All-State slowpitch

Five area players were represented at All-State action over the weekend. From left, Emelia Idleman, Anna Hester, Emma Davis and Danyn Lang were on the 3A-4A team from the West. Lexie Boyer, far right, was on the 5A-6A West team. Photo/Rick /Hester

Cothran, Stone Academic All-Staters

Breanna Cothran from Davenport and Jared Stone from Chandler were recently named Academic All-Staters by the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence. Both are 2021 graduates. Breanna, left, is with her parents, Cathy Lakey and Bryan Cothran, at the awards ceremony.

Chronic Palooza burns out

There won’t be a Chronic Palooza event this year at Meeker Lake.

Hearing delayed

The Meeker Town Board of Trustees is scheduled to hold a public hearing for the proposed annexation of property around the Meeker Lake at 6 p.m. on Monday, July 26. The Town Board voted unanimously during Monday night’s meeting to change the dates from next Monday, June 2.

Betty Kaye Roper

Betty Kaye (Roop) Roper, age 78, went to be with her Lord and Savior Sunday, June 13, 2021, while surrounded by her loving family. She leaves behind her husband of 59 years, Gerald “Jerry” Roper of Townsend, Tenn.

Stephen Ardean Steinle

Stephen Ardean Steinle was born August 19, 1949, in Great Bend, Kan., and died Tuesday, June 15, 2021, in Luther, Okla. He was 71 years old. Steinle was a small engine mechanic and a long-haul truck driver. He was of the Mennonite Brethren faith.

Amelia Belle Giles

Amelia Belle (Smith) Giles was born May 31, 1925, in Oklahoma City. She died Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Chandler at the age of 96 years. Giles, the daughter of Jesse and Edna (Elver) Smith, married Lloyd Giles in 1945.

David Doyal Greer

David Doyal Greer was born on May 18, 1941 in Oklahoma City, Okla., to Doyal A. and Doris Lee Greer. He was the grandson of Frank and Edna Haynie, longtime Prague residents. He attended Prague Public Schools before joining the military and was stationed in Gary, Ind., with a Nike Missile Unit.

Grace Glee Burnham

Grace Glee Burnham, age 108 of Canby, Ore., passed away on June 11, 2021 from complications related to a fall two days earlier. She had enjoyed good health her entire life, living independently in her own homes in Oregon and Oklahoma until recently entering an assisted living facility.

Bobby Gene Morris

Bobby Gene Morris, 91 of Avondale Estates, Ga., passed away June 18, 2021 after spending his final day visiting with his wife and all three of his children.