BOSWELL — The Boswell Scorpions jumped out to an impressive start against Sringtown last week (leading 22-17 after the first quarter of play), but the visiting Tigers made some adjustments on both ends of the court in the second quarter and claimed the quarter 23-15, taking a narrow threepoint lead with them into the first half locker room.

SOPER — The Soper Red Bears split games with Victory Life last week, with the boys coming out on top, 69-55, and the Lady Bears on the short end of a 25-26 game. The boys battled to a 9-8 first quarter advantage with a balanced scoring effort and four players booking points.

It’s not how old you are; it’s how old you feel. Survey after survey show that the majority of senior citizens don’t feel like senior citizens. They feel younger and more active than they thought they’d be –– whether you ask a 55 year old or a 70 year old. “When we were kids, old folks looked and acted old; today’s kids are amazed at the energy and spunk of 70 year olds and even 80 year olds they encounter,” says Rebecca Weber, CEO of the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC].

Long Term Care Ombudsman Program The Ombudsman program advocates for residents of nursing homes, board and care homes, and assisted living facilities. Ombudsman programs work to resolve problems individual residents face and effect change at the local, state, and national levels to improve quality of life and care.

• Offers long-term solution to biden administration’s meat pricing plan Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-02) and 23 of his House Republican colleagues recently sent a letter urging U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack to increase the number of available USDA inspectors.

OKLAHOMA CITY –– As a rancher in Southeastern Oklahoma, Sen. Warren Hamilton has seen the impact of Oklahoma lands being purchased by foreign entities. The McCurtain Republican says it’s time the legislature puts a stop to these transactions and has filed Senate Bill 1469 to clarify that foreign ownership of Oklahoma lands is prohibited, even from business entities and trusts.

DURANT –– The donors who began the Chahta Foundation’s prestigious Saint Patrick of Ireland Scholarship have made an additional $50,000 donation starting a second scholarship, the Saint Bridget of Kildare Scholarship. Like the first, it too is for Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma students.

Timothy Joins Paul and Silas 1 Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was Jewish and a believer but whose father was a Greek. 2 The believers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him. 3 Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. 4 As they traveled from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey. 5 So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.