts to state agencies, many of which have endured deep cuts over the last three years. "Once a...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A man who led Oklahoma law enforcement officers on a weeklong manhunt was shot at least 20 times during a gun battle with authorities, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday. Michael Dale Vance Jr. died from a perforating gunshot wound to the neck, according to the report prepared by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. But the report also says Vance, 38, of Chandler, had a variety of other gunshot wounds to his arms, legs and pelvic area. In addition, the autopsy found two gunshot wounds from the earlier g...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Records reveal a former legislative assistant and her attorneys were paid $44,500 to settle a sexual harassment complaint against a state representative, according to an Oklahoma newspaper. Hollie Anne Bishop said Republican Rep. Dan Kirby began sexually harassing her shortly after she started working for him in January 2015. She said she was fired without an explanation Nov. 20, 2015, in retaliation for reporting the alleged harassment to the human resources director. Bishop stated she was not comfortable working with Kirb...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin says she doesn't expect an offer from President-elect Donald Trump to join his administration and that she has no plans to return to Washington. The Republican governor made the comments to reporters on Wednesday when asked if she expected to be offered a position in Trump's administration. Fallin says she has plenty of work to do preparing for the upcoming legislative session and that she's "happy right here in Oklahoma." Fallin met with Trump last month and was being considered to head the U...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Firefighters from Saudi Arabia are visiting Oklahoma City as part of a professional training program. The Journal Record (http://bit.ly/2i1O9je ) reports the International Association of Fire Chiefs recently entered into an agreement with Aramco Training Services Co., the U.S.-based subsidiary of Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company. Under that agreement, Saudi Aramco employees are traveling to the country to see how other departments work. Eight Saudi Aramco employees have been placed with the Oklahoma City station c...
DERBY, Kan. (AP) — A southern Kansas woman whose hands and feet had to be amputated after she was shot during a robbery got an early Christmas gift — new electronic hands worth $260,000, courtesy of a businessman and his wife. Julie Dombo of Derby showed off her new hands Tuesday with her husband, a day after receiving them as a present from Koch Industries' general counsel Mark Holden and his wife, The Wichita Eagle reported (http://j.mp/2hcXk3I). Dombo was shot in the arm and chest during an August 2015 robbery at a Derby AT&T store. Bec...
