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Happy Birthday To 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, Judy Smith Oct. 1: Zachary Craig, Christina Fisher Oct. 2: Nichole Costello, Chris Harris Oct. 3: Tera Darr, Jaden Lloyd Oct. 4: Crystal Wares, Victor Powers, Denise Province, Linda Kurz Oct. 5: Pake Carlson, Rita Coulter, Terry Christopher, Joey Frei Oct. 6: Ray Morris, Cole Alan Justice,...
On Sunday, Sept. 17, the Freedom United Methodist Church held the following services: Shay and Jack Wilson lit the candles bringing in the Light of Christ Prelude by Janell Reutlinger Call to Worship led by Ronna Wilson Hymn: “This Is The Day,” Debra Brown, song leader Opening Prayer led by Dixie Stansberry Scripture: Matthew 18:21-25 Children’s Lesson led by Pastor Paul McDowell on “Remembering” – Always remember that Jesus loves you. The sermon topic was “Forgiving and Forgetting.” If you are in a damaging relationship it is all right to forg...
The three-member town board of Rolando Galindo, Terry Smith and Shad Brackin met on Sept. 13 and covered many items of business. One important item is all town residents are asked to make sure their house numbers are posted on their residence so that emergency vehicles can figure out where they should go in the event of a 911 call. Stuart Page said, “Most of us who live in Freedom know where everyone lives, but if an out-of-town ambulance or fire truck is called, those people need to see house numbers.” Page offered to help elderly or handicapp...
The Woods County Excise Board must review and approve each budget submitted by governmental agencies in Woods County. Wednesday morning, Sept. 20, only three budgets were ready. The Northwest Technology Center general fund budget of $9,816,456.40 and building fund budget of $3,704,056.39 were approved. The Woods County Health Department budget of $687,353 was voted okay, and the Town of Freedom Budget of $157,508.18 was approved. Clerk Shelley Reed said a special meeting may have to be called to handle the budgets that have not been turned in....
Freedom Public School welcomes back cross-country for first through 12th grade students. What started out as eight runners has attracted 22 participants. Coach Germany has high expectations for his runners this year. Participants are required to work out after school by running two miles on three to four days a week. Germany wants each of his kids' times to improve weekly, as well as at least one high school girl and boy to make state and eighth grade and below to classify in the top 10. "I...
One of the staff writers for The Eagle Times is Pedro Ibarra. He enjoys sleeping and eating. Interestingly, in past years Ibarra played basketball. He is currently enjoying relaxation. Ibarra has three favorite people: Cora, Blake and Nate....
This year Freedom Public School has added cross-country back into the athletics program. Coach Germany is having the team train almost daily by running two to three miles. He will also add speed training and hill training. There will be about 16 students on the cross-country team from elementary to high school, with six meets overall. Coach Germany hopes as the season progresses we will have a few high school kids going to regionals. Callie Hopper from third grade and Shay Wilson from fourth...
We are excited that a new year has started and a new season is upon us. We are starting the new season off with a new head coach, Michael “Coach Germany” Schnatz, and our amazing assistant coach, Grace Tepe. I have talked to a few players and asked them what the goals for the season are. The answer received the most was to get better as a team. I asked them for their goal and not one of them said working on themselves, it was working on the team. Some of the girls said they do not really feel crowd pressure, which is a great thing, especially w...
Jacey Lynn Schaaf is one of the few new students at Freedom Public School this year. Not only is she a new student, she is also a senior. Schaaf will be 18 years old when she graduates from Freedom. After high school, she would like to attend college at Northwestern to study for her dream job of being a neonatal nurse. Her goal for the rest of the year is to study and try to pass all of her classes. Schaaf says she is proud of herself for stepping out of her comfort zone and moving to Oklahoma...
Hi! My name is Nathan James Wood; however, people call me Nate or Natedawg. I am a staff writer for The Eagle Times. I am tallish and attend Freedom High School, where I am a senior and plan to graduate in the spring. I have a good job and I ride livestock. My favorite class in school is math and my favorite teacher is Mrs. Smith. I love playing basketball, especially with my friends who I consider family....
Recently the United States remembered the tragic events of September 11, 2001, which is known to the United States of America as the largest death count on American soil. Many people believe that 9/11 was the first attack on the World Trade Center, but in reality the first attack was in February of 1993, and it killed six people. That attack was instigated by 19 people affiliated with al-Qaeda. 9/11 made the United States of America stronger, not weaker, because it showed no matter what, we the...
Freedom Public School teachers returned to their classrooms on Tuesday, Sept. 5, to find a medium-size red bag hanging from their door handles. They were excited to see what was inside the mysterious gift bag. It was not what they expected. Candy! Candy! Candy! Teachers were happy to find candy and a smiley-face stress ball. Now who is the secret pal? Teachers suspected correctly that Ms. Shelite was the person who had secretly given them this magnificent goody bag. Thank you Ms. Shelite. It is...
Will James Jessup is a senior at Freedom Public School and, in my opinion, is a great student. One of his many fond memories of high school is traveling with the basketball team and being a magnificent videographer. His goal to graduate is to get good grades. After graduation, Jessup plans to attend Northwest Technology Center in Alva. He is an honest student who loves doing his work while listening to music. Jessup's favorite food is a grilled cheese sandwich and french fries. His dream job is...
RUSSELLVILLE, ARK. – East Central University cross country junior Larry Filer has been named the Great American Conference Runner of the Week for Sept. 20. In his first race of the fall, Filer bested the other 28 GAC runners at the Southern Stampede when he finished 24th in a time of 25:32.69. He ran his fastest time by more than nine seconds out of his three times competing at the event. Filer finished as the top runner for the Tigers for the first time in his career. ECU finished 16th at the meet....
ADA – The East Central University volleyball team fell just short of a win, falling to Northwestern Oklahoma State, 3-2 (22-25, 25-23, 25-20, 13-25, 11-15), in Great American Conference action at the Kerr Activities Center. The Tigers (4-10, 0-2 GAC) were led by seniors Madeline Mayer and Alex Campbell. Mayer garnered 16 kills and two block assists, while Campbell earned a double-double with 12 kills and 13 digs. Senior Lily Porsa led the team on defense with 23 digs. The entire match was a tight battle with 19 tie scores and eight lead c...
RUSSELLVILLE, ARK. – East Central University soccer junior Chloe Hull has been named the Great American Conference Goalkeeper of the Week, for Sept. 19. Hull helped the Tigers earn a three-match winning streak, with two wins in net last week. The Tigers first defeated Eastern New Mexico 2-1 and then she was part of a shutout 2-0 win over Southwestern Christian. The Moore, Okla., native allowed one goal for the week and recorded seven saves in the wins. For the season Hull has earned a 1.56 goals against average and a .760 saves p...
SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist's Sydney Lawrence earned her first-ever Great American Conference Runner of the Week honors, it was announced by the GAC Wednesday. Lawrence, a junior from Stilwell, Oklahoma, led the Lady Bison to a third-place finish, out of 33 competing teams, at the Southern Stampede. She finished eighth with a time of 17:39.86 The Lady Bison defeated teams from Wichita State, Arkansas as well as the four other competing GAC schools. Following the meet, Oklahoma Baptist leapt from unranked to No. 2 in the USTFCCCA Central R...
DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern's Zach James has been named the Great American Conference Men's Golfer of the Week following his performance in a second-place finish at the NSU Golf Classic. James carded a three-round total of 207 to finish at minus-six for the event held at the Muskogee CC in Muskogee, Okla., picking up his second-straight second-place finish in as many tournaments. He opened play with a 68 and followed it up with a 71 on his second trip around on Monday. He closed out the event with a second 68. In six rounds on the season he h...
SHAWNEE, Okla. – Errors proved costly as Southeastern opened Great American Conference play with a road loss to Oklahoma Baptist on Tuesday night, 3-0, in Shawnee, Okla. The loss drops the Savage Storm to 4-9 overall on the year and 0-1 in GAC play heading into the true home opener against East Central at 7 p.m. in Bloomer Sullivan Gymnasium. SE was paced on offense by Abby Jameson with seven kills, while Erika Costain added five, however as a team the Storm was stung with 26 attack errors across from 25 kills. Jodi Dixon and Bayley Cook s...
MUSKOGEE, Okla. – Despite a strong finish by Zach James which earned him a second place individual finish, Southeastern slipped on the final day as a team with a final score of 868 over three days to finish fifth at the NSU Golf Classic on Tuesday in Muskogee, Okla. James carded a 68 in the final round of the tournament to climb from third into second alone with a 207, finishing two shots behind event winner Alexander Hughes from Central Oklahoma. Sam Berry checked in next after posting a final round 74 to close out the tournament with a 219 to...
WEATHERFORD, Okla. — For the third time in five matches, Southern Nazarene dropped a first set before winning three straight to capture the match. The Crimson Storm (6-6, 1-0 GAC) lost the first set of its Great American Conference opener 12-25 to Southwestern Oklahoma State (4-10, 1-1 GAC), but responded in fashion to win the next three sets, 25-20, 25-23, 25-23. SNU had three players with double-figure kills as Bailee Turang had 11 while Makenna Hunter and Kayla Thomas each head 10. Turang posted her fifth double-double of the year with 10 di...
WEATHERFORD, Okla. – The SWOSU Volleyball team had late leads slip away in both the third and fourth sets, allowing Southern Nazarene to defeat the Bulldogs 3-1 on Tuesday evening at the Pioneer Cellular Event Center. SWOSU came out connecting on all cylinders, hitting .318 in the opening set behind three kills from Addie Aman, who finished the set off at 25-12 with a service ace. Southern Nazarene responded in the second set and knotted the match at 1-1 with a 25-20 set win. The third set was back and forth between the teams with the 10th t...
