County officers sworn in

Lincoln County swore in four officers on Monday. From left are Alicia Wagnon, county clerk; Charlie Dougherty, sheriff; Cindy Kirby, court clerk; and Marlon Miller, District 2 commissioner. See Page 2A for a photo of Pottawatomie County officers.

Happenings at Prairie Pointe

Even amid the pandemic, we “heard the bells” on Christmas Day at Prairie Pointe. We enjoyed hors d’oeuvres, sparkling grape juice and eggnog before a grand meal of smoked turkey and ham. Wirt Trawick offered the blessing.

Updates from Meeker Town Hall

1. Update on T-SET (Tobacco Settlement) A. 12 signs were placed on Culver St. designating it as a bicycle pathway to and from our Elementary School. This should elevate our T-SET program to a Gold level. This will mean an additional $12,000 we will receive.

LINCOLN COUNTY AND POTTATOMIE COUNTY PUBLIC RECORDS

Lincoln County Marriage Licenses Marriage Licenses Richard Perez, San Antonio, Texas, and Tammy Jo Ready, Agra. Probates In the Matter of the Probate, Petition for Foreign Will for Ronald E. Matheson. Civil Cases Tinker Federal Credit Union Vs. Kimberly Ann Coyner - Money Judgment.

CARD OF THANKS

Thanks to everyone for the many expressions of concern and sympathy for our loss of Gene Chase. The thoughts and prayers, calls, cards, food and flowers. We sincerely appreciate all the kind sentiments. Jane Chase, Mike Chase, Darcy Tate and families

Chandler FFA students

Three students from the Chandler FFA Chapter placed eighth overall at the 2020 American Farmers & Ranchers Livestock Handling Contest held at Oklahoma National Stockyards in Oklahoma City earlier this month.

Taking a look back at 2020

We took a peek back through the fi rst 50 issues of newspaper for 2020 and pulled out a few highlights from the each week’s news. As you can imagine, there was a lot of COVID-related news, but there was a lot of life-goes-on news, both good and bad.

COVID continues climb

The number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 has jumped again in both Pottawatomie and Lincoln Counties in the last few days, the Oklahoma State Department of Health reports. There have been four more deaths in Pottawatomie County in the last seven days.