Retirement parties were held last week in Hugo for Rhonda Cherry (above) and Linda Loper (bottom left). Cherry retired from the Hugo Post Office on April 30, capping off an impressive career spanning more than 20 years. Loper retired on April 30 after 40 years of remarkable service to the Choctaw County Commissioners’ Office. She is pictured with Teena McClure.

BRYAN COUNTY –– A woman was killed and three others sustained injuries in a two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 70 and N.

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The Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority (CNHSA) has announced a partnership with Oklahoma State University (OSU) Medicine to open the Antlers Community Health Clinic. The first of its kind in Oklahoma, the clinic will have a small staff onsite with providers overseeing patients virtually utilizing the latest in innovative technology.

The Fort Towson 4-H Forestry Judging junior and senior teams won top honors in the District Forestry Contest held at Beavers Bend. The 4-H members had to take a test over general forestry knowledge, identify insects and diseases, participate in compass and pacing, identify trees and how they are used in Oklahoma, and measure saw logs.

Choctaw County Strong Fathers completed its first 12-session 24:7 Dad workshop series with participants at the Choctaw County Jail last week. The program is operated by LIFT Community Action Agency Inc. through a contract awarded by Oklahoma Human Services. The contract was made possible by a $9 million investment Oklahoma Human Ser-

Choctaw Nation to host 5K run for missing, murdered native women Saturday, May 10. It will begin at 8 a.m. at the Choctaw Community Center in Antlers, 302 SW O St. Registration will be at the nearly CNO Wellness Center. Early packet pick up will be held from 1 to 4 p.m.

Felony 048 – James Vance Whitfield: Trafficking in illegal drugs. 049 – Dannie Ray Ward: Possession of firearm after former felony conviction.

Gideon’s Ephod 22 The Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you, your son and your grandson— because you have saved us from the hand of Midian.” 23 But Gideon told them, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The Lord will rule over you.” 24 And he said, “I do have one request, that each of you give me an earring from your share of the plunder.” (It was the custom of the Ishmaelites to wear gold earrings.) 25 They answered, “We’ll be glad to give them.” So they spread out a garment, and each of them threw a ring from his plunder onto it.

Allotment for Benjamin 11 The first lot came up for the tribe of Benjamin according to its clans. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph: 12 On the north side their boundary began at the Jordan, passed the northern slope of Jericho and headed west into the hill country, coming out at the wilderness of Beth Aven. 13 From there it crossed to the south slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth Addar on the hill south of Lower Beth Horon.