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The Wetumka Senior Citizen Center’s board met for their end of the year meeting October 2021. The meeting was called to order by Wanda Price, Vice-chairman. Those present were Wanda Price, Latrelle Parker, Verna Dilday and James Watson, guest.
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MOSS ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AWARDED FOR TOP AR POINTS—Front Row (L-R) Elli Odum, Presley Brooks, Johna BIble. Back Row (L-R) Christian Spangler, Joanna Cellars, Knox Mulanax.
Read moreIn responding to a letter from Hughes County Sheriff Marcia Maxwell stating that she was ending the county and the tribe’s cross-deputization agreement, Muscogee Nation Interim Attorney General Kyle Haskins wrote his own letter Feb. 15 extending an invitation to rebuild the relationship.
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Don’t miss this opportunity to learn oil painting techniques in the March 16, 17, 18 workshop, The 3-day class is open to beginner through masters. Classes are held from 9am through 3pm each day. Lunch will be provided by volunteers at the Art Center.
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Calvin Elementary held their Ribbon Cutting on Tuesday, March 2 for their brand new Book Vending Machine. The goal they have for this new machine is to promote literacy, excite students to read and get books into the hands of the students to take home to get books into the homes. During the Ribbon Cutting, Jean Alexander, lower elementary principal, shared some responsibilities the students will have, to be able to earn tokens to “purchase” a book. Some of the responsibilities are:
Read moreA Choctaw Nation couple have sued Oklahoma’s three tax commissioners in federal court, contending the state cannot tax their income as a result of a landmark Supreme Court ruling.
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Mildred Yvette Watkins Tilford was born on December 8, 1907, in Muddy Boggy Bend (Indian Territory). Her parents moved from East Texas to join her grandparents to sharecrop in Muddy Boggy Bend. She was the youngest of several children; her parents never gave her a name, they referred to her as “baby.” She attended a oneroom school and being the youngest in group and in the fourth grade, she stayed behind to teach the younger children to color and the three R’s while the older children worked the fields planting and gathering crops. Between grades 4 through 8, she summoned to substitute teach in nearby Macedonia, Atoka, and Springtown, Chockie, Chickie, and Limestone Gap. She did so for six years.
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