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WETUMKA GRADUATES PICTURED ARE Haylee Dilday, Abby Young and Allison Bray.
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Whether they are raising scholarship money, beautifying their communities or sewing cloth face masks for healthcare workers across the state, members of Oklahoma State University Extension’s group, Oklahoma Home and Community Education, continue to make a difference every day.
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Born to Lewis Alfred and Ida Millsap Ellison on March 1, 1913, in Oklahoma City, then along with Kansas City a hotbed of musical creativity, Ralph Ellison showed at an early age the interest in jazz and other modern art forms that would be reflected throughout his life in literature. He attended the Frederick Douglass School in Oklahoma City, going on to the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama in 1933, pursuing studies in music but also encountering the work of T. S. Eliot and other Modernist writers.
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The Town of Clearview Trustees met on Tuesday, May 11 at 5:00 p.m. for its regular town meeting. The town peoples also voted for voted for two trustee positions. The Trustees, during the regular meeting selected their mayor and vice-mayor. The people voted in incumbent Marilyn Jackson and new board member Donnie Nero. The trustees elected incumbent Marilyn Jackson as mayor and Peter Bush as vice-mayor. During the meeting the trustees discussed business for the month of May and June which includes planning for Memorial Day and Juneteenth.
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The Nero family is extremely proud of their granddaughter Jordan Blades (Glenpool) and niece Anneca Anderson and nephew Isaiah Willis (both of Shawnee) for making it to the high school state 5A track meet in Ardmore on May 16 and Makai Blades of Pittsburg State for nationals at Allendale, Michigan. Jordan Blades qualified for the 100, 200, 400 and 800-relays. Anneca Anderson qualified for the shot and Isaiah for the 100. Makai qualified for the 400-relay. Jada Blades is in Glenpool elementary and will have field day next week. She says she is going to participate in every race and win them all, including the boy’s races. Go Jada.
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