BOSWELL VFW Post 1048 host the Patriot Pen Essay contest for grades 6-8 and Voice of Democracy for grades 9-12 each year. The VFW Post 1048 members Ish Web and Jim Woods came to present awards to a couple of Boswell students who participated in this year’s essay contest.

VALLIANT –– The teamwork phrase at the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) “Together We’re More” became even better understood recently in Valliant.

DURING WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD, Louie Lighting Bug visited Little Dixie students at the Antlers, Broken Bow, Idabel, Valliant and Hugo early childhood centers, with Executive Director, Becky Reynolds.

VALEDICTORIAN: ZACHARY COVINGTON is the son of Bryan Covington of Hugo and Natasha Kinslow of Fort Towson. His grandparents are Robert and Naoma Kinslow of Fort Towson and Lynn and Margaret Covington of Hugo.

HUGO –– Hugo city council members made multiple board appointments during their regularly scheduled meeting May 4. Appointments made included: • The re-appointment of City Manager Leah Savage to the Little Dixie Board.

Hugo 1.36 Antlers .91 Pine Creek 1.23 Idabel .89 Broken Bow .44 Cloudy .90.

1 Praise the Lord, my soul. Lord my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty.