The Iris Garden Club of Hugo met for their March 2021 meeting on March 22 at the Burnside community room. Holly Lowrance was hostess and Vickie Watson was cohostess.

• 2021 Hugo High School Valedictorian: Jake Blankenship is the 18-year-old son of Jaime and Jammie Blankenship. During his high school career, Jake played baseball for four years and football for one year. He also participated in both marching band and jazz band for four years, serving as a section leader and band captain. After graduation, Jake plans to attend the Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology to become a high voltage electrical lineman.

HUGO –– The Choctaw Nation awarded the city of Hugo $30,800, Boswell $11,400 and Choctaw County $25,200 from the Choctaw Community Partner Fund to continue to help strengthen and develop the local area.

HUGO –– The 2021 Lt. Governor’s Turkey Hunt will be held April 21-23 at Hugo Lake State Park.

A discovery by a scientist studying brain cancer at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation could be key to improving multiple sclerosis treatment. OMRF scientist Rheal Towner (pictured), Ph.D., is studying potential treatments for a deadly form of brain cancer.

A scientist at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation has discovered a targeted therapy that could improve treatment and long-term outcomes for ovarian cancer. The findings from OMRF researcher Magdalena Bieniasz, Ph.D., could pave the way for better personalized medicine options for women who have the deadliest form of the disease.

Increase your growing success by giving your transplants a good start with a few simple planting techniques. Preparing them for the transition outdoors and planting properly will help you grow your best garden yet.

The Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association has served as the Trusted Voice of Oklahoma cattle producers since 1953. The organization has longstanding values that serving today’s beef producers goes hand-in-hand with supporting Oklahoma’s agricultural youth, specifically young people interested in beef production.

After Major League Baseball (MLB) announced that it was moving the 2021 All-Star game because of the recently signed election integrity law in Georgia, it was only a matter of time before former President Donald Trump opined about the controversial and questionable move by the league that runs America’s favorite pastime, and called for the boycott of baseball.

Aside from the state budget, redistricting is the most important item of business the legislature will tackle this session. Redistricting takes place every 10 years after the nation completes the U.S. Census and is the process of updating legislative and congressional district boundaries based on the state’s population.