1 Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you! 2 As when fire sets twigs ablaze and causes water to boil, come down to make your name known to your enemies and cause the nations to quake before you! 3 For when you did awesome things that we did not expect, you came down, and the mountains trembled before you. 4 Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.

The Boswell Scorpions defeated LeFlore 6-5 and Whitesborro twice in Regional baseball tournament action to earn a trip to the Class B Baseball State Tournament this week. The Scorpions racked up 16 hits to blister the bases with runners.

RATTAN — The Rattan Rams strapped a two-hit 7-0 shutout on Varnum last week in preparation for their district play that was raindelayed against Stuart. The RAMS were tentative in their first trip to the plate, but Jace May started things off in the bottom of the second with a hit that the RAMS would turn into the game’s first score of the day.

HUGO — Both the Hugo boys and girls track teams qualified multiple athletes to this week’s State Track Tournament! For the ladies, Jordan Holman was the Regional Champion in the high jump. Don’nai Akins was the Regional Champion in the 100 meter dash.

Terijo Taylor shut-out Clayton Saturday to lead her Rattan Lady Rams to a big 10-0 shutout of the Clayton Lady Bulldogs. The big win put Coach Alex Tucker and her Lady RAMS into the State Playoffs in Shawnee Tuesday. (After press time.)

HUGO — It’s been seven years since Hugo Buffalo baseball fans have had the opportunity to host a District Baseball Tournament and tensions were high at Shull-Bywaters Park Tuesday when Hugo faced off against the Comanche Indians in a best of three battle.

Although roughly half the U.S. population has received at least one COVID-19 shot, new cases are still averaging more than 50,000 daily nationwide. It’s a sign the virus isn’t going away, according to experts at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.

Financial exploitation is the most common form of elder abuse. Studies have shown that about 5% of Americans 60+ experienced financial mistreatment by a family member in a single year. Most exploitation complaints to long-term care ombudsmen involve perpetrators from outside the facility.

LEFT: FORT TOWSON 4-H District Forestry Judging First Place Senior Team: Autumn Diggs, Samantha Scott, Stacey Scott and McKayla Brents. ABOVE: FORT TOWSON 4-H District Forestry Judging Second Place Senior Team: Lillabeth Whitlow, Andrew Pharis and Madison Burchfield.

After many years of neglecting his family, a hard-working successful salesman finally took his wife on a date. Unfortunately, very conscious of the time he was “wasting,” he frequently checked his watch. Fed up with his inattentiveness, she finally confronted him over dessert. His sheepishly distracted answer, “Um, I’m just checking what time it is,” earned her cold glare and this comment before she stormed away.