The Pittsburgh County Sheriff's Department will hold a training on October 24th @ 9am at the United Methodist Church in Holdenville, 8th and Gulf Street. This training is free and open to the public. Anyone interested in learning ways to protect themselves during life-threatening situations is welcome to attend. Thank you to the Episcopal Church in Holdenville for the development of this program.
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The Dustin FFA, FHA and 4-H club assisted by the Home Makers Club put on a local fair in Dustin Friday, Sept. 13.
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Read moreClearview will have a town meeting on Monday, October 10 at 5:00 p.m. The public is invited. The RWD#3 Okfuskee County Water Board reg ular meeting will be on Thursday evening in Clearview at
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Yeager Fire Chief Barry Wood and contractor Chad Lamb are shown with the newly formed foundation for the new addition to the Yeager Fire station which includes a tornado shelter for community use.
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The flower girl for the 2022 Homecoming ceremonies was Attlee Mykal Allen.
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A poet, a professor, and an essayist, Melvin B. Tolson liked to tell people that he was born in Moberly, Missouri, one of four children, in 1900 to Rev. Alonzo Tolson, a Methodist minister, and Lera Ann Hurt Tolson, a seamstress of African-Creek ancestry and Lera Ann Hurt Tolson. Nevertheless, convincing evidence has surfaced that 1898 was a more accurate date. Alonso Tolson was also of mixed race, the son of an enslaved woman and her white master. He served at various churches in the Missouri and Iowa area until settling longer in Kansas City. Reverend Tolson studied throughout his life to add to the lim-
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Wes Watkins Technology Center recently celebrated the newly renovated Health Careers Simulation Lab with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. WWTC was established in 1987 to provide technical education and farm business management to Hughes, McIntosh, and Okfuskee counties, and later incorporated parts of Okmulgee County. The school began with two programs: Farm Business Management and Practical Nursing. Since then, the technology center has expanded to 10 programs and an extensive offering of short-term and workforce and economic development training. In 1994, the Glen D. Johnson Health Complex was built and included a 1363 square foot skills lab.
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