Choctaw Cultural Center, French Museum partner again

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DURANT –– The successful collaboration of art and history between two nations, France and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma has led to the creation of the new exhibit “Okhvta Chito Okhoatali: Choctaw and French Transatlantic Legacies.” It premiered at the Choctaw Cultural Center on Saturday, July 6.
A trio of clay bowls etched with traditional designs show the beauty of Choctaw artistry in everyday utensils. These and more artifacts from the 1700s will be displayed in the exhibit “Okhvta Chito Okhoatali: Choctaw and French Transatlantic Legacies” at the Choctaw Cultural Center. Photo provided by Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac

Fort Towson announces Honor Roll students

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Fourth Nine Weeks A Honor Roll Asher David Easton Earnest Jayde Ellis Paislee Smith Alaska Wallace Brinsley Ingold Everleigh Minnaar Logan Day Holley Siverling Wylie Hicks Lily McAtee Summer Price Allie McClain Kianne Crippin Canden Wisener Dina McClanahan Sawyer Morgan Serenity Jones AJ Sons Gunner Reed Tatum Morgan Haleigh Lemons Catherine Deaton Fourth Nine Weeks A/B Honor Roll Cutter Boetticher Hadilynn Hudson Jeramy Caldwell Hunter Lee Chayden Williams Paxton Brewer Abel Calvert Les Chapman Isaac Lemons Joesie Parish Emori Downing Gabe Gunter Wyatt Hudson Jaxton McClain Tucker Priddy Oliver Willimon Kylin Wright Aiden Blair Braxton Greer Lakyn Gross Abigail Siverling Dean Yang Gunner Price Jacqueline Deaton Asher Harvison Presley Couch Jermy Hinsley Emma Pettit Kashlynn Gurry Nova Wallace Xaiden James Drew Dodds Lilly Hudson John Lewis Jr. Nevaeh White Jack Wilkinson Kynza Wright Zayah Barker Denton McClanahan Taylor Vandever Acelee Ellis Paula Lewis Liam McAtee Hayden Teague Addison Greer Jason Guest Hannah Soto Melody Wilhite Second Semester A Honor Roll Asher David Easton Earnest Jayde Ellis Paislee Smith Alaska Wallace Cutter Boetticher Brinsley Ingold Everleigh Minnaar Chayden Williams Abel Calvert Logan Day Holley Siverling Wylie Hicks Lily McAtee Summer Price Allie McClain Kianne Crippin Canden Wisener Sawyer Morgan Serenity Jones AJ Sons Emma Pettit Gunner Reed Meghan Rymel Jagger Manuel Samantha Scott Kyra Johns Drew Earthman Anna Drinkard Autumn Diggs Second Semester A/B Honor Roll Hadilynn Hudson Arieanne Heady Jeramy Caldwell Hunter Lee Paxton Brewer Isaac Lemons Joesie Parish Gabe Gunter Wyatt Hudson Jaxton McClain Dina McClanahan Oliver Willimon Kylin Wright Aiden Blair Braylee Daniel Braxton Greer Lakyn Gross Sophia Joslin Aiden McClanahan Abigail Siverling Dean Yang Jacqueline Deaton Presley Couch Emma Pettit Kashlynn Gurry Nova Wallace Drew Dodds John Lewis Jr.

Calendar of Events...

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Hugo’s city-wide summer clean up will be July 12-13. All items must be taken to the landfill on S. Eighth St. across the bypass. Curbside pickup available for the very elderly and handicapped by calling 580.326.2344 or 580.326.9598 by 12 p.m. July 11.

Five graduate from Choctaw Nation Residency program

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The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma celebrates five graduates from the Family Medicine Residency Program this summer. Doctors Henry Gutierrez, Zachary Cruse, Shanell Gray, Patrick McIntosh, and Daniel Stacy finish their threeyear residency with Choctaw Nation and four are remaining on as a physician with Choctaw Nation Health Services.
Pictured are: Drs. Gutierrez, Cruse, Gray, Stacy, and McIntosh graduate and remain with the Choctaw Nation.

Deuteronomy 21

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Atonement for an Unsolved Murder 1 If someone is found slain, lying in a field in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who the killer was, 2 your elders and judges shall go out and measure the distance from the body to the neighboring towns. 3 Then the elders of the town nearest the body shall take a heifer that has never been worked and has never worn a yoke 4 and lead it down to a valley that has not been plowed or planted and where there is a flowing stream. There in the valley they are to break the heifer’s neck. 5 The Levitical priests shall step forward, for the Lord your God has chosen them to minister and to pronounce blessings in the name of the Lord and to decide all cases of dispute and assault. 6 Then all the elders of the town nearest the body shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley, 7 and they shall declare: “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it done. 8 Accept this atonement for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, Lord, and do not hold your people guilty of the blood of an innocent person.” Then the bloodshed will be atoned for, 9 and you will have purged from yourselves the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

Soper celebrates Homecoming July 6

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Soper’s annual Homecoming celebration is scheduled for July 6. This year’s Homecoming –– Keeping it Groovy –– will kick off with parade registration at 7 a.m.

Lucy Daniel crowned Miss Rodeo Oklahoma Sweetheart

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The Miss Rodeo Oklahoma Scholarship Pageant was held in conjunction with the Woodward Elks Rodeo in Woodward, Okla. Crowned as the new Miss Rodeo Oklahoma is Cassidy Heskett of Pawnee. The new Miss Rodeo Oklahoma Teen is Lana Carter of Stillwater. The new Miss Rodeo Oklahoma Princess is Nadalee Goedereis of Watts. Two Miss Rodeo Oklahoma Sweethearts were also crowned.
The 2025 Miss Rodeo Oklahoma Sweetheart Lucy Daniel is pictured at far left. Photo Courtesy / Sherry Smith Photography

Independence declared

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Little River Chapter DAR Little River Daughters of the American Revolution and Fort Towson Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary would like to remind you Independence Day is an important federal holiday in the United States that commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. The day marks the historical event when the United States of
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