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Funeral services for Mary Chesolene (Ford) Thurman, of Fort Towson, Okla., will be held at 2 p.m. Jan. 12, 2023 at Spencerville Church in Spencerville, Okla. Mary passed away Jan. 8, 2023, at the age of 87.

Clifford Lee Tuck, age 67, of Ringold, Okla., passd away Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on Tuesday, March 22, 1955, to J.F. and Willie Belle Abbott Tuck in Ringold, Okla. Clifford was a man who loved the outdoors and considered himself a mountain man; spending time at deer camp with his friends and family at the Lonely Doe Hunting Club. Clifford worked many years in the logging woods as a skidder and when he retired, Clifford got to work his brother a few days a week on the ranch. Clifford loved his family and his grandchildren. As a younger man, he enjoyed playing softball with his brothers. Clifford was a loving husband, grandfather, brother, uncle, cousin and friend and will be greatly missed by all of his extended family and all who knew and loved him.

The very idea of amendments –– part 1 of 3 Heed the words of Daniel Webster in his 4th of July Oration, 1802: “The politician that undertakes to improve a Constitution with as little thought as a farmer sets about mending his plow is no master of his trade. If that Constitution be a systematic one, if it be a free one, its parts are so necessarily connected that an alteration in one will work an alteration in all; and this cobbler, however pure and honest his intentions, will, in the end, find that what came to his hands a fair and lovely fabric goes from them a miserable piece of patchwork.” Statecraft is serious business which requires systematic study to master.

Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn. com Were you one of us who made yourself a promise or a vow for the new year? And then look up, and it is six days into 2023 and you’ve already blown it? Or maybe, you’re one of those people who know themselves well enough that you didn’t even bother wasting brain power on considering making a new year resolution. “Why bother? I won’t make it past eight in the morning of January 1 before I decide it’s not worth it.”

Hugo News Sports The Buffaloes finished fourth in the East Central Oklahoma Classic after falling to Sand Springs, 53-45 Saturday night. In a tournament that boasted 5A and 6A schools, Hugo put on a strong showing in Ada over the weekend.

Hugo News Sports The Lady Buffs finished the East Central Oklahoma Classic with a win over Ardmore to end the tournament 1-2. Led by senior Ashia Jordan, who scored 14 points, the Buffaloes proved to be too much for Ardmore to handle.