COLLEGE BRIEFS

University of Central Oklahoma Two students from Lincoln County were recently honored at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond with the Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship for demonstrating talent and distinguished achievement in leadership, citizenship, service and communication.

Meeker to seek new gas vendor

Meeker’s Board of Education this week voted to authorize School Supt. Jeff Pruitt to choose a new third party vendor for the transportation of natural gas and enter into a contract.

Man charged with kicking trooper

An Altus man has been arrested and charged after he allegedly assaulted a state trooper recently on Interstate 44 (Turner Turnpike) in Lincoln County.

Community events planned

The Citizens for the Improvement of Chandler are working to create more events for the community. David Burgess has only been the president of the Citizens for the Improvement of Chandler for 95 days, but he has been working to create multiple events for the community.

Nine new COVID cases

The number of new cases in Pottawatomie and Lincoln Counties attributed to COVID-19 has risen by only nine, Oklahoma State Department of Health figures show. No new deaths have occurred in either county since the last report, according to the OSDH.

Felony charge for Stroud man

A Stroud man was arrested recently and faces a felony and four misdemeanors after he allegedly kicked in the door of a woman’s house. Zachary Othell Roberts, 41, was formally charged in Lincoln County District on June 8 with first degree burglary, a felony.

First harvest

Last night I picked enough purple and yellow snap beans to have what my grandparents would have defined as “a mess.” The yellow beans are Cherokee wax and the purples are, if I remember correctly, Purple Queen.

Updates from Meeker Town Hall

1. Update on 56th Annual Meeker Parade and Rodeo Sponsored by the Meeker Roundup Club A. The parade will be held Saturday, June 26th @ 10:30 am. Six classes will be judged this year with a couple of new classes added one of them being a Feed Truck and a Tractor Class.

Anticipating Father’s Day 2021

This Sunday, June 20, is Father’s Day. It’s a day set aside to honor the fathers, grandfathers, great grandfathers and greatgreat grandfathers. Indeed it’s an honor and privilege to be the father of such a wonderful young woman as our daughter Meghan is.

Appreciating life on the outside looking in

It was a simple plan. Get up. Go to Texas. Hear a rocking concert. Get up the next day and go home. I should have known the plan was too simple not to fall apart, or even crash and burn. It was June 2019, and my friend and I decided to go to a LANY concert at Stubbs Bar-B-Q in Austin, Texas.