BOSWELL ANIMAL KARE hosted its third annual Christmas Coloring Contest! Judging was performed by the BAK staff who admired the talent represented on each coloring sheet! Each winner received a movie basket abounding with movies, candy, popcorn and pop. Pictured from left to right are: Dr. Megan M. Pope (Veterinarian); Pre-K through First Grade Winner: Lexie Barbee; Second and Third Grade Winner: Railee Marshall; Fourth through Sixth Grade Winner: Terriah Williams; and Donna Pope (BAK Office Manager).

Sunny days and clear nights will be the story in our weather through next weekend. Afternoon highs will be in the 60s Wednesday but cooling to the upper-40s to low-50s for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. A pretty nice weather pattern for the first week of winter.

Funeral services for Eric Clyde Lindsey, Sr., of Hugo, Okla., were held at 10 a.m. Dec.

Celebration of Life services for Delores M. Schulz will be held at 2 p.m.

Ed Ross Ligon passed away peacefully in his home on Dec. 11, 2020 surrounded by his family. He was born June 7, 1932, in Comanche, Texas, the son of the Ed Ross, Sr. and Ruth (Bryson) Ligon. After graduating from high school, Ross married his sweetheart, Patsy Karolyn Grey on Nov. 9, 1951 in Comanche, Texas. They soon moved to Fallon, Nev., where Ross worked on a ranch until he was drafted by the U.S. Army. He served two years as a radar opera-tor and then after his discharge he spent one year working for General Motors in Arlington, Texas. He then, along with his father-in-law, Challie Grey, went on a hunt for a ranch in Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. They fell in love with a beautiful place at the foothills of the Ladrone mountain in Magdalena, N.M. Ross put his heart and soul into the ranch and as result won several awards: Salado S.W.C.D. Outstanding Rancher, Bureau of Land Management Riparian Showcase Award and Steward Rancher of The Year.

Funeral services for Lester M Orlanda Burns, of Boswell, Okla., were held at 10 a.m. Dec.

Funeral services for Jack H. Tollett, of Hugo, Okla., were held at 2 p.m.