The Iris Garden Club of Hugo met Nov. 22 at Burnside Estates community room.

Hugo Elementary School announces it has received a $3,690 Classroom Enhancement grant from the Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation administered by the Oklahoma City Community Foundation. The grant will be used to assist in funding our music program with a Soprano Glockenspiel, Alto Glockenspiel, several variations of xylophones, and two different metallophones, which will allow Hugo Elementary School to provide educational opportunities that will expand its students’ horizons.

Add a small-scale living evergreen to your holiday celebrations. Consider one that is suit able for growing indoors so you can enjoy it throughout the year.

After starting the week with freezing temperatures at night, we are going to have a big warm up as the week progresses. I am expecting 76 degrees on Thursday and 81 on Friday, but then another cold front will knock the temperatures down for the weekend with high temperatures only expected to be in the 50s. Precipitation is going to be hard to come by with only one chance during the next seven days.

Left: Pictured with Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt are: Will Smith, Becky Reynolds, Brent Franks and John Moffitt. Below: Dr.

DURANT –– The COVID-19 vaccination booster doses are available for all patients 18 years and older, regardless of the vaccine brand previously obtained. The Choctaw Nation Clinics will be providing the booster to all eligible individuals, regardless of tribal member status or residency.

Nominations are now open for Leadership Oklahoma’s annual Distinguished Leadership award which recognizes an individual who has demonstrated exemplary service to Leadership Oklahoma over the last year.

GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT is pictured with: Choctaw County Sheriff’s Deputy, Barbara Byrd, Justin Humphrey, Collin Houchen and Gerene Taylor during a meet and greet held last week at the Endangered Ark Foundation.

New book, ‘Frogville, Quest of a Frog’ Turns the Fairytale on Its Head with a Fun Twist and an Exciting Adventure “Frogville, Quest of a Frog,” a new book by author Sharla J. Frost, turns the traditional fairytale on its head.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY met at the South Central District Building in Hugo Saturday, to discuss the recent ongoing violence and other pressing issues. City of Hugo officials, as well as community leaders and citizens took the floor to discuss their ideas and concerns.