Three Creek Livestock Auction made donations to local FFA chapters last Friday, during its Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. 3C Livestock Auction owners, Chris and Heather Smith, were pictured, along with their daughter Jordan Smith and manager Jericho Holder, awarding the clubs with checks. Soper received $4,217.15; Hugo received $2,000.04; Boswell received $3,957.63; Fort Towson received

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Justin Williams, of Hugo, Okla., was the winner of the Hugo News Football Bowl Contest, missing only 16 game selections. Sponsoring this year’s Hugo News Football Contest were: Dr. Wade Rowland DDS, First United Bank, Jiffy Lube, AmeriState Bank, Red River Counseling, Sonic, Hugo Lake Marina & Cabins-LIFT, Homestead of Hugo, Security First National Bank, First Bank, Pruett’s Food, Red River Co-op, Shelter Insurance-Julia King, Ed Wallace Ford, Hugo Express Pharmacy, R.E. McGuire Insurance-Ernie Taylor, Jay Hodge, U.S. Cellular.

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Oklahoma Ecology Project About 60 firefighters and expert land managers gathered at the Chester Community Center this month for a “Fighting Fire with Fire” workshop and acted predictably when the time came to light a fire.

The name of the USS Oklahoma — a ship that was first commissioned in 1916 and served until it capsized following the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor — lives on. In honor of the enduring legacy of the USS Oklahoma and the 429 men who went down with the ship, construction commenced on a new submarine bearing the same name in 2019 with an anticipated delivery in the mid-2020s.

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