The Hugo board of education met in regular session on Dec. 14. Our annual financial audit was reported by Bledsoe, Hewett, and Gullekson. The board approved fundraiser requests for HMS and HHS as well as the opening of a new activity account for the HMS Computer Lab. Leah Brown was employed to work as a custodian at HMS and the board accepted the resignations of Jan Hunter and Ruby Nored. After an executive session to discuss the matter, the board renewed my contract. Encumbrance, Payroll, and Minutes Clerk, Shelly Wilson, was selected as the Support Employee of the Month. Shelly is a godsend who has helped us keep the district running smoothly for many years. Our December payroll will include employee bonuses for unused sick and personal leave from last year.

LEFT: OPENING DAY... Ray and Marcy Pruett greet customers as they visited Hugo’s new Pruett’s Grocery last Wednesday, Dec.9, on opening day..

Soper’s own John Harrison was named PRCA 2020 Comedy Act of the Year Dec. 2, during the PRCA Awards Banquet leading up to the commencement of the NFR. He was also nominated for Clown of the Year, and can be seen during each of the 10 rounds as the “Coors Man in the Can.” Photo Courtesy / harrisonentertainment.com

PUSHMATAHA COUNTY –– A Krebs, Okla., man expired at the scene of an ATV collision Saturday evening, on a county road northwest of Clayton in Pushmataha County. According to reports from the Oklahoma