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Happy Birthday to Sept. 13: Bret Nixon, Crystal Schroeder, Ty Harper, Wyatt Woodson, Mary Stewart Melkus Sept. 14: Lawson King Sept. 16: Amanda Schroeder Sept. 17: Clark Schultz, Shane Justice Sept. 19: Janet Bliss, Jason Thompson, Tiffini Darr, Colleen Nixon Sept. 20: Rena Powers, Mar Sample, Charlene Rohrer Sept. 22: Cody Ferguson Sept. 23: Lynn Haney Sept. 24: Neil Erisman, Sue Reed, Sandy Schroeder, Julie Wyckoff Sept. 25: Kelli Erisman Sept. 27: Vanessa Nailon Sept. 28: Donna Smith, Matt Bilyeu, Arlee Hope Reed Sept. 29: Zandi Rankin,...
Happy Anniversary To Sept. 15: Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Wares Sept. 16: Mr. & Mrs. Reuben Koehn Sept. 22: Mr. & Mrs. C. R. Nixon Sept. 25: Mr. & Mrs. Wade Walker (Note: Send corrections, additions to: freedomcallnews@gmail.com or call 800-305-2111)...
Sunday, Sept. 9, the order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church was: Prelude by Janell Reutlinger “Happy Birthday” was sung to Debbie Brown Announcements: Admin Council Meeting, Sept. 20, 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Bible study will start on Wednesday, Oct. 17, at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. We will be studying “Moses” by Adam Hamilton. Invocation by Pastor Todd Finley Call to Worship: Psalm 100 led by Shirley Wagner Opening hymn: “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee” led by song leader Debbie Brown Affirmation of Faith Gl...
General Fund John Deere Financial (Atwoods July 2018 – Dec. 2018) – $1000 VISA (supplies July 2018 – Dec. 2018) – $5000 OEDA (annual dues) – $75 U.S. Postal Service (annual box fee) – $56 H&A Pest Control (spray) – $50 JC Supply Products (insecticide) – $555 Fire Department Washburn (pump) – $300.12 Ambulance Circuit Engineering (sign) – $12.25 MTA Rural Water District (August) – $3,270.55 Comp Source – $273.69 Harper Sanitation (August) – $3813.76 Southern Star (August) – $111.25 DEQ (April, May, June e-coli test) – $73.17 MESO (annual dues)...
Freedom Public Schools will host a book fair in the Freedom Library Sept. 17–20 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be extended hours on Sept. 20 to accommodate the parent-teacher conferences held until 9 p.m. The goal is to sell over $700. Scholastic, the book company offering the fundraiser, will give Freedom library 50 percent of all sales over $700 in Scholastic dollars to choose free books for Freedom students. The book fair is also open online at www.scholastic.com/fb/freedomschool1. Purchases are possible Sept. 12–25. Benefits of sho...
DURANT, Oklahoma – Oklahoma Baptist volleyball moved to 2-0 in conference play with a 3-0 (25-11, 25-20, 25-19) sweep of Southeastern Oklahoma State on Tuesday night in Durant at Bloomer Sullivan Gym. It is the fourth straight season for OBU to start 2-0 in Great American Conference action since joining the league in 2015. With the win, OBU is one of three teams sitting atop the GAC standings at a perfect 2-0 in the early portion of league play. Oklahoma Baptist took advantage of the Savage Storm's errors to claim victory on the night, k...
DURANT, Okla. – After an outstanding performance in the GAC Preview Event at Lake Hefner GC in Oklahoma City, Okla., Zach James has been named the Great American Conference Male Golfer of the Week. It was a record-setting week as his final round 63 marked the lowest competitive round fired by a Southeastern golfer and his total of 197, or 19-under-par, set both school and conference records for the best 54-hole total. He opened his tournament with a round of 65 and followed it with a 69 before closing out the event with his record 63. Over t...
DURANT, Okla. – Errors proved costly for Southeastern as the Savage Storm dropped the Great American Conference opener versus Oklahoma Baptist 3-0 on Tuesday night in Bloomer Sullivan Gymnasium. The Savage Storm slip to 4-9 overall and 0-1 in league play and will be looking to right the ship on Sept. 13 when it travels to Ada, Okla., to face rival East Central at 7 p.m. SE was plagued by errors, finishing with 21 attack errors, five service errors and nine reception errors, and thus were unable to gain any traction offensively. Abby Jameson p...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – After taking home the individual medalist honor at the NSU Golf Classic, SWOSU senior golfer Gloria Choi has been named the GAC Golfer of the Week. The award was announced by the conference office on Wednesday afternoon. Choi earns the fifth GAC Golfer of the Week honor after her performance she led the Bulldogs to a runner-up finish in Tahlequah by shooting rounds of 71 and 72 for a one-under par finish at the tournament. She was tied for second place after the first round and made her move to the top spot during the f...
BETHANY, Okla. – For the first time since 2012, the SWOSU Volleyball team left the Sawyer Center victorious after defeating Southern Nazarene 3-1 (25-21, 25-22, 25-27, 25-19) on Tuesday evening in Bethany. SWOSU controlled the first set, but had to play from behind in the second and third sets. In the second, the Bulldogs trailed 22-17 as Kodee Avery stepped to the service line and served out the set, with the Dawgs scoring the final nine points in total to pull away for the 25-22 set win. The third set saw the Bulldogs again play out of a h...
SEARCY, Ark.– Hunter Eshnaur and Allie Anderson dished out 11 kills apiece, but the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns volleyball team (7-6, 1-1 Great American Conference) was unable to overcome the hot hitting of Harding (6-6, 1-0), falling 3-1 to the Lady Bisons on Tuesday night. NEXT UP Arkansas Tech returns to action this Thursday night, hosting Ouachita Baptist at Tucker Coliseum. A 6 p.m. match is scheduled. HOW IT HAPPENED The back-and-forth opening set saw six lead changes. An Eshnaur kill knotted the set at 16 and started a 6-0 Tech run that s...
SEARCY – The Harding volleyball team defeated Arkansas Tech 3-1 (20-25, 25-11, 25-20, 25-22) Tuesday to open its Great American Conference season. It was also the Lady Bisons home opener. Harding improves to 6-6 on the season and 1-0 in the GAC. Arkansas Tech falls to 7-6 overall and 1-1 in the GAC. FIRST SET After a 5-0 run to give the Lady Bisons a 16-15 lead, Arkansas Tech went on a 6-0 run to lead 21-16. Harding pulled within two, 22-20 but the Golden Suns scored the next three points to win 25-20. Arkansas Tech hit .457 with 18 kills in t...
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The Ouachita volleyball team got off to a hot and fast start on Tuesday evening and never looked back as they defeated Southern Arkansas 25-23, 25-17 and 25-19. Ouachita (11-3, 2-0 GAC) has now won their conference home opener in three consecutive seasons. For Southern Arkansas (3-9, 0-2) this is now their seventh game in a row in which they have not won a set. "Overall we won in three and we finished when we needed to finish," Ouachita head volleyball coach Allison Frizzell-Kizer said. "We finished plays when we needed t...
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Southern Arkansas Volleyball suffered a straight sets defeat (23-25, 17-25, 19-25) on Tuesday night at the hands of one of the Great American Conference's top offensive teams in the Ouachita Tigers. The Muleriders fall to 3-9 on the season and 0-2 in league play, while the Tigers improve to 11-3 and 2-0 in GAC action. OF NOTE Sophomore Morgan Gross led with a team-high eight kills, while freshman Ciarra Wright added seven, with sophomore Lauren Smith producing six. Smith's kill total came a team-best .214 hitting p...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma man already serving life in prison on a murder charge has been sentenced to an additional 20 years of punishment for running a drug ring from behind bars. Court records show 36-year-old Slint Kenneth Tate was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Tulsa after pleading guilty in June to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Tate admitted in a plea agreement that he used cellphones smuggled to him in prison to run the drug operation. Six co-defendants previously pleaded guilty to c...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma gun advocates are pushing back after a new Tulsa park turned away people carrying handguns, arguing that the new riverfront park isn't abiding by state law. Three individuals with handguns, including an Oklahoma Second Amendment Association member, were prohibited from entering the Gathering Place when it officially opened to the public last weekend. Park officials said Saturday that handguns weren't permitted because firearms didn't create a safe and inclusive environment for families, the Tulsa World reported . "P...
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — An arrest warrant for a gymnastics coach facing sex abuse charges in Texas and Oklahoma alleges he put his hands inside girls' leotards. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports the Oklahoma warrant accuses 51-year-old Skipper Glenn Crawley of molesting 8- to 10-year-old girls as they stretched. Crawley also is accused of instituting a "hug line" at the end of practices at Tulsa World Gymnastics during the 1990s and requiring girls to embrace him. Crawley was jailed in Fort Worth after being charged with three counts of s...
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — A Cherokee Nation official says medical marijuana won't be legal on the Oklahoma-based tribe's property even though the state's voters approved use of the plant. The Cherokee Phoenix reports Cherokee Nation Assistant Attorney General Chrissi Nimmo says the tribe must adhere to its own laws as well as federal regulations, and that Oklahoma law does not apply. Nimmo says possession and sale of cannabis remain illegal under tribal and federal law. Nimmo says some of the tribe's funding is conditioned on prohibiting the u...
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — An Olathe woman already charged with trying to kill her three children is now accused of seeking a hit man to kill her ex-husband. Therese Irene Roever was charged Wednesday with a second attempted capital murder charge for plotting to have an unnamed person kill John Roever. The Kansas City Star reports 37-year-old Therese Roever was charged in February with attempted capital murder for an alleged attempt on her children's lives. John Roever had residential custody of the children but they were visiting their mother when s...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Food Bank officials say an expanded Wichita warehouse will allow the organization to provide 1 million more meals across the state. Debi Kreutzman, spokeswoman for the organization, says in a news release that the food bank is using more than $5 million raised in a capital campaign to build a 21,000-square-foot addition. The addition will include a volunteer center, warehouse space and more freezer and cooler space. Construction is expected to begin later this year and be completed in May. The Wichita Eagle r...
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a Kansas sheriff's deputy was demoted because he couldn't succeed at the police academy and not because of alleged discrimination based on his sexual orientation. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree last month dismissed a lawsuit filed by Kyle Appleby, who alleged Douglas County Sheriff's Office employees discriminated against him, attacked his masculinity and called him a homophobic slur. Appleby sued the Douglas County Commission last year alleging that sheriff's employees participated in "sex ster...
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A civil rights group alleges that staff at a privately run Kansas prison repeatedly disparaged a Muslim woman for wearing a headscarf and ordered her to take it off before she left her cell. Washington-based Muslim Advocates raised concerns about the treatment of 49-year-old Valeriece Ealom in a letter to CoreCivic, the Tennessee-based company that operates the prison in Leavenworth. The letter, which was made public Wednesday, also was sent to the U.S. Marshals Service, which contracts with CoreCivic to house f...
