HUGO BUFFALO KRIS AKINS signed a college letter of intent last week to play football at UCO in Edmond. Pictured with Kris during the signing are Cheri Cherry, Kris Akins, Jr., Donna Akins, Coach Darnell Shankin, Donte Cherry and Demontre Akins.

FORMER HHS LADY BUFFALO TRAKAIL HOLMAN moves the basketball down the floor during the Homecoming Alumni game and is being defended by Don’Nai Akins and Jordan Holman. Trakail led the Alumni Team with 25 points.

HUGO BUFFALO ALUMNI team members who battled the No. 2 rated Hugo Buffalo basketball team during a Homecoming confrontation last week included: G’ Quavious Lennox, Kamin Jackson, DeMarcus Turner, Kiefer Lester, Erick Hilbert, Jalen Ray, Kyon Freemon, Kelin Scott, Brandon Debo, Houston Gregg and D.J. Shanklin. Also seeing action for the Alumni were DeeDee Grant and Donte Dangerfield.

KIEFER LESTER takes the ball to the rack for two points for the Hugo Buffalo Alumni basketball team last Friday night in their Homecoming encounter against the Hugo Buffaloes Putting some back door pressure on Lester is G’Mariyon Wallace.

• More than 500,000 Oklahomans have receive at least the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, fa surpassing the 397,065 cases in the state since the start of pandemic OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) announced that more than 500,000 vaccines have been administered to Oklahomans. This includes over 100,000 Oklahomans who have completed the full vaccination series of both prime and boost doses.

The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation is recruiting healthy volunteers to study whether a diabetes drug can slow aging. OMRF scientist Benjamin Miller, Ph.D., is investigating how metformin impacts insulin sensitivity and its link to the biological processes of aging.

Since opening in 1997, the Oklahoma State University Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center has been dedicated to promoting the success and growth of the food and agricultural industries within the state.

Central Life Sciences (Central) has partnered with the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Foundation (OCF) to provide $5,000 in scholarships. “The Central team simply knew we wanted to help Oklahomans make their educational dreams a reality,” says Mark Upton, National Director of Sales, Feed Additives for CLS.

A young couple was deeply involved in the timeless dance of married couples since the first union, and I am not referring to sex. This was the dance of war. Each had taken a rigid, angry stance on opposite sides of their ballroom. In fact, the battle for this championship had escalated to the point that, no matter what one said, the other was definitely going to disagree. No compromise, take no prisoners. Victory at any cost.

Graveside services for Annette Joyce Millsap-Staton, fondly known as “Mamanette,” were held Monday, Feb. 8, 2021 at the Springs Chapel Cemetery in Hugo, Okla., with Mike Grisby officiating. Pallbearers for the service were Rex Moffatt, Stan Self, Danny Allen, Mark Pulliam, Earl Wayne Cole and Sabin Bruno. Annette went to be with the Lord on Feb. 3, 2021, in Tulsa, Okla., at the age of 83.