For Broken Arrow’s Madison Cain, Santa only needs to leave one thing under the tree in 2020: A new Bitty Baby. Madison’s love of the popular line of dolls is fitting: Born full term at 5 lbs., 9 oz., she was a bitty baby, too.

THE GRINCH MADE a stop at the preschool at Boswell School. He visited with students (I to r): Dylan Salmeron, The Grinch, Emry Trent, Aceson Simes, Braylee Reynolds, Branlei Williams, Desmond James and Hunter Pierce.

Good evening Senator Burns and Joyce: Thomas Tran, our grants director, just informed me that Joyce reached out to confirm which Oklahoma Arts and Cultural Industry COVID Relief Grants are located in Senate District 5. The following grantees are organizations that receive annual grants from our agency for their arts programming.

Senator Rand Paul slammed Republicans Monday for voting in favour of a huge $900 billion Coronavirus relief bill, saying that they are no better than the Democrats they routinely label as ‘Socialists.’

Twenty-four lawmakers signed a letter to the state’s Congressional delegation urging them to challenge the soon-to-be-reported Electoral College vote. Rep.

Sunny days and clear nights will be the story in our weather through next weekend. Afternoon highs will be in the 60s Wednesday but cooling to the upper-40s to low-50s for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. A pretty nice weather pattern for the first week of winter.

BOSWELL ANIMAL KARE hosted its third annual Christmas Coloring Contest! Judging was performed by the BAK staff who admired the talent represented on each coloring sheet! Each winner received a movie basket abounding with movies, candy, popcorn and pop. Pictured from left to right are: Dr. Megan M. Pope (Veterinarian); Pre-K through First Grade Winner: Lexie Barbee; Second and Third Grade Winner: Railee Marshall; Fourth through Sixth Grade Winner: Terriah Williams; and Donna Pope (BAK Office Manager).

The Iris Garden Club of Hugo met on Dec. 14 for their Christmas progressive dinner. Everyone met at Harolynn and Jerry Wofford’s Rose Cottage for appetizers. Christmas lights and decorations welcomed everyone on the front porch. Once inside, guests enjoyed Victorian decor, pink Christmas trees, angels and Santas.

• Hugo teacher request garnered the most votes by SONIC fans, resulting in funds for classroom supplies through SONIC’s Limeades for Learning Fall Voting Campaign For the 12thh year in a row and during an especially urgent time of need, SONIC@ Drive-In donated an all-time high of $1.3 million to fund public school teacher requests across the country as part of its annual Limeades for Learning Fall Voting Campaign. In partnership with nonprofit teacher crowdfunding platform, DonorsChoose and with the help of SONIC fans, a teacher from Hugo, Oklahoma was among the community heroes up-voted to receive $576 for essential materials to create an engaging learning environment.

INTERNATIONAL PAPER’S Valliant Containerboard Mill has a long history of investing in the communities where their employees work and live. This holiday season, the COVID-19 pandemic has created a variety of hardships that have resulted in many families being without the resources they need to provide food to their families. In response, the Valliant Mill is teaming up with Little Dixie Community Action Agency, Inc. and Pruett’s Foods to Box up the Blessings. During the month of December, for every day the Valliant Mill achieves daily production targets, $1,000 will be donated to Little Dixie Community Action Agency for families in need. An additional $5,000 will be donated at the end of the month if the mill beats the monthly production target, according to Plant Manager Pete Thompson. Pictured are: Lindsey Hutchings, Valliant Mill Communications Manager and Becky Reynolds, Little Dixie Communication Action Agency, Executive Director.