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Wetumka 6th Graders Host Reading Fair
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Wetumka Elementary 6th graders hosted a reading fair on Tues., Oct. 15th during Parent/Teacher conferences. Each student completed a book report assignment and then created a display board with the literary elements that were required for the project. The students worked very hard on the boards and are applauded for their efforts by their Language Arts teacher, Mrs. Lori Williams.
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If you want to see Christmas lights, have a variety of places to eat, visit many of shops to purchase anything you have desire, drink plenty of hot chocolate, then visit the Route 66 Sapulpa Christmas Chute. A group from Clearview attended the Chute last weekend to stroll the Route 66 Main Street in the chill of the evening. Previously, the Blades family, daughter Tanya Nero Blades and her family also attended the Chute. It is a fun time to spend as much time as you wish. Also, along Highway 117 between Sapulpa and Highway 75, you can view the Paragon Industries Inc. Christmas light display at 3378 W. Oklahoma 117 which has a massive number of lights and acres of Christmas designs (2 million lights).
Read moreRemember all our loved ones who are ill and shut-in during the holiday season. Keep them in your prayers. Continued prayers for those on our sick list: Melvenia Samilton (lung cancer), Llyod David and Lovie Samilton, Christopher Stripling, Bobby West (lung cancer), Otis Davis, Terry Normore, Jerry French (cancer), Irene Carson, Taft Forshee, Tiger French, Wilbert Zackery, Brady Drake (cancer), and Earnest Hamilton.
Read moreThe Town of Clearview met on December 10, 2024 for its regular monthly meeting. Trustees present were Joyce Barrett, Peter Bush, Earl French, Marilyn Jackson, and Donnie Nero. Secretary Shirley Nero was present. Guests present were Jess Dunn Correctional Center Warden Terry W. Tuttle and Assistant Warden Kimberly Williams.
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Carol Brice was an American contralto. She worked at Oklahoma University. She was born in Sedalia, North Carolina, she studied at Palmer Memorial Institute and later at Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama, where she received a Bachelor of Music in 1939. She continued her studies at the Juilliard School of Music from 1939 to 1943. She attracted considerable attention for her role in a 1939 production of The Hot Mikado at the New York World’s Fair, where she worked with Bill “Bojangles” Robinson. Brice made her recital debut in 1943, that year becoming the first African-American to win the Walter Naumburg Award. Her concerts often featured the piano accompaniment of her brother, Jonathan Brice. In 1945 she taught briefly at Black Mountain College.
Read moreWetumka Board of Education Regular Meeting Wetumka Public Schools December 2,2024 The Wetumka Board of Education held their regular meeting, December 2, 2024 in the Administration Office Board Room. The following members, administrators, personnel and guests were present : Travis Gates, Rufus Scott, Donnie Williamson, Pacer Lowe, Nina Maas, and Misty Bowman Invocation and Flag Salute The meeting was called to order by President Rufus Scott at 6:00pm Recording of members present and absent: Present: Scott, Wil-liamson, Lowe, Maas Absent: Glover WACT: None PTA: None Consent Agenda: All of the following items, which concern reports and items of a routine nature normally approved at a board meeting, will be approved by one vote unless any board member desires to have a separate vote on any or all of these items. The consent agenda consists of the discussion, consideration, and approval of the following items: a. Request approval of the agenda as part of the minutes; b. Request approval of the minutes of the November 7,2024 regular board meeting c. Vote to approve, disapprove or table the General Fund encumbrances and change or-ders; d. Vote to approve,disapprove, or table Building Fund encumbrances and change orders; The Board voted to approve the consent agenda items a Motion was made by Nina Maas, and seconded by Donnie Williamson.
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HOLDENVILLE, Okla. (KFOR) - A Holdenville agriculture teacher was arrested on Wednesday in connection to a federal child porn investigation, according to a report by Holdenville News.
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