Warhol garden

Kindra wanted to get some purple sweet potatoes on Saturday, so we set off for the wilds of Oklahoma City, where a health food store had them for about $1.50 a pound. We bought five or six big ones, enough for a pie or two and some extras for eating.

Bowen and Stone are November Lions

Chandler High School seniors Baylee Bowen and Jared Stone were chosen as November Lions of the Month by the Lion’s Club. Baylee Bowen, the daughter of Daryl and Kristi Bowen, holds a 3.98 graduate point average while taking concurrent classes through Rose State College in Midwest City, Okla.

Card of Thanks

Thank you to everyone for your prayers and expressions of love, support, and thoughtfulness. We deeply appreciate you, and it was uplifting and comforting to realize how many friends Darlene made along the way. A special thank you to Heartland Hospice for your excellent care and concern.

Public Records

Lincoln County Marriage Licenses Winfred Monroe Hill, Kaufman, Texas, and Vetrice Mae Ebers, Chandler. Erica Brooke Potter and Samuel Breyton Doty, both of Tryon. Dalton Matthew Evans and Jennifer Lynn Tubbs, both of Meeker.

COVID surge continues in area

The number of people testing positive for COVID-19 across Oklahoma again increased significantly over the past week and the same was true in Pottawatomie and Lincoln Counties as well.

Turkey tips

In honor of the Thanksgiving holiday, all county first graders were invited to submit recipes to the paper on “How to Cook a Turkey.” The following are the children’s versions of how they would cook a turkey. Agra Mrs. Heisler’s class Jace- We get a turkey from the store.

Big rig

Employees of Service King in Stroud pose with two of three large “swamp crawlers” that will soon be on their way to drill oil in the jungle in Suriname. Construction of the three pieces took almost a year and was a first for Service King.

Millage levies decline in 11 districts

Eleven of Lincoln County’s 16 school districts have tax millage levies that are lower in 2020 than in 2019 according to Jackie Holcomb, Lincoln County Assessor, which will mean lower taxes for many property owners.