Most people who live to be 100 years old can look back and account for a whole-lotta-livin’. If you want to trace the activities, war record, business record, play directing activities and accomplishments of Hugo’s Henry Lyles… you better pack a lunch.

During my first year at Hugo Schools, I was honored to become acquainted with a dynamic and intelligent student by the name of Kelli Stacy. In her letter of recommendation for college, I wrote: “I have had the privilege of working with Kelli during her senior year.

AWESOME ADVENTURES! — It’s a rare day in America when you get to get up close enough to touch three massive Asian elephants and feed them, unless of course you’re one of the summer campers at the Awesome Adventures Summer Camp here in Hugo. Above, Asian elephants Becky, Traci and Lisa are getting some delicious snacks from young men at the Awesome Adventures summer camp as Camp Director Karyn Olmos and Christian Loyal tell them about the three massive elephants. Awesome Adventures campers come from all around the U.S. and traveling the farthest this past week was a camper from Tampa, Fla. Awesome Adventures officials expressed their appreciation to several Hugo-area groups or organizations for supporting their summer camp program. Included were the Hugo Lions Club, Hugo Public School Foundation, Chamber of Commerce and Youth Services of Choctaw, Pushmataha and McCurtain Counties.

• $10,000 reward offered The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the murder of 27-year-old Jatavion Alexander (pictured). Alexander was found deceased in the early morning hours of July 4, 2020.

2021 Record 35 wins 11 losses as a 12U Major World Series Record 5 wins 0 losses, scoring 69 runs and only allowing 10 runs World Series Event – June 16-19 in Gulf Shores, Ala. Names of Players in picture at right: Kneeling left – Cy Ammons Standing L-R Kenten Ladd Koal Branton – Coach JE Ellis Shade Cody DJ Alberda Drake Howard Holdan Robinson Nick Cody – Coach Tryan Teague Kobe Tabor Kneeling Right – Kane Branton Max Duncan – not pictured Charlie Duncan - Coach not pictured.

The Reds 2021 Hugo Babe Ruth League Peewee Champions. Front row (l to r): Da’Travion’tae Guess, Mason Moore, Cole Flanagan and Hunter Roper.

Coach Gross: “We have taken kids to skill camps, o line camps, the Southeastern Showcase, and had a lift-a-thon fundraiser last Friday. “We will be doing a ‘Buffaloe Camp’ on July 10.

For years, the terms “Alzheimer’s” and “dementia” have been used interchangeably. But the difference between them is important, say experts at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, with no better time to learn than June: Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month.