Jarvis resigns from Chandler school board

The Chandler Board of Education this week accepted the resignation of a board member, hired a paraprofessional and also employed two teacher aides. School Supt. Scott Baade said Board Member Tony Jarvis, who held seat No. 1, has resigned from the board.

Town Talk

Activities happening around Stroud for the next few days are Metal Detecting Club will meet at Stroud City Hall, tonight (Thursday), February 16th at 7:00 p.m., Central Vo-Tech in Drumright will hold their annual open house from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.

Meeker keeps administrators

Meeker’s Board of Education this week voted to offer contracts to four administrators for the 20232024 school year and accepted the retirements of two elementary teachers.

Kingdom of Heaven

Many don’t realize they are to communicate with their soul. We do a lot of things our soul doesn’t like, and when we do we are causing our soul to stop communicating. Many hear their soul but don’t give thought to what it says. It is cut off by the cares of this life.

Remembering daughters at Valentine’s

Years ago I used to write a business column for the newspaper that I worked for more than 47 years. Primarily, it dealt with what present businesses were doing, when new businesses were opening up, that sort of thing. It really was a business briefs type column.

Meeker man in court on arson charge

A Meeker area man charged with arson following his arrest recently by an agent with the State Fire Marshal’s Office has made a further initial appearance. Youlha Rhodes, 39, was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court Jan. 13 with second degree arson.

Grateful for bonus blessings

Majority of the time when you do something, you don’t think about the bonuses that come along with it. You think about the situation at hand and that’s it. That is exactly what I did when I started dating Brayden. I didn’t think about getting anything besides Brayden.

Charges in rape case

A Chandler man faces multiple rape charges after he was arrested recently by Lincoln County deputies. One count of first degree rape, two counts of second degree rape and one charge of forcible oral sodomy were formally filed in Lincoln County District Court Jan. 9 against Dazshawne Stapp, 25.