Sweepstakes...

Peery receives the State Superintendents Award Chandler’s Music Makers Choir received Sweepstakes for the 12th time in a row. The choir performed at Elk City High School where they competed on stage and in the sightreading room.

Meeker sets date for sale of school bonds

Meeker’s Board of Education adopted a resolution this week setting the date and time for the sale of its $850,000 bonds approved during last week’s election. A new board member was sworn in and the board also approved holding this year’s commencement exercises at Firelake Arena.

Lori Lynn Purcell

A funeral service will be held for Lori Lynn Purcell at 10 a.m., Saturday, April 10, 2021, in the chapel of Lehman Funeral Home of Wellston, which handled the final arrangements. Burial will follow at the Wellston Cemetery.

Randall Dewayne King

Randall Dewayne King was born November 14, 1950, in Anadarko, Okla. He died Monday, March 29, 2021, at the age of 70 years. King, the son of Darrell and Charlotte (Belase) King, married Debra Callaway on April 27, 1977, in Edmond, Okla. He graduated from high school in Carnegie, Okla.

Betty Nickerson Hall

Betty Nickerson Hall was born July 17, 1924 in Pasadena, Calif., and died March 25, 2021 while residing in Meeker, Okla. On May 29, 1941 she married Warren Hall, originally of Crawford, Neb. During WWII they moved between New York City, Boston, Vallejo, Calif., and Quonset Point, R.I.

Terry Allen Ford

Terry Allen Ford of Wellston was born July 5, 1949. He died Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at the age of 71 years. Ford, the son of Cecil and Bonnie (Phelps) Ford, married Trisha Prough on March 19, 1999.