I can be sitting at my desk, deeply engrossed in thinking of a serious crisis the world is facing. My mind spiraling in never ending circles, like water going down a drain. And as I contemplate the seemingly unsolvable issue that has my attention, if I am not careful, the problem can consume my morning.

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• Hurricanes expected to push rainfall into southeast Oklahoma We will see scattered showers and thunderstorms Wednesday and Thursday, I am thinking in the order of about 50%. Rain chances are expected to go back down to the slight category by the weekend and it will be getting hotter.

Seventeen years ago, a high school student who was quietly discerning a call to the priesthood was invited to Hugo and spent the next few days at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, meeting the Glenmary mission priests in the area. He told his friends then that if he became a priest, he would like to return to the southeastern Oklahoma area one day to serve, God-willing.

Beginning on Oct. 1, the applications for the Thanksgiving and Christmas food vouchers will be available for Choctaw Tribal families. The applications are made available online through the Chahta Achvffa online member portal.

OKLAHOMA CITY –– A new finding from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation shows that a heart dysfunction associated with cardiovascular failure in aging adults may be reversible. According to the American Heart Association, more than 6 million people in the U.S.

DURANT –– The Choctaw Nation Health and Wellness Center in Stigler, Oklahoma, in collaboration with several community partners, will be hosting a free event on Monday, Aug. 31 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to provide essential prescription drug safety training and resources in a drivethrough fashion.

HUGO’S NEWEST baby boy, Cameron Lee, was honored with an Elephant Baby Shower Saturday. Cameron was born at 6:31 a.m. Aug. 2, 2020 to Whimpy, weighing in at a whopping 257 pounds. Photos Courtesy / Joshua Jimenez