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Newly register voter - Aysha Travis with Maggie Travis
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Romeo and Brenda Alford take pride in congratulating their daughter Jordan upon her Virtual Graduation. Jordan graduated from the number one engineering school in the world, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), with a double major in Chemical Engineering and Spanish. Her hard work and commitment did not go unnoticed. Jordan kept the faith and did not waiver, even in the toughest of times. Jordan is the recipient of the MIT Chemical Engineering Service Award, MIT Nominee for the Winifred Burks-Houck Undergraduate Leadership Award and served as President of MIT’s National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers. Upon graduation, Jordan was hired with the Shell Oil Company in New Orleans.
Read moreVoters will go to the polls Tuesday for the June 30 , Primary and Special Elections, Hughes County Election Board Secretary Brandy Davis said today.
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Stuart Valedictorian Zack Clark is the son of Max and April Clark and the grandson of Ricky and Ruth Ann Martin and Carol and Eddie Clark.
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DUSTIN KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION—Justin Thompson, Hunter Smith, Maverick Palmer, Rayan Maqbool, Dax Johnson, Liam Harmon, Emily Cornish, Micah Cooksey, Taevyn Black, Jeremy Bennett, Melaina Holden... teacher Chris Williams.
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DUSTIN 4TH GRADE GRADUATION—Wesley Parkhurst, Keylee Palmer, Jonathan Johnson, Riley Higgins, Iliana Harjo, Leyah Davis, Henry Bennett, Jinessa Barrett, Presleigh Artherton, Tehani Aguilar.... teacher Angela DeTurk.
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The All-Black town of Taft began on land allotted to freedmen of the Creek Nation in eight miles west of Muskogee in Muskogee County. It was originally named Twine, for William H. Twine, and had a post office by 1902. Twine moved to Muskogee and edited the Muskogee Cimeter and the citizens voted to rename the town as Taft, for President William Howard Taft, who was then Secretary of War in the Theodore Roosevelt administration.
Read moreJoyce Barrett is now home in Clearview, welcome back. Marguerite French continues to have family in the home and is eagerly awaiting her 104 th birthday in August. Please continue to remember our elderly community and our friends and family on the sick list: Sharon Johnson Patton, Elder L. C. Carson, Cornell Lucas, Marjorie Plunkett, Marguerite French, Billy Walker and Christopher Stripling. Pray for our country and governments as we fight the virus, injustices, and economic condition. The virus is still alive, practice safe conditions.
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