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The Wetumka Municipal Authority held a meeting Monday, March 8, 2021, at the Wetumka City Hall. Council Members present were Donna Dyer and Richard Roush. Sherry Smith, City Manager and Norma Marshall, Mayor, were also present. Donna Dyer made a motion to approve the minutes of the previous meeting. Richard Roush seconded the motion and the motion carried.
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Shawn Stafford is a 1994 Wetumka High School Graduate. He entered the service on 14 May 1996. He and his wife Michele, a 1995 Wetumka graduate, have made a life together for 25 years in the military. He has served overseas in Germany, combat tours in Iraq, and numerous stateside assignments. He retires after more than 25 years of federal service. His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, 1 OLC; Meritorious Service Medal, 3 OLC; Army Commendation Medal, 4 OLC; and the Army Achievement Medal, 6 OLC. At the time of his retirement he served as the Chief, Data Management, Army G-1, Fort Knox, Kentucky. He was presented the Legion of Merit, United States Flag, Certificate of Appreciation from the Commander in Chief, Certificate of Retirement from the Chief of Staff of the Army, Fort Knox Coin, and a Soldier for Life Pin for Meritorious Service from 31 July 2011 to August 2021. After his retirement, CW4 Stafford, his wife Michele, and their two daughters, Cheyenne 16 and Sierra 10, will make their home in Brandenburg, Kentucky. We wish them all the best on their next adventure.
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Sunday, we lose an hour of sleep as Daylight Savings Time arrives. I do not like Daylight Savings Time and never will.
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Brian Keith Maxwell was born March 27, 1971 in Holdenville, Oklahoma to Kenward Keith Maxwell and Lana Carol Maxwell.
Read moreMISDEMEANORS Garison Bible—driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol aggravated
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Mrs. Violet Alford Patterson was born near Clearview, Oklahoma in 1927 to Emily and Wesley Alford. She attended Little Hill School before moving to Weleetka, Oklahoma where she attended through eighth grade at Weleetka Dunbar. Dunbar did not have a school for Blacks, so she had to travel to Clearview Douglas High to continue her high school education and graduated in 1946.
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The Oklahoma African American Educators Hall of Fame received an Oklahoma Heritage Preservation grant last year to install a kiosk con taining the history and inductees of the Oklahoma African American Educators Hall of Fame at both the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City and the Hall of Fame Center in Clearview. The kiosk finally arrived and is now installed at both places. It is a standalone, portable kiosk presently containing nine years of inductees. The kiosk will be updated each year.
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