6-30-1932 – 04-26-2023 Patty was born in Hugo, Okla., and began her adventures in life at an early age living in Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, with her parents. She attended primary school in Venezuela as well as Ada, Okla. She graduated high school from Gulf Park in Gulf Port, Miss., and attended College at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, with a major in Music Education and minor in Speech and Theater. She was an amazing wife, mother and career teacher of music K-12. She taught in many rural schools in Oklahoma to include Soper, Fort Towson and Fletcher, before settling in Moore, Okla., after the death of her husband. She remained as a teacher with Moore Public Schools until retirement. She continued to mentor children of all ages in the Moore area in music until her second retirement at age 80.

WILBURTON –– Forty-three academically high-achieving students were recently inducted into the national honor society Phi Theta Kappa during a campus ceremony in Wilburton. The society was founded in 1918 and is recognized as the official honor society of associate-level institutions and programs.

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The Buffaloes’ spring practice came to an end on Tuesday after nine days of hard work that gave onlookers a glimpse into what’s to come in the fall. The main takeaway from the spring is that there are a number of changes coming for Hugo in the 2023 season, and they’ll be looking for leaders to step up and help guide the rest of the team through unchartered territory.

SOUTHEAST Hugo: Elevation is normal and stable, water temperature 74°F and murky. Blue, channel, and flathead catfish excellent on chicken liver, cut bait, live bait, punch bait, shad, stinkbait, and sunfish below the dam, brush structure, creek channels, main lake, river channel, shorelines, and standing timber.

After three dominant victories in the Norman Regional, Oklahoma (54-1, 18-0 Big 12) will face Clemson (49-10, 18-6 ACC) in a three-game series in the Norman Super Regional. The Sooners will appear in their 13th consecutive Super Regional, hosting for the sixth consecutive time. OU hasn’t been eliminated in a Super Regional since 2015.

Recognizing a stroke Stroke victims may suffer brain damage when people fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke. Doctors say any bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions: • Ask the person to smile.

The National Institutes of Health has awarded the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation $2.6 million to unravel how mutations in a single gene connect to skin health. With the five-year grant, OMRF scientist Lorin Olson, Ph.D., will continue his research on a protein signal called platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), which plays a key role in the body’s ability to repair wounds.

• Tribe contributes to leading efforts in disease research, care and support TULSA –– Cherokee Nation and its businesses recently presented a $75,000 check to the Alzheimer’s Association Oklahoma Chapter. “The Cherokee Nation has long been supportive of our citizens, friends, neighbors and communities,” said Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.

Washington , D.C. – U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) introduced the Tribal Police Department Parity Act to eliminate burdensome regulation and streamline Tribal police department access to duty weapons. Under current law, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) places an undue burden on Indian Tribes while exempting state and local entities from the same bureaucracy. U.S. Congressman Dusty Johnson (R-SD) introduced companion legislation in the House, ahead of National Police Week.