The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) served nearly 30,000 students and 650,000 meals this summer through two essential food assistance programs: the Summer EBT (Electronic Benefits Transfer) Program and the Summer Food Service Program. The initiatives fill gaps in food assistance left by the absence of school meals during the summer break.

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Contributing Writer The fifth-ranked Soper Lady Red Bears were runners up in the Caney Tournament last week. Soper lost to third-ranked Caney, 9-8 in extra innings and 3-0 in the tournament finals. The Lady Red Bears won the other four games including beating sixth ranked Stuart ,2-1. Soper’s record is now 23-5 on the season.

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The Israelites Punish the Benjamites 1 Then all Israel from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came together as one and assembled before the Lord in Mizpah. 2 The leaders of all the people of the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God’s people, four hundred thousand men armed with swords.

Believers Who Have Died 13 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. 14 For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 15 According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.

ROEBUCK LAKE — “Fifty cents to put the boat in,” were the words that many Choctaw County residents heard during several decades when Roebuck Lake, Oklahoma’s largest natural lake, enjoyed a recreational prominence before numerous new lakes were constructed. Recently, a parcel of property of more than 800 acres, including Roebuck Lake was sold by previous owner Jack Harley at auction for an undisclosed price.