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Happy Birthday To Jan. 11: Tegan Cook, Gene Burnham Jan. 12: Amanda Isenbart Jan. 13: Darlien Kamas, Alan Burkhart, Ruth Fisher Jan. 14: Kayle Costello, Taylor Turner, Kassidy Bourassa Jan. 15: Jan Howard Jan. 16: Laryn Luddington, Steve Brady Jan. 17: Stephanie Gillenwaters Jan. 18: Linn Melkus, Lance Bradt, Andrea Haney Jan. 19: Guy Rackley Jan. 20: Priscilla Ledford Johnson, Darren Hughes, Lou Wilshire, Patricia Jessup, Shelley Wyckoff, Dasan Gillenwaters Jan. 21: Shelly Lane, Royce Friend Jan. 22: Paula McMurphy, Buddy Dotter, Margene Burnh...
On Sunday, Jan. 7, the order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church was: Prelude by Janell Reutlinger Opening prayer by Pastor Woody Hamon Call to Worship – Psalm 113:1-9 led by Johnnie Sue Olson Opening hymn “Because He Lives” led by Debbie Brown, song leader Affirmation of Faith led by Debbie Brown Hymn of Justifying Grace “Hymn of Promise” Offertory – Janell Reutlinger Offertory Prayer by Pastor Woody Hamon Children’s Moment – Pastor Woody Scripture – Mark 8:27-18 Jesus asking Who do people say I am? And asking His disciples who...
Friday, Jan. 12: Junior high basketball vs. Waynoka, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16: High school basketball at Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Thursday–Saturday, Jan. 18–20: High school basketball at Buffalo Tournament Tuesday, Jan. 23: High school basketball at Waynoka at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25: Junior high basketball vs Hillsdale at 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26: (Homecoming) high school basketball vs Hardesty at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27: Freedom Elementary Basketball Festival Tuesday, Jan. 30: High school basketball at Taloga at 6:30 p.m...
The Freedom School Board had a quick 11-minute meeting before adjourning into executive session to discuss the employment of Michelle Shelite, a part-time bus driver, and approve the superintendent's contract. After the executive session, the remaining items on the agenda had possible actions of approving contracts for the three individuals. Shelite was rehired, but no action was taken on a part-time bus driver. Faculty member Bryant Weber described the planned senior trip, which will include seven students and two sponsors, to Washington,...
General Fund POs Pioneer telephone (cell, fax, alarm, internet, phone) – $449.74 Alfalfa Electric Cooperative (street lights, af/am, town) – $979.01 SPC (office supplies) – $10.82 Dacoma Co-op (fuel and supplies) – $163.48 Locke Supply (supplies) – $162.52 Starr Lumber (supplies) – $33.54 John Deere Financial (Atwoods) (supplies) – $82.76 OK Department of Commerce (training registration) – $100 OMAG (liability/auto 4th quarter) – 651.25 OMAG (property 4th quarter) – $1,003.25 Freedom Hardware (supplies) – $115.86 Fire Department POs High Plains...
The first order of business on the Woods County commissioners' agenda Monday morning was to elect officers of their group. John Smiley made a motion to keep the officers “as is.” David Hamil seconded the motion and the question passed unanimously. Randy McMurphy will remain as chairman and John Smiley as vice-chairman. John Smiley made a motion to approve the following SIM gas road-crossing permits in his district. D3 16-24-13 9-24-13 SemGas Gas $500 D3 4-24-13 33-25-13 SemGas Gas $500 D3 33-25-13 32-25-13 SemGas Gas $500 The following mon...
The regular meeting of the Avard Regional Rail Park Authority was held Tuesday evening at the Northwest Technology Center campus. All members were present including Bob Firth, Stan Bixler, Joe Royster, Ed Sutter and Todd Holder. Also attending were County Clerk Shelley Reed, County Commissioner Randy McMurphy and Exectuive Director Sonja Williams. No railway cars of gravel have been unloaded, and the asphalt plant at the site is slow because of winter weather. The cash bank balance is...
ALINE, Okla. – Fresh off a consolation championship at the Medford tournament last weekend, the Freedom High School girls traveled to face Aline-Cleo for the second time in as many games. The Lady Eagles never looked back after a quick lead as they defeated the Lady Cougars, 36-22. The Lady Eagles will be in action tonight at home as they host Waynoka at 6:30 p.m. On Tuesday, they will have a tough test on the road at No. 8 Burlington, before the closing the week at the Buffalo Tournament. F...
ALINE, Okla. – The Freedom High School boys avenged a season opening loss to Aline-Cleo with a 51-46 win on the road Tuesday night. The Eagles improved their record to 5-10 this season, winning four of their last seven games. The boys will be back in action tonight at home against Waynoka, with tipoff set for 7:30. They will hit the road next Tuesday at Burlington, before a weekend set of games at the Buffalo Tournament. Before the date with the Cougars in Aline on Tuesday, the Eagles took p...
Medford – The Lady Eagles beat Deer Creek-Lamont 48-41 on Friday night to move into the consolation championship. The game was tight the whole way with DCLA leading 14-13 after the first quarter. Lady Eagles held DCLA to only 6 points in the second as Freedom scored 13 again. Going into the second half Freedom had a 26-20 lead. DCLA had a 12-9 advantage in the third and made it a 3-point game going into the fourth quarter. Freedom returned the favor with a 13-9 fourth quarter advantage to s...
SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist opens the season Feb. 2 as the No. 2 team in the Great American Conference, according to the coaches' poll released Wednesday. The Bison received 109 points, including three first-place votes. Southern Arkansas received the remainder of the 12 first-place votes and finished with 119 points. Coaches were not permitted to rank their own club. Arkansas Tech is ranked third with 102 points, followed by Arkansas-Monticello at 89, Henderson State at 84, Southwestern Oklahoma State at 67, Southeastern Oklahoma State at 5...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. - Arkansas Tech baseball has been picked to finish third in the 2018 Great American Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll, the league office announced Wednesday. The Wonder Boys are coming off a 34-21 record last season, including a 24-9 mark in conference play to finish second in the regular season standings. Arkansas Tech earned 102 total points in the vote, just behind second-place Oklahoma Baptist (109). Southern Arkansas, the 2017 GAC regular season champions, were picked to win the conference with nine first-place votes....
USSELLVILLE, Ark. – After a 2017 season that saw the program claim its fourth Great American Conference Regular Season Championship and appear in its ninth NCAA Regional Tournament of the past ten years, the Southern Arkansas Mulerider Baseball team has been picked to repeat as league champions in 2018 after being named preseason favorites by the conference head coaches as announced by the league on Wednesday afternoon. SAU received 119 points and claimed nine of the twelve first-place votes, while Oklahoma Baptist (109) received the r...
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — This week's news that the Trump administration is ending Temporary Protected Status for 200,000 migrants from El Salvador is also rattling nerves in neighboring Honduras. A decision on the fate of more than 50,000 Hondurans living in the United States under TPS is expected in July, and it could have severe social, economic and political consequences for the Central American nation. Experts say that as in El Salvador, the return of tens of thousands of people — plus, potentially, an untold number of their U.S...
MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) — Anxious family members awaited word on loved ones Wednesday as rescue crews searched for two dozen people missing after mudslides in Southern California destroyed an estimated 100 houses, swept away cars and left at least 15 victims dead. "It's just waiting and not knowing, and the more I haven't heard from them — we have to find them," said Kelly Weimer, whose elderly parents' home was wrecked by the torrent of mud, trees and boulders that flowed down a fire-scarred mountain and slammed into this coastal town in San...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that it "seems unlikely" that he'd give an interview in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign. Trump said "we'll see what happens" when asked if he'd provide an interview to Mueller's team. "When they have no collusion and nobody's found any collusion at any level, it seems unlikely that you'd even have an interview," Trump said during a joint news conference with the prime minister of Norway. The special counsel's...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — When armed men tried to kidnap and threatened to kill him, Pakistani journalist Taha Siddiqui said he feared he would become another statistic in a growing list of activists and bloggers who have disappeared in Pakistan after criticizing the country's powerful military or advocating peace with hostile neighbor India. Siddiqui, the Pakistan bureau chief for the New Delhi-based online news agency World is One News, said he suspected the attack Wednesday was payback for his critical reporting on Pakistan's powerful military and i...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump threw his weight behind the Olympics-inspired diplomatic opening with North Korea, telling South Korea's leader Wednesday that the U.S. was open to talks with Kim Jong Un's government under the right circumstances. A White House statement said Trump and South Korea's President Moon Jae-in still underscored the importance of continuing the "maximum pressure" campaign against North Korea over its development of nuclear weapons — the U.S.-led barrage of international sanctions that is starting to bite the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appeared sympathetic Wednesday to states that seek to prune their voting rolls by targeting people who haven't voted in a while. In a case from Ohio, opponents of the practice called it a violation of a federal law that was intended to increase the ranks of registered voters. Justice Sonia Sotomayor said minorities and homeless people appear to be disproportionately kicked off the rolls. But the court's conservatives and possibly also Justice Stephen Breyer indicated that they would uphold the state's effort....
NEW YORK (AP) — A spirited Dutch duck-luring dog and a friendly French rabbit hound are now running with the American Kennel Club's pack. The club announced Wednesday that it's recognizing the Nederlandse kooikerhondje and the grand basset griffon Vendeen. They're the first breeds added to the roster since 2016. They're eligible for many dog shows this year but can't compete at the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club show until next year. The Nederlandse kooikerhondje (pronounced NAY'-dehr-lahn-seh KOY'-kehr-hahnd-jeh) goes back hundreds of y...
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is taking on the oil industry on two fronts, announcing a lawsuit Wednesday that blames the top five oil companies for contributing to global warming and saying the city will sell off billions in fossil fuel investments from the city's pension funds. Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio received immediate blowback from some of the companies, while winning praise from environmentalists and others. "We're bringing the fight against climate change straight to the fossil fuel companies that knew about its effects and i...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Charles Dutoit has stepped down as artistic director and principal conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra following multiple allegations of sexual assault, the orchestra said Wednesday. The renowned conductor's departure had been scheduled for October 2019, but the London-based orchestra said in a statement that his departure was effective immediately. The decision, made jointly with Dutoit, followed an emergency board meeting and ongoing dialogue with the conductor, according to the statement. Multiple symphonies d...
NEW YORK (AP) — Diet Coke is getting a makeover to try to invigorate the sugar-free soda's slumping sales. Coca-Cola Co. said Wednesday it's adding a slimmer 12-ounce Diet Coke can, updating the logo and offering the 35-year-old drink in four new flavors, including mango and ginger lime. The taste of the plain Diet Coke will stay the same, the Atlanta-based company said. Diet Coke sales have fallen as more people switch to other low-calorie drinks, such as flavored fizzy water. In fact, Coca-Cola said the new slim 12-ounce cans are the same o...
