HUGO –– With two absent during last Tuesday’s Hugo city council meeting, Councilors Darren Frazier, Corby Johnson and Juanita Latimore took action on a few pressing issues. After months of negotiations, 2022-2023 fiscal year contracts with the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) and Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) were approved as presented upon a motion by Latimore.

For any voter who has not yet registered, Friday, Oct. 14 is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the Nov.

October is Residents’ Rights Month, an annual event designated by Consumer Voice to honor residents living in all long-term care facilities and those receiving care in their home or community. It is an opportunity to focus on and celebrate the dignity and rights of every individual receiving long-term services and supports, and to support long-term care ombudsmen, citizen advocates, facility staff and family members who work to promote and support residents’ rights.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) expanded eligibility for the JYNNEOS vaccine starting Monday, Oct. 3.

The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation has named Elizabeth Finn, Ph.D., as an assistant member in the Cell Cycle and Cancer Biology Research Program. She joins OMRF from the National Cancer Institute, a part of the National Institutes of Health, where she completed a postdoctoral fellowship.

1 We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. 2 Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. 3 For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.” a 4 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

Idolaters Condemned 1 Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat down in front of me. 2 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 3 “Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces.

Saying 7 1 When you sit to dine with a ruler, note well what a is before you, 2 and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony. 3 Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

• Free youth leadership event on Oct. 8 at Robbers Cave DURANT –– The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma’s Youth Advisory Board (YAB) Quarterly Conference will be held at Robbers Cave State Park on Saturday, Oct.

DURANT –– Chief Gary Batton of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) proclaimed this week “CNO Voter Registration & Voter Education Week” across the Choctaw Reservation. During this week, Chief Batton encourages all tribal members, associates and eligible voters across the state to register before the Oct. 14 deadline to vote in Oklahoma’s November General Election.