Letter to the editor

To the editor: Since doing away with one voting day, we will never again have fair elections. Ballot counting going on for days and even weeks leaves too much room for adding or destroyingballots.

Town Talk

Thank you to everyone who came out Saturday night to help the American Legion Auxiliary and Town Talk honor our veterans and current military. Thank you, also, to BancFirst, First Bank & Trust and RCB Bank for generously supporting this event. We received great reviews on the evening.

Brittany McDoulett

Freedom is not free. Veteran, you know that better than anyone. Each of you gave up something for our freedom. For some it was leaving home, the familiar place where you felt safe; for others it was saying goodbye to beloved family and friends.

Chandler sidewalk project

The Community of Chandler is seeking a nearly $1 million grant from the Oklahoma Department of Transportation to help fund a 1.1 mile sidewalk that will connect with an existing one completed earlier this year. Diann Herrmann helps head up the Safe and Healthy Lifestyles Committee in Chandler.

Early deadlines for next week’s edition

We’ll shift all deadlines 24 hours earlier for next week’s Thanksgiving Week edition of the Lincoln County News Deadlines will be: - Legals - 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18 - Ads - 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18 - Obituaries - noon Monday, Nov.

Floyd Douglas Satterfield

Floyd Douglas Satterfield, resident of Shawnee, Oklahoma, passed away October 27, 2022, at the SSM Health, St. Anthony Hospital in Shawnee, Oklahoma at the age of 90 years. Floyd was born in Davenport, Oklahoma on July 17, 1932, to Frances Julia Purscell and Brady Albert Satterfield.

David “Cotton” Schwab

David Christian “Cotton” Schwab, 68, passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2022, at his home in Davenport, Oklahoma. Cotton was born on Tuesday, August 3, 1954, in Augsburg, Germany, to Benjamin and Laura (Bergmann) Schwab.