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By the time this appears in print, my youngest child will have enlisted in the U.S. Navy. I am not quite sure how I feel about that. He’s my baby. He’s not even old enough to vote.

We know this will be a challenging era in our schools around the country and each district must strive to make the best decisions to fit the needs of its students and community.

A Geary man was killed June 29 in a Pottawatomie County car crash.

Case count of Covid-19 confirmations continue to fluctuate in Blaine County, with 14 reported as of June 30. There are 11 cases reported as recovered. The previous report showed 15 cases, in all likelihood a mistake in zip code tabulations.

Each year the Kiwanis Club or Watonga awards multiple scholarships to worthy graduating seniors. The scholarships and their recipients this year include:

Each year the Lions Club presents multiple scholarships to graduating seniors at Watonga High School. This year the club handed out some $5100 to worthy graduates. They include:

My family and I enjoyed a weekend vacation to Grand Lake in Eastern Oklahoma this past weekend. Something positive I can say about this pandemic is that some parents are finally getting to spend quality and quantity time with their children. My granddaughter was laid off from her job. She has a 4 year old daughter. She is using this time off to get more education and practice being a better mother and wife.

Something happened. It was a comedy. Some say it was a tragedy. It was not, only a comedy. There have been ball games and ball games, but this was not one of them. It was all comedy, farce comedy. It is with great reluctance and caution that we write the story this dizzy exhibition, but the newspaper veracity compels us to take our pen in hand to tell the story as it really happened, so here goes.

OKLAHOMA - Recent rains across much of Oklahoma have been timely for producers looking to plant another crop in their fields after harvesting wheat.