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Happy Birthday To 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, Cheyenne Avery Justice Oct. 7: Maxine Nixon, Gwen Wheeler, Marlee Farrows Oct. 8: Winona Hodges, Spencer Bradt, Clay Bebermeyer Oct. 9: Gray Reilly Gerloff, Chantel...
FREEDOM, Okla. — July 27 started out as a routine day for Jason Hillman and his wife, Alyssa. His wife was on her morning run, and Hillman rode alongside her on a 3-year-old colt, working on training it since they breed, raise and train quarter horses. In addition to the quarter horse operation, Hillman, of Freedom, runs a cow-calf operation and a private counseling practice. As they travelled down the road in the early morning hours the horse spooked and began to run off. He tried to spin the horse around in the middle of the road, and the hor...
The order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church on Sept. 24 was: Shay and Brooke Denham brought the Light of Christ and lit the candles. Prelude by Janell Reutlinger Call to Worship led by Shirley Wagner Hymn “All Who Love and Serve Your City” led by Debra Brown, song leader Opening Prayer led by Ronna Wilson Scripture: Matthew 20:1-16 The parable of the vineyard owner paying the first laborer he hired for the day the same amount as the laborer he hired at the end of the day. This is a parable Jesus told meaning that those acc...
MTA POs Comfort Zone – $460 Utility Technology Services (Gas regulator and meter) – 740.66 William Gauer, OPA (2016-2017 audit and tax filing) – $1,850 Rural Water District (August) – $2,984.88 Langston Plumbing and Heating (sewer) – $275 DEQ (qtr water analysis) – $72.24 Harper Sanitation (July and August) – $7,777.52 Busby Pumps and Supply (floats and test) – $772.50 Comp Source (work comp prem) – $164 Constellation Energy (July) – $3,679 Southern Star (July and August) – $279 General POs William Gauer, CPA (2016-2017 audit and budget) – $...
Woods County Industrial Development Authority (WCIDA) held a special meeting Tuesday, Sept. 26. The regular meeting set for earlier in the month was rescheduled for this week. Bryce Benson, vice chair, presided. Other members present were Randy McMurphy and Stan Kline. Absent were Rick Cunningham and Richard Ryerson. Financial reports were discussed and approved including a $4,250 pledge transfer to the Woods County Economic Development Committee. The audit report showed no significant problems other than the lack of segregation of duties....
The sound of drums through the Freedom School hallways can be heard daily. Elizabeth Tyree, the new music teacher, is teaching rhythms to several students in preparation for Freedom basketball. A pep band will be featured at Freedom home games. The first home game is scheduled for Nov. 7 at 6:30 p.m. against Aline-Cleo....
A joint effort between the Freedom Christian Church and the Freedom Museum resulted in an amazing "Night at the Museum." Polish missionaries Jan Barkzuck, Kazik Barkzuck and George Bajenski gave touching and inspirational testimonies about their mission work and homeland. The old pump organ sprang to life as Jan began to play "How Great Thou Art." George led the singing and treated us to a verse or two in his native Polish language....
Iridian Herrera placed first with her Duroc Breed, Grand Gilt (Duroc), first York Barrow Breed, Reserve Grand Barrow, Senior Swine Showmanship. Allison Galindo placed first with her Hampshire Breed, third Poland; first Commercial Breed Gilt, first Poland Breed Barrow, first York Reserve Breed, first Cross Breed. Callie Hopper placed first with her Maintainer Breed, first Breed Shropshire Ewe, first Suffolk. Dominic Duke placed first with his Simmental Prospect Reserve Breed, second Hampshire,...
SHAWNEE – (HTML Stats) Oklahoma Baptist rolled to their fourth straight victory Tuesday, defeating East Central 3-0 (25-15, 25-10, 25-18) in a Great American Conference match at the Noble Complex. The Lady Bison (9-7, 4-0 GAC) took advantage of the stagnant Tigers (4-12, 0-4 GAC) offense, limiting East Central to negative-.075 hitting percentage for the match. ECU hit for a negative percentage in each of the three sets. A 7-0 run early and a 6-0 stretch late helped OBU take the first set efficiently. Leading 4-2 in the second set, the Lady B...
OKLAHOMA CITY – On a soggy night where the rain poured down and pooled on the turf at Putnam City High School, Oklahoma Baptist claimed a third-straight Great American Conference victory after dispatching rival Southern Nazarene, 2-0, on Tuesday night. Oklahoma Baptist has won four straight matches in the last nine days, including three away from Bison Hill. The shutout was also their second in their last three outings. The Lady Bison quickly took the lead in the 10th minute of action thanks to Abigail Parker. After Ruth Kingtook a shot that sp...
MIDWEST CITY, Okla. – (Final Results) Oklahoma Baptist women's golf finished the OBU Fall Invitational in second place Tuesday with a team score of 619 (307, 312). Cameron University took first place at 612 (300, 312). Leading the Lady Bison was Michelle Carr, who finished tied for 5th with 151 (76, 75). Sydney Bowman finished tied for 12th with a 155 (77, 78) total. Tied for 14th was Elly Baze with 157 (77, 80). Shelby Phillips ended the tournament in 20th place with a total of 159 (80, 79). Paige Neidy turned in a 164 (77, 87) and finished T...
RUSSELLVILLE. Ark. – Luisa Auffarth picked up a flight championship and Southeastern women's tennis added five other finals appearances at the Great American Cofnerence Individual Championships in Russellville, Ark. Auffarth took home the flight 3 title in singles, while the Savage Storm reached the finals in flights 1, 5 and 6 in singles as well as flights 1 and 2 in doubles play. Alexsandra Reljic picked up a 2-6, 6-3, 10-8 flight 1 singles victory over Southern Nazarene's Polina Chala to open her event, but saw her winning ways come to an e...
RUSSELLVILLE. Ark. – Southeastern men's tennis turned in a solid run to kick off the fall at the Great American Conference Individual Championships held in Russellville, Ark., over the weekend. In all, the team won one flight championship (flight 3 doubles) and reached the finals in each of the other three between singles and doubles. In flight 1 singles it was Ondrej Nice making SE's best run as he opened with a 7-5, 7-6 (3) win over Ouachita Baptist's Nair Adi and followed with a win over his teammate Moncado, 6-4, 5-7, 11-9. He followed t...
DURANT, Okla. – Despite leads late in each of the first two sets, Southeastern was unable to capitalize and was surprised at home in a 3-0 loss to Southwestern Oklahoma State on Tuesday night in Bloomer Sullivan Gymnasium. The loss drops the Savage Storm to 5-10 overall on the year and 1-2 in Great American Conference play with the first conference road trip coming up on Sept. 29-30 with stops at Northwestern Oklahoma State and Southern Nazarene. "For us," said head coach Brianna Barry after the match, "We knew that we just had to take one g...
BETHANY, Okla. — Rain fell the entire match in the Great American Conference home opener as Oklahoma Baptist took down Southern Nazarene 2-0 Tuesday night. The Bison (7-1, 3-0 GAC) recorded 17 total shots for the game, but only seven of those were on goal. The Crimson Storm (2-7, 0-3 GAC) tallied seven shots in the game, and two of those were on goal. Players were sliding around the field all night, as OBU's Abigail Parker found the back of the net in the 10thminute to give the Bison an early 1-0 lead. The rain then proceeded to control most o...
DURANT, Okla. – SWOSU Volleyball snapped a seven-game losing streak on Tuesday night against Southeastern, taking down the Savage Storm in straight sets 27-25, 25-19, and 25-18. The Dawgs used huge late-set rallies in the first two sets to grab a 2-0 advantage before controlling the final set to claim the match victory. After the 10-10 mark early on in the first set, both teams traded points and led by no more than one until the Savage Storm tried closing it out by taking a three-point lead. Facing three-straight set points trailing 24-21, the...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. - For the second time in four weeks, Peerada Piddon has been named the Great American Conference Women's Golfer of the Week, announced by the league office on Wednesday. Piddon tied for fourth place at the WNMU Fall Intercollegiate in Goodyear, Ariz. on Monday and Tuesday, leading Arkansas Tech to a second place finish. Piddon opened the tournament with a 77, five shots over par, to tie for 19th place after round one. In the second and final round, however, Piddon scored a 70, the lowest round of the entire tournament, to...
MONTICELLO - The University of Arkansas at Monticello volleyball team took down rival Southern Arkansas 3-2 this evening, in a GAC match-up at home inside Steelman Field House. Final set scores from the match were 25-11, 25-22, 21-25, 23-25 and 15-13 in favor of UAM. The Blossoms improve to 6-9 (1-3 GAC) overall this year. SAU falls to 6-12 (0-4 GAC) in 2017. UAM dominated the opening set of play in this conference match-up, generating runs of 5-1, 6-1, 5-0, and 4-0 throughout to win the set 25-11, and take the early 1-0 lead in the contest....
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Great American Conference announced the league's Runners of the Week for the fourth weekend of the cross country season. Harding's won both honors as Lucas Goodspeed garnered the Men's award and Madison Drennan earned the Women's accolade. GAC MEN'S RUNNER OF THE WEEK – Lucas Goodspeed, Harding, Sr., Edmond, Oklahoma Lucas Goodspeed finished as Harding's top runner for the eighth time in 19 career races after he placed fifth at the Trevecca Nazarene D2 Showcase. He recorded his ninth career top-10 finish. He led the...
SEARCY – The Harding volleyball team won its second straight Great American Conference match Tuesday after defeating Ouachita Baptist 3-0 at the Rhodes-Reaves Field House. Harding improves to 14-2 overall and 3-1 in the GAC Ouachita Baptist falls to 9-6 overall and 2-2 in the GAC. FIRST SET Harding took a 6-1 lead to start the first set behind five kills. Ouachita Baptist climbed back in the set and went on a 6-0 run to trail 13-12. With the set tied at 16, Harding went on a 5-1 run on three kills to lead 20-17. The Tigers battled back and p...
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. - Unbeaten Arkansas Tech looked every bit like the No. 19 team in the country on Tuesday night, defeating Henderson State 3-0 (25-14, 25-15, 25-18) in the Duke Wells Center. SET ONE: Henderson kept things close to start the match, trailing just 10-7 in the early-going of the first set. From there, though, the Golden Suns took control with a 10-4 run, stretching their advantage out to 20-11 before closing it out 25-14 to take a 1-0 match lead. Tech had a .519 hitting percentage in the set, with 16 kills on 27 attacks. Karlie...
SEARCY, Ark. – The Ouachita Baptist volleyball team (9-6, 2-2 GAC) dropped its second conference match of the season Tuesday night. The Tigers lost in three sets at Harding (14-2, 3-1 GAC), 25-22, 25-20, 25-23. Ouachita was held to 39 kills and a .135 hitting percentage while the Bisons tallied 46 kills with a .227 hitting percentage. The Tigers are averaging 46.6 kills per match with a .207 hitting percentage this season. Paige Williams led the Tigers in kills with 12 while Kori Bullard closed out with nine kills and four blocks. Adrianna N...
MONTICELLO, Ark. – On Tuesday night inside Steelman Field House, a pair of Great American Conference teams competed in a match fitting for league rivals as Southern Arkansas perpetrated a furious rally after dropping the first two sets only to be stopped shy of completing the road comeback as Arkansas-Monticello hung on in the fifth set (11-25, 22-25, 25-21, 25-23, 13-15) to claim their first conference win of the season. Senior outside hitter Alexia Southern and sophomore setter Alexa Bass each recorded their fourth-straight double-double i...
