CHANDLER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

The monthly Chandler Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon will be 12 p.m., Tuesday, April 13, at the Route 66 Interpretive Center. Attendees are asked to enter at the west door. The caterer will be Hello Catering.

Lincoln County

Marriage Licenses Michael Wesley Goss Jr. and Jillian Renee Lowry, both of Luther. Probates In the Matter of the Small Estate of John D. Cooper Sr. In the Matter of the Petition for Probate for Pansy Ann Gibbs. In the Matter of the Probate, Petition for Foreign Will for John V. Barrows.

Pottawatomie County

Marriages Danny Lynn Cooksey and Michele Nicole Myers, both of Shawnee. Jason Paul McCoy and Mirannda Grace Earlywine, both of Midwest City. Lannie Lamar Ritchie and Carla Renea Massie, both of Tecumseh. Edward Darrell Smith and Candy Deann Ellis, both of Shawnee.

Danny Alsip: “It changes your perspective”

The first sign something was going wrong was when Danny Alsip couldn’t taste his sandwich. He and his wife, Rinda, were visiting their granddaughter in Arizona for Thanksgiving last year and stopped for sandwiches at a Jersey Mike’s.

Stroud National Bank announces merger

Stroud National Bank will merge with First Bank & Trust Co., headquartered in Duncan, the banks have announced. First Bank & Trust Co. plans to acquire all stock of Stroud National Bank, at which time the Stroud bank will be merged into First Bank & Trust Co.

Ambulance district considered

Lincoln County commissioners this week tabled taking any action on funding for subsidizing ambulance services or forming a 522 Ambulance District. They put off taking any action until at least their April 19 meeting, and possibly even until their May 3 meeting.

No resolution on Meeker gas bill

Meeker School Supt. Jeff Pruitt said this week he has sent a letter of protest to a third party gas vendor about the exorbitant bill the district received in March. Along with the letter, he sent a payment that he believes was appropriate, he noted.

McLoud Council

McLoud City Council members have adopted a resolution seeking a Community Development Block Grant to continue improvements to the city’s wastewater system in the Heritage Park Addition. City Manager Buck Day explained the grant would be for $299,999 and the city’s leverage amount is $63,500.

Elections next week

Voters in some area communities in Pottawatomie and Lincoln counties will decide school board and municipal contests in next week’s April 6 election.