Hope Pregnancy Care Center celebrated its 18 years of service recently. Oleta and Mike Bryant are the founders, opening on Sept. 20, 2005. Their Pastor at the time was Mike Armes. He supported the center and encouraged them, and Jesus has provided for the center all these years. “Through the years we haven’t received any government funding or any grants,” Oleta Bryant said on her Facebook page. “God has provided all of our every need. Our first baby is going to be 18 and we are still here providing help in our community. To God be the Glory and I truly appreciate everyone who has supported us through the years.” The care center is a faithbased, pro-life, nonprofit 501(c) (3) organization that provides physical, emotional, mental, transitional and spiritual support.

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Dixie Lee Anderson, of Fort Towson, Okla., passed away Sept. 22, 2023, at the age of 85. Dixie was born in Saginaw, Mich., to Julius Jarama and Alice Elliott. She was married to Randolph Anderson for 40 years. Dixie worked as a sales person in retail at Belk Department Store in Paris, Texas. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Fort Towson.

With 1:19 seconds to go in the first quarter, Idabel led Hugo 7-0 in what had already been a physical battle between rivals. When Warriors’ quarterback Waylon Phillips dropped back to pass, all heads turned toward the Buffaloes’ sideline where an Idabel receiver was rushing toward the corner of the end zone in anticipation.

• Goodland Academy awarded $5,000 to provide stable environment for youth ITC Great Plains is supporting youth through a $5,000 grant awarded to Goodland Academy. Goodland Academy’s priority is to provide education and a stable environment for all children and adolescents in Choctaw County, Oklahoma.

Hugo’s Southside Baptist Church is hosting a gospel concert featuring Walter Plant on Oct. 7, 2023, at 6 p.m.

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Funeral services for Hazel Faye Larkins, of Boswell, Okla., will be held at 2 p.m. Sept. 28, 2023 at Restland Cemetery in Boswell. Hazel passed away Sept. 24, 2023, at the age of 82. Hazel Faye Larkins was born on Jan. 31, 1941 in Boswell. She was preceded in death by her parents, John Allen and Norene (Sanders) Darling; husband, Ustas Howard Larkins, Jr.; son, Jeff Waugh; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brothers: Jerry Allen, Johnny Allen, Terry Allen and sisters: Sue Owens and Rosa Lee Allen.

Funeral services for Michael Wayne Covington, of Hugo, Okla., will be held at 10 a.m. Sept.

Funeral services for Richard Earl Spear, of Hugo, Okla., were held at 10 a.m. Sept. 25, 2023 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home. Richard Earl “Dickey” Spear took his first Heavenly breath on Sept. 21, 2023 at 1:34 a.m., at the age of 69.