Dolores Oma Petersen

Dolores Oma Petersen of Burkburnett, Texas passed away Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. The family will receive friends between 6 and 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12, 2022 at Owens & Brumley Funeral Home in Burkburnett. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, Aug.

Sharon Kaye Hulsey

On Friday, Aug. 5th, 2022, Sharon Kaye Hulsey, devoted wife and loving grandma, passed away at the age of 75. Sharon was born on Nov. 11th, 1946, in Stockton, Calif. to Ridley and Bessie (Anderson) Sage.

Jimmie Dwain Cook

Jimmie Dwain Cook, 71, passed away on July 28, 2022, in Chandler, Okla. Jimmie was born on March 31, 1951, in Chandler, to Joseph E. Cook Jr. and Mary Lou (Wilson) Cook. He graduated from Carney High School in 1971.

Gregory Lamar Argrow

Gregory Lamar Argrow, was born Sept. 30, 1962, in Stroud, Okla. and passed away Aug. 3, 2022 at 59 years old. He was the son of late Helen Clariece Woody and Essie Ree Argrow. He attended Stroud High School graduating with the class of 1980. He attended University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond.

Ruth Mae Meteer

Ruth Mae Meteer was born on April 15, 1931 in Chandler, Okla. and died Aug. 5, 2022 at the age of 91 Ruth attended Chandler schools until she married Sonny Rush and they had a son they named Charles Glen. After their divorce, she met and married Harlan Meteer.

All in a night’s work

It was a typical weekend for Jerry Tyler. Typical, but hardly routine. A bullfighter from Claremore, Jerry worked the rodeo in Bartlesville on Thursday, then the Chandler Open Rodeo on Friday and Saturday nights.

Chandler Open Rodeo

Results Bareback bronc Saturday: Brad Gower, Bristow, 75 points, $340.

Tastes

BRIAN BLANSETT Staff column This weekend, Kindra cooked a turkey. The plan was for us to eat our fill, then she’d turn the rest of the bird into lunches for the week. Sliced turkey with blue potatoes for us. Turkey wraps for the kiddoes’ school lunches.

Town Talk

DIANA REED Correspondent Stroud’s kiddos returned to school this week. Be sure to slow down and watch for children walking to and from school. My great-nephew Gideon will be attending Stroud Middle School this year.

Third political party - good idea?

Reuters news service recently carried an article about the formation of a new political group - the Forward Party, launched by former elected officials and candidates from the Republican and Democrat parties.